Badger Wood Turners

10/21/2026

This is the interview of member David Hiller on the Woodcarvers and Woodturners Show and Sale this Sunday at the DeForest High School from 9 to 4 pm.

MADISON (WKOW) — Woodcarving and woodturning enthusiasts will gather in DeForest this Sunday for the 35th annual Woodcarvers and Woodturners Show and Sale.

10/11/2026

For anyone interested in a tour of the Forest Products Lab on University Avenue. They will do a 90 minute tour on Tuesday October 20 at 5:30 pm. It is a great facility and should be very interesting.

10/10/2026

Just a reminder that the "Capital Area Carvers of Wisconsin and Badger Woodturners" Sunday, October 25, 2026 from 9am to 4pm at the DeForest High School.
It is a remarkable event with a raffle of items that the turners and carvers have donated. (It covers the cost of the building)
There will be 3 lathes turning all day, an educational table, the best of what some have turned.
A number of carvers and turners will be displaying their items [Some are really remarkable that you would believe they are real.]

See you Sunday< October 25th.

09/15/2026

On September 8, 2026 the Badger Woodturners had their monthly meeting at Madison College. There was an excellent turnout with over 50n members in attendance and more on Zoom. There was very diverse number of items for Show and Tell from an almost black (black mold) dish, small items that for Christmas to wooden spatulas. The mice are a project that the club will make to sell at the Show and Sale in October. Enjoy

08/20/2026

On August 15th we had our summer club picnic in Verona. There was a good turnout with lots of discussion, friendships and fine food. The club furnished water, hamburgers, hot dogs and lots of dishes brought in by each member. It lasted from 11 am until just about 4 pm.

08/06/2026

This is part 2 of the Badger Woodturners website. If you are a member, you would see the added parts.

08/04/2026

Saturday, August 15th will be our summer picnic. It will be in Verona, WI and should be a friendly and informative event. All members, families, friends and fellow turners are invited. There is no cost and burgers and dogs with water provided.
We ask each group to bring a dish to pass to round out the menu.

Please respond to bwt.clubexpress.com/ to let us know how many are coming to plan the amount of food.

See you there.

07/25/2026

At the meeting on June 2nd, Dan Greco made a presentation on our website. I will be presenting his in two parts. The first one is for the nonmembers who would go to the site and the second will be the extra features that a member would see.

Even for the non members there is a lot of info and pictures.

07/12/2026

On July 4th, I represented the Badger Woodturners at the Shorewood Hills 4th of July Festival. This was my 9th year turning items for the kids who came into the art fair portion. This year I turned Cherry wooden pens with BIC pen cartridges. The pen has to be turned in less than 8 minutes (the attention span of most kids). My Granddaughter, Zoey, did the laser printing of the first name on the pens, then spray painted them and glued a BIC cartridge into the wooden pen.
In 5 1/2 hours we gave away 58 pens to kids, one man from Africa and a Grandmother who had 3 grandkids that were not there.
There were educational displays, featured turnings, display to join the club and a display featuring the Show and Sale next October. Cards on the displays gave you all of the details and even a free raffle ticket if you brought the card to the show in October.

06/30/2026

Another part of our June 2nd meeting was "Shop Tips and Tricks". Members showed some of their helpful ideas that each member could use to do a better or easier job of turning in their own shop.
If you are a member of the BWT, you can also go to our website and go under Member Resources, then to Club Presentations. Scroll down to the February 6, 2024 "Gizmos, Gadgets, Home made Jigs & Tips". You will find a whole number of other items to help make your turning easier.