Peter Lyons

Peter Lyons

I have been around now for 60 years, I have always liked wood and was always able to make a few things from timber in my spare time. One of the first projects I made was the "Readers Digest" bed, a project in an early DIY book published by Readers Digest. this was a double bed made from Parana Pine. A mahogany coffee table followed, which has been around now for some 30 years.

The purchase of a lathe in 1999 has broadened the scope of the things I can do. I have made many items on the lathe. I joined the Irish Woodturners Guild and enjoy their monthly get togethers in the Woodshed at Templepatrick. I am now the Honorary Secretary for the Ulster Chapter of the Guild. I was recently elected to the post of Journal Editor for the IWG.
I continue to work at my woodturning to improve the standard of my work . I have been awarded prizes for various competitions within the Ulster Chapter and have found that turned wooden objects make wonderful gifts.

I am a member of the Woodland Trust and act as a volunteer Warden for Kilcooley Wood, in Bangor Co. Down. This involves walking around a Wood to watch the trees growing, it is such hard work I love it !!!

Please email me if you are of a similar affliction