Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild opens 2026 sanding-disc group buy

Keeping sanding discs on the bench is one of the simplest ways to keep a turning shop moving, and the Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild used its 2026 group order to make that easier. GVWG member Steve Fairbairn coordinated the annual buy, giving members a way to stock up on 2-inch and 3-inch discs without hunting through retail shelves one pack at a time.

The order was built around lots of 100 discs per grit size, a format that fits the way abrasives get consumed in real turning work. The pricing was plain and competitive: $11 per hundred for 2-inch discs and $14 per hundred for 3-inch discs. For members who sand through projects quickly, that turned the purchase into a practical club service rather than a routine merchandise notice.

That utility sits squarely inside what GVWG says it does as a club. The guild describes itself as a community of woodturning enthusiasts that supports members through demonstrations, workshops, newsletters and a network of fellow woodturners. A coordinated consumables order matches that role neatly, because it helps keep the shared shop culture going long after a demo ends or a class wraps up.

The sanding-disc notice also fit a pattern. GVWG’s newsletter archive includes a September 2025 item titled “GVWG Group Buy On Sandpaper,” showing that the club has leaned on group purchasing before. On the current news page, the sanding-disc order appeared alongside a WIT $1000 Scholarship item, which put a bench-level supply need and a member-development announcement side by side in the same news stream.

That mix matters in a craft where sanding is often the bridge between the lathe and the finish. Craft Supplies USA describes hook-and-loop sanding discs as the preferred sanding method for most woodturners, and current supplier listings place 100-packs of 2-inch and 3-inch discs above GVWG’s group-buy prices. Against that backdrop, Fairbairn’s order did more than save a few dollars. It gave turners in Greater Vancouver a dependable way to keep the right consumables close at hand, which is exactly the sort of quiet club service that keeps a workshop ready for the next blank on the lathe.