2nd June

Internal Demo by Alan Pattison

For his second demo to the club Alan choose jewellery making as his subject. He began with a chunky bangle made out of beech with purpleheart insets. After rounding the blank with his bowl gouge he made an indent in the centre of the blank leaving a tenon he could use when reversing the piece. Lastly he rounded off the outside edge of the bangle.

The next step was to reverse the work, finish the outside curve before carefully parting off the centre section. The resultant ridge was then sanded away before finishing with sanding sealer and finish of your choice.

In the second part of his demo Alan attempted two different types of earring. The first, using Zebrano, was a disc – type earring. After rounding the piece of Zebrano to the required size and drilling a 1mm hole for the fitting he fashioned the front and top beads with a bowl gouge before parting off with a thin parting tool.

The disc was then placed in the do – nut chuck to complete the other side.

With the remaining wood Alan intended to turn a drop earring but unfortunately the spigot broke away before he was able to complete it. We’ve all been there! Nevertheless a very enjoyable evening. Well done Alan!