Author: srdm1207gmailcom

Pro Demo by Rick Dobney

On Monday we welcomed Rick Dobney, a very experienced demonstrator, to the club. His chosen project for the evening was to turn a lidded ash pot using a skew chisel and hollowed out with a ring tool. This would then be coloured, limed and finally finished off with a turned aluminium finial.

After a delay with the usual camera set up problems he began by turning his blank to a cylinder, making a tenon and mounting into the chuck. Once done he turned the top of the lid and drilled a hole to accept the finial.

He followed this by marking out the dimensions of the box and shaping the outside with the skew. After sanding he used a brass brush across the grain to open up the fibres ready for applying the liming wax. He then applied spirit dyes via an airbrush and sealed that with sanding sealer before coating with liming wax.

Now dry, the excess liming wax was cleaned off with lemon oil and the pot and lid waxed. The lid was parted off before hollowing using a ring tool. The underside of the lid was then finished using a home made grip chuck.

Rick finally turned some aluminium bar into a finial to finish the piece.

A big thank you to Rick who managed to complete the project despite being compromised on time.

NB Rick’s notes about his demo are available to view in the documents section of this website.

Hollowing

Phil started by drawing/showing the steps to hollowing on a flip chart. Then on a bowl blank showed how to create a start hole with a drill a spindle gouge or one of his hollowing tools. He showed a selection of his hollowing tools – Bowl gouge, BCT’s,  Scrapers, Rolly Munroe shielded ring tool. Phil then demonstrating how to present each of them to the work safely and to get the best finish.

There was a good deal of Q&A throughout this section of the demo. In the second half Phil produced a thin-walled vase show casing the method & the special tools he uses like a bent wire coat hanger for removing shavings, bought & hand made deep sanding sticks, special magnetic lights for illumination and wall thickness detection.

It was a well-attended night. Members showed their appreciation for a great demo with all taking some new knowledge home. So well done Phil.

The theme for the evening was matching pairs. We had 
Cotton reels, Light houses, Storks, Candle sticks, Grinders
Boxes, Decorated bowls, Eggs in their cups, Xmas trees.
It was a well-attended night with some new members standing up and talking about their turnings.

Worcester Show

As usual Worcestershire Woodturners had a presence at the annual Worcester Show where members of the club took turns on the lathe demonstrating our woodturning skills to the public while others spread the message to those interested. Well done everyone.

Internal Demo of Enhancing Techniques

In keeping with the new format of internal demos we had 4 demonstrators exploring different aspects of enhancing finished projects. Alan E showed how to use various texturing tools while Roy showed how to apply CA glue as a finish for pens.

At Russell’s station he showed an interested group of watchers how to apply oils and waxes to his finished items. And finally Steve demonstrated texturing using a micro motor as well as paint techniques with acrylics.