© Sheffield Woodturning Club 2015
Gallery - Club Demonstrations 2016
© Sheffield Woodturning Club 2015
designed by Hilary Sinclair
January - Club Member Demonstrations
Brian Oxley - Opera House shape
Graham Brooks - 3-centre bud vase
Brian showed us his take on a demonstration
at the club in 2012 by Bob Chapman (click
here for link to club archive of Bob’s
demo) based on the opera house in
Tenerife. Brian described how he
approached the techniques involved and
showed us how he turns a ring by using the
large size Ashley Iles beading tool.
Graham gave us a demonstration of multi-
axis turning by turning a block on 3 centres
for a bud vase. The technique and ideas
can be seen on a Barbara Dill demo on
YouTube and also on her website
(www.barbaradill.com).
We had 2 very different and interesting
demos on a very cold evening, which ended
earlier than usual.
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Susan R Evans gave an illustrated talk centering on examples of
medieval woodwork in the Barnsley area. She went "off piste"
now and then, making it all the more interesting and
highlighting her love of history and all things wood related.
Her enthusiasm for her subject shines through. She also
showed us several of the pieces for which she is well known,
and is pictured with a piece based on one of Aesop's fables -
"The Cock and the Pearl"
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Susan R Evans - talk:
Medieval Woodwork
in the Barnsley area
Dave gave us an action packed day, promising 4 pieces
and eventually turning 5, comprising a threaded box, a
doughnut bowl, a quick demo of how to turn a small
goblet, an off centre female form and a Mark Baker
style finial box.
Dave initially drew out the design for the base of the
box to show us how it is approached, then turned and
thread chased it, making the thread chasing look
considerably simpler than it usually is for a beginner!
The wood has a spigot at both ends to allow the lid to
be turned and threaded. Dave always works at a slow
speed (under 500 rpm for thread chasing. For the
female thread he used a support tool tucked under his
arm to rest the thread chasing tool on. He finished the
piece with buffing mops - starting with the No. 2 mop
and diamond white cutting compound followed by
carnauba wax on a swansdown mop. He runs the lathe
faster for the harder mops and slower for the soft.
The doughnut bowl was mounted on a screw chuck and
the outside shaped, then chucked and the inside
turned, saying that a better finish could be achieved
with the bowl gouges at a slower speed, including the
Simon Hope tool. The base was finished by mounting
the bowl on a jam chuck - making the chuck slightly
loose then packing it with kitchen roll to prevent
marking. Dave sharpens all his gouges to the same
angle with a fingernail grind apart from the acute
angled bowl gouge for final finishing inside bowls.
We were given a quick demo by request on how to
make a small goblet, which didn’t go entirely to plan
as the lip broke - Dave pointed out that this would
happen if you attempt to return to the edge after
moving further in!
The instructions for the offcentre female form with hat were handed out and can also be found online at
www.atco732.tumblr.com
The final piece of the day was a finial box, where the base of the box was similar to the doughnut bowl,
but on a stand. The finial top was turned first then parted off. It’s important to remember to make the the
hole in the base the same size as the top but allow for a small step inside for the top to rest on. The
bottom of the finial top was finished by mounting it in a jam chuck with a hole through the middle that
the finial will fit through and a piece of kitchen roll to prevent marking.
We saw an interesting range of products demonstrated and Dave used his position as AWGB Chairman to
tell us to look out for the next AWGB seminar to be held in 2018 at Yarnfield, which will be a greatly
improved affair.
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June 18th
Dave Atkinson
All day demo
Steve gave us a demonstration of his skills as a
production turner with a proficient display of spindle
turning. Most of the evening was taken up with a
square edge goblet, which he turned then coloured
with black ebonising spray and gilded with gilding
cream. Starting with a square block he roughed down
the top and parted it off to create a lid later on. The
body was roughed down leaving a square part at the
top which he shaped. This was coloured with ebonising
spray prior to hollowing out the goblet to contrast the
wood with the coloured exterior. The exterior was
shaped and sanded before ebonising the stem. Gilt
cream was applied to the ebonised areas and wiped off
with finishing oil on kitchen paper with the lathe
running.
The lid was mounted in a jam chuck turning the
underside first to finish it off creating a tenon that
would fit into the goblet. This was then remounted to
complete the top of the lid, shaping, ebonising and
gilding as for the base. A jam chuck was also used to
remove the bottom of the base.
Steve finished the evening with a technical
demonstration of spindle turning a pommel block where
a square base meets round, such as in stair spindles.
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November
Steve Heeley
Oriental goblet with square wings
Our ever-popular home-grown demonstrator and club
member Rick turned a natural edge bowl and two trees,
both of which involved off centre turning.
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December
Rick Dobney