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Gallery - Club Demonstrations 2018
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January - Club Member Demonstrations:
Lesley and Graham - off-centre turning
Lesley and Graham both demonstrated quite
different off-centre turning. Lesley’s was a
pen, off-centre at one end, Graham’s was a
bottle opened turned off-centre around the
middle so the feature on the two ends were on
opposite sides, but symmetrical.
Graham’s 2-ended turning was started by
holding the 2x2 length on two opposing corners
and the centre part was then turned and
sanded. The block was then reseated centrally
- carefully checking that the sides are balanced
for symmetry on both ends and the ends
turned.
Lesley used a simple but extremely effective
way of creating an off-centre outcome by using
a small right-angled piece of wood from some
Angle Moulding, which was inserted into the
chuck around 2 sides of the square block she
was using. The pen was drilled to fit the short
insert (Lesley has a large stock of these), then
turned. The insert was then removed and the
block end was shaped while the block was still
eld in the chuck - it is important to remember
you need to allow the space to do this. This
was a quick and easy way to achieve what
might look like a complicated procedure.
It is important to remember that there is
always a certain amount of hand sanding at
each stage required when turning off-centre.
Also once you have re-seated your piece it is
impossible to return to the original setting.
Thanks to both Lesley and Graham for their
interesting demos.
Graham:
off-centre bottle opener
Lesley:
Off-centre pen
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Emma Cook (The Tiny Turner)
Turn and carve a pumpkin
Emma gave us her usual enthusiastic
demonstration, this time showing us the
basics of turning and carving a lidded
pumpkin. This included plenty of chat about
how she approaches making the lidded box
from lime - her preferred wood for carving -
and then how she goes about carving it. The
technique of making triangular eyes was
intriguing as they are created by drilling a
round hole and then carving out some of the
outside to the corners of the triangle. This
creates the shading necessary to give the
impression that a full triangle has been
carved out.
She finished off the evening by an
informative demo of how she sharpens her
tools freehand.
As ever we had a very entertaining evening
which was much appreciated by the
members.
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November Members’ Demos
Simon & Duncan - tealight holder
Graham - off centre clam shell box
We had 2 entertaining and informative demonstrations with
Simon and Duncan doing a double act - Duncan doing the
turning and Simon giving us the description of making a
tealight holder, followed by Graham showing us his delicate
off centre clam shell box.
The tealight holder was made with two blocks of wood with a
paper join in the middle so when the initial turning is done
between steb centres it can be split and two holders can be
made. Involving spindle turning and faceplate turning it was
a neat demo with an excellent result.
Graham’s clam shell box had one part already made so he
showed us how to make the matching half using a useful
technique where a large bead end is held in the chuck and
can be moved to create the off centre end result. Graham
also spoke about the way he creates an off centre Christmas
tree, using a similar large bead technique for holding in the
chuck.
