Club Night Report
Wednesday 11th March 2020
Club Night Photos for 11th March 2020 - Guest Demonstrator - Les Thorne
The demonstrator for the March meeting was a welcome return of Club regular Les Thorne (see website: www.noturningback.co.uk) - whose subject for the evening was: A Bowl
Les started with a seasoned ash blank approx. 250 mm diameter by 75 mm thick, mounted on a screw chuck. This was shaped using both push cuts, where you are standing behind the cutting edge (bevel rubbing) and pull cuts, where you are standing in front of the cutting edge (bevel rubbing). A bowl gouge was used to true up the outside diameter and shape the outside of the bowl. A mounting spigot was cut on the base. Les then used a spindle gouge to cut multiple beads on the surface of the bowl in ONE flowing cut - very skilful and very different to anything seen before!
The part was re-chucked on the spigot and the front face/ edge was shaped (shallow curve) and then textured with an Arbortech, sprayed with black ebonising lacquer and burnished with a handful of shavings.
The bowl was hollowed showing a number of techniques to include an undercut rim.
The textured rim was lightly sanded and then coloured with a water based stain - the inside of the bowl was power sanded.
Finally, the bowl was re-mounted on a 'drum chuck' with tailstock centre support and the tenon was removed.
Les produced another excellent demonstration of tooling use and control, techniques, good practices and skills to provide a humorous, stimulating and thoroughly entertaining evening. Thank you Les!
Les started with a seasoned ash blank approx. 250 mm diameter by 75 mm thick, mounted on a screw chuck. This was shaped using both push cuts, where you are standing behind the cutting edge (bevel rubbing) and pull cuts, where you are standing in front of the cutting edge (bevel rubbing). A bowl gouge was used to true up the outside diameter and shape the outside of the bowl. A mounting spigot was cut on the base. Les then used a spindle gouge to cut multiple beads on the surface of the bowl in ONE flowing cut - very skilful and very different to anything seen before!
The part was re-chucked on the spigot and the front face/ edge was shaped (shallow curve) and then textured with an Arbortech, sprayed with black ebonising lacquer and burnished with a handful of shavings.
The bowl was hollowed showing a number of techniques to include an undercut rim.
The textured rim was lightly sanded and then coloured with a water based stain - the inside of the bowl was power sanded.
Finally, the bowl was re-mounted on a 'drum chuck' with tailstock centre support and the tenon was removed.
Les produced another excellent demonstration of tooling use and control, techniques, good practices and skills to provide a humorous, stimulating and thoroughly entertaining evening. Thank you Les!
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The display table showed a number of interesting items.
Ken Crittle showed an 'old fashioned' needle case with lid and thimble. Bob Wells presented a pierced bowl in ash and Richard Branscombe showed a walnut bowl with a cast and machined pewter rim along with a large walnut bowl. Steve Body showed a pot made in olive wood with an African blackwood collar. Dave Newman displayed two large bowls - one in ash and the other in Zebrano. Finally, Sean Snook displayed a segmented strip, square, dished plate made from a re-cycled tulip wood worktop.
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