This months turnings

Harry Pye, box elder bowl                                             Greg Scholz, walnut confetti lights        Bob Klotz, poplar bowl                                                     Rick Bryant, Chestnut hollow form    Ed Youtz Spalted maple bowl                                       President’s Challenge, hollow spheres some rattle   Tony Manella, Maple burl with clock insert                     Neil Brown Highly figured, spalted maple bowl with bark inclusion   Elwood Borger, Segmented hollow forms                       Ed Youtz, Maple bowls

Members show and tell

Ed Youtz discusses spalted maple bowl.       Neil Brown and President’s Challenge sphere.                   Bob Klotz Ash sphere.                           Greg Scholz with confetti lamp.                   Harry Pye and box elder bowl.                  Bob Nagle  maple natural edge bowl.                  Neil Brown with maple bowl.        Elwood Borger  discusses segmented form with solid base and rim.

Kim Blatt Demonstration

Our Demostrator for the month was Kim Blatt from Fleetwood PA. He showed us the ease of making a hollow form using a laser guide. Thanks Kim.             Here he is shaping the outside                        Outside shaping completed, forstner type bit  of redwood hollow form                                  forstner type bit drilling to desired bottom thickness   Enlarging drilled opening with Stewart armbrace tool. Hollowing being completed with Stewart tool, wall thickness aprox 1/2/inch   Jamieson tool setup with laser attachment for final reduction of wall thickness to about 3/16 inch. After hollowing is completed, form is reversed and remounted using Kirsten Cone jam chuck to finish the bottom.        Foot form being completed                                             Examples of Kim’s hollow forms     Beautiful, large redwood burl wall hanging

Graeme Priddle

Vessel of the South Pacific                 “Wakara” (yacht) All of these turnings show the influences of New Zealand Maori  natives and their love of the sea, sailing and travel.       Graeme discussing design fetures of "Against the Tide" muliaxis turning.           New closed circuit video system, first time use!            Blank for south pacific type vessel mounted between canters. Shaping outside form.   Hollowing with Monro type hollowing tool.     Outside shaping being refined with Arbortech.     Further refining shape.     Pyrographic handpiece creating surface decoration. See his examples for completed decoration.