April 2016
Members were treated to a magic evening with Chris demonstrating how to turn a sphere within a cube. What soon became very evident was the extent of preparation and planning which Chris had done before turning his first ball in a box.
The main challenge was to work out how to hold the blank safely on the lathe during the various phases of the task. For the initial phase Chris has developed chuck jaws made in timber to hold the cube.
Chris was using a cube of close grained wood with 90mm long edges. Each Face was prepared and the centre point accurately marked.