2012

December 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:25:58+00:00At the November meeting we were lucky to have Richard Findley demonstrating. Based in Leicester he moved to full time woodturning in 2010. He also writes the Diary of a Woodturner in Woodturning Magazine. He does a lot of production turning and showed us 2 of his regulars - a fluted table leg and a walking stick, both of which use home-made jigs, so even if we don’t want to make either of these items Richard’s approach to problem solving was extremely enlightening. The first part of the evening...

November 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:24:26+00:00The October meeting commenced with an EGM to discuss our relationship to the AWGB and other matters relating to how the club is run and to determine our subs for 2013. The outcome can be seen in the item by the Chairman on page 3. This was followed by an interesting and informative talk and demonstration of safe and controllable ways of holding your work on the lathe. Jeff Cordery showed us a range of home-made options which can be used for specific tasks where the usual chuck on it’s own is no...

October 2012

admin2021-12-08T13:23:54+00:00Mark Sanger’s demonstration at our September meeting was received with great enthusiasm by all those who attended. The hollow lidded form he produced during the evening was much admired. Mark has generously placed a downloadable copy of the instructions for making this form on his website and gave us the user name and password to enable us to access it. If you didn’t remember to take a copy of the login information please let Hilary know and she will email it to you - you will find the link on t...

September 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:21:58+00:00Our August meeting was a club meeting with an Olympic competition plus an opportunity to use the club lathes, including a ‘10 minute turn’ and Surrey and Sussex Hardwoods selling a wide selection of wood, which proved popular. The Olympic competition did not result in a large number of entries but those that were entered showed a interesting range of invention to produce olympic themed turning, with Hilary Sinclair, Trevor Etherington and Jeff Cordery winning their sections

August 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:20:44+00:00At our July meeting we had the pleasure of a demonstration evening with Gary Rance. His speedy demonstrations mean that this review is somewhat sketchy on detail – a good reason to buy his DVDs. After a brief introduction to his background Gary gave us a rapid demonstration of spindle turning techniques using a half inch round bar skew this included some very useful tips on how to avoid the dreaded dig-in! This was followed by a demonstration of making an off-centre pendant. Gary has developed ...

July 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:19:40+00:00At our June meeting we had a demonstration by Peter Westermann on the production of side grain natural edge bowls. Peter started with some diagrams on a flip chart of the options available to us for turning this type of bowl. He turns the bowls wet, enabling them to be as thin as possible and if you ensure they have an even thickness through they shouldn’t crack. Peter suggested types of wood to use, preferably with a good contrast between heart and sapwood. He mentioned that laburnum bark ten...

June 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:18:29+00:00At our May meeting we enjoyed a demonstration by Greg Moreton RPT. He showed a series of techniques incorporated into making an unusual table lamp, consisting of a base made from 2 Banksia nuts together with a lampshade made from a monkey puzzle log, turned wet. He also spent some time explaining some sharpening techniques. The Banksia nuts are prepared by removing outer fluffy coat (will clog up an extractor), knocking off the hard outer nodules and turning to a cylinder using a bowl gouge as ...

May 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:17:02+00:00April saw a club evening where the topic for demonstration and discussion was Finishing. The evening started with Jeff Cordery demonstrated why using Danish Oil is an easy and successful way to finish your work. Pieces are sanded and finished with grey Webrax, 1500 grit, before applying a coat of Rustins Danish Oil. A paper towel removes any excess and the 1st coat is left to soak into the wood for a day. Jeff denibs between coats with webrax and applies 2-4 coats in all on a bowl. Sanding seale...

April 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:15:54+00:00Cheam welcomed Mark Baker for another informative and entertaining evening in March. Mark was demonstrating unsupported vessels - that is ones that do not have an integral base but rely on sitting on a separate piece. He started making a square shallow platter, where he uses sycamore or ash because the corners are less likely to fragment. He mounted a piece of sycamore between centres. Beginning from the outside edge Mark removed a small amount at a time with a pull cut at low speed. A line was ...

March 2012

admin2021-12-08T10:14:32+00:00The Exuberant Les Thorne gave an excellent demonstration making his textured ‘curly top’ box. Les is accomplished at keeping us informed of what he is doing, the tools and how he uses them, plus general information on woodturning. The techniques discussed here can be found on Les’ DVD “No Turning Back”. Les started with an ash blank with the corners cut off to speed roughing a cylinder, divided the piece into two for the lid and the base (the lid being larger than the base for this box). He par...