tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90558163520228502142024-03-12T19:00:23.196-07:00Burnham-On-Sea Woodturning ClubGeorge Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-15136782678765397562014-08-14T03:01:00.001-07:002014-08-14T09:53:56.222-07:00Rolly Munro Demonstration Saturday 9th August 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are few people within the woodturning world that will not instantly recognise the name of world class woodturner and wood artist Rolly Munro from New Zealand.<br />
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Rolly started woodturning back in the 70's and has since become a maker that transcends woodturning as most of us know it, view Rolly's web site <a href="http://www.rollymunro.co.nz/gallery.html">here</a>. As well as being a creative maker Rolly invented and still personally manufactures the well known and exceptional <a href="http://www.rollymunro.co.nz/tools.html">Rolly Munro Hollowing Tool</a>, as well as demonstrating and teaching all over the world.<br />
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On Saturday the 9th of August Rolly attended an all day demo at <a href="http://www.burnham-on-sea-wtc.co.uk/">Burnham-on-Sea woodturning club</a> after conducting a full days master class at <a href="http://wwwartistry-in-wood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/roly-munro-master-class.html">George Foweraker's workshop</a> details of which you can view on this link.<br />
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As can be expected the day was well attended with some seventy in the crowd that had turned up for the day. Through out the day there was various product to purchase as well as a raffle, lunch, refreshments and time to personally talk to Rolly about the demo and his tools.<br />
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People starting to arrive from Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Wales.</div>
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Many items were for sale as well as having been donated for the raffle by the below people of whom we </div>
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George <a href="http://www.artistry-in-wood.co.uk/">http://www.artistry-in-wood.co.uk/</a></div>
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Simon Hope-<a href="http://www.hopewoodturning.co.uk/">Hope Woodturning Tools</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.marksanger.co.uk/">Mark Sanger-Crown Tools</a></div>
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Ian Methringham-<a href="http://www.turnerscabin.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_154">Turners Cabin</a></div>
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Ian - <a href="http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2013/tool-shop-opens-06-11-13.php">IM Tools</a> Burnham on Sea</div>
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<a href="http://www.hazelburytimbersupplies.co.uk/index.html">Hazelbury Timber Supplies</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.yandles.co.uk/">Yandles & Sons LTD</a></div>
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George Foweraker club chairman opening the day and welcoming Rolly and going through health and safety etc</div>
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Rolly started the morning with a slide show of his work, explaining the development of each piece, the thinking behind them and specific techniques. To see a selection of the work shown visit Rolly's gallery <a href="http://www.rollymunro.co.nz/gallery.html">here</a></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">This was particularly interesting with Rolly being more than open in sharing his ideas, techniques and answering any questions. </span></div>
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We then took a morning break for refreshments made for us by Sue Foweraker and Sue Meads who looked after us tirelessly all day, thank you to you both. During this time Rolly was happy to answer any questions and to chat to the attendees.</div>
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Following the break Rolly made a bowl in cross grain beech using the Rolly Munro hollower with only one other carbide tool for refining of the spigot and to demonstrate cutting angles and bevel support in cutting. Due to his travels Rolly uses only a few tools and over the years has refined his methods to achieve highly efficient results from the few tools he uses. This was refreshing to see as was the way Rolly clearly and simply explained the use of the tools showing excellent tool control. </div>
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The outside was first roughed with the Munro Hollower</div>
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The center then cored with a small carbide cutter</div>
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Hollowing out the bowl </div>
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Refining before lunch. </div>
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After lunch Rolly started on the main project showing how to produce a hollow form that is cut in half and re-joined using a ring turned from the same piece. This being a process of turning a sculptural piece from a hollow vessel. </div>
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Blanked roughed to the round with a ring being turned on the front face.</div>
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The ring was then parted from the face with a matching recess being cut into the front face to accept the ring later.</div>
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The outsider shape and inside were then profiled and refined using the Rolly Hollower</div>
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The day was rounded off by a final question and answer session, a cup of tea and Rolly being thanked hugely by us all for an excellent and inspiring demo. With Rolly then making a trip up to Wales for another demo prior to taking part in the <a href="http://www.woodturningcruise.com/en/demonstrators.php">Norwegian woodturning Cruise</a>. </div>
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George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-31436637198537455972014-07-30T05:14:00.002-07:002014-07-30T05:23:17.311-07:00Dave Smith.Pen turning DemoLast night we had a pen turning Demo from Dave Smith from Somerset woodturners.<br />
Everybody seemed to enjoy the demo so I expect we will be seeing lots of pens made by members soon.<br />
Thank you Dave <br />
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<br />George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-41308654513233930742014-06-25T07:13:00.001-07:002014-06-25T07:13:16.888-07:00Roly munro DemoWe are all looking forward to the Roly Munro demo on the 9Th of August.<br />
We now have 52 signed up and will be stopping at sixty<br />
With well over a month to go we will have no problem meeting our Goal.<br />
<a href="http://www.rollymunro.co.nz/">For Roly's Website click here</a>George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-40835873606109013942014-06-25T07:07:00.001-07:002014-06-25T07:18:17.929-07:00Alan ThomasYesterday we had an evening Demo by Alan Thomas <a href="http://www.atwoodturning.com/">See Alans work here .</a><br />
Alan showed us how to create a Hollow form with basic tools by gluing two bowls together.<br />
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Out theme for the table this month was Box's and we had a good show as you can see below<br />
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<br />George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-37271083318753893362014-02-27T12:13:00.000-08:002014-02-27T12:33:37.922-08:00Our new LatheDue to popular demand all of our monthly meetings are now geared to demonstrations.<br />
This has always been a bit of a worry for me because when we started the club we intended it to be very much a hands on club but time has proven that this is not what the members want and at the end of the day it is their club They all say the prefer to be shown something that they can go away and practice in their own workshops.To be fair the standard of turning has improved considerably and members are not frightened to bring their work in.<br />
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Because we are now geared to demonstrating and have professional demonstrators we have decided to upgrade to a better lathe.It did not seem fair to expect demonstrators to work on a small lathe.<br />
We have upgraded to an Axminster 1416 VS lathe as pictured.<br />
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As you can see the lathe is on a platform to enable us to move it easily into the new cupboard we have been allocated it the Burnham on Sea Community Center where we meet.<br />
I was A bit concerned that the lathe would not be very stable on the platform but after making a large bowl on it I am amazed how stable it is.<br />
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<br />George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-62700222820144680742012-07-21T10:46:00.000-07:002012-07-21T10:50:07.764-07:00Colin Simson all day DemoToday Saturday 21st July we had an all day demo by Colin Simpson.This demo day with Colin was arranged many months ago and although I had seen Colin demo on quite a few occasions most of our members had not.We discussed with Colin the sort of demo he would do for us and I told him that most of our members were novice turners.Colin said he would do a demo that would cater for all tastes and all skill levels and that is exactly what he did.Throughout the day Colin's easy relaxed manor went down really well with the members and everything he did was explained in simple language so that everybody could learn form him.Colin worked throughout the day showing many techniques rather than wasting time producing finished pieces.This went down really well and everybody enjoyed it and got really involved by constantly asking questions Every question was answered and Colin is obviously very knowledgeable about his subject.We stopped for lunch and a couple of tea breaks throughout the day and it was a very relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.My wife Sue prepared all the food the day before and we had a wonderful spread of jacket potatoes chili, salad and much more.<br />
This was our first ever all day demo but certainly not our last as it was a great success.<br />
Below are some pics from the day.<br />
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Thank you Colin for a great demo.<br />
Thank you Sue for your support and a wonderful spread of food.<br />
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George Foweraker, Chairman<br />
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</div>George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-73633040826016175212012-02-03T04:32:00.002-08:002012-02-24T20:55:52.341-08:00First new year meeting of 2012.Hi all.<br />
On Tuesday the 31St of January we had our first meeting of the year.In spite of the bitter cold we had a very good turn out.<br />
Being a new year we had a lot to discuss and a lot of things to get through.<br />
Sue and I made an early start to set up our new Camera and projector system which worked a treat thanks to help from John Brewer who helped me sort thing out earlier in the week.Thanks John. Later in the evening one of our members Colin Stroud showed us how to make a nice box from a piece of Ash .Everybody enjoyed Colin's teaching demo which is good as next month our project to make is a box.<br />
We have decided that every other month we will be having hands on and alternate months will be teaching demo's.<br />
We will be sorting out a program for the new year soon to include a full day demo from Colin Simpson and later in the year a barbecue.<br />
We are going to keep on having our monthly tuition meetings in my workshop as they were very popular last year.<br />
Nearly everybody has paid their subs for the new year inc a couple of new members.George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-36925482350532628362011-12-20T02:55:00.001-08:002011-12-20T11:18:09.858-08:00Christmas DinnerOn Tuesday the 13Th of December we had our Christmas dinner.<br />
Last year we had it in January but everybody thought it would be nice to have it in December this year.We decided to go to the same Venue as last year The Brent house Restaurant.<br />
The food as usual was perfect and good value.I do think the drinks are extortionately expensive £14 00 for a bottle of wine that you can buy in Azda on three for a tenner is a rip off.<br />
We had a very good turn out and everybody enjoyed themselves.<br />
Mark Sanger took a few pics.<br />
A nice happy crowd.<br />
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This was our last meeting of the year except our Christmas meal which will be on the 13Th of this month at the Brent house.<br />
We will have about 30 attending so it should be a good night.We need to be there for about 7 O clock to sit down for about 7 30.<br />
A polite reminder we have to pay our membership fee to the AWGB by the end of the year therefore all membership moneys need to be in by the end of December latest.<br />
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I will be doing demonstrations at several clubs next year so I used our members as Guinea pigs to try out a demo turning a large candlestick.<br />
Sue Meads our Secretary has kindly done a write up of the process to help you if you need a reminder when you make one.<br />
Thank you sue.<br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">The last meeting before Christmas drew most members to watch George demonstrating his 3 piece pine candlestick that he will demonstrate to several clubs in the New Year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">He explained that ideally you need to make a template. To make the initial board draw the sizes on some MDF.<br />
He makes templates out of MDF so that they can be saved for another day and hung in the workshop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">All the sizes are marked and one side is cut to shape to give a visual aid and all sizes are to hand. Dimensions have to be accurate as they will be transferred onto the wood. The cut out is just a reminder of the form you are creating.<br />
George used a 4" square of pine and rounded down to an even thickness with a spindle roughing gouge. Next the sizing and reference marks are transferred from your template to the roughed out cylinder.<br />
A Mark Sanger tip is to create an indent for the pencil to sit in on your template - it makes marking easier.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">With reference points marked he was ready to turn them down to size. George held the parting tool in one hand and callipers in the other to check the size. He turned the wood down for the spigot and then the adjacent cove. The cove was created between the two lines leaving a shoulder both sides. The pencil line marking the centre of the ball helps get a balanced ball. George worked both ways either side of the line to make sure the biggest possible diameter was left. All the time George had the template positioned behind the piece he was turning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">He then turned the flowing Baluster shape that made the body of the candlestick. He continually checked the shape with the callipers. When he was happy it was gently sanded.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">He then started on the top and bottom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">The two pieces are cut from 6" x 3" pine and rounded. George would ideally then mount the pieces on a screw chuck while roughing out.<br />
He put two marks on the blank one for the mortise and the other to show where the shoulder will start.<br />
He used dividers and made sure that only the left hand point touches. George advised that when turning cross grain pine use as high a speed that is safe and take small cuts as big shards /splinters can break off if you take big cuts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">He then made a recess with a thin parting tool to fit the jaws. This will serve as the recess for work holding then it will be used on the finished piece for setting the candle in. On the base it would not show as it will be on the underside. The pieces are sanded.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">A correct fit has to be achieved as you have to allow a bit for glue expansion. Both the bottom and top are now ready to be fitted with the use of a hot glue gun.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: x-small;">After assembly there was further sanding and colouring with spirit stains to create the desired finish.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Myself and your committee would like to take this opportunity to wish you all A happy and prosperous new year.</div>George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-40110997415905636392011-10-11T15:10:00.001-07:002014-02-27T12:13:40.465-08:00Another enjoyable evening by Sue Meads.(ClubSecretary)<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The second of our recently established small group sessions was held on Tuesday in Georges’ workshop . Giles, Dan, Trevor and Sue took particular projects and challenges in the hope that the ever patient George would help them overcome their difficulties or be on hand to support projects. During the evening a sharpening system was set up on a plywood base; a set of new tools were sharpened; a candlestick was finished by curving the base and drilling the hole for the candle; a green ( cut on Friday ) macracarpa bowl was rough turned ready for drying; wood was cut into blanks and a yew vase was shaped ready for hollowing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Sue was struggling with her bowl so we watched as George effortlessly helped – a project that would have taken her hours but George completed in minutes, a true masterclass!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">A great evening and many thanks to the long suffering George for his help and assistance.</span>George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-30764333755834184412011-10-05T03:33:00.000-07:002011-10-05T03:33:51.639-07:00September club meeting by Sue Meads.(club Secretary)This month we were treated to a demo of bottle making by Mark Sanger. The main form being cross grain sycamore with an insert that was then turned and inserted to the top of this form. Texturing was added by the inclusion of grooves using a point tool.<br />
During the demo he spoke about the rule of thirds, the “Divine Proportion” and Fibonacci sequence in nature as a way to investigate proportion. He also spoke about the difference between designing for a utility item or a purely aesthetic piece and the considerations of the size of foot respectively. <br />
The form was turned using a 3/8th inch bowl gouge with a Celtic grind.<br />
Both roughing and finishing cuts were shown using this tool.<br />
He then discussed about using scrapers and how to achieve the best finish from the tool prior to finishing. No sanding was carried out as the finish from the tool was buffed using the chestnut buffing system after sealing the wood with liquid Cellulose sanding sealer. <br />
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Some pics of the evening.<br />
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I am sure you all want to come and see your favourite Club Chairman demonstrate.George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-77313738818135465812011-09-05T10:46:00.000-07:002011-09-05T10:46:33.046-07:00Rod and SueLast year two of our members left our club when they moved to Yorkshire .Rod has Emailed me a couple of pics from a show they attended and won the best of show stand.<br />
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This is the Email and pics Rod sent me.<br />
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The award was for Best Trade Craft Stand at the Wensleydale Show (out of 29).We have been pretty busy since the move up here, both turning and work on the house/garden. We have had a table in the craft marquee in a few shows (see <a href="http://www.beautifulwoodbysue.co.uk/">http://www.beautifulwoodbysue.co.uk/</a> ‘for sale’ tab) just to see if this would be a good outlet for sales of our stuff – profit (and enjoyable) every time. We also have our stuff in a craft shop at a local beauty spot which is going well, so the future for selling up here looks good. Our problem at the moment is that following these shows we have so little stock that we will probably not be able to do a Christmas fair. Anyway, we are enjoying life up here, and I still keep an eye on your website/blog – regards to anyone in the club who remembers us.All the best, Rod<br />
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George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-36893580357855321832011-08-31T11:34:00.000-07:002011-08-31T11:34:08.297-07:00August Club meetingAnother good meeting three new members and about twenty regulars very good for August as there is always a downturn due to holidays.<br />
One of our members Barry was going to give us a demonstration on off centre turning but unfortunately he was stuck on a job in Cornwall.At five O clock I had the message that he was just not going to be there which put me on the spot a bit as I was planning to have a lazy evening watching Barry.<br />
Anyway as that was obviously not going to be I jumped into the breach and showed the members how to make an off centre goblet.<br />
We had another lathe set up for them that wanted to do hands on but everybody seemed more interested in how to make the goblet.<br />
Most off the members were up and down getting a closer view and asking questions <br />
I have been a little concerned whether we are doing the right thing doing a teaching demo every month although there is always at least another lathe for hands on.<br />
The general feeling from the members seems to be that they benefit from being shown different techniques and they are then able to go away and practise what the have seen,<br />
These evenings are very relaxed and the members tend to gather around the demonstrator rather than just sit and watch wich is good.<br />
We have decided to have our Christmas meal in December this year and Sue is sorting it out with Brent house as all the members said they enjoyed it there last year.<br />
In the future we are going to have an extra meeting each month in my workshop but the numbers will be limited and we have started a rota.<br />
Because of all the extra facilities on hand members will hopefully benefit greatly.<br />
We now have a large screen television available to us at the centre thanks to Ken Hindle all we have to do now is work out how to use it with a camera.This will be a big asset on our teaching demos as we will then be able to see a lot more detail.<br />
The table was a little bit sparse this month as most members have been busy but Hopefully we we will see an improvement next month.<br />
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The first thing we had to deal with was a letter from John Brewer resigning from the committee.<br />
To replace John we have co-opted our librarian Dereck Smith onto the committee.<br />
Dereck as you all know has been a member from day one and has managed our collection of books and DVDs.<br />
One of the items we discussed was the possibility of having two meetings a month instead of one as we have now.<br />
Another thing we discussed is the possibility of having a camera and screen which would be a big asset when we are carrying out teaching demos.<br />
These things will be discussed with our members at our next meeting.<br />
Finally something we must not forget is that Christmas is rapidly approaching and we need to decide on a date and venue for our Christmas meal.George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-13678715269255466312011-08-11T10:11:00.000-07:002011-08-11T10:11:12.192-07:00Sue and KerryYesterday Sue Meads and our new member Kerry joined me in my workshop for some tuition.Sue produced a lovely natural edge bowl from Cherry.Picture below.<br />
Kerry started to make a wide rimmed bowl out of Sycamore but never had time to complete it as she could only stay until about mid day.She will finish it at a later date and will will take a pic then.<br />
Sue is coming on in leaps and bounds and i think we have natural in Kerry as she took to it like a duck to water.<br />
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Frans demonstrated how to create a thin walled bowl with a carved and scorched edge to give the appearance of a natural edge.<br />
Everybody seemed to enjoy the evening and Frans was asked lots of questions.<br />
Thank you for a very interesting evening Frans.<br />
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This is an opportunity not to be missed and is sure to be a great evening.<br />
Click on link to see examples of Frans work on his Website.<br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday was the Grand opening of the Burnham on Sea community centre where we hold our monthly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">meetings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The opening was to celebrate the completion of an upgrading of the building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Mayor of Burnham on Sea carried out the official opening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Ourselves and other groups and users of the centre were asked to attend and support the works of the Friends of the centre which we were pleased to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We presented a coloured bowl to the Mayors wife from the club unfortunately iI forgot to get a pic of that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here are a few pics of those of us that set up a display and attended the event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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The first pic is the group shot of all of us and the second is our three members Sue Dereck and Burt.<br />
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If you want to be booked in let me know as places are disappearing fast.<br />
For more info click on link <a href="http://wwwartistry-in-wood.blogspot.com/p/courses-and-tuition.html">Click here</a><br />
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These are turned down and the spigot left on but not sanded.As I had quite a few to do I thought it would be an ideal opportunity for our Secretary Sue to practise her tooling and here is the result.<br />
If anybody is interested there is one place left on the Sunday 26Th of this month.<br />
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When I saw the state of their tools I was amazed just how bad they where.<br />
It took three hours to profile and sharpen their tools, it is no wonder they have problems with their turning.<br />
The thing that surprised me most that one of the tools a 3/8" bowl gouge was brand new and strait from the manufacturer.<br />
The grind on this tool was very much like you would expect on a spindle roughing gouge strait across.I have just had a word with the supplier who said this is what is called a traditional grind and that it is up to the turner to create his own grind.I think this is a bit of a cop out and I am waiting to see what the manufacturer 's response is.<br />
I have been turning now for seven years and have never seen anybody that knows anything about tool profiles use anything other than a fingernail grind or long grind on a bowl gouge.<br />
I think this highlights a real problem with novice turners that they are not getting the absolute basics right as for instance sharpening.If you are not sure that your tools are profiled and sharpened properly either go and see a pro turner and have a bit of tuition or seek out someone from your club who turns out very high quality work and ask him or her to check out you tools.<br />
Don't assume that because somebody has been doing it a long time that they know what they are doing because they might just have just been doing it badly for a long time.But the chances are that if someone is turning out consistently good work they will know what they are talking about.George Fowerakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119875476330238276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055816352022850214.post-65811183128227260722011-05-09T14:13:00.000-07:002011-05-09T14:13:26.274-07:00Pictures and items of interest.If this Blog is going to work I will need plenty of pics and any woodturning item of interest any pics of members their work themselves or their workshops.<br />
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