Using a Screw Chuck For this piece, Les demonstrated turning a shallow, bowl-shaped box with a lid and a further finial. He made it very speedily between tea break and close of meeting. Les used this piece as an example of starting the blank on a screw chuck. He shaped the bottom part first. After
Twist Drill Start This piece allowed Les to reiterate some of the key points made in relation to piece 1, the “completely useless hollow boxy formy thing with an equally pointless finial with a point” whilst including additional points of technique. He made it from three smaller pieces of wood, thereby saving wood. After turning
Safety First For his first project, Les wanted to focus on the use of (home-made) jam chucks to make the “completely useless hollow boxy formy thing with an equally pointless finial with a point”. He was using French hard oak which leaves a shiny mark when sawn. He had a constant emphasis on safety and
Demonstrations & Have a go! Around the hall, there was much demonstrating of how to turn a captive ring on a goblet stem and quite a few members had a go themselves, with varying degrees of success and finesse. None of the rings were seen flying round the room, although several members confessed that this
