Margaret Garrard was our demonstrator for October. She has been turning for 27 years, initially taking it up as a hobby. She covered involuted turning, using up small squares of wood, painting and piercing! Involuted Turning Margaret showed us how to make the individual steps to make an involuted piece of turning including how to
Martin Saban-Smith has a background in graphic design and photography, so maybe it’s not surprising that the first part of his talk focused on different types of curves for bowls, and the proportion of the bowl. The rest of the demonstration covered enhancing pieces by using colour. Martin started turning on 29th May 2014 and
Mick Hanbury is an artist producing beautifully decorated unique pieces of wood turning. He started his career as a cabinet maker, taking up wood turning 25 years ago. His demonstration this month brought us decorating techniques using paint and texture. Shield – Paint Techniques The first piece Mick turned and decorated was a shield
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
Les is a Registered Professional Turner and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Turners. He has spent the whole of his life involved in the timber industry in a range of capacities. He is internationally sought after as a presenter and the club was very appreciative of his demonstration. Les commented that he had
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
Most of us probably have tools we don’t use. Another member might be able to make good use of those tools, even basic ones, as we do have some beginners who have perhaps not built up their stock of tools yet. At May’s Hands-On Meeting, there will be a table set up for members to
Every summer, New Hall Mill has several open days. West Midlands Woodturners have a demonstration stand at several of these. On the stand, Cliff runs a “pick a peg” where the prizes are turned items made by Cliff and other members of the club. Cliff is always looking for some items for the stall so
