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 truing the surface, he marked the position of the spigot then shaped the outside and underside as much as possible before reversing into the chuck. and shaping the upper half and hollowing the centre in a dish shape.
A small recess was made around the hollow to accommodate the lid/finial. This recess was used to hold the piece in the jaws using paper as protective padding. The underside was then finished into a round so that it balanced at an angle although Les pointed out that it could be flattened to stand straight.
