February 2016 – Chris Pytlik – Channel Islands Woodturners

: Dave S. described newly acquired video control setup and three remotely pointable cameras

: Sam T. listed the various club responsibilities and their owners

: Mark M. our librarian asked for suggestions for new materials

: Show and Tell Table – 1

: Show and Tell Table – 2

: Ron L. with Macadamia and Palo Verde bowls

: John A. – Macadamia bowl

: Macadamia bowl by John A.

: John A. with another great carving project

: Carving by John A.

: Al G. with Macadamia medallion and small very thin-turned bowls

: David F. donated chalis from his demo

: David turned a hollow log into a sphere

: David also brought spalted Birch for raffle

: Spalted Birch bowl by David F.

: Bruce B. with segmented vase in Carob and Ebony – all vertical grain

: Chris Pytlik, our demonstrator for the day, adding cobalt catalyzer and gold pigment to resin

: Grooves in small hollowform to be burned and then filled with the gold resin

: Carving grooves with rotary tool and carbide tip

: Everyone outside for the torching demo

: Torching the grooves

: Resin was hardened while pouring on with UV lamp and added catalyst

: Getting ready to turn down the resin

: Scraping with the top wing of the gouge

: Chris also scraped with the bottom wing of the gouge.

: After turning but not yet sanded or poilished

: Using a clear glass ornament as a casting form for the colored resin

: Solid resin ornament to be hollowed. Several scraper tools

: Scrape with a negative rake

: Scraping with edge of gouge. Resin must be scraped rather than cut off the bevel

: Chris likes Easy tools because of flat rather than upturned edge on carbide insert

: Chris’s tools

: Lunch break discussion

: Wood raffle

: Spalted Orange for wood raffle

: David F. brought spalted Birch for raffle

: More wood

: Even more wood

: First dye from inside the Cottonwood hollowform through to the outside

: Applying dye to the outside

: Apply dye with pipette. Chris uses Metal Complex dyes because more fade resistant.

: Dying the outside – 1

: Dying the outside – 2

: The dyed hollowform can be hung from this internal hook

: Dying the Maple bowl yellow to start

: Silver Maple bowl first dyed yellow overall and then dry dye is melted with acetone from pipette

: Dying the bowl’s inside

: More dye

: Dying the bowl’s outside and bottom

: Final color

: Front of Chris’s plate – unpolished resin

: Polishing the resin-coated plate on the big buffing wheel

: Smooth as glass

: After polishing

: Back of Chris’s plate