May 2016 – Sally Ault – Channel Islands Woodturners

: Business meeting – introduction of guests

: Show and Tell table

: Ron L.: Ceanothus yarn bowl and Rata pen blanks

: John As.: Ginko leaves pattern carved in Manzanita sapwood and heartwood

: David F.: Dyed bowl

: Iron Bark Eucalyptus natural edge

: Apricot natural edge

: Mark R.: Fruit wood bowl

: Jim R.: Bowl in a block

: Multi-axis turnings, toasted wood block

: Bryan R.: G clef incised, burnt, and filled with epoxy

: Al G.: Three Norfolk Island Pine bowls with translucent oil finish

: Lance P.: Norfolk Island Pine vessel

: Sally Ault began demo with discussion of feet

: Collection of feet by various turners

: Sally showed slides of feet by various turners

: One of many slides

: Sally showed time-lapse video of Pat Kramer shaping feet on bowl

: Sally’s turning tools

: Plastic profile gauge for checking form relative to foot placement

: Various grinding motors

: Beginning her footed vessel project in Juniper wood

: Hollowing the top cup – Juniper wood

: Hollowing the base – to be carved into feet

: Sally’s large collection of grinding points and microplanes

: Cutting off center nub

: Grinding out the center point

: Cutting wheel used to define feet

: Riobi reciprocating chisel

: Flame shape burr grinder

: Sanding tube

: Using the diamond cut grinder tip

: The larger sander

: The smaller sander

: Now starting the Sea Urchin Box project – step-by-step instructions covered in her handout

: Urchin box examples

: Examples of base and lid pieces – fan coral finial

: Detail of lid example

: Wrapping the urchin with foil and tape before injecting the foam

: Sally likes the window foam because doesn’t expand excessively and break the urchin

: Cleaning the foamer apparatus for future use

: Mark R. training with Dave S. to operate the video control board

: Marking out the needed segments from single piece of Purpleheart

: The various segments and their tenons

: Urchins injected with urethane foam and cured, ready for carving top and bottom holes

: Urchin ready to be carved to accept cup

: Preparing the cup piece

: Hollowing the cup

: Finished base top showing base tenon

: Preparing lid

: Preparing to turn base bottom held by base tenon and supported at first with tailstock

: Undercutting base bottom

: Take away tailstock and finish bottom of base

: Polishing compound in wax base

: Finished base – held by tenon

: Wood raffle

: Lee R. brought big load of Redwood

: Measuring for center of urchin

: Grinding hole for base

: Grinding top hole

: Shopmade template for checking hole centering (and foot layout)

: Shopmade template for checking hole centering (and foot layout)

: Fitting base

: Glue in cup with 5-minute epoxy

: Finial stock stabilized using Drozda point in Oneway type live center tailstock

: Checking for finial base size and appropriate hole size in lid

: Drilling the 1/4″ hole with drill in Jacobs chuck

: Shaping the finial

: Good shot of Drozda Point

: Sizing tenon on finial using 1/4″ wrench

: Finial fitted to top lid

: Finished project

: Finished project and example cup and top

: Sally had five students for the Sunday workshop