October 2016 – Art Liestman – Channel Islands Woodturners

: Business Meeting

: Show and Tell: Ron L. brought teapot, Were Wabbit, and therming jigs. (See Ron’s demo on therming and reverse turnings in the June 2010 meeting photos.)

: Slate of officers to be voted on next month

: Pedro M. appealed for new blood on the board of officers

: Bryan R. with two bird forms

: Jim R. with toasted wood shapes and “carmelized” bowl

: Jim R.

: Darrel W. donated grinding rest

: and made riser block and blade guide for his band saw

: New member Jeff U. with maple coat/hat rack

: Art Liestman with full-day demo

: Art showed slides of his work as intro

: known for his puzzle motif

: Puzzle teapot

: Faux stone canon

: Let me out!

: Dancers

: After throwing the rice – Sumo wrestler

: A substitution code

: John As. brought router for sale and Eucalyptus wood for raffle

: Two varieties of Euc

: Explaining the “lost wood” process

: Remove the staves marked x and re-assemble

: Glueing up the lost wood using kraft paper joints to be split after turning

: Examples of lost wood projects

: Example of lost wood project

: Example of lost wood project

: Example of lost wood project – will demo this today

: Recommends Micro Mark for small and unusual tools

: Project: lost wood lidded box

: Parting the box

: Cutting through with portable Japanese saw

: Cleaning up box with side of parting tool. Art sharpens across flats to develop burr

: Mike Jakofsky tool for hollowing

: Noitice how holes drilled in waste wood can be used to check wall thickness of a hollow vessel

: Parting off bottom of box

: Joanne helps with splitting the paper joints. Art says align chisel flat side with the good wood.

: Assemble sides after center removed

: The parts

: Save the “lost” part as a template for more later

: Glue halves together using the “rub joint” method – no clamp required

: A goblet utilizing the lost wood technique – a project for the workshop tomorrow

: New subject; Therming – examples

: Thermed and hollowed teapot

: Ancient ruin

: Wall hanging – bleached and sliced on diagonal

: Closeup of texture

: Explaining the therming process

: Holding four pieces to be thermed between plywood disks

: The improved model in metal – adjustable and handles 2,3, or 4 pieces at once.

: Setting up the jig to therm three blocks of Butternut

: The scary part – not too fast

: Defining the edges of the thermed piece with parting tool. Notice the black marker outline at top

: One side finished – Art says don’t try to sand while turning

: Art drew intended outline on top edge

: Remove screws and reverse each block

: Two sides done

: Suggested shape to be turned between centers

: The History of the Teapot

: From ancient to modern

: The Standard Brown Betty

: Two volunteers to design teapot

: Explaining how to attach the various parts to the body without a gap

: Art’s teapot with his stone finish. Torched and then dry-brush painted

: New mystery project: cut tenons on each end and shape the body

: Showing dowel used to register the two pieces cut at an angle to the lathe axis

: Part off first half

: Other half hollowed

: Drill through with Forstner bitr for lid

: Explaining how to hold piece to clean up after parting off – hot glue?

: Now reassemble with 180 deg twist

: Finished teapot using that method

: Very thin parting tool made with saw blade

: Art uses compwood (compressed wood) for bending, but this is black walnut soaked in water

: Bending form from roll of tape and rubber bands

: Source for compwood – expensive but don’t need much

: Art finished with slideshow of a hundred different teapots – following are just a few