April 2017 – Charles Farrar – Channel Islands Woodturners

: Business meeting

: Demonstrator Charles Farrar from North Carolina – see charlesfarrar.com

: Example pieces

: Another example of hammered wood

: Slide show of some of Charles’s work

: His Nichols lathe

: Textured – with “Swoosh” finial

: Hammered wood

: Leather texture

: Scalloped edge bowl

: “ET”

: Black coral ” Swoosh” finial

: All pyrography

: Project 1 – hollowform shaping and hollowing

: Stabilized scraper for hollowing

: Replaceable carbide tip tool for hollowing – stabilized

: Closeup of carbide insert

: Negative rake scraper for hollowing

: Small tool at top is skew from 1/4″ round stock

: Drive center from found object (rubber dog toy?)

: Cutting band to be textured

: Project 3: Texturing

: Proxxon carver/angle grinder $155

: Project 3 – Carving “hammer” marks with carbide burr

: Mastercarver Micro-pro carver $200

: Various carving burrs

: Project 4: Collar and lid. Collar with competing texture not recommended – Charles likes African Blackwood – not Wenge

: Transferring diameter of opening to collar

: Parting off collar

: Hollowform with collar fitted

: Center finder

: Shaping the top lid that will hold the finial or swoosh

: The collar and lid should conform to the curve of the body

: Cleaning up the base

: Finished collar and lid

: Finished small base

: Project 5: Coloring – first blacken with leather dye. Then dab on acrylic paint (here green)

: Highlight with lighter color applied with popsicle stick

: And highlight with metallic paint

: Examples of products used

: Project 6: “Scandinavian” open bowl

: Shaping exterior

: Hollowing with gouge – no special hollowing tools

: Finishing bowl foot

: Final bowl shape