June 2017 – Eli Avisera at Rich Studio – Channel Islands Woodturners

: The audience for the Harvey Rich Studio dedication

: Eli Avisera with trembler

: All the various projects

: Trembler: He feeds square stock through the headstock so support is always short.

: The end is supported with string

: Jig for holding trembler with string – MT2 for tailstock

: Slots cut with ultra thin parting tool

: Closeup of Eli’s “combination” tool. Top is flat with negative rake.

: Next project: Human figure using offset turning

: Holding in chuck just using ball at top

: Shaping the head on axis

: Next projeect: Roughing a top and its box

: He also knurled on back surface

: Hollowing the box to fit the top

: Wire burning

: Top rim was burnt with wood block

: Thick tape to protect against chuck jaws when box reversed

: Burning with wood block

: Bottom will provide surface for spinning top

: Beginning the bottle stopper

: Painting the top surface only – acrylic paint won’t bleed into the wood

: Decorate with long point of the skew with wood slightly offset in jaws

: Different tilts give different effects

: Measure for cork length and stopper overhang

: Sanding with beeswax polish

: Cutting for the cork tenon and part off

: Next project: Scoop

: Shaping the sphere for cup

: Mark the offset

: Cutting handle offset

: Cut down the tenon at tailstock. Was thick to avoid splitting

: Wooden jaws holds sphere. Cavity is cylindrical – could be spherical

: Hollow the sphere and trim off tenon

: Chuck allows feeling the thickness

: Two scoops – the cup should be tilted the opposite way, but cutting off the tenon would be another step.

: Next project: Winged bowl – template was 230 mm radius

: He penciled the template curve on all four sides of board and numbered each side

: Sand by hand to keep corners crisp

: Painted black with acrylic and offset cuts with skew point. He numbers each side so knows which side to bring forward next to achieve a spiral effect. Notice the pencil lines from the template to show desired curvature.

: To keep vibation minimized, bowl is backed by form with same curvature as template. The green is tacky contact cement.

: Pattern cut into winged bowl top surface before turning back. Notice the spiral effect.

: Bowl taped down for turning the foot

: Final shape. This method allows for very thin bowls.

: Earring project: This collet allows for reversing the Ebony blank

: Earring examples and stand

: Applying paint

: Wet paint will drip with spin creating interesting pattern

: Knurling tool

: Drybrush painting with little foam brush

: Result with offset turning of grooves and metallic paints

: Eli’s sculpture signifying the collegial world of woodturning