World-renowned woodturner and instructor Jimmy Clewes provided an entertaining and informative full-day demonstration for members and visitors at the October meeting of Channel Islands Woodturners.
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Chrystal C. discussed results of party survey
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Dave S. announced slate of officers for next year
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Lotusland items by Terry K.
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Wood raffle items – pear, alder, eucalyptus
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Jeimmy Clewes begins his demo
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Good turnout for the all-day demo
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Jimmy says no need to buy expensive grinding wheels – use cheap wheels and hone with diamond cards
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His tools – he carries only one handle when travelling – dividers serves as multipurpose tool – opens paint cans
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First demo project is large deep bowl of Podocarpus – teaching basic tool technique
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Mounted on his favorite screw chuck – Oneway
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Tenon sized to fit chuck for later hollowing – he prefers dovetail jaws but here using available Oneway serrated jaws
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Cleaning up tearout with 3/8 gouge
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Shear scraping with bowl gouge
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Spraying with alcohol to raise grain before final sanding
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Now reversed and hollowing with his “Mate” carbide insert tool – see jimmyclewes.com
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Mate tool closeup – depth of cut is limited by design
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Hollowing the bottom with 5/8 (for stiffness) bowl gouge
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Completed bowl
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Bowl bottom – tenon left for finishing
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Second project is platter of figured maple
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Cutting the ogee curve
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Sketch of strong dovetail and ogee curve layout
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Cleanup with small gouge
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Shear scraping
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Seal with shellac and finish with wipe-on polyurethane
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Finishing products
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Reverse and shape top rim – to be “coloured”
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Raising grain – Oneway screw chuck at top
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Coloring with royal blue aniline dye
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Sanding in preparation for second color
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Applying second blue shade
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Adding yellow highlights
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Blending with alcohol spray
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Adding black line on edge
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Spraying with lacquer
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Video techs – they try to be in every picture
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Then proceed to hollow
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Power sand
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Haze is from polishing compound on laquered rim – here finishing same as bottom – shellac and poly
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The final look
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Completed platter
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Platter bottom
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Third project is lidded box from Sheoak cube – held between centers using small cups on opposite points
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Shaping to get three points and a tenon for later chucking
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Rechuck
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Wings cut with parting tool for starters
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Remove center waste
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Mark chuck dimension with dividers for internal reverse chucking
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Hollow leaving rim for chucking
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Reverse to shape foot
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Shellac and poly finish
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Prepare holly top to fit recess (and chuck) and undercut
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Reverse chuck and shape finial
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Completed box project
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Fourth and final project is wooden flask – blank is 5x7x2.5 holly
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Therm sides
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Prepare tenon on base for chucking
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Roughing out flask shape
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Preparing to drill
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Drill and refine opening
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Held by screw chuck
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True up
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Cut tenon
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Reverse and prepare recess for plug
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Hollow leaving rabbet for plug
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Prepare Plug from Maple wood
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Insert plug and true up
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Completed flask project – notice grain is aligned
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Reverse side can also be plugged or just decorated with bead
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