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Jeff V. filling in for Prez Chrystal
Demonstrator Rudy Lopez from Tampa Florida
Project 1 is winged bowl from crotch wood
Rudy uses double-beveled bowl gouges ground at 40, 60, and 80 degress. Shown is negative rake scraper with long edge for inside deep smoothing
Writeup on long negative rake scraper available under Handouts on his website: rudolphlopez.com
Showing the double bevel
Jig for grinding the double bevel
Rolly Munro tool for deep hollowing – Rudy’s favorite
Crotch turned between centers using large spur center
Large spur – about 1.5″ diameter
Shaping the bottom
Cut tenon on bottom
Smoothing with negative angle scraper
Reverse holding with tenon – note marks where held by large spur
Thinning the wings from the top
Negative rake scraper turning mostly air
Starting the hollowing
Checking depth with laser depth finder
Shop made laser depth gauge
Hollowing with gouge
Final shape
Showing how chucked on bottom
Showing urethane plastic soft chuck (rubberchucky.com) and leather pad for jam chucking
Jam chucking with rubber chucky to finish bottom
Final bottom cleanup
Cut off with Japanese pull saw
Final winged bowl – top
Final winged bowl – top
Final winged bowl – bottom
Joanne declares it good
Showing how to support bowl with stand
Project 2 is deep bowl in Cuban Mahogany with natural edge rim. Exercise using bowl gouges for hollowing.
Shaping bottom and tenon
Reversed for hollowing
Hollowing
Final project 2 – round bottom
Banana bowl – multiaxis turning
Project 3 vase is square/round exercise
Layout for cutting the flats on the bandsaw
As cut with flats
Bottom rounded and reversed
Hollowing with Munro tool
Shaping the base
Final shaping of foot
Use sanding disk on lathe to smooth the flats (the $3000 disk sander)
Final project 3 vase – flats can be further decorated or textured
