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    March 2018 – Rudy Lopez

    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

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