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April 2018 – Mike Mahoney

ByRon Lindsay April 30, 2018October 11, 2024

Sam T. introducing our demonstrator Mike Mahoney (clock not working)

Mike started demo showing multi-bowl coring using the McNaughton Center Saver system on a claro walnut blank

This shows the graft line between the root stock and Iranian walnut

This strong banding is characteristic of claro walnut

McNaughton tool (available from Craft Supplies USA)

Laid out for four bowls

Mike’s gouge grind – he likes coarse grinding wheel

Explaining the arc for cutting

Graft line quite prominent

Instant gallery items – Mike’s bowls in background

Instant gallery

Robert M.’s footed olive bowl – Note the butterfly patches

Mike’s Walnut with graft line

Another of Mike’s Walnut bowls with graft line

Mike’s mug – see Youtube for video on how to make

Bowl set in Silver Maple

Bowl contour

Mike’s bowl examples and instant gallery table

Show and tell (instant gallery)

Mike brought cored blanks for sale

Cored blanks for sale

Wood raffle items Acacia, Pine, and Walnut

Acacia for wood raffle

Wood raffle

Project 2: Large Valley (white) Oak blank for platter

Supported by large tenon

Cutting large diameter but shallow rabbet for Vicmarc chuck

Shear scraping the ogee. Bottom center is bowed out for extra thickness.

Patching crack with CA glue and sawdust

Finish is walnut oil and beeswax mixture.

Quartersawn figure

Mike’s finish

Sharp step transition

Hollowed out sanded and finished

Showing the platter contour

Project 3: Urn with threaded finial

Shaping the urn – “mistletoe” walnut

Checking depth

Hollowing with the Kelton hollowing tool (double-ended)

Kelton hollowing tool – bent (Craft Supplies)

Kelton hollowing tool – straight

This shows the mistletoe figure best. Ready for threading

Using the “female” chaser (Mike likes 16 tpi)

Finishing urn base held in jam chuck

Shaping the finial – boxwood

Starting the thread using the “male” chaser

Finished thread – note the “stop” slot

This is threaded chuck to hold the finial by its threads

Shaping the finial top

Mike called the shape “Asian”

Finished urn with finial

Mike’s recommended foot sizes for various applications

Project 4: “Calabash” shape (rounded bottom) large bowl in Black Oak

Exterior shaped showing tenon to hold for hollowing

Mike cored this one also – chips flying

Two cores shown

Hollowing with gouge to 1/8″ thickness to bottom

Chips really flying – Joe R. takes cover

Hollowed – Mike sanded outside only since wet

Preparing jam chuck to remove tenon and final shape

Mike gets ovation from impressed crowd

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