March 2023 – Sally Ault

ByRon Lindsay March 26, 2023October 11, 2024

New club t-shirts distributed

Show and Tell: Ron L. – pine bowls

John O. – Bottom meets top

Terry K.

Jose N.

Our demonstrator, Sally Ault from San Diego

Here is the project objective

Bottom of lidded bowl project

Lid

Various lidded examples

Grain teaching aide

Quilted Maple blank for lidded bowl project

Gauge for jaw openings

She prefers Vicmark chuck with dovetail jaws

Checking the dovetail angle on tenon

Shaping the bowl bottom and tenon

Hollowing the bowl

First form lip and ledge for lid

Passive sander system

Gouge has rounded heel to prevent marking

Small gauge and skew for detail work

Lid blank held by top tenon

Plan is to make ledge for expanding jaw chuck in lid to hold lid while turning top surface

Fitting lid to bowl

Marking with calipers with sharp points

Lunch break

John As. brought Mystery wood

Knurling tool

Result

Now cut mortice for chuck

Notice small pusher live center

Top drilled to accept lid knob

Blank for knob

Forming knob

Saw it off

Knob in place

Flat board blank for painted lid. Block is glued to board and then turned for form tenon

Various painted lid examples

Shape lid

Block is hot glued to lid and tape for temporary handle.

Lid is primered, then painted with base coat of white or black (usually)

Colored paints added to cup in reverse order …

… then flip over and dump

Heat gun to help the flow

Tip to direct flow

Another design on black base layer

Third design on a white base layer

Final design results

May, 2004
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Meeting Information: Saturday, May 22 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Brad Stave: Surface Decoration $15 fee for this meeting: This will include lunch and a hands-on-workshop using various tools! At Levi Mize Woodcraftsman’s Shop Over 30 people attended the April meeting at our new venue. Thanks to Levi Mize for making his shop available,…

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April 2023 – John O’brien
ByRon Lindsay April 29, 2023October 11, 2024

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February, 2005
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Meeting Information: Saturday, February 26, from 9 am to 4 pm Bonnie Klein: Special Demo “Small Scale Turning” or “Miniatures” For reservations see below! At Levi Mize Woodcraftsman’s Shop 162 Aviador Street #17+18, Camarillo, CA 93010 Aviador Street is N. of the Camarillo Airport and is reached from the Central Ave. exit off of US…

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August 2023 – Meeting
ByRon Lindsay September 5, 2023October 11, 2024

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August, 2004
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Meeting Information: Saturday, August 28th from 9:00 am to Noon Hands-on Workshop with emphasis on teaching tool use: we will have 4 lathes set up and a specific teaching program is planned for new turners. at Russ Babbitt’s Note that this meeting is not at Levi Mize’s Shop: we will return there next month….

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November, 2003
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Meeting Information: Saturday, November 22nd from 9:00 am to Noon Working with Epoxy: Part II at Jim Rinde’s: Last year in Part I, Jim explained the chemical aspects of epoxy and taught us the techniques involved in preparation of epoxy and wood turning blanks. This year in Part II he will show us the techniques…

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