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

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Bynstryker@gmail.com March 1, 2003October 11, 2024

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Vice President’s Message Our next meeting will be held at the Cabrillo Middle School classroom on Saturday, 26 April, from 9:00am to 12:00 noon. We will have Show n’ Tell and a Wood Raffle, so please bring your latest woodturning to show us and any wood that you wish to donate to the Raffle. Our…

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