March 2024 – Alan Lacer – Channel Islands Woodturners

: “Even an old guy can do this”

: Al G. – Hook tool

: Ring tool

: Bryan D. – Matt Monaco inspired plate

: Dale Gertsch – Glendale club – Coin box

: Jim W.

: Avocado lidded box

: Mary Lacer’s Vikings

: Alan Lacer demo

: Lacer boxes

: Demonstrating gouge, scraper, and hook tool

: Ring drives from Robust. These will slip if get catch

: To show if sharp, edges will not reflect light

: Burr from grinder

: Pulling burr with carbide rod after honing with diamond card

: Burr from pull – much finer

: Lidded box in Osage – next project in hard maple

: Basic blank layed out with tenons

: Part with hacksaw to minimize waste/ maximize match

: First establish size and shape of top/lid

: Match size on bottom to fit lid

: Calipers to get close

: Refining fit

: Going for a snap fit here

: Form overall shape

: Form top – tailstock removed

: Refine thickness

: Form beads with skew

: Trim with roughing gouge

: Hollowing base

: Parting off

: Now to finish bottom

: Tenon to hold base

: Finishing bottom with hook tool

: Finished box in Maple

: Metal grinder made from sanding pad

: Hook tool blank off the grinder

: Heat and bend to form hook

: Mapp gas is hotter

: Bending hot blade to form hook using pliers

: Heat and quench in olive oil to heat triat

: Grinding the edge of hook

: Polish and reheat to temper – use oxide colors to judge heat – cool with water

: Before and after

: Awl made from wood from salvaged USS California from Pearl Harbor

: Dimples created by compressing, cutting off excess, and steaming to relieve stress

: Finally the skew demo

: 9/16 Osage jammed into morse taper

: Making tops with skew only

: To demonstrate the shoulder cut with skew