March 2023 – Sally Ault – Channel Islands Woodturners

: 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