April 2014 – Mitchell/Scarborough – Channel Islands Woodturners

Raffle for gift certificates. John K. collecting glasses for Lions Club charity

Jim R.with example of chatoyance in pine wood – subject of his talk next month

Mark E. – Bowl from a pre-laminated board

David filled cracks in bowl with metal filings

Bruce B. – Bandsaw jig and techniques after Robert Craig

Technique to be written up by Robert Craig in AAW magazine

Sam T. filled cracks in thin bowl with black epoxy

Lee T. filled cyprus cracks with crushed turquoise

John A. brought large maple pieces for wood raffle

Robert M. co-presenting today on Dealing With Cracks

Richard S. co-presenter – salvaging a blown-out bowl

Richard showed slide show on his various activities at his Malibu studio

Showing teaser from crack filling video by Ted Sokolowski

We may obtain this video for club library

Laser-cut butterflies – they have a slight taper – source is stebbinsstudios.com

Source for powder is — www.sokolowskistudios.com

Sample of Sumac wood. Richard also turns root burls of Ceanothus (Wild Lilac)

Robert using hot glue to attach butterfly template to bowl

Powders from Sokolowski Studios ($25 for sampler)

Routing out the butterfly shape using laminate trimmer and 1/8″ spiral carbide bit

Showing pilot insert and tip exposure – about 1/4″

Finished recess – corners trimmed out with small chisel

Richard showed how to patch a crack in a hollow object like a guitar

Sanding the butterfly flush with power rotary sander

Biscuit joiner cuts slots for inlay patches – make your own biscuits from hardwood

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