May 2016 – Sally Ault – Channel Islands Woodturners

Business meeting – introduction of guests

Ron L.: Ceanothus yarn bowl and Rata pen blanks

John As.: Ginko leaves pattern carved in Manzanita sapwood and heartwood

Bryan R.: G clef incised, burnt, and filled with epoxy

Al G.: Three Norfolk Island Pine bowls with translucent oil finish

Sally Ault began demo with discussion of feet

Sally showed slides of feet by various turners

Sally showed time-lapse video of Pat Kramer shaping feet on bowl

Plastic profile gauge for checking form relative to foot placement

Beginning her footed vessel project in Juniper wood

Hollowing the base – to be carved into feet

Sally’s large collection of grinding points and microplanes

Now starting the Sea Urchin Box project – step-by-step instructions covered in her handout

Examples of base and lid pieces – fan coral finial

Wrapping the urchin with foil and tape before injecting the foam

Sally likes the window foam because doesn’t expand excessively and break the urchin

Cleaning the foamer apparatus for future use

Mark R. training with Dave S. to operate the video control board

Marking out the needed segments from single piece of Purpleheart

Urchins injected with urethane foam and cured, ready for carving top and bottom holes

Preparing to turn base bottom held by base tenon and supported at first with tailstock

Take away tailstock and finish bottom of base

Shopmade template for checking hole centering (and foot layout)

Finial stock stabilized using Drozda point in Oneway type live center tailstock

Checking for finial base size and appropriate hole size in lid

Drilling the 1/4″ hole with drill in Jacobs chuck

Sizing tenon on finial using 1/4″ wrench

Finished project and example cup and top

Sally had five students for the Sunday workshop

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