May 2016 – Sally Ault

ByRon Lindsay June 1, 2016October 11, 2024

Business meeting – introduction of guests

Show and Tell table

Ron L.: Ceanothus yarn bowl and Rata pen blanks

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

David F.: Dyed bowl

Iron Bark Eucalyptus natural edge

Apricot natural edge

Mark R.: Fruit wood bowl

Jim R.: Bowl in a block

Multi-axis turnings, toasted wood block

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

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

Lance P.: Norfolk Island Pine vessel

Sally Ault began demo with discussion of feet

Collection of feet by various turners

Sally showed slides of feet by various turners

One of many slides

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

Sally’s turning tools

Plastic profile gauge for checking form relative to foot placement

Various grinding motors

Beginning her footed vessel project in Juniper wood

Hollowing the top cup – Juniper wood

Hollowing the base – to be carved into feet

Sally’s large collection of grinding points and microplanes

Cutting off center nub

Grinding out the center point

Cutting wheel used to define feet

Riobi reciprocating chisel

Flame shape burr grinder

Sanding tube

Using the diamond cut grinder tip

The larger sander

The smaller sander

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

Urchin box examples

Examples of base and lid pieces – fan coral finial

Detail of lid example

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

The various segments and their tenons

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

Urchin ready to be carved to accept cup

Preparing the cup piece

Hollowing the cup

Finished base top showing base tenon

Preparing lid

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

Undercutting base bottom

Take away tailstock and finish bottom of base

Polishing compound in wax base

Finished base – held by tenon

Wood raffle

Lee R. brought big load of Redwood

Measuring for center of urchin

Grinding hole for base

Grinding top hole

Shopmade template for checking hole centering (and foot layout)

Shopmade template for checking hole centering (and foot layout)

Fitting base

Glue in cup with 5-minute epoxy

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

Shaping the finial

Good shot of Drozda Point

Sizing tenon on finial using 1/4″ wrench

Finial fitted to top lid

Finished project

Finished project and example cup and top

Sally had five students for the Sunday workshop

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