Minutes

Attendees: Rick, J Hiltz, Paual, Naq, Bob, Miles, Chris

Mr. James Hiltz, Miles, Rick, and Paul had completed some work on the project.....the body was glued up and the top/bottom pieces were done and ready to be profiled.

Leo demonstrated how to turn the outside of the urn body on the metal lathe.
He then set up the wood lathe and turned the inside of the body (of Paul’s) using the steady rest we made previously this year and his rigid heavy cutter fed into the interior of the piece by a handscrew apparatus.

Very productive workshop tonight.

Jatoba.....Brazilian Cherry

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Minutes April 7, 2009

April 7/09

Attendance:Paul, Rick, Miles, Joe, Chris, Jimmy MacNeil, Robert

Leo reviewed the formula for rough estimate of volume of a cask:
It is D*H/20, which give a close estimate of the volume in gallons
D is diameter, H is height
Paul brought in a Stanley #50 combination plane and Leo demonstrated how to sharpen the beading blade and how to make a wooden fence to make it more versatile.
We then discussed the Urn project.
Once the staves are glued up, we start on shaping the top and bottom.
The solid piece is mounted on the lathe between centers and rounded.
Then a foot is cut on each end:
The piece will be sectioned into two parts, one for the top and one for the bottom.

Learning point: A cylinder , once rounded on the lathe, can be smoothed using a hand plane on an angle with the lathe running.

Leo then demonstrated several of his home built contraptions for deep vase turning using heavy steel tubes and rods. Most ingenious.

वुड supplies

Ranald Ross (Margaree) is coming into Sydney this week with some wood for me. He can take some wood in if anyone wants to see his products. Let me know what to ask him for.

Coxheath Trail-Sample photos

Here's a few photos of the trip up the trail, done on Sunday April 5/09.
It is very pretty and worth a few hours of exercise.
I think we should go up now, and again when the trees start to bud to get some close up shots of the process, and then again when the leaves are on and again in the fall.
One or two photos are out of focus...I was distracted by the young lass that I met on the way.
I took a movie of her but she bound me not to show it.
Too bad for you lads!

Not many trees have IDs but I can get someone from lands and Forrests to give a guided tour.
Shall I do that??
No charges for that as far as I know.

outting

There is a trail in Coxheath near the Blacketts lake turn.

It goes up the mountain. People can park in the church parking lot.

The Coxheath Wilderness Association has scouted this out and marked trees with ID.

Anyone interested in scoutting it out with me to see if the club might want to do it?

Paul Murphy