Rick, Paul, J Hiltz, Miles

Leo discussed techniques to fill soft areas on wood and the use of various glues to fill in voids.

Miles brought in a steady rest that he had. It was quite sturdy looking and simple to make.

We worked on the acacia wood blanks and used Leo's new turning jig to round out some bowls.

Leo discussed how to use geometry to design bowl with various arcs (curves) from circular to oval or egg shaped.

Fall2013 Sessions

Accacia

Rick, J Hiltz, Paul, Brian

We continued to work on the accacia bowl blanks using the mechanized jig that Leo has been perfecting to turn even shapes.

Paul worked on the large vase project.

Leo discusses using cold rolled square stock steel to make tools for the chucks
(to enable the chuck to be tightened securely when the regular tool is awkward to try to use.)
Ratchet wrenches can be adapted to this by filing the ends of the socket slightly so that it fits into the slot in the chuck.

We agreed to do a workshop on the metal lathe some evening this year.