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Lawrence Thomas must spend a lot of time in his shop.
This month he brought in two beautiful vessels. The one on the right is
a large fluted vessel turned from a Red Oak burl and the smaller vessel
on the left was turned from Chinese Elm. Both pieces have a lacquer
finish the way only Lawrence can do it.
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Earl Roberson brought in a nice piece of laminated
glue-up and a bottle stopper made from the material. Earl used Walnut,
Mahogany and Maple for the glue up to make an eight-pointed star.
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Brown displayed a steady-rest he made after seeing the
one Nelson Brooks brought with him for his pepper-mill demo. In addition
Mel has put it to use. He exhibited his first attempt at a Clay Foster
"Wobble pot" and a short Cherry piece. Mel has many talents.
He even turned a small bark-edge bowl.
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Jerry Osmundson has a lot of talent. He turned several
tops and bottle-stoppers. It seemed that we all had to spin those tops
just a few times to make sure that they really work.
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Look closely at this nice bark-edge bowl. Jim Black
turned it from a nice piece of Boxelder. This one came off the lathe and
broke in several pieces. One would have a hard time finding the glue
lines where Jim glued it back together. To make them easier to find, Jim
highlighted the edges with a fine black line. It made for a beautiful
design change.
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This unusual star-shaped bowl was turned by Pat Johnson
from Ash. Wouldn’t you like to know how he did that?
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Will Pate has gotten an early start on turning his tree
ornaments for this year. Have you started yet? Let’s get them turned
and bring them in early.
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Chris Pruitt was watching close when Clay Foster showed
off his eggshell finish. This small vessel is Chris’ first attempt. It
really looks nice.
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Wow! John Roth brought in a beautiful matching bowl and
vase. Both pieces were made of Walnut and Basswood. John then added a
super nice chip carving to each to set them apart from the usual
turnings. These are truly out standing pieces.
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Ray Morgan has become a prolific turner of pens. To make
these fine-writing instruments, Ray looks for the special and exotic
woods. He also uses dyed woods, plastics, deer antler and whatever he
can find that will make beautiful pens.
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Our program this
month consisted of a "round robin" of club talent. This club
has a wide range of turners with specialties to pass on to anyone who
wants to learn. |
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Maurice Clabaugh turned bark-edge bowls and explained
everything from how to position the wood on the lath to how to keep the
bark on the bowl. |
John Carpenter displayed his talent with turning pens. |
Bill West showed us how he turns
tops and weed pots. Everyone liked his weed pot with a captive ring |
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Lawrence Thomas turned baby rattles and tree ornaments. |
Pat Johnson had a wealth of knowledge to share about
sharpening turning tools. Pat covered everything from what type wheel to
use to the various sharpening jigs to use |
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Phil Duffy covered the details
of turning a lidded box and such things as how to align the grain of the
lid to match the box. |
A special thanks to the ladies for the wonderful lunch.
It was really delicious. |
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