We enjoyed a full day’s demonstration with Rob Till who presented three pieces: a discus bowl, an involuted candlestick, and a coloured box with a finial. Discus Bowl For the discus bowl Rob used a 65*180mm ash bowl blank. The blank was mounted on a screw chuck and supported by the tailstock. The cone centre […]
Steve demonstrated two projects: a coloured and textured candlestick and a pestle and mortar. Note: You will observe in the photographs that Steve wore reasonably tight fitting wristbands. It is generally recommended that all jewellery is removed whilst turning. Coloured and Textured Candlestick Steve started with the base of the candlestick using a 1″x6″ oak […]
We all enjoyed a full-day with Rick Dobney who gave a clear step-by-step demonstration of two demonstrated pieces: a three-part hollow form and a multi-axis candlestick. The day was concluded with a novel way of mounting potentially large unbalanced pieces for multi-axis pieces using a homemade faceplate-vice-jig thingy. Highlights Three-Part Hollow Form For this demonstration […]
