HERTS & BEDS WOODTURNERS WOODBITS

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1 June 2017 Issue 133 All Day Demo 29 ober at Northall Village Hall. Demonstrator will be Richard Findley Competition Subjects June July Aug Sept Nov Dec A lidded box A bowl Decorated item Kitchen treen Fruit Toy or puzzle Christmas Decoration May Turners of the Month Beginners Advanced : Dave Guy 2:Les Clarke 3:Tim Pettigrew 1:Andrew Ogglesby 2: Grahame Tomkins 3:David Lock Page 1 of 7

2 Masters Open 1:Tony Taylor 2: Don Guy 3: Peter Hoare 1: Tony Taylor 2: Andrew Ogglesby 3: Norman Bastiani May Demonstrator, Carlyn Lindsay Carlyn laminates veneers with mainly sycamore but also box and maple. She glues up layers alternation sycamore veneer sycamore and so on. For us made a lidded bowl with a foot. She made the bowl first leaving a spigot on which the ebony foot could be attached. Page 2 of 7

3 After coffee break, Carlyn made a knob for the plain lid from a prepared laminated blank, and also showed what a dark lid would look like, although she had made this previously so it wasn't a good fit for the demonstration pot. Some examples of her work Page 3 of 7

4 2017 programme Jun 13 Jul 11 Aug 8 Sep Nov 14 Dec 12 Les Thorne Andy Coates Jason Breach Northall Village Hall. Richard Findley. Ed Oliver Xmas Social Art on the Common Adrian Peter and Peter Hoare manning their stall in Harpenden. It was a bright and breezy weekend with satisfactory sales. The most encouraging aspect of the weekend was the level of interest in woodturning. A number of people expressed interest in joining the Club with one or two highly likely to do so. Page 4 of 7

5 Forthcoming Events 2017 What Where June Wood Show Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester 8 & 9 Sept Yandles Woodworking Show Martock, Somerset 16 & 17 Sept European Woodworking Show Cressing Temple, Essex 6 8 D&M Tool Show Kempton Park Racecourse Aylett s Apple Weekend Handmade at Kew AWGB International Seminar Items in red involve Club participation Wooden Doughnut Jigs Tony Taylor writes It often happens that we need to hold in the lathe a piece whose odd size and shape make the usual methods unsatisfactory. This applies particularly to finishing small bowls or boxes and their lids and applying and finishing finials for lids. A solution to this problem can be to make a doughnut jig. There is a nice account of this idea on Youtube by Gord Rock, but I thought members might like to be reminded of it. Method. Start with two squares of plywood about 2 inches larger across than the maximum diameter to be held. Ply of 5 mm thickness will be fine for small objects, but use say 10 mm for large bowls. Mark their centres by drawing diagonals, then draw in further lines bisecting the defined right angles. Now draw three circles on both pieces: the first of maximum radius, the second appropriate for fitting around the piece and the third halfway between. Now cut around the largest circles on the bandsaw. Clamp the two discs together and drill through holes at each point of intersection of the radial lines with the middle circle. These holes should just clear the bolts chosen to hold the discs together. M6 coach head bolts are suitable, or use M6 studding. One of the discs must be attached to a glue block to be gripped in a normal four jaw chuck. To do this first mount a block in the chuck and mark it so that it can be returned to the chuck in the same position subsequently. Turn the block round, true the face and glue one of the discs on, Page 5 of 7

6 centering it with the tailstock. Use thick CN glue on one surface and accelerant on the other. The edge of this disc should now be sanded smooth. The second disc should now be clamped on to the one held in the lathe by means of four or eight bolts, as seem appropriate. Now cut out the innermost circle on the second disc. This is best done with a sharp, narrow parting tool. This cut edge should then be sanded smooth. The jig can be used like this or the edge which presses on the work can be covered with a length of rubber tube, which has been split longitudinally. Be careful not to have bolts protruding where they may be a danger to your hands. Best to have the bolt heads on the movable ring and the nuts on the headstock side. It may be necessary to vary the size of the clamping ring to suit different shaped pieces. An assortment of jigs will be shown at the meeting programme 2018 Competition Subjects Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Dec Gary Rance Steve Healy Mick Hanbury AGM Mark Sanger Martin Saban-Smith Joey Richardson Mark Baker tba Xmas Social Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Nov Dec Natural edged item Pestle and Mortar 2 or more woods Decorated Easter egg Hollow form Platter Mallet Egg & Cup Round bottomed bowl Ball Candle holder Christmas Decoration Page 6 of 7

7 2017/18 Committee Treasurer, Peter Hoare Chairman, Tony Taylor Secretary, Colin Clark John Sharp Adrian Sims Grahame Tomkins Alan Lewis Steve beadle Page 7 of 7