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J. Paul Fennell Demo -
Sept. 24th, 2005
PAGE 2
see page 1 for
written description and first 2 photo galleries.
Gallery 3: Tools and Jigs
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Thickness caliber - different shaped bent wires can be inserted to fit vessel |
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Small disk and screw on left is set with the ends of the wire touching. Distance bewteen disk and block is thickness of wall |
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Handmade tools |
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Plans for the handles |
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Handles, soft tool steel, and HSS bit |
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Soft steel is bent but not hardened. Ground HSS tool bit is ground and held with "Super-Glue" |
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MDF circle cut to approximate size |
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MDF wheel mounted outboard and turned to exact diameter to match # of divisions desired using flexible tape as guide |
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radial lines are drawn in preparation for slits cut on band saw |
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Home made jig monunted on lathe with bar to fit into slots in wheel |
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Wheels with any number of divisions can be made |
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Using the indexing jig lines are drawn on work piece |
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Note grooving pattern made first, basket weave is described latter and is a second step |
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Two opposite flutes of die tap are ground away and tip is broken off and glued to steel rod |
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Close up of groving tool |
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Gallery 4: Hollowing
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With high-intensity fiber optic system |
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Roughing out the Mesquite blank |
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Using gouge to shape form bewteen centers |
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Base and tenon for chuck have been formed and parting off is done almost to center then finished with saw |
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Smoothing with sharp scraper |
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Spreading medium thick Super-Glue using plastic bag to protect finger. This prevents water loss as hollowing is done. |
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After drilling center to depth uses home-made straight tool to hollow most of the wood |
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Lathe is turning in reverse allowing cutting on far side and tool handle to be held against the body. |
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Using bent tool to undercut top of vessel. Lathe still turning in reverse. |
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Optic fiber is held with left fingers and thickness is judged by light intensity visible thru wood. |
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Dark bands are wet sawdust that haven't been completely blown out and led to mis-judgement of thickness |
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Nearing botom of vessel. Note dark band again. |
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With lathe stopped. |
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Tape added to reinforce ultra-thin portion as bottom is refined |
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Hollowed vessel is reversed in jam chuck and bottom is shaped |
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Gallery 5: Carving
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Piercing "de la mer" piece |
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De la Mer |
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carved by pyrography |
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African Sumac, 2001 10" tall x 13" dia. |
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Basketweave layout |
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Drawing grid lines using index wheel and reference platform |
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Basketweave layout straight patterns |
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Examples |
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High speed pneumatic bit used to pierce pattern |
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Sanding the weave pattern after piercing |
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Developing a "diagonal" basketweave pattern - repeats after 3 spaces |
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Spiral weave pattern he used during the demo |
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Piercing off of the lathe; note use of magnifying loops at many steps including original shaping on the lathe |
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Example of finished sprial weave pattern |
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Pattern layout for complex basketweave |
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Drawing major "veins" for a complex three layered piece inspired by leaf pattern |
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Drilling background to depth of 3.5 mm |
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Hogging out the wood with Dremel & carbide bit |
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Using pneumatic handpiece to remove background to bottom of drilled holes |
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Showing carbide bit used to finish removal of wood on this layer |
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Sanding the layer smooth |
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Random secondary "veins" drawn and holes drilled to specified depth (4 mm) on re-scribed horizontal lines |
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Piercing process - making the holes angular |
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Piercing complete with 3 levels of veins. |
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Sanded and finished with Danish oil and buffed |
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