- The audience for the Harvey Rich Studio dedication
- Eli Avisera with trembler
- All the various projects
- Trembler: He feeds square stock through the headstock so support is always short.
- The end is supported with string
- Jig for holding trembler with string – MT2 for tailstock
- Slots cut with ultra thin parting tool
- Closeup of Eli’s “combination” tool. Top is flat with negative rake.
- Next project: Human figure using offset turning
- Holding in chuck just using ball at top
- Shaping the head on axis
- Next projeect: Roughing a top and its box
- He also knurled on back surface
- Hollowing the box to fit the top
- Wire burning
- Top rim was burnt with wood block
- Thick tape to protect against chuck jaws when box reversed
- Burning with wood block
- Bottom will provide surface for spinning top
- Beginning the bottle stopper
- Painting the top surface only – acrylic paint won’t bleed into the wood
- Decorate with long point of the skew with wood slightly offset in jaws
- Different tilts give different effects
- Measure for cork length and stopper overhang
- Sanding with beeswax polish
- Cutting for the cork tenon and part off
- Next project: Scoop
- Shaping the sphere for cup
- Mark the offset
- Cutting handle offset
- Cut down the tenon at tailstock. Was thick to avoid splitting
- Wooden jaws holds sphere. Cavity is cylindrical – could be spherical
- Hollow the sphere and trim off tenon
- Chuck allows feeling the thickness
- Two scoops – the cup should be tilted the opposite way, but cutting off the tenon would be another step.
- Next project: Winged bowl – template was 230 mm radius
- He penciled the template curve on all four sides of board and numbered each side
- Sand by hand to keep corners crisp
- Painted black with acrylic and offset cuts with skew point. He numbers each side so knows which side to bring forward next to achieve a spiral effect. Notice the pencil lines from the template to show desired curvature.
- To keep vibation minimized, bowl is backed by form with same curvature as template. The green is tacky contact cement.
- Pattern cut into winged bowl top surface before turning back. Notice the spiral effect.
- Bowl taped down for turning the foot
- Final shape. This method allows for very thin bowls.
- Earring project: This collet allows for reversing the Ebony blank
- Earring examples and stand
- Applying paint
- Wet paint will drip with spin creating interesting pattern
- Knurling tool
- Drybrush painting with little foam brush
- Result with offset turning of grooves and metallic paints
- Eli’s sculpture signifying the collegial world of woodturning