World-renowned woodturner and instructor Jimmy Clewes provided an entertaining and informative full-day demonstration for members and visitors at the October meeting of Channel Islands Woodturners.
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- Chrystal C. discussed results of party survey
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- Dave S. announced slate of officers for next year
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- Lotusland items by Terry K.
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- Wood raffle items – pear, alder, eucalyptus
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- Jeimmy Clewes begins his demo
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- Good turnout for the all-day demo
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- Jimmy says no need to buy expensive grinding wheels – use cheap wheels and hone with diamond cards
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- His tools – he carries only one handle when travelling – dividers serves as multipurpose tool – opens paint cans
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- First demo project is large deep bowl of Podocarpus – teaching basic tool technique
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- Mounted on his favorite screw chuck – Oneway
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- Tenon sized to fit chuck for later hollowing – he prefers dovetail jaws but here using available Oneway serrated jaws
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- Cleaning up tearout with 3/8 gouge
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- Shear scraping with bowl gouge
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- Spraying with alcohol to raise grain before final sanding
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- Now reversed and hollowing with his “Mate” carbide insert tool – see jimmyclewes.com
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- Mate tool closeup – depth of cut is limited by design
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- Hollowing the bottom with 5/8 (for stiffness) bowl gouge
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- Completed bowl
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- Bowl bottom – tenon left for finishing
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- Second project is platter of figured maple
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- Cutting the ogee curve
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- Sketch of strong dovetail and ogee curve layout
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- Cleanup with small gouge
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- Shear scraping
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- Seal with shellac and finish with wipe-on polyurethane
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- Finishing products
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- Reverse and shape top rim – to be “coloured”
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- Raising grain – Oneway screw chuck at top
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- Coloring with royal blue aniline dye
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- Sanding in preparation for second color
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- Applying second blue shade
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- Adding yellow highlights
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- Blending with alcohol spray
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- Adding black line on edge
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- Spraying with lacquer
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- Video techs – they try to be in every picture
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- Then proceed to hollow
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- Power sand
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- Haze is from polishing compound on laquered rim – here finishing same as bottom – shellac and poly
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- The final look
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- Completed platter
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- Platter bottom
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- Third project is lidded box from Sheoak cube – held between centers using small cups on opposite points
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- Shaping to get three points and a tenon for later chucking
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- Rechuck
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- Wings cut with parting tool for starters
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- Remove center waste
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- Mark chuck dimension with dividers for internal reverse chucking
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- Hollow leaving rim for chucking
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- Reverse to shape foot
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- Shellac and poly finish
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- Prepare holly top to fit recess (and chuck) and undercut
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- Reverse chuck and shape finial
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- Completed box project
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- Fourth and final project is wooden flask – blank is 5x7x2.5 holly
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- Therm sides
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- Prepare tenon on base for chucking
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- Roughing out flask shape
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- Preparing to drill
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- Drill and refine opening
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- Held by screw chuck
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- True up
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- Cut tenon
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- Reverse and prepare recess for plug
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- Hollow leaving rabbet for plug
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- Prepare Plug from Maple wood
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- Insert plug and true up
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- Completed flask project – notice grain is aligned
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- Reverse side can also be plugged or just decorated with bead
