Jeff V. filling in for Prez Chrystal

Demonstrator Rudy Lopez from Tampa Florida

Project 1 is winged bowl from crotch wood

Rudy uses double-beveled bowl gouges ground at 40, 60, and 80 degress. Shown is negative rake scraper with long edge for inside deep smoothing

Writeup on long negative rake scraper available under Handouts on his website: rudolphlopez.com

Showing the double bevel

Jig for grinding the double bevel

Rolly Munro tool for deep hollowing – Rudy’s favorite

Crotch turned between centers using large spur center

Large spur – about 1.5″ diameter

Shaping the bottom

Cut tenon on bottom

Smoothing with negative angle scraper

Reverse holding with tenon – note marks where held by large spur

Thinning the wings from the top

Negative rake scraper turning mostly air

Starting the hollowing

Checking depth with laser depth finder

Shop made laser depth gauge

Hollowing with gouge

Final shape

Showing how chucked on bottom

Showing urethane plastic soft chuck (rubberchucky.com) and leather pad for jam chucking

Jam chucking with rubber chucky to finish bottom

Final bottom cleanup

Cut off with Japanese pull saw

Final winged bowl – top

Final winged bowl – top

Final winged bowl – bottom

Joanne declares it good

Showing how to support bowl with stand

Project 2 is deep bowl in Cuban Mahogany with natural edge rim. Exercise using bowl gouges for hollowing.

Shaping bottom and tenon

Reversed for hollowing

Hollowing

Final project 2 – round bottom

Banana bowl – multiaxis turning

Project 3 vase is square/round exercise

Layout for cutting the flats on the bandsaw

As cut with flats

Bottom rounded and reversed

Hollowing with Munro tool

Shaping the base

Final shaping of foot

Use sanding disk on lathe to smooth the flats (the $3000 disk sander)

Final project 3 vase – flats can be further decorated or textured