Wood turning BASH in ESSEX 6th September ( 8th Sept update

[Blister]

Hi Men

So far I have

Mark W
DaveL
Wizer

That as far as I know are still coming on the Saturday 6th Sept , I will PM you to make sure

My Workshop is not MASSIVE but will probably be able to fit some more guests in

Will meet at my house at 10am
Quick chat and a cup of tea , My Lorraine has offered to be tea lady for the day :wink:

Itinerary for the day

Safety , please bring Eye protection and a dust mask

Design

Tool use and control

Turning

finishing

Ballsing it up :lol:

I hope to gain some techniques and hopefully pass some on

So room for a couple more

PMs on the way Gents

 

[Blister]

Hi

Its still on , looks like it will be quiet , so far 3 forum members attending , 4 others have had to cancel due to other commitments

so if you fancy a Saturday afternoon out , get in touch :wink:

 

[boysie39]

Hiya Allen, would love to have been there, I'd love to get into that workshop of yours and find out what is in it that you have even forgotten about. Will be there in spirit, I hope you have a great day . REgards Boysie

 

[Blister]

Hiya Allen, would love to have been there, I'd love to get into that workshop of yours and find out what is in it that you have even forgotten about. Will be there in spirit, I hope you have a great day . REgards Boysie

Would you like some photos of the day / turning workshop ?

Shame you cant get here , still you know you are always welcome :lol:

 

[Jenx]

Would love to have been able to get down for this....
Maybe next time :wink:

Take some piccys if you can Blister - its great to get a 'wee flavour' of the day !

Hope it goes extremely well..
All the best to 'yer good self' and those lucky enough to attend.

 

[DaveL]

Well let me say right at beginning I am not a wood tuner, no sir not me. :roll:

I was the only one to arrive at Allen's on Saturday afternoon, so the bash turned in to a one to one , let me say he is a very competent turner and was very patient with this complete novice in the world of spinney things. 8)

Allen has a shed set up just for turning, very large lathe (er can't remember the make ) cast iron bed 3 phase 2HP motor on a variable speed inverter, very smooth. 8)
So here is me armed with a roughing gouge

I now understand the comment you all make about bevel contact and can even do it most of the time. Look I am making shavings

Having made a cylinder from a rectangular blank I was introduced to the skew

which was harder to control but gave a much better finish.
Allen then marked out some rings and I had a go at cutting coves and beads.

Well coves are easier than beads. Sorry we forgot take any pictures of the odd shapes I made.
Then I had a lesson in bowl turning, the thing that was very noticeable, the constant changing from long grain to end grain, something that has never happened to me on flat board work. The sharpness of the tools becomes even more important.

The Tormek produced sharp repeatable edges.
Truing the blank

Sorry again big gap, here I am working on the inside.

Allen did take this one of the outside.

And here is the finished bowl.

I must confess to pulling it off the dovetail jaws when I started truing the top.
I had a great time due to the skill of this chap

who has shown me another Slope TM
And the best bit was having a very nice oak bowl that the LOML thought was very nice and was quite surprised when I said I had done 90% of the work on it.
All of the pictures we took and a few from Yandle's can be seen here.

Allen you were a star. Thanks very much for a great afternoon of tuition.

 

[wizer]

Looks like a missed a great day! It must be a funny time of year for bashes, maybe we should look at the start of summer or spring next year? I seem to have weekend family commitments now until xmas!

I'd deffo like to come to Blister's next bash! Turning interests me greatly.

 

[PowerTool]

Thanks for the pictures and write-up,Dave.

Allen - after seeing your workshop,are chisels like clamps - you can never have too many..? :lol:

Andrew

 

[Blister]

Thanks for the pictures and write-up,Dave.

Allen - after seeing your workshop,are chisels like clamps - you can never have too many..? :lol:

Andrew

I am not JOKING when I say I have another 100 turning tools not in the rack :roll:

If you are long term members of the forum you will recall the workshop buy outs I have been involved in over the past 2 years :roll:

See a add for a item I need , go and view the item then get told there is a complete workshop that needs clearing , and yes I fall for it :roll: , now just completed the 4th buy out and have 3 big lathes 2 small lathes , tons of tools , 3 tormek grinders , 2 extractors , must be a ton of wood turning stock .

This is the one I just purchased , https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... highlight=

Must stop looking on here and ebay :roll:
Is there sutch a thing as an addiction to LATHES and TOOLS

If there is I need REHAB :lol: :lol: :wink:

 

[Blister]

I would like to say , Dave was a great student and picked things up quickly , I was impressed with how he coped on his fist time turning , he even managed to " tame the skew "

Tools used , Roughing gouge , Skew , Spindle gouges , Bowl gouges .

If Dave does decide to start turning he is well on his way already , The design and shape are to the plan that was drawn up by Dave before turning started

Happy that Dave had a good day and that the LOHL like the finished item

Turned to the best tool finish , sanded through the grits to 1500 , sanding sealer 2 coats de nibbed between coats , then 2 coats of polish , excellent finish " If you like shiny "

Well do Dave =D> =D> \/

 

[loz]

either of them 3 Tormeks going cheap with jigs included ? :wink: :wink: :wink:

 

[Blister]

either of them 3 Tormeks going cheap with jigs included ? :wink: :wink: :wink:

PM me for details please :wink:

 

[Jenx]

Well Done, Dave ... bowl looks spot-on !
Great write-up / pics.
Excellent ! 8)

 

[wizer]

What's this??? Tormeks for sale?? Would you swap a lovely 10month old child??

 

[Blister]

What's this??? Tormeks for sale?? Would you swap a lovely 10month old child??

There's no such thing !!

:wink:

but yes I have Tormek :lol:

 

[boysie39]

Allen sorry about the small turm out the next one you have?? whatever shape I'm in I will be there. I see DaveL was expecting to be called on to do a bit of turning he had his Cuffs nice and tight well prepared for the occasion .Well done my friend it's noy many people will open there premises to folk you have probley never met and offer a days entertainment and instruction . We do it over here as we have a club of 20 and the last Saturday of each month we have a day in someones workshop. Visitors more than welcome so if your in the Carlow area at the end of any month send me a PM and your in. Dont know if I can get over this year Allen I have a date sometime soon with the Medical men and then all being well who knows I may get down to you for a day in the Spring.PG REgards Boysie.