wood turning

Vic:

Fascinating video and an object lesson in what can be done with simple tools. The long vee block or sticking board that the plane wielder uses takes care of what could be a stability problem on the lathe (and I notice that he very properly puts the plane down on its side when it is not in use).

R O'S was surprisingly good.

Derek Lane 2:

It is a long time since I visited the Woodworker exhibition at the Palace but I am sure I should have remembered your piece if I had had the pleasure of seeing it in the wood.

Hollowing the sphere and managing the lid must have taken some planning!

The hollowing was done first.

This was the table for the last one and also the winners table

Edited By Derek Lane 2 on 24/10/2018 21:55:46

Derek Lane 2:

Looking at your second photo, were you third equal?

I very much like those plates.

Yes I thought it was very interesting. I think with a natural product like wood, even if it was properly seasoned, could move somewhat during the making of a slender object like a cue. You can take account of this if you’re working the wood with a hand plane but not if you’re turning it on a lathe. I wonder how many turned cue’s get binned because they end up warped?

Vic:

On the possibility of the wood moving, obviously Messrs Parris know their business but I did wonder whether cleaving the blank rather than just sawing it would have helped; they seem to be getting the necessary straight grain by rigorous selection.

I suspect that an excellent cue could be made by machine methods with non-wood materials but it seems that the players are a conservative, perhaps even superstitious, group of people who stick to what they know. If this means the fostering of hand skills then I am all for it!

Two different classes one for those that had entered competitions before and the other for first time of showing mine was the second class