dai sensei
26th June 2011, 06:11 PM
Just finished the Mudgeeraba show here on the Gold Coast. My local club, the Gold Coast Woodturners Inc put on a fantastic display in one of the huge sheds, with 2 lathes going flat out for the 2 days of the show demonstrating. It was a great show, perfect weather, with heaps of people.
I was supposed to have an hour of demo'ing, but like a lot of the members, hung around all day today :p. I took some Budgeroo and some Red Mahogany to turn with, with the intension of turning trinket boxes. I ended up demonstrating over a number of sessions (~3-4 hours total) turning a few trinket boxes from the Budgeroo, 3 yo-yos and a heap of spinning tops from the Red Mahogany :2tsup:. Unfortunately I got the old Vicmark lathe with the speed set at full speed (~3500?), as I didn't know how to change the belts, plus a simple chuck as it it was different thread to the chucks I brought with me :(.
The kids got the yo-yos and spinning tops, some of the lucky yummy mommy's got the trinket boxes :rolleyes::U. This one was the last trinket I made and the only thing left from the day. It is not perfect by any stretch, but not bad either for 45mins work from branch to box, sanded to 600 then single coat of shellowax.
Cheers
I was supposed to have an hour of demo'ing, but like a lot of the members, hung around all day today :p. I took some Budgeroo and some Red Mahogany to turn with, with the intension of turning trinket boxes. I ended up demonstrating over a number of sessions (~3-4 hours total) turning a few trinket boxes from the Budgeroo, 3 yo-yos and a heap of spinning tops from the Red Mahogany :2tsup:. Unfortunately I got the old Vicmark lathe with the speed set at full speed (~3500?), as I didn't know how to change the belts, plus a simple chuck as it it was different thread to the chucks I brought with me :(.
The kids got the yo-yos and spinning tops, some of the lucky yummy mommy's got the trinket boxes :rolleyes::U. This one was the last trinket I made and the only thing left from the day. It is not perfect by any stretch, but not bad either for 45mins work from branch to box, sanded to 600 then single coat of shellowax.
Cheers