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27th May 2012, 07:47 PM #1
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Weekend at the Gold Coast Woodturners
Gold Coast Woodturners were lucky enough to have come along to the Club on several occasions over the past week since the Brissy Woodshow finished.
Tuesday and Thursday nights were the preliminary visits to see how our classes are run and to correct all of our mistakes.
Friday was the start of official proceedings with a day dedicated to the Tutors of the club. We spent the day going over the basics (we needed it) and how to teach what we were learning. I'm sure over the coming months all the Tutors will share their now improved skills with other club members.
Saturday was dedicated to the beginners of the Club and focused on learning the basic spindle turning techniques. All of the attendees all boasted of their improved confidence with the Skew. The added bonus was that fixed all of the Club's skews - from something that wouldn't cut butter to peeling cuts.
Sunday was a day for the more experienced turners of the club. Until the morning none of the attendees knew what was coming. I must admit I was afraid that some might just pack up an walk out. The project for the day was the trembleur. First task before turning on the lathe was to make a string steady for every lathe. A process line quickly formed and the Steadies were knocked up in no time. The rest of the day was taken up first by turning a morse taper to drive the piece and then turning the Trembleur inch by inch. There were no plans in relation to design. Mine was based around turning projects (spot the honey dipper, mushroom and sad looking pawn). Several of us had breakages along the way. Mine unfortunately snapped while parting it off the lathe
but it ended up with 's help gluing fairly successfully. We all left the day with improved confidence and an eagerness to put another stick in the lathe and have another go.
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27th May 2012, 07:50 PM #2
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27th May 2012, 07:58 PM #3
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Cliff.
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27th May 2012, 08:21 PM #4
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Remarkable stuff , I can only see this with a sense of awe
well done everybody cheers ~ John
G'day all !Enjoy your stay !!!
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27th May 2012, 08:40 PM #5
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Great day had by all
Good food, good instructor, and so much to learn 
Unfortunately not all of us were successful in completing the task Nothing worse than half way home and you hear that little tinkle and you only have half your original piece. The timbers were Rock Maple and Tassie Oak, just another one of the many challenges 
Safe drive home mate, thanks againNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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28th May 2012, 07:51 AM #6
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Guess you had a good time and excellent opportunities to expand your skills,
well doneDragonfly
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28th May 2012, 01:12 PM #7
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Now that I'm not so tired I thought I would expand on my previous posts...
I should mention that performed a great demo on how to mount a bowl on a chuck.....and also how to remove the bowl without turning off the lathe
He just has to master where the bowl lands when removed.
Neil demonstrated the finer points of the dangers of using CA to firm up the fit of the timber in the morse taper - I still having ringing in my ears his protests of "I only used two drops"
Overall it was a fantastic weekend with everyone of all skill levels going away with improved skills.
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28th May 2012, 02:10 PM #8
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Cool!
See! He can do little things too.
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28th May 2012, 09:41 PM #9
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A Couple of Questions.
Hi to all,
Looks like you all had a Great Time.
So what String was used.
What speed on the Lathe.
Did the String burn the Wood.
I take it, the block of Ply was Bolted underneath the Lathe.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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28th May 2012, 09:53 PM #10
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Originally Posted by issatree
Originally Posted by Swino
...Neil demonstrated the finer points of the dangers of using CA to firm up the fit of the timber in the morse taper - I still having ringing in my ears his protests of "I only used two drops"
Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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28th May 2012, 10:17 PM #11
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Like getting the chuck to spit the bowl? Originally Posted by tea lady
Cool! See! He can do little things too.
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29th May 2012, 02:40 AM #12
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The String.
Hi Neil,
Thanks for that, & I will have to have a go.Regards,
issatree.
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29th May 2012, 09:11 AM #13
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The String
The String is available from Saddlery Supply Stores.
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29th May 2012, 01:36 PM #14
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He taught me everything I know. Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
Like getting the chuck to spit the bowl?
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29th May 2012, 02:07 PM #15
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It Takes a very skilled and courageous demonstrator to deliberately show the pitfalls of the craft
cheers ~ John
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