We have a web site and Facebook account, both do roughly the same thing but in slightly different ways. Many people find Facebook quicker and easier to use, while others like the traditional way of accessing information in a ‘wider’ way rather than the ‘linear’ way Facebook works.
It would be great if you would make yourself a link on the front/home page of your computer/ table/ phone/ smart fridge.
Herewith, notes on the demonstration of kitchen implements on 14th February 2017, where I only went through the bottom of one item, and where nobody was injured.
Our recent sharpening workshop was well attended and everyone seemed to think it was worthwhile and successful. We only managed to get through the Spindle Roughing Gouge and the Bowl Gouge but everyone seemed keen to have a further workshop to cover the remaining tools so I’ll try and get a date arranged for that sometime soon.
One of the key outputs from the workshop was the following list of rules which were discussed, debated and agreed unanimously by all who attended:
Some explanatory notes:
The main purpose of these rules is to keep things as simple as possible and thereby make it easier for members of any ability to sharpen tools well. This should reduce the chance that tools will be sharpened poorly or not at all for fear of getting it wrong.
By “all club tools” we mean the six standard tools listed above. Exceptions are hollowing tools, texturing tools and the like.
If you are proficient enough to start using long or extra long grinds then you can adapt your own tools. For simplicity, club tools will only have the short grind.
Our standard grinds are the same as those suggested by Robert Sorby: see pic below or their instruction video.
A few people have asked for a copy of the safe lathe speed tables that Roger mentioned at the last meeting so I have put them in a page in our library:
Notes from Tuesday 14 October demo have been uploaded to the Library section of the website.
Following the excellent demo on turning a hat by Andrew Hall, members have asked for details of the pencils he uses to colour the brim. In Andrew’s Hat Turning instruction manual he describes them as Derwent Drawing pencils Sepia range. He uses Black, Terracotta, Chocolate and Olive colours.
There is a copy of the manual and 2 DVD’s in the Club library.
If you use your bandsaw to cut any of the fresh oak from Danevale, check that the blade is clean as soon as you have finished. I didn’t and found that the dust was compacted onto the blade and spent an hour scraping the dust off ! The left side where the dust was pressed between the blade and the wheel was much worse than the right side.
Still, two 12″ bowls roughed out from the chunks I ‘acquired’.
Very useful and informative notes taken by Judith Simpson and Roger Cutler at Mark Raby’s demonstration in May 2013
https://gallowaywoodturners.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Mark-Raby-Notes.pdf
Well I’m currently suffering from my fourth or fifth sore throat and cold in the past six months and wood dust is strongly suspected in playing a part. Reading up on these things I fear I may have become sensitised to some, maybe all, types of wood dust. Sensitisation is where dust causes very small levels of damage that you don’t even notice, but they build up gradually over time until all of a sudden you find yourself intolerant to even the smallest amounts. I think that’s where I might be and of course there is no remedy other than not breathing the stuff in in the first place.
So how do I stop breathing the stuff in?
To date I have been using a disposable face mask and an extractor that sucks the dust out at source when I am sanding. But sanding isn’t the only cause of dust and direct extraction will never be able to capture all the dust created. Furthermore, the face mask is cheap and probably doesn’t provide a snug enough fit to be fully effective.
So I need two things:
I have tried a full face mask and really don’t think I could suffer one, so I’m thinking of getting one of these for £31:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/vitrex-vitrex-twin-filter-respirator-prod719630/
And for the air filtration I’m tempted with this for £220:
http://www.axminster.co.uk/jet-jet-afs-500-air-filtration-system-prod21189/
Previously I’ve always baulked at the price but I’m slowly beginning to heed the sage wisdom given to me many moons ago: they’re not cheap, but they’re cheaper and more readily available than a new pair of lungs.
So does anyone have any thoughts on these potential purchases? I’m particularly interested to hear from anyone who knows of better products at lower prices 🙂
Cheers, Phil Jones