Ron Williams introduced Ryan Hoss. Ryan's demonstration this month was methods for holding your work. Here Ryan starts out with turning between centers. Ryan then showed us his method for removing the foot from a small bowl. To make sure that the work is centered, Ryan uses a center finder. Here Ryan is using a jam chuck. This is
where you hold your workpiece "jammed" between your tailstock a block on the headstock (either in a chuck, or screwed to a faceplate). The point of the tailstock is then brought up to the centerline you've just marked. You can then begin to turn the foot of your bowl. Ryan then showed us some small platters that he turned from a 3/4" thick board. Here is a photo of a small platter in the process of being shaped. This photo shows the small foot that has been turned. Notice how small the recess for the chuck is. The platter is then spun around, and the chuck holds the platter in the recess that was cut in the bottom. Now the top of the platter can be shaped. Leave the tailstock in place as long as you can before you remove it to finish the platter with a scraper. Be sure to use
very light cuts so you don't launch the platter from the chuck! |
