Paul Hedman was our member demonstrator for March 2007. Paul demonstrated offset turning. Today's demo will be a goblet with an offset stem. Start out by rounding a cylinder of wood between centers. You want to end up with a shape similar to a snowman. Notice that the "hat end" (the end that clamps in the chuck) is rounded. This allows you to tilt the
workpiece later when you do the offset turning. This is the view of the goblet end of the workpiece. Here the shape of the workpiece is starting to be defined. Hollowing the goblet starts with drilling a pilot hole. This helps you determine when to stop cutting with your turnign tools. Here the final depth is reached. Paul likes to use the hollowing tools that we make on our annual toolmaking day for hollowing. Here he has switched over to a partially finished workpiece to demonstrate the offset turning. It's hard to see from the angle of the photo, but this workpiece is spinning offcenter. If you look closely, you can see where the scraper has and has not made contact with the wood. |
If you have a high speed internet connection, here are 2 video clips that show the work spinning offcenter:
Warning: If you have a dialup connection, it will take you quite a while to download these video clips! |
As the work progressed, Paul decided to do two offsets on the stem of this goblet. At the completion of the demo, this is what the stem's profile looked like. |
Thanks for a great demo Paul! And thanks for keeping us laughing with your great sense of humor! |
Group photo 01
Group photo 02 |
Many interesting pieces were brought in for show and tell. Here they are:
Here club president Ron Williams leads the show and tell
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Toolday tools were picked up by members who made a purchase. Here's a sample of some of the tools that we made. |
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Thanks to Paul for the demo, and everyone who attended! |
updated 3-21-07 |
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