Start time 6-45pm.
I was extremely disappointed to have to cancel the previous meeting on account of the weather, although the main roads were kept relatively clear the side roads were very bad, as was the car parks in the village, it was this aspect that determined whether or not the meeting could go ahead more than anything else, I felt the hall car park in particular and the short walk to the clubhouse door were dangerous and that meant we had to cancel.
Hopefully no such problems this week for our meeting on Thursday 23rd January 2025, this meeting is being handled by Nick Simpson, and there is a change to the programme. He along with 4 others David Hobson, David Hutcheson, Geoff Potter and me will be doing basic Hollowing techniques which could include Goblets, Egg Cups and various other deep hollowing. Nick is also going to demonstrate the use of the Simon Hope jig as part of his presentation.
A lot of this is basic woodturning but in most of these cases the wood is turned using the end grain and the basic principles for end grain turning differ from that of conventional bowl turning as you will see at the meeting.
I have put together just a few pictures from our archives that demonstrate both deep hollowing and also end grain turning, here are those pictures.
Left, a goblet turned from a piece of Ash and in end grain. Why and what is end grain I hear you ask. End grain is when the wood is turned parallel to the lathe bed, this is most common on Goblets and Egg Cups, but can be adopted for most turnings. Right, an example of deep hollowing, the wood used was Spalted Birch and turned conventionally, you will also see that I left the natural element as part of the design.
Here are 2 conventionally turned bowls that were quite deep. Left, is a laminated bowl made from 4 pieces of the same wood that being Lime, each of the rings and the base measured 40mm deep giving you a bowl that measured on completion almost 160mm deep. Right, a natural edged bowl made from Ash that again was very deep, it was made from a whole log that measured 180mm in diameter and turned in side grain.
Here are 2 very deep end grain turned natural edged bowls. Left is a bowl made from Juniper that measured 200mm in diameter and 250mm deep. Right, another end grain bowl made from a piece of Rhododendron with a very unusual profile, it measured 200mm in diameter and the same in height.
I have no idea of what each turner will be doing other than to say it will be something along these lines, however we hope you enjoy seeing what each of the turners will be producing.
Our usual tea/coffee will be available for a small donation of 50p, and the meeting raffle will also be on sale. We hope to see you all there and we also hope you have paid your subscription for 2025 or about to at this meeting, remember you only have until the 6th February to re-join the club.