Fourteen members and three visitors present.
Club Business
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 AM.
Facility & Equipment Updates:
- Virginia Wheatly requested repairs to a chair; Dave Poss has taken on the task
- Motion to increase annual membership dues to $40 (passed)
- Gene Dixon coordinating construction of a lathe shield using hardware cloth (Doug Wheeler assisting, Chris Moody furnishing timber)
- Michael Vernon requested funding to repair and upgrade the club’s video system; budget to be reviewed by membership
February Meeting Details: The February meeting will be held at Dixon’s s’hanger in Trenton, SC (229 Woodward Lake Road, I-20 exit 11). The Riverside Church of Christ will provide chili and drinks, with member participation supplying desserts, serving ware, and table items. Members are asked to bring their own chairs.
The s’hanger has heat and will be maintained at least 60°F.
Demonstration
Evan Bahr demonstrated creative fixture techniques and offset turning methods to produce small scoops, spoons, and ornamental trees. Evan displayed a plethora of various turnings featuring his innovative tools, jigs, spoons, and tool holder designs.
Small Scoop and Spoon Turning
To turn the scoop/spoon, Evan started by laying out and making a sphere shape on the end of a spindle. He cleverly used a section of PVC pipe to gauge the sphericity of the turning, then refined the sphere with a skew used as a negative rake scraper.
After truing the sphere, Evan used offset turning to form a handle and then parted off the turning in preparation for chucking. (Excellent camera work by club member Dr. Vernon captured the process!)
Chucking Techniques and Hollowing
Evan demonstrated creative “chucking magic” using PVC pipe to create an adapter useful for hollowing the sphere into a scoop. He confessed that judging bottom thickness is somewhat of a guess with this arrangement, recommending starting with a drill bit, then cutting away everything that is not a spoon or scoop.
Offset Tree Turning
Evan wrapped up the demonstration with a multi-axis turning creating an angled (drunken?) tree that delighted the audience.
Show ’n Tell
Really some great work was brought to share. Thank you, turners!
