Turning Club - 07/Nov/2015

Woods shown included Brown Oak, Juniper, Cherry, Elm, Mahogany, Boxwood, Oak, Cedar, Purple Heart and Sycamore.

A large refurbished Mahogany bowl; hollow forms - Elm with pyrography and colouring, cedar with tall finials, colouring and a Plasticoat stone effect; a plaque with iridescent copper leaves set against a black rim; pen sets in acrylic and in multi-coloured polythene; a set of natural edged vase forms in light Oak; bud vases in Oak; a shallow dish in well figured Elm; a miniature goblet with captive ring in Boxwood; a miniature bird box in Cherry; a mantel clock with Brown Oak surround; a carousel with turned horses; a prototype boxwood bell which will hold a dressmaking tape measure; 280 coloured pencils forming a dish and a desk tidy in Purple Heart.

Allen Atkins brought a large hollow form in cedar with a lid with finials - the upper part of the form in metallic Jade green car paint and the lower part in stone effect plasticoat. He demo'd turning a hollow form in Cherry with green textured band plus a dish in Cherry - and more ...

Roy did some experimental work with a threaded lid box which was then subjected to offset turning ... followed by a dish and by a goblet ... and more ...