Ryedale Woodturners
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HANDS ON NIGHT
Thursday 1 February 2018
Snainton Village Hall
Once again, club members, wives and friends gave demonstrations and offered hands on opportunities in a return to the walk-around and see what is on offer style of event, after more of a mini-demonstrations evening last year.
Keith Harte
Keith was demonstrating the use of the skew chisel, and making lace bobbins on a midi (or even mini) lathe. As well as the tooling techniques, he had made some practical wooden collets for holding small diameters in the chuck jaws, which have wider applications.
Steve Fearnley
Steve was demonstrating his techniques for pyrography, using a standard Peter Child machine and an adapted chisel-point hot-wire stylus. He brought a few examples along.
Bertie Harte
Bertie brought along her treadle spinning wheel and examples of spinning and subsequent processes. As well as the wheel, other turned items in her collection included a couple of niddy noddys, for measuring out hanks of yarn.
Gordon Malan
Gordon was demonstrating the art of chip carving, often used to decorate turned pieces.
Bob Ingram
Bob provided a glimpse of alternative woodworking skills, straightening (not bending) stems for walking-stick, and shaping and carving handles for the same. Bob is a man with many vices. His workspace looked a little cramped to me.
John Whiteley
John was demonstrating and advising people on some of the heavier, longer tools and techniques used for deep hollowing, using the club's Nova lathe.
Christine Addley
Christine once again brought along her chair caning examples, work and techniques. Beautifu work from patient fingers.
Tony Langthorne
Tony brought along a collection of metal items made to assist woodturning, using his engineering lathe to create these. His selection included bottle stops, chucks, collets, centres and posts.
Mrs Coe
Apologies, I don't know Phil Coe's wife's first name. She was demonstrating beadwork, which is often combined with Phil's woodturning to create small vases with beaded bands..
Some more photographs below. With thanks to Gordon Malan for sending a number of photos which have supplemented those taken by myself. Any others from other club members would be welcome.
Walking sticks by Bob Ingram
Chip carving examples and information
Chair caning
Logs for sale - from Frank and Malcolm
Niddy noddys
Trying out one of Tony's special chucks
Walking stick handles