Jim Pugh
 shows us a jig made by a 'mystery machinist' used for gauging the size of tenons cut for his chuck. |
Jim also
describes his quest for keeping wood chips where they belong by the
lathe and not all over the shop. A roll up porch shade is ideal for the
task, is sturdy, and will roll up completely out of the way when not in
use. Here is another gauge for measuring minimum and maximum tenon sizes. |
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Jim demonstrates his
fixture for mounting a laser guide to his hollowing tools. Made from
extruded aluminum shapes, it is much more resistant to vibration than
normal mounts. |
King Heiple
demonstrates his
fixture for holding a chucked, turned item for carving. By turning a tenon on and octagonal shaft, the chuck can be threaded onto the shaft and the shaft can be held in a vice while carving. |
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King
also shows his sanding disk holder made from a turned disk of wood with
a carriage bolt through the middle and Velcro sheet glued to foam rubber
which is glued to the block.  |
 Gluing a bit of leather on a turned ball that has a tenon on one end makes a great 'pusher' for jam chucking bowls, says King. |
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Don Karr
demonstrates how a simple cardboard box can be used to put around items
being finished with liquids that spray while spinning |
while
Harry Robinette shows us how to make an expanding collet for
holding boxes, etc.
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Paul Kosmos showed us his hollowing tool made from 1/2" oil turned drill rod and ash handle with a HS cutting tip mounted in the end. One side of the drill rod was flattened and drilled for set-screws to hold in the cutting tip. (Sorry Paul, the picture didn't take)
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Bill Noce
uses Cole jaw rubber
stoppers in the normal chuck for holding small boxes.
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Jim
Brindle
uses a butcher knife to make a thin parting tool and recommends a used dryer sheet for removing dust off turnings. It is not quite as good as a tack rag, but close, per Jim. |
Tom
Olechiw uses a sanding mop for sanding hollow forms. He uses some
closed cell foam and tape to get sanding paper on a long stick for deep
forms. |
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 Tom also demonstrates using an aluminum rod threaded on a dual action sander for getting into deep forms. By holding the shaft with a leather glove, a very effective sanding job can be accomplished. |
Larry
McCardle
uses a simple office file box with manila folders as a
sorter for his sanding sheets. He made a jig for tearing the sheets into
half, third, or quarter sections. The cutting edge is a hacksaw blade
and has a wood block mounted at right angles to the blade to give nice
square cuts. |
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And
then our 'mystery machinist' was revealed! |
Tom uses a 5/16
end mill for hollowing and shows us how he made a large multi-part
tool-handle using a collet chuck to hold the cutting tool. |
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 Tom shows that a countersunk faceplate will work much better with flat-head screws |
 and shows us his chuck mount drive center. |
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 Tom made his own fingernail grinding jig |
 and jam chucks for balls made from Delrin. |
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| Tom had several more goodies
to show which were pretty much magic to us mere woodturners. Of course, there was the appropriate question: "Hey Tom, what about your woodturning?" -- Response: "I don't know how to turn wood. Not enough time!" |
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Last but not
least, NCWT President George Raeder shows us his jig for cutting
logs on the band saw |
and his jig for
band sawing blocks. |
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George shows us
his gadgets for holding tools,  |
etc., on the
lathe while turning |
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and finished up by
describing how he was able to dip his Norfolk Island Pine bowl for
soaking in finish without using an extremely large amount of finish.
George wrapped the bowl in a plastic bag, poured in the finish and
evacuated most of the air from the bag causing a relatively small amount
of finish to totally cover the bowl. The bag was stored in a 5 gallon
bucket for several days before removing the bowl and allowing to dry. |
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