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Rich Mialki shows his old time toy design he's making for the fair |
After a short break, Jim Meier gets the demonstration for the evening started |
He leads off with the Sorby texturing tool and it's assorted wheels |
Depending on the wheel, speed, presentation, and duration, a variety of textures are possible |
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Jim shows some of the presentation angles possible with the tool |
Another tool is the Proxxon or similar rotary tool with a cutter installed |
After using the cutter, Jim highlights the area by using a small torch for burning |
With a pyrography tool such at the Detailmaster, simple or very intricate patterns, even pictures, are possible |
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A closer look at the example burned decorations |
In the AAW Journal recently, Jim shows the dimpling effects of using a welding scaler |
An interesting pattern is possible very quickly ... |
providing you round the tips of the rods before hand |
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Jim shows a ball cutter in a Dremel type rotary tool |
This particular tool does what a Dremel does but has less vibration |
It was an interesting demo covering a wide variety of surface decoration techniques and tools |
Jim fields questions and the meeting concludes |
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog |
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