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The Turners 1 September meeting drew over 50 members |
President Jim Vasi gets the meeting started |
Lyle Foell reports that the EC Fair effort raised $3812 for Make-A-Wish |
Jim Shimwell leads off the show and tell portion of the meeting |
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Jim made a small wagon from a wooden carrying case for bottles |
Jim's clever idea for a pen holder |
Bob Ball shows his in-process pepper mill lay up techniques |
Ken Miller shows a lidded box with a combination of heartwood and sapwood |
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A closer look at Ken Miller's lidded box |
Jim Hilburger explains his mass production of snowmen |
These guys disappear as fast as Jim can make them |
Our featured demonstrator was Jed Donahue from the Buffalo Turners 2 Club |
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Jed demo was of Jim Hilburger's version of the deep hollowing system with a laser indicator |
Jim holds up Jed's continuous cutting that goes on and on and on |
After a bit of shaping, it is mounted in a chuck and drilled for hollowing |
Jed demonstrates hollowing with a ring tool |
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He also shows some hollowing with an Exocet tool |
Jed sets up the boring bar attachments |
Jim looks on as Jed puts it together |
Jed cuts the walls to their final thickness after adjusting the laser |
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The laser light falling off the turning indicates you've achieved the desired thickness |
Jed put on an excellent demonstration for the large crowd of members |
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog |
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