Fred and Denny have taken on a project to make turned ornaments for all the houses in Fred’s development that were damaged by the hurricane. Several hundred are needed. They purchased a duplicator, made a pattern and went to work. They are making them out of cedar which is so soft it comes off the […]
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As usual, Denny put on a fascinating and informative meeting making a bowl from a walnut log.He starts with half of a log, then screws a cardboard circle to it to help cutting out a blank on the band saw. After turning the outside , and adding a dovetail, he flips it over. Then he
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We gave Denny a break this month and held the turners meet at Marvin Stoltzfus shop. Marvin invented a tool for turning perfect spheres on a lathe. It took him 2 years and several proto types before he perfected it, and sold the patent. He started with a maple blank. It was his goal to
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Denny showed both open and closed segmented bowl turning. He feels that open segments are actually easier than closed ones. He starts with a program in which he designs the bow or vase. The program then produces a table showing all the segments and there size to the third decimal place. For both types, open
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Denny came up with something I have never seen or heard of for February’s turners meet. The object was to start with a fork in a branch and end up with this. First you have to create a flat spot to mount the face plate. You start by leveling out a templet with wedges then
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We had the biggest turnout ever at the January turners meet. Denny demonstrated how to make a bowel from a single piece of wood. The trick is to cut out concentric circles with the blade at an angle and then glue them together in reverse order. You can do this on a band saw if
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Commentary and photos provided by Andrew DiLorenzo For this meeting, Denny presented his own special tips and techniques for producing segmented turnings. As expected, segmented turnings can be quite complex, so Denny broke down his thinking into separate sections for this meeting. He began with recommending a favorite book of his, “Segmented Wood Turning,” by
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September 15, 2014 Woodturner’s Meeting at Denny Wetter’s shop. This meeting began with a brief presentation of the work of Malcolm Tibbitts, aka the Tahoe Turner. His web site is: http://www.tahoeturner.com/index.html . Take a peak there for some outstanding segmented turning and the inspiration for this night’s project, a melted bowl. Unlike previous segmented projects,
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Denny Wetter once again proved himself the ring master as he demonstrated turning wooden bracelets using segmented pieces, in much the same method used to make wooden bowls. As usual he starts with a drawing. The purpose of the drawing is to firm up the original idea for a bowl or bracelet and to determine
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