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Report on Meeting. 9th July 2026

Julian Cox shared with us his many years and great craftsmanship on marking and cutting spirals. We were all in awe of the process and the patients clearly needed to cut spirals.

Choosing the right proportions based on the diameter of the piece
A great deal of time spent marking out the piece.
Using a flexible plastic piece to mark out the bases of each cut
This home made back saw, sets the depth of the grooves
Working with the grain to form the groove
Different colours mark the peaks and also the width of the grooves
A round file is handy to finish off the profile and smoothing of the grooves
making a coreless spiral
Drilling through
Using other tools such as a dremel to join the holes together to form the spiral.
The spiral is always the last thig to do to a piece of work.