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Report on our meeting on 18th April 2019, making repairs in woodturning.

Our club meeting on the 18th April 2019 was organized by David Hay, his main theme for the meeting was how to make repairs in woodturning. David would be the main contributor to this type of work, however he had also arranged for 3 other members to be demonstrating their own things, these were David Hutcheson on a lathe, he would make a container for holding and storing sanding sealer, Mark Sutton also on a lathe, he would make a small Japanese style tea bowl, and Mark Dale was tasked with doing some hand carving and would make a large spoon or serving ladle. The turnout of members was very good and the evening went well, each demonstrator seemed to get a fair share of the attendees.

Here we have David Hay making his first of many holes in his Cherry blank to take the plugs he would use to disguise the shakes (cracks) in the blank.
Once the holes have been drilled corresponding plugs need to be fitted, these are held in with super glue, the plugs a re gently tapped into each hole.
Here we have one of the members having a go at drilling the holes, David likes to encourage onlookers to have a go under his supervision.
David continues to drill some more of the many holes required.
These are the plug cutters David uses, some of these sets come with corresponding drill bits.
Once all the plugs have been inserted, the blank is spun and any excess plug material skimmed off before sanding to a finish.
The outside now complete, all the plugs have been fitted and the outside sanded sealed and polished. David would do the inside at home.
Here we have David Hutcheson's blank about to be mounted in the chuck, the wood is Sycamore, he is going to make a lid with an integral brush to hold and apply sealer.
David starts to shape the blank to take a plastic seal that fits the top of a jam jar.
Here David is trial fitting the plastic seal, it needed to be a very good fit.
With the seal fitting, David turn his attention to the shaping of the handle.
David continues to shape the handle, but you will see a drill bit in the tailstock, this would be used to drill a hole to take the handle of a sealer brush.
The shaping of the main handle nears completion, the hole for the brush handle has been drilled.
All that remains is a little bit of decoration to the main handle, this is achieved by scoring the wood and using a wire to burn a few lines in the handle.
Here is David with his finished sealer pot complete with the handle he has just made, the brush would be inserted into the drilled hole and fixed with epoxy resin.
This is Mark Sutton's blank being mounted on the lathe, the wood is Sycamore, and Mark would demonstrate the making of a Japanese style tea bowl,
Here Mark has shaped the outside and made a short spigot on the bottom, this would be used to hold the item when turned around.
Now Mark has turned the piece around and has started to shape the inside, you will notice before he turned it around, Mark did some texturing and colouring of a band near the top by way of decoration.
Here Mark is using a ring tool on the inside to give him the shape and quality of cut on the inside.
Here Mark is doing the final cuts prior to sanding and finishing.
To clean up the bottom and get rid of any chuck marks, Mark has used a piece of router mat fixed to a disc and held the cup between centres using the tailstock, some very minor sanding would be required after cleaning up the base.
Here is Mark's finished Japanese style tea bowl.
Here we have Mark Dale making his first cuts on a piece of Birch using a hatchet and a home made chopping block. Mark would go on to make a large spoon or ladle.
Here is a sample of Mark's excellent work, one he did earlier by way of example.

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