10 August 2024 Club Meeting

 The club met at the Saint Ignace High School shop and there were many Bring Backs and Show and Tell items.  

Bring Back Items

Bring Backs included several pieces of wood that were auctioned off during the meeting.

The Complete Table Display

At the last meeting the club made boring bars and the Bring Back items showed off many items using the boring bars.  At this meeting there was a large selection of finished turnings.

Some Great Member Turnings

More Great Turnings

Two of the items held candles and on the right are two were small burls.

A Mix of Turnings from Sam.

Sam removed the plastic outside from an insulated cup and turned a wood replacement.    More great work by Sam.

Jim's Great Work

Jim showed off some more of his great work.  Several with fine carvings on top.

Maple and Birch Turnings by Archie.

A neighbour gave Archie some Walnut branches and he made several boxes with finials.   Far right is a box made from spalted Birch.  

A tapered bowl showing off the heart wood.

After the meeting Mike Obuchowski from Traverse City did a demo using the Lyle Jameison Boring Bar.  Mike works for Lyle Jameison demonstrating his tools.  

Mike Obuchowski during meeting.

During the meeting Mike gave a quick overview of his demo and answered questions.

This is the Jameison Boring Bar.

The Jameison boring bar is lighter than the bars the club made and has a replaceable boring bar.

Lyle Jameison's website is:  https://lylejamieson.com/   

Boring Bar on Lathe.

The boring bar support comes with a attachable base with adjustable heights and a wide support stabizer.  

First he made the wood round.

Turns the end flat.  

Warns not to push thru the nub.

Pushing thru the nub could cause the took to catch the upward motion of the back side of the wood and thru the tool back.

Here he is applying paraffin wax to the moving parts. 

Applying paraffin to the support bar, the boring bar and the support will make it easier to move the bar when cutting.

Using a gouge as a scrapper.

Using a gouge without a handle he using it as a scrapper to smooth out the outer surface.

Using a hand held drill to open the center.

Setup to start hollowing.

Note the laser mounted over head used to mark the thickness of the material.

Hogging out the center.

As the material is cut out he watches the laser dot indicating his thickness.   The laser is adjusted each time either the cutter is adjusted or when he is cutting on a different edge.  

Parting off the bottom.

Taking questions at the end.  

Our thanks for Mike Obuchowski for coming over from Traverse City and demonstrating the use of a boring bar and taking our many questions.