8 August 2025 Meeting with Demo

 The club held its August meeting at Sam Staffan's shop.  There were many bring backs and many Show and Tell items.  Here are some of the Show and Tell items.

 

Sam Staffan's Risen Vase

More interesting turnings.

Sam Staffan's turnings.

Sam Staffan's turned candle holder.

Sam Staffan discusses his turnings during Show and Tell.

A Jim Rutledge carved feather.

A Jim Rutledge carved fish.

The bring back & Show and Tell Table.

Archie Patterson's turned eggs and a funeral Urn.

 

Archie discusses his turnings.

 

Bottom of the bowl and Feathered grain.

We were fortunate to have Paul Neuburger from the Detroit Area Woodturners (DAW) demonstrate off center turning.  

Paul brought many samples of his offset turnings and provided many tips about his process.

Here is Paul's introduction remarks to off center turning.

Paul Neuburger explains what he will demonstrate.

The demonstration was recorded in six parts, so please view each section in order.  Paul brought several semi-finished turnings and after working on one he gave it away to a holder of a ticket he had given out.  Each precipitant was then requested to finish the turning and send Paul a picture of the completed turning.  

Part 1

 

 Part 2

 

 Part 3

 

Part 4

 Part 5

 Part 6 and final clip in the series.

 Archie Patterson won one of the partially turned off center bowl and took it home and finished it.  To sand the bottom, the bowl was placed on a rounded mount block and held in place by a cone shape on the tail stock.  

Bowl mounted so the bottom can be sanded.

 

 Finished product.

Bowl finished with Shellac and several coats of whipe on poly.

 

Bottom of the bowl with a bead added to the bottom.

 Many thanks to Paul Neuburger for giving out samples of his work to be finished by our club members.

 One final demonstration by Paul of turning an off center finial is shown below.

 

Our thanks to Sam Staffan for hosting the meeting and allowing Paul Neuburger to use his lathe.

Our appreciation to Paul Neuburger for coming up from the Detroit area and demonstrating his skills and methods for off center turning and for giving some of our members a few of his unfinished projects so they can finish them.