Atlanta Woodturners Guild » Notes From Meetings

Rudolph Lopez Presents at AWG, May 2010

Dave Roselius — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:09:43 +0000

Rudy Lopez provided a great demonstration on turning an end grain vase from a log at the May 19th Guild meeting at Woodcraft. He kept everyone on the edge of their seats overtime! Here is the handout Rudy provided us and a couple links he referenced during the demonstration. Thanks Rudy!

Rudy’s Handout - End Grain Vase From Log Ron Browning’s [...]

Mark Sfirri Teaches at March Guild Meeting

Dave Roselius — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:24:19 +0000

Mark Sfirri taught guild members a thing or two about multi-axis turning during the March 2010 meeting at Woodcraft. Here are just a few examples of is work.

(Harvey… is that you on [...]

November ’08 Meeting Notes – Frank Bower

Kurt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:29:28 +0000

For November, we were treated to a second demonstration by Frank Bowers.

Frank turned two bowls for us. The first was a typical natural edge bowl and he was very informative about how he balanced the bowl for aesthetics. The blank was mounted between centers to allow repositioning.

Once the blank had been turned round to reveal where [...]

October ’08 Meeting Notes – Sir Christopher of Sorby

Kurt — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:00:25 +0000

This month Sorby Representative, Chris demonstrated some of the less understood tools in the Sorby line-up.

A point from Chris is that the art of sharpening really should be learned prior to learning to turn. As an assist to a new turner with less than optimum sharpening skills, he offered the Spindle Master as a way to [...]

September ’08 Meeting Notes – Bonnie Klein

Kurt — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:19:58 +0000

On the way to GAW’s Turning Southern Style Symposium, Bonnie Klein presented this month. The project she demonstrated is a spinning top which incorporates a threaded box.

One thing which impressed me about Bonnie Klein is she moves very quickly to cover a lot of ground. I apologize that the photos are not up to normal quality, [...]