Issue Number 117
October 2004
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Making a Specimen Vase
Five Chairs for Posterity
A Polygonal Bowl with
Legs
Keepsake Boxes
Getting Rid of Problem
Dust
Table of Contents
Features
Chainsaw Chic
Angela Polglaze has carved out an international reputation
in an extreme art form - chainsaw sculpture.
Shopping
for a Bandsaw
Determine the features you need so you can gain optimum
performance and versatility without buying a model that is too big or expensive
for your requirements.
Bandsaw
Survey
Over 50 models to choose from, ranging in price from under $500
to over $9000, to suit everyone from the occasional hobbyist to the professional
woodworker.
Did
They Really Have a Lathe?
by Art Burrows
Ancient Egyptians
are credited with inventing the lathe, but the debate continues.
Equipment
for the Ultimate Workshop - 4
Colen Clenton's ingeniously designed and
made marking tools and the SPD-25A drilling machine from Hare & Forbes.
International
Outlook for Sturt School
The well-respected Sturt School for Wood in
Mittagong NSW has received international accreditation to accept overseas students.
Gallery
Bill David's dray and Laurie Trembath's Cedar creations.
Across
the Teacher's Bench
by Les Miller
The ABC of Power Tools
- Part 2, Drill bits and accessories.
Melbourne
and Hobart Timber & Working with Wood Shows
Guide to the attractions
and seminars at these upcoming Shows. Don'’t miss Richard Raffan in Hobart and
Guilio Marcolongo and Angela Polglaze in Melbourne.
An
Eight Year Project
by Kathy Muhlhan
Started by her late husband
and finished by her nephew, Pip's library chair has been a labour of love.
Orbost
Exhibition Centre to House National Collection
The National Collection
of Wood Design will have a permanent display in Orbost's new arts building.
Tim Skilton Pot Entries
George's
Corner
Wooden Winged Things and notes on the wine goblet project.
Skills Publishing Open Day
USER
REPORT -
Performax 10-20 Drum Sander Plus
by Neil Scobie
USER
REPORT -
3D Drawing Board
by Steven Burrows
USER REPORT -
Perfect Gloss
by Adrian Bryant
Projects
Drum
Sanders for Scrollsaw Work
by Neil Schulz
While drum sanders
are a major purchase, they offer a lot of advantages to scrollers.
Woodturning
Tips
by George Hatfield
Making a Specimen Vase - George turns
a small vase with test tube insert from a Mesquite offcut.
Five
Chairs for Posterity - 1
by JM Cleaver
A restored rocking
chair provides the inspiration for five new family heirlooms.
A
Polygonal Bowl with Legs
by Lawrie Salter
What do you get
when you turn a multi-sided blank? Lawrie experimented and came up with this attractive
and unusual shape.
Keepsake
Boxes - 2
by Maricha Oxley
Final notes on carving these small
Huon Pine boxes with a koala theme.
Getting
Rid of Problem Dust
by John Greenlees
Custom-made cyclone
used to upgrade mobile dust extractor.
Other Features
New Products
Good
Ideas & Short Cuts
Jigsaw into Scrollsaw
Book
Reviews
Architectural Carving: Techniques for Power & Hand Tools
by Mike Burton
The Practice of Woodturning - DVD
by Mike Darlow
Upholstery - A Complete Course (Revised Edition)
by David James
The Fine Art of Cabinetmaking
by James Krenov