Issue Number 122
August 2005
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Woodturning Tips - A Lid for
a Vessel
Hi-Fi Tower - Part 2
Easter Island Statue
Using Your Router to Cut
Circular Blanks
Surface Texturing - Part
3
Turned Lidded Boxes
Modern Wall Clock
Turning a Round Square
Edge Bowl
Table of Contents
Features
Les Miller 1935-2005
Profile
- John Lister
Based in Christchurch NZ, John Lister developed his professional
woodturning career from no more than an interest in starting a hobby.
Blue
Mountains Challenge 2005
Almost a dozen NSW woodturning clubs entered
this year'’s Challenge.
Specialised
Cabinetmaking Drills
Non-standard drill/driver designs intended to make
cabinetmaking easier.
Home
Grown Inventions 1985-2005
Innovation in the woodworking community has
led to the development of many successful local products.
Strings
on a Shoestring
by Reg Cooke
Having finished his 12th project,
Reg dispels some of the myths and encourages others to have a go at making musical
instruments.
Club
Drumbeat
Hastings Woodworkers Guild moves to new premises and the Hills
District Triton User Group Inc promotes its activities.
20th
Anniversary Competition
20 prizes to be won by 20 readers - coupon p.46.
Carving
a Place in History
by Jenny Springett
Women were prominent
among Australian woodcarvers from around 1860 to between the World Wars.
Adelaide
& Canberra Timber and Working With Wood Shows
Guides for both Shows including
main attractions.
USER
REPORT - Triton PRA001 Respirator
by Alec Bendeli
A search
for better personal dust protection led to the Triton unit.
Georges
Corner
by George Hatfield (Assoc. Editor)
The story behind
the vessel used in this issue’s Woodturning Tips.
Turn-Fest
2005
by George Hatfield
This year's carving and turning event
included twelve demonstrators from around Australia, plus Betty Scarpino (USA)
and Jean-Francois Escoulen (France).
Projects
Woodturning
Tips - A Lid for a Vessel
by George Hatfield
The decision to
add a lid to a completed deep vessel posed a few challenges.
Hi-Fi
Tower - Part 2
by A Barrington
Building the drawers.
Making
Chairs That Work
by Paul Gregson, Steven Burrows and Art Burrows
A
historical and engineering overview of the development of the chair and how to
make your design successful.
Easter
Island Statue
by Aaron Ehrlich
A home-made profiler enabled
the shape of a clay mock-up to be transferred to a laminated wooden sculpture.
Using
Your Router to Cut Circular Blanks
by Fred Sundholme
This simple
jig can be set up to mass produce circular blanks, 90-180mm in diameter.
Surface
Texturing - Part 3
by Glenn Roberts
Hammer-action power tools
are a fast and effective means of texturing wood.
Turned
Lidded Boxes
by Charles T Orr
These items are simple to turn,
use up your offcuts and make great presents.
Modern
Wall Clock
by Kevin J Cass
Wall-mounted clock design based
on a battery-operated movement with pendulum.
Spiral
Blades for the Scrollsaw
by Neil Schulz (Assoc. Editor)
Useful
for complex designs, these innovative blades have their advantages and limitations.
Gallery
Hamilton's plane restorations, Roseveare's cross-eyed clock and Ehrlich's
unusual clocks.
Turning
a Round Square Edge Bowl
by Alexander Bendeli
The pieces of
waste material used when turning this bowl looked so good, they were left intact
in the finished shape.
Other Features
New Products
Good
Ideas & Short Cuts
Verandah Posts on a Short Lathe,
WC Collar for Dust Collection
Book
Reviews
Pyrography Workbook, A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning
by Sue Walters
Beneath the Bark, Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning
by Kip W Christensen and Dale L Nish
Carving Canes & Walking Sticks
by Tom Wolfe
Jet Shopclass — Shapers VHS Video or DVD
The Illustrated
Guide to Cabinet Doors and Drawers
by David Getts
Carving Ears and
Hair
by Jeff Phares