Month: April 2016
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Turn a 19 inch cake platter
Turning a cake platter by Philip McLeod (My apologies to those who are Imperially challenged). This story starts about 1 year ago. My youngest son, Rowan McLeod, (a member of Eastern Region) is best friends with Jareth Norman. Unfortunately Jareth’s Grandfather died and he was given the job of cleaning out the house at that…
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SAW-KERFING
From: BILL KELLY, EASTERN REGION. Taken from “A Manual of Carpentry And Joinery” J. W. Riley. First printed 1905. Curved surfaces are often “cut out of the solid” and dressed to the required curvature. It is occasionally necessary, however, to bend a board to obtain a curved surface. A method often adopted is to make…
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Profile of an old woodturner – Philip Mcleod
Where do I start with Woodturning? Perhaps it all started in my home town of Casino in 6th Class when I was 12 years old, my teacher decided the boys in the class should build a model yacht. It took many weeks of cutting with hand saws, using a rasp to get the shape and…
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How and why i became a woodturner – Charlie george
Hi there, ‘wood-be’ wood turners. My wife has been encouraging me to join a men’s shed for some time. Then I saw an advertisement in the local paper regarding a “Men’s shed” in Malabar and made a phone call to enquire about it. I had a lengthy conversation with Mario Dato. Mario briefly explained…
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Eastern Region Confers Life Membership
At the December meeting of Eastern Region Woodturners it was decided to confer Life Memberships to two of our oldest members. MR GRAHAM TILLY Member Number (47). Graham was born in Murraybridge S.A. He started his working life as a High School Maths Teacher. Eventually becoming a Maths lecturer at Sydney University. It was during…
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KOOLOORA VACATION CARE KIDS IN THE SHED
EASTERN REGION HELPS OUT. On the 12th and 19th January Eastern Region hosted 10 children from the Kooloora Vacation care in The Shed. This was as a result of an enquiry from the leader of the vacation care group to the shed to see if we could get the children to make something. The children…
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Removing tarnish from copper coins
REMOVING TARNISH / PATINA FROM COPPER COINS. USING BRASSO: Simply rub with a clean cloth until required finish is achieved. Remove all remaining Brasso from the item and clean with Methylated Spirits. If you do not want the item to tarnish again coat with Wattyl Incralac Clear Copper Lacquer or similar product. USING HOUSHOILD CLEANING…
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Graham Tilly
MR GRAHAM TILLY Member Number (47) Graham was born in Murraybridge S.A. He started his working life as a High School Maths Teacher. Eventually becoming a Maths lecturer at Sydney University. It was during this period that he really got going as a turner. With access to the Ultimo TAFE, lunch times were spent in…