Jan. 26th Skills night - Spurtles was to be the project
Unfortunately, this was cancelled due to weather and will be rescheduled later
Tools needed:
- Spindle gouge
- Parting tool
- Skew
Bringing your own tools is advised; however,
spares for above tools will be available if you are missing something.
A face shield is necessary and should be basic equipment in any woodturner’s shop.
Click on "Techniques" on the menu bar for all skills night projects
Jan 12th Meeting was with Lionel Bedard demonstrating
the Mike Mahoney method for pepper mills
Lionel Bedard
I am a local artist, born and raised in Ottawa. Always having been interested in wood,
I purchased my first lathe nineteen years ago when I started woodturning.
Eventually I progressed to a 24-inch swing lathe which gives me the opportunity to produce larger pieces.
I am always searching for great varieties of wood, domestic and exotic to turn functional as well as artistic pieces.
I look for different shapes and forms to incorporate in my vases, bowls, platters and non-functional pieces.
Natural edges as well as flaws in the wood are often used as features.
My pieces have won various prizes including First, Best in Show and People’s Choice at the Ottawa Wood Show competitions.
For the many years I have participated in local studio tours and art shows. My work has been sold through
the local art galleries including Da Artisti Gallery, Sea Hag Soap and Art Mercantile in Pennsylvania,
and presented to dignitaries by Foreign Affairs Canada. In 2016 I was commissioned by the NCC to turn a time
capsule using wood from the grounds of Rideau Hall. This piece is on display in the cafeteria at Rideau Hall.
In 2018, several of my pieces found a home and are displayed in the six Official Residences of Canada.
For many years I have been a member of the American Association of Woodturners, attending the various symposiums
and taking courses from renowned turners. I have served as President of the Bytown Woodturners and enjoy participating
in our weekend workshops teaching and encouraging novice turners. I have also enjoyed doing various demonstrations
for different woodturning clubs in Ontario as well as Montreal.
Christmas Meeting was December 8th
Kade Bolger demonstrated turning a Lotus Bowl
And included a short talk about preparation. Discussing what size lumber you need (or Kade uses)
and accurately dimensioning the piece into the blank needed.
You can read Kade's BIO here
Of course there was our annual Top Spinning Contest
Richard presided over the contest and won, however, turn out was
disappointing as he was the only participant
Treats
We had a fine array of our traditional snacks and goodies potluck
Thanks to all who brought in their samples of family treats.
November Skills night ws on the 24th
Brian and several members showed and taught how to make ornamental bird houses
The stock will be drilled out and be ready to be shaped.
Tools needed:
- Parting tool
- Spindle gouge
- Roughing gouge
Bringing your own tools is advised; however,
Spares for above tools will be available if you are missing something. A face shield should be basic equipment in any woodturner’s shop.
Click on "Techniques" on the menu bar for all skills night projects
General meeting Nov. 10th featured Malcolm Zander presenting
Adventures in Piercing
Malcolm provided two documents relating to this presentation
Piercing and
Resources
You can read his bio is here
Our October 27th Skills Night featured Brian teaching
"Turning Acorns
Click on "Techniques" for all skills night projects
Keith Mombourquette was our in person demonstrator on Thursday October 13th
Keith demonstrated "Making a Lighthouse Lamp"
Keith has provided us with a "Bill of Materials" and a drawing. These are available upon request to
Jack ( click on
Jack)
Biography of Keith Mombourquette
I have been woodworking pretty much my whole life, and have built everything from furniture and cabinets to the timber-frame home that we live in. My first exposure to turning was in high school. However, I never acquired a lathe until 3 years ago when I needed to turn a set of legs for a table. I felt like I had re-met an old forgotten friend! Since then I have purchased a Union Graduate lathe which I upgraded with a new motor and VFD, and increased the capacity from
12 inches to 20 inches Turning has given me many new pursuits to learn, both in the turning, and in embellishments. Recently I have taken up pyrography and piercing as means to embellish my turnings. I turn mostly bowls and hollow forms, but have also turned pens and small boxes.
Being a professional engineer (retired), I really enjoy building my own jigs, fixtures and so-on to use with my turning. Recent additions have been an articulated hollowing system, a bowl
kiln, and a fluting jig.
Thursday, September 29th was our first skills night - as always.
Sharpening
Richard did a demo on sharpening each different type of turning tool, then showed how it's used.
turningtool.co.uk now hosted by WGO.ca
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The Woodturner's Workshop
Brian Clifford's
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This site was built by Brian Clifford over many years and features many articles, plans
and videos
that are of interest to novice and advanced woodturners alike. Brian has decided to
retire and was
going to allow the site to lapse; however, the WGO has
agreed to host it on his behalf to ensure this great resource continues to be available.
Please have
browse and enjoy it here