We had John Jordan from Nashville, Tennessee for an extra demonstration in this our 25th Anniversary
year. 59 Ulster Chapter members watched John take a piece of wet beech, and turn it into a hollow form.
He then went on to describe how to mark out the form for carving and also how to do the carving, showing
us some of the tools he uses for this work.
This was a very informative day where everyone who came
went away with a feeling of having learnt something.
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Just scroll down through these pictures to see the Masterclass, click here to see some of his finished
work
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Some of the Ulster Chapter members at the John Jordan Day
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John explaining his thoughts before mounting the piece of fresh wood in the Stubby Lathe kindly provided
by Arthur McGuickan with the assistance of David O'Neill and Eric Turner.
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Arthur's Stubby Lathe with the wood between centres
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Starting on the hollowing
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Measuring the depth of the hole and then drilling to depth
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Hollowing with John's own design of hollowing tools
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The form before removing the chuck spigot
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Refining the bottom of the form
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Removing the small spigot and starting to mark the piece.
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Mark with a pencil before starting to carve with an electric tool
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A very dangerous looking cutter in an air tool
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File to shape and sand to a finish using home made sanding boards
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Here is one he prepared earlier
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Arthur McGuckin with John Jordan
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Just scroll down to see some of these beautiful objects.
I have more photographs, if you would like
some more email me
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