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Sam Abernethy gave 50 Ulster Chapter members a great demo on how to cope with small burrs. Sam used
a glue gun to hold a really awkward burr in order that he could make a beautiful burr bowl to see this
and the rest of Sams work follow this link and scroll on down.
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An attentive audience eager to see Sam's demo
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Spray the foot Glue the burr to a blank turned to an approximate fit
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Glue a wedge for extra support and turn the centre of the burr to a bowl
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Put an edge on the bowl and cut deeper
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Finish the centre leaving a disc in the centre for some texturing, sand to a finish
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Texture with Sorby tooland finish with oil, watch the pinkies
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Forcibly remove the glue, clean off the remaining glue and fit the preprepared foot
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What a beautiful job in less than an hour, there's more
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Using Cole Jaws to do an offset turning for a clock barometer set
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Glue a burr onto a backing piece and start to turn a box from the burr
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Put the lid on the chuck and turn to size
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Fit the lid to the box and turn to shape
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Sand to a finish, make a piece of scrap to fit the lid aperture and turn around in the chuck
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Turn off the scrap on the base and fit lid to finish.
Sorry about the crap photo of Sam's finished
piece.
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Drill a hole in the top of a burr and fit an oil light, 3 minutes
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1st Open Charlie Calvin's Elm decorated hollow form
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2nd Peter Montgomery's Fruitwood Hollow form
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3rd Peter Lyon's Spalted Sycamore Hollow Form
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1st Beginner Michael Flynn's Burr Bowl
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2nd David Williamson's Box
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