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| We had our Vice Chairman Willie Creighton visit the Woodshed to demonstrate his Swirl Bowl, all the way from Co. Mayo. We had a full house of Ulster woodturners watch Willie's expert demonstration. Willie finished the demo with a lamp made from some very old pine. |
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Our competition was for spindle turning. The winning pieces can be seen on this page Open 1st Colin Brashaw 2nd Robin Graham Beginner 1st Liam Gilmore 2nd Malachy Totten 3rd John Brown |
| Willie Creighton |
| Here is one I prepared earlier |
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| Willie spent some time explaining the glueing and cutting procedure, expressing the need for accuracy. If the glueing is not correct the result will be wrong. |
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| An alternative Glue Trueing up the blank |
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| Turn the outside making a recess for the chuck to enable you to reverse chuck the piece |
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| The finished Swirl Bowl |
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| Willie had glued up another Swirl Bowl with an outside layer that would mean that the swirl would not be seen on the outside of the bowl. |
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| Turning the inside to show the swirls |
| The finished bowl |
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| Now for the Pine Lamp |
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| The finished Lamp |
| Open Competition May |
| Colin Brashaw |
| Robin Graham |
| Liam Gilmore |
| Malachy Totten |
| John Brown |