Joe Laird from our Dublin Chapter visited the Woodshed on the 10th November to demonstrate how he made
the bowl that he won our Open Competition at our 2006 Seminar. Joe gave us an entertaining demo with
lots of useful tips on how to achieve a wonderful textured finish. To see Joes work scroll down.
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Turn the outside of the bowl to shape
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Cut the recess for the base, Joes scraper made from an old sawblade
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Sorby Texturing toll used to spiral the outside of the bowl before wire brushing aggressivley
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Finish with a finer wire brush before waxing with BRIWAX
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Reverse the bowl and hollow the centre texture the rim as the outside
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BRIWAX the rim before finishing the centre of the bowl
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The texture and finish Joe achieves doing this
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Cut the base from another piece of Elm
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Texture, BRIWAX and finish
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A superb entry for our candlestick competition
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1st place by Charlie Calvin
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2nd David O'Neill's delicate candlesticks
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3rd Bruce Low open twist candlesticks
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Jim Ford took 1st place in the beginners section
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Liam Gilmore was 2nd in the Beginners
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