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| Some of the attendance. |
We had two of the Chapter’s better turners doing demonstrations for
our May 2016 workshop.
First off was John O’Shea and he made a jewellery box from Ash. It could be said that he really made 4
pieces; the main box, the insert, the cover and the knob. He started each piece on a screw chuck and
having rounded the pieces then made spigots.
Our attendance was a bit smaller than usual but those who attended were
very impressed. This item is to be the
subject of the competition for June.
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| John O'Shea's jewellery box. Project for the June competition |
After the break David Lee went through the intricacies of turning a
tool handle from Ash also. This
“back-to-basics” exercise was very welcome.
Dave can only be said to be “the devil for detail” and without doubt
this stood us all in good stead.
With a few minutes left Dave showed us a jig he had made for making
spheres and demonstrated it. Maybe he
might decide to patent it and he will have plenty of customers from the Cork
Chapter.
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| David Lee's 'sphere' jig. |
The competition was a set of napkin rings on a stand, as
demonstrated by John Ahern in March.
David Lee and Paddy Lynch kindly acted as judges. There was a small entry, just 2 in
“Intermediate” and 5 in “Advanced”.
Peter Manning took the honours in “Advanced” and Frank Allen in
“Intermediate”.
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| Dave Lee, judge, congratulates Frank Allen. |
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| Peter Manning with one of the competition judges, David Lee. |
The Chapter are planning a days fishing in late June and also a
possibility of a day with Glenn Lucas. If
we choose a weekday we can have use of the Scout bus. Anybody interested should submit his/her name
to Mick Bouchier.