Master Class 2013

Cork Chapter Master Class 2013

A Master Class was held in Tony Farrell's spacious workshop in Ballinora Waterfall in conjunction with the Annual Seminar on Sunday 21st April 2013. Nick Agar was the demonstrator and as he had done on the previous day in Midleton he made a Viking Sunset Bowl. This time however he again explained in detail as to how it was made and coloured to those who had not seen  the previous day. Nick then divided the class into three groups and each group was allocated to one of the three lathes in Tony's workshop. After a short break for tea coffee the class under the supervision of Nick began their project.

Lunch was prepared by Tony and his friend Alice, it was superb, indeed up to the standard of any hotel. After our lunch and tea and coffee, we resumed our work on the bowl, all of us were very satisfied with the end result. The day moved swiftly as we worked and  a mighty crack was had by all.It was again a very successful and enjoyable day.  All of the allocated 20 places were filled within a few days of the Seminar announcement.

The Cork Chapter would like to thank Tony Farrell for the use of his workshop, supplying timber, tea, coffee, scones and lunch.We also thank Alice for the way she looked after everyone and Audrey photographer for her superb pics. We thank all who supported the Seminar and the Master Class,it was indeed a wonderful success, and we look forward to doing it again in 2014.   Finally to Nick Agar for the knowledge he imparted on his way of turning and coloring and the fun we had with him.

Mairead Pattwell

It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Michael's wife Mairead.

All members of the Cork Chapter would like to offer their sincere condolences to Michael on the untimely death of his wife,also her nephew Martin, her mother and Family.   Ar dheis De go raibh a h-anam.

PJ OBrien Retires

On behalf of the members of the Cork Chapter I would like to wish PJ  and his family health and happiness on his recent retirement. Now that you have retired hopefully you will have more time for turning fishing and photography.

Timber for Sale

Tony Farrell has a limited amount of timber for sale, resonably priced. Contact Tony on mobile 0872380756

David Lee

The Cork Chapter would like to congratulate David on his great achievments in Gorey, Well Done David

March Workshop

Finished Demo Piece

2nd Place

Peter 1st Place

Rita  and  Paddy ORourke Demonstraror

David Lee 3rd Right

Dave's  Piece 2nd. place in Gorey

Brendan

Dave

Brian

Jim

Bill

Michael

David Lee's Box   1st. place in Gorey

Jim Donovan Bill OMahony Brian Goulding Michael Pattwell

Bill

Brian

Paddy ORourke

David

REPORT ON THE MARCH, 2013 WORKSHOP

The Ireland v. France rugby match and the change of date because of St. Patrick’s Day next weekend probably explains why we had a smaller crowd attend the March workshop held at the usual venue at Togher.

At the outset Brian McAdoo was acting as chairman in John Ahern’s absence and there was wide applause when he congratulated David Lee for coming first and second at the Gorey Seminar the previous weekend. Dave's winning pieces can be seen further down on this page.

The first demonstrator of the day was Paddy O’Rourke who took us through the convoluted twists and turns of the barley twist. It being a slower process than regular turning Paddy was well prepared with various examples of the various stages to show us. There were many interesting questions and several members went home later, determined to acquire some rasps and microplanes and have a go.

After the break we had a novel item in which four members who had never demonstrated before took on a joint venture. Bill O’Mahony was the captain of the ship and with him were Brian Goulding, Jim O’Donovan and Michael Pattwell. They set to work on a table lamp in Ash. Brian began by boring the hole through the centre with a long hole-boring auger. Then Michael rough-turned the stem and Bill laid out the basic shape for Jim to finish. All four then contributed to the work on the base. There was plenty of advice from the audience and even more banter but all-in-all the lamp, ready for finishing, polishing and wiring, was quite satisfactory. Many had predicted it would turn out to be a bit of a camel – a horse assembled by a committee – but it was a good bit better than that. One wag suggested it would be much better when it had a rub of 80 grit sandpaper but when he was asked how he knew such a thing even existed he had little more to say.

The competition this month, under the expert guidance of Seamus Healy, was for a goblet, with a special prize for the tallest. The judges were Hilary Hale and Dermot Chapman. Brendan Griffin was the sole entrant in the Beginners but would have been a worthy winner in any category. His finely turned and finished goblet was also the tallest.

Brian Goulding was 1st in Intermediate and Jim O’Donovan was 2nd.

The advanced section had the biggest entry. It was won by Peter Manning with John Ahern 2nd and David Lee 3rd.

Next month’s competition, in conjunction with our seminar, is open to any turned object and members may enter up to three items.

March Workshop Change of Demonstrators

Paddy ORourke will now do the March demonstration instead of David Lee, due to unforseen circumstances. David will demonstrate in August. Paddy is a well known and very experienced demonstrator and we look forward to seeing him on the 9th.of March. Please note the change of date due to St Patricks Day.