Had a great meeting today.
The first demo was by John(who also hosted this get together at his home)...turned a great bowl from an old Southern Red Oak crotch. The jig he used on the bandsaw cut a near perfect disc that made the actual turning a lot easier....thanks John, guess I have another tool(toy) to add to my growing list!!
The bowl is going to need some more drying time before finishing....but you can get the idea from the photo's what it will end up looking like.....I hope?
And here is a another bowl he started to turn....
I didn't get a chance to get any photo's from Bob's demo, but he showed everyone how to make the custom finials for JrGent 1 pen kits(which could be applied to any pen kit that you can 'pop' the finial out of), and then he amazed us by doing the tiny trim ring that goes between the two pieces on the cap. And he did this all from one PR blank!!!!
We had a great meal, and swap a under $10 item.....but we didn't make any plans for the next meeting(should be in February of 2014)?
Scott (had some fun) B