Michael Mocho Demonstration 2009 Symposium of the AAW The ...

AAW Symposium Continuedfrom Previous Page.David then showed us a glassapple that he said a friend of hismanufactures. It had a small holegoing through each side. He saidhe would show us how to insert awooden arrow through that hole.Figure 17 shows the finished project.a CD-ROM that supposedly has agreat deal of information on it. Idon’t think either of us has had anopportunity to give it a look see.There were brief talks by JohnLea and Jon Sauer and then SteveWhite as the president of the OrnamentalTurners International tookover for the rest of the evening. Hereare some of the photos that we tookduring the meeting.Figure 20. Another of themany pieces shown during themeeting.Figure 17. David Springettsarrow piercing a glass apple.To do this project, David tookan arrow that was already made upthat the tip would not enter the hole.He brought a cup of water to a boiland stuck the tip of the arrow in itfor a bit and then squeezed the tipuntil it was down to the thicknessof the shaft. He inserted the arrowthrough the two holes in the glassapple. As the arrow tip cooled, itexpanded back to its original shapeand could no longer be removedfrom the apple.It was an interesting set ofdemonstrations and took care ofFriday afternoon.Mildred and I came togetheragain and had dinner at the littlediner on the ground floor. It was nota fantastic dinner, but was much lessexpensive that a dinner at the hotelwould have been. We then spentsome time in the Instant Gallery andthen attended the Ornamental TurnersInternational meeting. Mildredjoined for the special price and gotFigure 18. Steve White,president of OrnamentalTurners International, duringthe introduction of the meeting.Figure 19. One of a number ofpieces shown that were done bySteve Whites partner. This piecewas done on several machines asI understood the description.Figure 21. New frame tohold a pen when checking apattern. I believe this is beingmanufactured by Steve White’scompany.Figure 22. This photo shows abottle stopper being decoratedon Steve White’s Rose EngineLathe.Page 28 More Woodturning August 2009