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Fall Turning Expo All Day Demo - Yann Marot

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Spend a day with Yann Merlot learning to turn

Morning: Roped Vessel
Key points:
-Bowl design
-"Rope" texture
-Production methods

Techniques:
-Which tool and sharpening for a good surface and to control the form
-Criticize a bowl (curve, shape, balance, proportion, use...)
-Add the "rope" texture by keeping the shape
-Add the "rope" texture to contrast with clean wood surface
-How to finish the base on a wood chuck

Afternoon:

The Slicing Angle. how to achieve a good cut with the tool
Rubbing the bevel is good, slicing on wood it's better!
With the skew, the spindle gouge, the scraper or the bedan, let's try the slicing angle for a good surface without sanding and nice shavings. It also enables us to turn thinner by reducing the pressure on wood.

We will see the different applications for traditional spindle work.

Key points:
- Difference between bad scraping, cutting by roping the bevel and a good cut with the slicing angle
- Why giving an inclination to the bevel give a better cut, less pressure on the wood and less vibrations
- How to reduce sanding with standard tools (spindle gouge, skew chisel, bedan, bowl gouge and scraper)

Techniques:
- demonstration of a good cut with a hand planer and chisel
- how to turn a thin handle spatula with the skew chisel from a small planed board
- why using long edge sharpening and how to sharpen it (spindle gouge and bowl gouge)
- how to get a nice surface on the outside of a bowl (spindle gouge, bowl gouge)
- how to get the slicing angle to improve the cut with the scraper
- turning a small traditional leg with the bedan and the spindle gouge (how to get a complete shape, continuity, connect the bead with the cove, be confident with our eye…)

The Pebble Box
The idea should come from a very common activity near the river where I live.
To demonstrate this multi-storey box, I will use different techniques: eccentric chuck, small hollowing featuring a tiny opening, carving and texturing.