Shop Visit - John Jordan

[Kerry Pinkerton]

New Member John Jordan came down for a visit today from Nashville. Really a nice guy! A master in the woodturning craft, John has an interest in learning to shape metal. After a brief shop tour, I cut him a piece of 18 ga about 14" in diameter, showed him the sandbag and tucking fork and let him have at it while my son and I kept on making ewheels.

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John's a really quick study and picked right up on how to make and crush tucks.

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After lunch I showed him the 'stump' and John discovered that stretching into the hollowed out stump was MUCH faster than trying to stretch the bottom out in the sandbag.

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At Dutch's last year, we tried cutting a thumbnail in one of my UHMW hammers. John was playing with all the hammers and happened upon this one. He said it works very well on smaller tucks.

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Between making lumps and tucks, John would wheel the bowl out on WheelaSarus.

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Here is the final result.

[John Jordan]

I had a great visit with Kerry today, and was able to try some of the things I've been reading about. It's fun to put some of the things I think I understand from reading about them, into practice.

I started out on the sandbag, but went to the stump, and it REALLY made a difference for me. Hammering the bowl into the stump helps with the shape, and the tucks just naturally occur, where I was forcing them with the fork at first. Also, the tucking hammer work really well on the modest sized tucks-just squeezed the right in. :)

My arms are sore tonight, but happy. Thanks Kerry, for the visit, help, and posting the pictures :!: :!:

It was neat to see several of Kerry's wheels in progress. He makes the best e-wheel I have ever used. :lol: