Sam Angelo retired in 2011 after forty years in public education. He is the past president of the Yellowstone Woodturners, an AAW Sanctioned Chapter in Billings, Montana. He has published over 1000 YouTube videos on various woodturning topics. Sam has written 20 magazine articles for Woodturning Design, the American Woodturner, and the AAW’s Fundamentals’ online magazine. Demonstration venues include the Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium, the Utah Woodturning Symposium, Swat, and the AAW Symposium in Kansas City, Mo. (2017)
Sam’s work can be seen on his ETSY shop: https://www.etsy.com/market/sam_angelo. For comments and questions Sam can be reached at samandcheryle@gmail.com.
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Demonstrations
Thread Chasing Basics: Making the Connection
In this demonstration I will try to simplify the process of creating hand-chased threads in wood. This is an advanced skill that simply takes practice. I will cover those requirements that will secure success in thread chasing which include: wood selection, using the proper tools, and the techniques for connecting the male and female threads in a lidded box. Those attending this demonstration will acquire a basic understanding of thread chasing using hand tools. With a basic understanding of thread chasing, those attendees can now practice the skills required to be successful.
Hands-On: Completing a Lidded Box or Container
To begin, students in this hands-on session will be shown various methods of attaching a box blank securely to the lathe. The blank will be turned to a cylinder, and a tenon will be formed on each end.
At various times during this session, students will chuck up their project and reverse it for various operations until the box is completed.
The base section will be parted off with the lid remaining fixed into the chuck jaws. The underside of the lid will be hollowed and finished. Following a similar process, the base will be mounted into the chuck jaws, and the base section will be hollowed out. Students will jam-fit the lid onto the base in order to complete the top of the lid. After sanding and applying to finish, the project will be completed.