Gintaras Malinauskas 1st October 2022
Some photos, curtesy of UW members and many thanks to Brendan for the text.
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A Combined Pen and Whistle
Gintaras started his demo by making a whistle pen as a nod to his craft teacher when he was at school in Lithuania. He mounted a long blank in a
chuck and drilled a short pilot hole before following with a long drill bit to drill a hole long enough to accommodate the ink refill from a regular
Bic-type biro. The starter hole helps prevent the long bit from wandering off-centre. The bit Gintaras used was one he fashioned from a length of steel
by flattening the end and sharpening the wings.
Pepper Shaker
After break Gintaras made a salt cellar using an apple wood blank approximately 110 – 130mm X 60 – 70mm. The blank was mounted between
centres and trued with a tenon. After being mounted in a chuck the end of the blank was trued and a hole drilled 20mm x 55mm deep with a
Forstner bit.Then the blank was marked at 65mm and the measurement cut in to establish the bottom of the cellar. With that done the 'apple' was
shaped and a substantial stem left at the chuck to provide strength for hollowing the piece.
Introduction
Ulster Woodturners had the pleasure of watching Gintaras Malinauskas present their October demonstration on Saturday 1st October,a change to
accommodate the IWG Seminar on 8th October, in the Wood Shed.