Funny how life has a habit of getting in the way of your plans. 

 

Any way, I didn't get any turning done this week but I did work at the lathe. Until recently, virtually all of my rolling pin holders have been made to cradle the pin horizontally-

 

With this holder design I hadn't realized was that one end of the rolling pin was slightly "fatter" than the other. When I started making a vertical style of holder the error was very noticeable. 

 

Doing some careful measurement, I found there was play in the mounting rail of my old jig as well as the tapered part of the jig was not completely symmetrical. I was never really happy with the original jig. It was made from a re-purposed piece of MDF (the only really smooth piece of material I had). The slots (from the previous use) trapped shavings and chips which made moving the cutter problematic. 

 

 

The new and improved version is made from a scrap of pressed hardboard with a thin laminate veneer. The taper section is hard maple as well as the runner and swivel lock.

 

 

 

 

Preliminary test look good. I didn't have a blank made up to actually turn a pin but the test pieces were symmetrical.

 

In other news, Woodturning On Line sent their newsletter. An article/video is sort of related to a post Cliff made earlier concerning using a soap/water mixture for preventing cracks in green wood. This video about sanding on the lathe uses a similar mixture to assist in the sanding. 

 

 

There is also an article for turning a Halloween Bat House

 

 

The entire issue can be read at http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php?utm_source=nl_Oct_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletters

 

Finally, I ran across a 2 part video on turning a snowman Christmas ornament -

 

 

The links for the turning begin here-

 

 

 

Safe Turning!

 

 

Awesome Lew!!!!