Kind of a rainy day, here, so I spent the day getting some more walnut bowls turned.

I have one more walnut blank after the one chucked on the lathe. Then, I'll turn a spalted maple blank for friends who admire the platter we have in the living room. Some folks gave me a nice slab of butternut, as payment for computer work, so I'm going to make a butternut bowl for them. These and the coffee scoops should just about round out the Christmas gifts.

 

I saw John posted this, on the Patriot Facebook page, about making wooden pumpkins. It might be a little late for Halloween, but they would make nice Turkey Day decorations. Thanks, Woodcraft, for the blog post!

http://blog.woodcraft.com/2015/10/how-to-make-wooden-pumpkins-in-ten-easy-steps-with-rex-kenyon/

 

Craft Supplies also posted a bunch of Halloween turning projects.

You can check it out here-

http://blog.woodturnerscatalog.com/tag/halloween/

Our buddy, Tim Yoder, is getting into the Christmas spirit. He shows us how to put together and turn a Laser Christmas Ornament kit.

 

Safe Turning!

You do more on a rainy day Lew than I can in a month! Nice bowls! Yep, the woodcraft pumpkins are pretty awesome, the plus side of it is, you can re-use them year after year. Thanks for the great Wed post Lew, great job! I love watching the Yoder videos.

Thanks, John, I actually had a couple of the bowls done earlier this week. Progress is slow- I hate sanding. Professional turners make sanding look so easy. For me, I really struggle with it.

That's why I don't watch the pro's Lew! They frustrate the heck out of me. So I do what I do, and I convince myself of my greatness in whatever I am doing. As long I stay away from the Roy Underhill show and other greats, I can maintain my sense of self worth in woodworking.

I'm going to adopt your philosophy!!

It works Lew, it truly does. It keeps me sane and happy with my own work.

It works Lew, it truly does. It keeps me sane and happy with my own work.

John, 

SANE!!! 

I be "AbbyNormal". 

I likes sanding. 

Edited November 3, 201510 yr by Larry Buskirk