It's spring in Pennsylvania sunny and 70° one day, snowing and 25° the next. If these cold nights continue, we may not have a very good apple crop in the fall.

 

Lots of interesting stuff this week. First, the latest newsletter from Woodturning OnLine arrived. They've added some new features and websites. Here is a "copy and paste" from their email concerning additions-

 

"We have lots of new features to tell you about this month!

• We are very excited to announce our latest addition to the many woodturning resources we bring to you.  With the help of Rick Morris, you now have access to the latest woodturning videos and video channels. We will be updating this list each month, providing you with links that are sorted into woodturning categories and subcategories. Also included are brief descriptions of the channel and of each video. This new feature is located in the Turning Center column on the left side of the website, just under “Turning Projects”. You can also click here to go directly to the new page.
   

• We have added over twenty new turners to our “Turner’s Websites” listing this month. Are you a woodturner with your own website? If you don’t see your name here, send us your link and we will include it!
   

• We've also found some great bargains this month. You can see them in the right column of the web site. The pen blanks (which might be a life-time stash for some of us!) are 60% off the regular price, saving you $60. The Nova G3 chuck is around 30% off the regular price, saving you $50. And the very interesting portable workbench is almost 25% off the regular price, saving you $30. If you purchase any of these items through our links, the affiliate commission helps to fund the running of our free-to-you web site.
   

• We also have a new feature in our sister publication, More Woodturning Magazine. Starting in April, subscribers to More Woodturning Magazine will be able to test their knowledge about a different woodturning topic each month. The new “Quiz” column gives you ten questions on a particular topic. You choose an answer and see immediately whether you guessed correctly or not. Click here to try the quiz for free and see how much you know about this month’s topic: glues and adhesives. And then click here to subscribe so you can have fun while you learn something new every single month."

Here's the link to the entire newsletter http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php. If you want a real treat, watch the first video.

 

If you've ever turned bottle stoppers, this video demonstrates how to add some exciting details to the turning. The author uses a Sorby miniature texturing tool to create the effect.

 

This type of detail isn't limited to bottle stoppers. Let your imagination run wild!

 

As I mentioned, Spring is supposed to be here. If you are a gardener or know a gardener, here is a quick project that will be appreciated -

 

I've had the opportunity to do a little lathe work this week. Been turning coffee scoops to replenish the ones that were given away. The scoop parts are done- except for a little touch-up sanding on the bottoms and I'm working on the handles. The handle on this one needs to be burnished with shavings. I cut it a little too close on the scoop end and the wood twisted apart during the final sanding grit.

 

Safe Turning!

9 hours ago, lew said:

It's spring in Pennsylvania sunny and 70° one day, snowing and 25° the next. If these cold nights continue, we may not have a very good apple crop in the fall.

 

Lots of interesting stuff this week. First, the latest newsletter from Woodturning OnLine arrived. They've added some new features and websites. Here is a "copy and paste" from their email concerning additions-

 

"We have lots of new features to tell you about this month!

 

• We are very excited to announce our latest addition to the many woodturning resources we bring to you.  With the help of Rick Morris, you now have access to the latest woodturning videos and video channels. We will be updating this list each month, providing you with links that are sorted into woodturning categories and subcategories. Also included are brief descriptions of the channel and of each video. This new feature is located in the Turning Center column on the left side of the website, just under “Turning Projects”. You can also click here to go directly to the new page.
   

   

• We have added over twenty new turners to our “Turner’s Websites” listing this month. Are you a woodturner with your own website? If you don’t see your name here, send us your link and we will include it!
   

   

• We've also found some great bargains this month. You can see them in the right column of the web site. The pen blanks (which might be a life-time stash for some of us!) are 60% off the regular price, saving you $60. The Nova G3 chuck is around 30% off the regular price, saving you $50. And the very interesting portable workbench is almost 25% off the regular price, saving you $30. If you purchase any of these items through our links, the affiliate commission helps to fund the running of our free-to-you web site.
   

   

• We also have a new feature in our sister publication, More Woodturning Magazine. Starting in April, subscribers to More Woodturning Magazine will be able to test their knowledge about a different woodturning topic each month. The new “Quiz” column gives you ten questions on a particular topic. You choose an answer and see immediately whether you guessed correctly or not. Click here to try the quiz for free and see how much you know about this month’s topic: glues and adhesives. And then click here to subscribe so you can have fun while you learn something new every single month."

 

Here's the link to the entire newsletter http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php. If you want a real treat, watch the first video.

 

If you've ever turned bottle stoppers, this video demonstrates how to add some exciting details to the turning. The author uses a Sorby miniature texturing tool to create the effect.

 

This type of detail isn't limited to bottle stoppers. Let your imagination run wild!

 

As I mentioned, Spring is supposed to be here. If you are a gardener or know a gardener, here is a quick project that will be appreciated -

 

I've had the opportunity to do a little lathe work this week. Been turning coffee scoops to replenish the ones that were given away. The scoop parts are done- except for a little touch-up sanding on the bottoms and I'm working on the handles. The handle on this one needs to be burnished with shavings. I cut it a little too close on the scoop end and the wood twisted apart during the final sanding grit.

 

Safe Turning!

 

 

Now here's two projects that I have never tried turning but really have no excuse for not doing it already. I know plenty of people that garden, and I know a boatload that love coffee, Including me. It's certainly not like I have no spindle pieces to use, I have a boatload of them I think that'll be the next project after a pen is done for a friend that has been waiting on it. She and her new hubby just had a house built and in the process, they put in some Corian counter tops, I just happen to have some pieces of the same color, so she thought it would be neat to have a pen made of the same color. I'll do that, then get on these. The only change I would make on the Dibble, is that I would have markings for every inch of length. I will keep you all posted on that.

Glad you cna work with some of these ideas, Charles!

 

I made a bunch of Dibbles and added the depth rings. I "burned" mine with a wire.

10 minutes ago, lew said:

Glad you cna work with some of these ideas, Charles!

 

I made a bunch of Dibbles and added the depth rings. I "burned" mine with a wire.

 

I'm going to burn them as well but I like marking them first just to make sure I get it accurate as I can first

 

Just so I don't have the same issue you did on the twisting off if the handle for the scoop, I think i am going to make mine just a tad different and put the handle into the scoop where its solid. It may make the scoop part a bit taller, but that shouldn't be a problem with the larger coffee cans I use.. I'll make a new thread in woodturning when I have

something going..

 

Edited April 7, 201610 yr by Charles Nicholls