Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners August 3, 2016

Well, last week I said I thought I'd be returning to the workshop. Emergencies changed all that and it didn't happen 

So, here's some turning work from other more productive turners.

First up, another in the series of "Back to Basics" by our sponsor Easy Wood Tools and Carl Jacobson. This one talks about face plate turning and turning a bowl without the use of a chuck.

Tim Yoders' creativity is shining with his Cosmic Cloud Platter. Really Cool!

Creating a vessel, by segmented turning, really allows the turner to develop patterns that catch the eyes of potential customers. This month's issue of Woodturning On Line has a very nice written tutorial for creating patterns. This particular tutorial describes a Navajo weave pattern. http://www.morewoodturningmagazine.com/articles/navaho-border-patterns.pdf

The tutorial is written by Bill Kandler. Mr. Kandler is the author of Segmented Project Planner software. You can checkout his work and the software at- http://www.segmentedturning.com/.

The entire Woodturning On Line newsletter is at- http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php

Oh, yeah, that emergency. No self-respecting woodworker/woodturner should ever have a workbench that looks like this-

An acquaintance managed to contract the very latest in ransom ware- CRYPTOWALL. Nasty, nasty, nasty. Ended up with one of two choices. Pay $500+ or reload the system. He opted for the format/reload.

Safe Turning and be careful of email attachments!