No shop time for me this past week. The "live-in" nurse won't allow me to go to the shop.

 

Patriot member Steve Krumanaker posted a beautiful walnut bowl he turned. If you missed the thread, it is at- http://thepatriotwoodworker.com/topic/18797-walnut-crotch-bowl/

As part of the discussion, a member inquired about the bowl shape. Steve posted a video link of how a piece of crotch wood can be used to turn a heart shaped bowl. I snitched the link from Steve's post

 

 

The Woodturning OnLine newsletter arrived today. Their featured video is from Carl Jacobson. He turns a wooden cover for a small flashlight. This is actually the second of two videos he did on this project. The first video is linked at the end of the video below.

 

 

Another project published in the newsletter is on how to turn a winged bowl.

 

This article is a written/pictorial how-to-do written by Bob Hamilton.

http://bobhamswwing.com/Articles/Suspended Bowl/Suspended bowl Page 1.html

 

One day I'm going to get enough nerve to try one of these!

 

The entire newsletter is available at- http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php

 

I was trying to figure out some dimensions for creating a couple of salt and pepper crush grinders. Although Sketchup isn't normally thought of as a lathe application. There are some add-ons that make drawing turned pieces relatively easy.

 

 

My thought is to make the round head swivel and be captured with a tenon on the ball and a mortise in the body. Still need to create the holes and other aspects.

 

Safe Turning

 

Nice post again this week Lew.  Thanks for taking the time.  I enjoy them.  I have done a few winged items.  This is my favorite and the only one I didn't give away.

 

 

 

 

 

Another great post, Lew. Thank you for taking the time each week to do this

 

6 hours ago, Chips N Dust said:

Another great post, Lew. Thank you for taking the time each week to do this

 

 

Have to agree, it is another great post. Thanks for sharing that Lyle Jamieson link again, he's a really good teacher and I hope to invite him to our wood turning club in the near future.

I noticed the article on winged bowls you referenced was written by Bob Hamilton. For those who don't know, Bob lost his battle with cancer last year. He was absolutely one of my favorite youtube authors  and he was also a great teacher. Most youtube authors, myself included, edit our videos in the interest of time. I don't know if Bob ever edited anything out. He shared his musings, his thought process, and his technique. I learned a lot from him.

 

Like Dan, I have done only a few winged pieces, just not something I'm drawn to. This one is from a demo by Jimmy Clewes and is the only one I've kept. It's ash and walnut. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

Thanks, guys, for the very kind comments and a special thanks for sharing what you have turned. Those pieces are inspirational to all of us!

Edited January 5, 20179 yr by lew

Thanks so much Lew, for the time and effort you put into these Wed topics, I love each and every one of them.

One thing I have discovered recently in my own turning efforts, is for a newbie turner, set them on turning spindles, like I have been doing the past couple weeks in those stools I am making. Spindle turning really builds up confidence.

A few months ago I attempted some bowls, and I did ok, but I was not feeling good about my own efforts, I just could not get it right. Turning the spindles I have been turning has taught me basic techniques, that I feel are needed before a new turner launches into bowl making.

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

One thing I have discovered recently in my own turning efforts, is for a newbie turner, set them on turning spindles, like I have been doing the past couple weeks in those stools I am making. Spindle turning really builds up confidence.

Thanks for the kind words, John.

Just this past week, I read a statement about this- sorry CRS kicked in and I can't credit the author- but the gist of it was that making a "one of" is easy but to build skills and confidence a new turner needs to practice making a bunch of the same thing. The repetitive cuts, tool use, and movements all add up to experience and heightened skill levels. Spindle turning is the easiest way to start this journey. Practice on inexpensive wood, multiple tools in play and mistakes are usually not catastrophic.

Over the years I've made several cradles for friends. I could have bought the spindles but typically they can cost $5 each and up and sometimes the wood selection doesn't match the project. I found it easier to turn them myself- no duplicator. None are identical but making a few extra's you can get all 22 pretty darned close.

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 20179 yr by lew

Steve did you know that Lyle is doing online live demos. It sounds like sa good deal if your club has a good internet connection.

Lew Thanks for the post and that is some nice duplication work.

Guess we are showing our winged collection so here is mine. The candle holder is 3 legged and was cut as a triangle and then turned. Learned an easier way after I did several of these for Christmas. Easy is to turn as a bowl and then cut to shape. Made from a glue up of 2 boards.

 

 

This piece is kind of an oddity as there is not that much ash around here. The guy who sold me a new roof called me and said he had a couple of large trees and they turned out to be ash and popcorn tree. When I went over I found out a couple other guys fron the turning club had beat me so I got the leftovers. I turned this natural edge raised winged bow just to see if I could.