Great week for woodturning here at The Patriot!

 

@Ron Altier continued experimenting with JB Weld and found it turns and finished nicely. Here's his first go at working with it-

 

 

Ron explains what he did here-

 

 

After some additional testing, he finished up a beautiful ornament-

 

 

Additional information about what he did is here-

 

 

@oleglenn posted 2 images of a gorgeous bowl he made-

 

 

See all the images and the great comments here-

 

@RustyFN asked about sealing wood to help prevent cracking. He received several ideas. Jump over to his post and see if you can help him out!

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker keeps turning out unbelievable pieces of art. His talent of combining turning, carving and pyrography is fantastic. His latest creation is-

 

 

Steve explains how he did this at-

 

@Chips N Dust started a conversation about an accessory he found at the Lee Valley site. He posted about a "hollow arbor chuck". Turners might find this item handy especially when using long, thin drill bits.

 

The Lee Valley catalog page is at-

http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?cat=1,180,42334&p=75987&WT.ac=pos2_SpecialBuy_09A0826

 

 

Speaking of Lee Valley. Their newsletter has a neat turning for a pen/pencil holder.

 

Instructions for turning these are at-

http://www.leevalley.com/en/newsletters/Woodworking/2509/Article1.htm

 

 

Several weeks ago, we were discussing drying options for green turned bowls. Rick Turns added a nice little video on making an inexpensive drying box. His experiences have been that it will dry a bowl in 5-7 days.

 

 

 

Tim yoder put up a 2 part video on making a String Top.

 

 

Part 2 is linked from the You Tube site.

 

I decided to not wait until the second week in December to get started on Christmas gifts. Chang and Eng (from last week) was the first gift. This week I almost finished the second gift. Recently I received a box full of wood, some that I have never had the opportunity to turn. There was some iron wood, a piece of burl, Sapele and some antler.

 

I wasn't sure what to make from the burl, at first. I originally thought of some sort of wall art- but I'm not much of an artist (in fact the seventh grade art teacher said about all I could draw was flys). Anyway. I decided I would make the burl go as far as possible. The first piece is a small shallow bowl.

 

 

 

 

The top needs a few more applications of lacquer. The lip is undercut. Made completely with Easy Wood Tools!

 

Safe Turning

 

Another great weekly post, Lew

Lew, thanks for this weeks dose of food for thought.  I always enjoy it. 

Thanks Lew! I really like what you did with that burl.

 

Steve

Great post Lew.  Was that burl dry when you turned the bowl?

Cal

Great job on that mesquite burl, Lew. It was just destined for inlays. Your bowl is a much better use. 

The figure really pops under the lacquer, doesn't it?

looking good on the burl progress. Another good post for the week

Thanks for the kind comments and thank you all for continuing to post your turnings for us to slobber over.