We lost another squadron member this past week. He was only 67. Although I didn't serve with him (he was there after I got out), we got to know each other at our reunions. He was a great guy.

 

New member @Kevin Jeacocks posted a gorgeous spalted bowl he turned.

 

Check out his post and more about the bowl-

 

 

A couple of weeks ago we posted an idea for a nice little project which made a turned cover for a cloth tape measure. Well, @HandyDan got a free tape measure and turned this beautiful item-

 

He has more details in his post-

 

 

Our own resident turner and artist extraordinaire  @Steve Krumanaker has his own YouTube channel. In one of his latest videos, he demonstrates how he set up his piercing/carving tools for the awesome artwork-

 

 

The Woodturning OnLine newsletter came this week. As always they have an interesting collections of projects and information. One of the projects, by Alan Carter, is about turning a half bowl.

 

You can read the entire process at-

http://honoluluwoodturners.org/16_tips/Alan Carter_split bowl tutorial.pdf

 

Be sure to scroll to the end of the tutorial to see some of the beautiful objects that can be made using this method.

 

The entire Woodturning OnLine newsletter is at-

http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php

 

 

Rick Turns has posted his list of July 2017 woodturning videos on YouTube-

 

 

 

Tim Yoder, a turner we feature often, has a growing line of tools for the turner. Here he demonstrates the latest one-

 

 

 

Carl Jacobson takes us where no man has gone before with this cool turning-

 

 

As for me, I had time for a little turning but nothing finished. A friend from Arizona sent me a piece of ironwood. While attempting to turn it and discovered how it got its' name! The Easy Wood Tools are the only tools that will cut it without having to stop every few moments to re-sharpen. Also discovered that my steady rest didn't provide enough room for deeper turning. Mid project modifications were required.

 

Safe Turning

Nice job Lew, lots of good info again this week. It's obvious you take this feature seriously and devote a lot of time to it. Thank you.

 

Steve

Nice post Lew. I watched Steve's video this morning and it is how great minds think alike.

Thanks for the nod and this weeks round of good info to peruse.  Can't wait to make some time to view it.

Nice Post, Lew! Lots of great info there

Thanks for the kind comments, guys! They are really appreciated.