I hope all of the Patriot turners in Texas and Florida are safe and experienced little or no damage from the recent hurricanes.

 

@Steve Krumanaker has gotten a jump on Christmas this year. His beautiful turnings are going to make some folks very happy.

 

Check out more of his turnings at-

 

 

 

Check out @HandyDan's super mod of some Sam's Club retractable pens. You can't beat the price!!

 

Here's his full tutorial on creating these beauties-

 

 

We had a couple of wood related questions this week. @rlpeterson inquired about turning "Black Limba". If anyone has some tips, ideas or suggestions, head over to his post and chime in-

 

Also, @Bob Hodge had a question about apple wood. He got his hands on a rather large old apple tree and was wondering if it was worth converting into bowl blanks. What do you think?

 

 

Carl Jacobson turned a coffee grinder from a maple blank. Check out the use of Easy Wood Tools!

 

 

 

Finally, Rick Turns added the list of You Tube woodturning videos for August-

 

 

Safe turning

Coffee grinder looks interesting but I do not drink and the wife is down to bout half cup a day

29 minutes ago, Gerald said:

but I do not drink and the wife is down to bout half cup a day

 

condolences...

Great recap of the week Lew.  Thanks for the nod for the pens.  If anyone wants to try them I can get deeper into the details.  Just ask I'm willing to share.

 

 

Another great post, Lew

As always Lew. Nicely done!

 

Steve

Awesome recap compilation and other noteworthy links.

TPW is fortunate to have you and the turning talent of so many gifted members.

I appreciate all, ya' all contribute! Thanks!