Turning is therapeutic.

 

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We've had lots of activity this week in Turning Forum. Some questions, some projects and some great suggestions.

 

@Steve Krumanaker has gone wild with Christmas ornaments!

 

 

Check out all of the ornaments and comments about how Steve makes them in these two threads-

 

 

 

 

Of course not everything goes according to plan, as Steve points out here-

 

 

@Ron Altier asked us to rate our carbide tools on a scale of 1 to 10. How about cruising over to this post and give him your input-

 

In that same post, @HandyDan gave us a peek at his shop made carbide round cutter. Pretty Fancy!!

 

 

@Gerald did a woodturning club demonstration. Look at these beautiful pieces-

 

 

Read more about them and additional pictures at-

 

 

A couple of weeks ago,  @Jim from Easy Wood Tools posed a question about drive spurs. Lots of comments and opinions were offered. I saw this video from Mike Peace where he discusses the differences-

 

 

I missed the notification of the Rick Turns woodturning videos of the month. Here is his offering for the month of September-

 

 

I forced myself into the shop over the weekend. A couple of turnings-

 

 

This is an Alumilite pen. Alumilite is a type of "resin" casting. It turns easily and polishes to a high gloss. This was turned, sanded thru 12000 grit then polished with Turtle Wax scratch and swirl remover.

 

 

A bottle stopper from a hybrid blank of acrylic and wood. Sanded and polished the same as the pen. The wood appeared to have a burl type surface. The stopper is from Ruth Niles https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/

 

Both projects turned completely with Easy Wood Tools.

 

 

Safe Turning

Edited October 26, 20178 yr by lew

Lew, I think there's a typo in your post. At 67 it's been a long, long, time since I went "wild" at anything. Went mild is more like it. Nice job again and thanks for the nod.

 

Steve

That is one full of info post. Thanks for the add on. By the way @Steve Krumanaker Yes you have gone wild with the ornaments this year along with @HandyDan

Thanks Lew for another interesting weekly post.  Going to take some time and peruse it.

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thanks for posting your stuff to the forum!

 

@Gerald Thank you for showing us your turning demo results! Hope you sold some!!

 

@HandyDan Thanks for the kind comments!

Thanks for the post Lew...  it was great.  The video on drive centers was helpful, thanks!

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thank You!

Very nice work Steve and Gerald.