Our Patriot turners have been working overtime this week creating some fantastic projects and starting some interesting conversations!!

 

@Steve Krumanaker Posted some information on a Christmas Tree Ornament Challenge. He gave us a link to this video that has the particulars-

 

 

Here is his original post-

 

Steve also confided he is looking forward to his Woodturners club meeting. Their special guest is Cindy Drozda. I confess I was not familiar with her work. Her is a link to her site. She is impressive!

http://cindydrozda.com/

 

And, Steve posted a video on his YouTube channel demonstrating how to make a really nice Christmas Tree Christmas ornament display-

 

 

 

And finally, Steve posted a picture of a bowl he turned using his new bowl gouges. You may remember Steve telling us about his experiences at the Marc Adams school where he had the opportunity to learn from Glenn Lucas. Just look at the results from the tools and the newly learned techniques!

 

Here's more- 

 

 

@Gerald has been busy, too! He's working on a beautiful platter made from Bradford Pear. 

 

He queried our members for their opinions on the finish. Slide on over to his post and add your thoughts-

 

 

Gerald is also working on some tops-

 

He explains more about them here-

 

Turners are always looking for a way to "save" that special chunk of wood so they can make something at a later date. Preventing wet wood from cracking/splitting can be a challenge. Usually when we find that special piece, we don't have the "recommended" sealer. We try wax, paint, etc. Here's a short video from "Rick Turns" that shows a sealer we all have in the shop-

 

 

Finally, there's nothing like turning wet (green) wood and watching the curlies fly all over the shop- as Carl Jacobson demonstrates-

 

 

Safe Turning

You've been busy too! That wet wood turning from Carl Jacobson was actually a live segment. I stumbled onto it and watched for a bit. It was interesting to see everyone's comments while he was turning. Apparantly he does this once or twice a week. Good job lew.

 

Steve

Lew you just keep coming up with these fantastic posts. Good work

Lew, you are having too much fun with these Wed topics! I love them!

I love following the ornament challenge each year.  I'm so glad you posted Rick's video using wood glue as end grain sealer.  I have been using it for years since I was given some out of date wood glue.  Works fantastic but everyone booed it when I posted it years ago.  I've dipped wood in hot wax and the glue beats it hands down.  Soaks into the end grain some and stays there.  I have had the wax fall off when the wood shrinks from drying.  Great post, thanks. 

It is I who needs to be thanking all of the members of the Woodturning Forum. You guys are kind enough to post your work each week so we can all enjoy what you have made!

 

Thank you all for the kind comments.