OK Ladies and Gentlemen, only 16 days left to raise $412 for our Gold Star family. Please head over to- 

https://raffles.ticketprinting.com/raffle/6605-Adopt-A-Gold-Star-Family-For-Christmas-Project-2017/ 

Let's make this a special Christmas for these kids!

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker posted an absolutely fantastic walnut vase.

 

He talks about the process and finish here-

 

 

@Ron Altier asked a great question about adhesives. He wants to glue acrylic to wood. Currently he is using CA but was looking for other options.

 

 

@HandyDan was cruising the Habitat Restore and found a couple of bottle stoppers. He remade them into a couple of beautiful gifts

 

Read more about his find and what he did, here-

 

 

 

Tim Yoder has a two part video on turning an LED christmas tree- Pretty Cool

 

The second part is linked on his YouTube page.

 

 

A couple of our turners make birdhouse christmas ornaments. Here the first part of a two part video from Mike Peace showing how he does it. The second part is linked on his YouTube page-

 

 

 

I think I have my last 2 Christmas presents done- unless Mimi adds more. These are "cake platters" or "cake servers". Made from hard maple with a little walnut on the bases. The texturing was done with a Sorby spiral/texture tool. Then acrylic hobby paint to fill the recesses. Sanded away the excess paint. A bunch of applications of rattle can lacquer. These are about 12" in diameter and 5" high. Except for the texturing, these were made entirely with Easy Wood Tools @Jim from Easy Wood Tools!

 

 

 

Safe turning

Wow Lew those platters turned out great! They look dead flat in the picture, that's hard to do. Thanks for the nod and nice job again!

 

Steve

Thanks Lew.  Steve's and your work are stunning.  i really like the bird house ornaments.  They are a lot of fun to make and people love them. 

Great post and lots to look at. This is my LED Tree.

As usual, a great Wednesday post, Lew. All projects turned out beautifully.

You lathe guys do some spectacular work. Very impressive.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

You lathe guys do some spectacular work. Very impressive.

They certainly do.

Their talent, creativity and diverse projects are a treat.

I never tire of seeing their projects and what they create by spinning wood.

@Steve Krumanaker Thank you! I'm trying to get better in turning flat surfaces.

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You! Your Christmas tree turned out SUPER!

 

@Gene Howe Thanks!

 

@Grandpadave52 Thank You!