Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners March 7, 2018

[lew]

The latest winter storm tracked about 75 miles east of the predicted position. We got nothin'. Sorry @Cliff.

 

Last week we posted a site that sold threaded inserts. @HandyDan was curious about the installation. I wrote to the seller inquiring about specifics and this is his response-

Hi Lewis, I send a tips sheet with the inserts but no real instructions other than to relieve just enough wood for the body and flange to fit snug and not to mix the epoxy until you are satisfied with the dry fit. The lid I make by gluing a plug on a flat piece that I turn till the plug fits, again sneaking up on the fit a bit at a time till satisfied, then mix some epoxy. I don't do videos but have a ton of photos in albums on the Facebook shop site that have cleared up a lot of questions on how I use them making out urns and Beads of Courage jars. Hope this helps, thanks for asking. 

 

Along those same lines, @Gene Howe mentioned he has seen mason jar lids used for threaded turnings. If you missed it, the entire post is here- 

 

 

 

Also, last week we posted a thread about @Steve Krumanaker's new laser engraver. Steve added another video showing the more of the laser's operation-

 

 

 

 

Every Monday morning @John Morris posts the question asking what we have done and what we plan for the week. Well, one of our turners- @PostalTom 

was busy modifying his lathe set up for easier cleanup and use. Check out the pictures he posted and maybe you can get some ideas for your own shop! Scroll to the end of the "Monday Morning" post for Tom's pictures. Thanks for sharing this, Tom!

 

 

 

 

Many of our turnings involve a glue-up of some sort. Patriot member @Gene Howe posted a link to a video featuring an ultraviolet light sensitive glue from Titebond. This might be something useful for your next segmented turning-

 

 

 

 

 

I subscribe to the e-Tips from woodsmith. Every once in a while they post one for turners. This tip looked pretty neat as we turners usually have several tools pulled from the tool rack when turning a project.

 

Here's the link to the video-

https://cdn.woodsmith.com/etip/2018/02/lathe-tool-rack-SD.mp4

 

 

 

There are some  turning symposiums coming up on the east coast.  Easy Wood Tools will be in Atlanta for the Woodworking Shows next weekend-

http://www.thewoodworkingshows.com/atlanta.html. 

The The Mid Atlantic Woodturners Association will be in Lancaster, PA at the end of September. You can check out the details here-

http://www.mawts.com/

 

 

 

I picked up this video from the Easy Wood Tools Twitter feed (Thanks @Jim from Easy Wood Tools). The turner uses several of the EWT tools as well as their awesome chuck. I also spied another Easy Wood Tool product that I had not seen before. The EWT Live Center. Here's the video on making a VERY large pepper grinder.

 

 

And here is additional information on the Live Center-

 

 

http://www.easywoodtools.com/live-center-3/

 

 

 

 

Turner Mike Peace did a video on the various texturing tools available, including some shop made versions. This video is from a live demonstration and is a little longer than most.

 

 

 

 

 

Turner @HandyDan sent me a link to this video. There were several really neat things that caught my eye (besides the fact that OSHA wasn't there). I thought the turners hand position, with his finger under the tool rest probably gave him extra control of the tools. The brilliance of the organic colors was unexpected. And, around 4:50 of the video, the helper uses an oil can. I thought at first it was for lubbing the lathe but I think it was something to apply to the colors.  Thanks, Dan! 

 

 

 

 

Finally, The Woodturning OnLine newsletter came. One of the articles was a tutorial in pictures for making a suspended box-

 

The article is by Bob Hamilton. http://bobhamswwing.com/Articles/Suspended Bowl/Suspended bowl Page 1.html

 

The entire newsletter is here- http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php

 

 

 

Relatives will be here, for a week,  beginning next Wednesday. Not sure if I can get a few minutes to do a "Wednesday's Wisdom".

 

Safe turning

[Steve Krumanaker]

Another nice effort Lew. It was great to see an article by Bob Hamilton. For those who don't know, Bob passed a couple years from kidney cancer if I remember right. He is one of my favorite all time youtube authors. Fortunately his videos are still online and well worth watching anyone who enjoys wood turning.

 

Steve

[Gerald]

Another good one Lew. Got to watch Mike's video, may take a while.

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  Another post full of info.  I wanted everyone to see the video.  Sure would be nice to know what he is using for a finish.  I think it may be wax but the shine is immediate and complete.  Anyone have a guess?

 

Dan

[lew]

@Steve Krumanaker Thanks. I didn't know Mr. Hamilton. Sorry to hear of his passing.

 

@Gerald Thank you. It's really neat. Looks like his tools may have been shop made as well.

 

@HandyDan Thanks for bring it to my attention. I really appreciate it. That might be the finish. Still not certain what was in the oil can.

 

Thanks to all of the turners for posting their turnings, ideas and suggestions. It make these "Wednesday's..." post much easier. If you have any suggestions for topics, projects or shop made lathe tools let me know!