Our Patriot turners were really active this past week with more projects, questions and ideas!

 

@Ron Altier's wife got him a really nice turner's smock.

 

I'm pretty sure the other turners were jealous considering the ribbing he took. I think it will provide great protection from flying chips (or sparks)!

 

Some of the good natured comments are at- 

 

 

 

Ron also posted a neat little "chip deflector" that he made. The simple design lends itself to virtually any tool manufacturer.

 

Ron explains how he made this in his post-

 

 

Ron was having trouble with his lathe tailstock not locking securely. Many of our members offered suggestions and ideas. Ron was able to devise a way to repair the problem. The following two threads discuss the problem and what Ron did to get it fixed-

 

 

 

 

 

@Cliff lamented about some roadside wood treasures he managed to pickup. Unfortunately, the tree held a few unpleasant surprises. 

 

 

 

 

@Gene Howe sent me a link to an article by Mr. Davide Reed Smith. In this particular how-to, Mr. Smith provides detailed instructions on how to make pen turning jaws for a 4 jaw chuck.

 

Follow this link for the complete tutorial-

http://davidreedsmith.com/Articles/WoodAuxJaws/WoodAuxJaws.htm

 

 

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker has made a few more of his Cryptex Boxes. Steve's combination of turning and laser engraving produces fantastic results.

 

 

See  Steve's post for more images and information on the engraved symbols-

 

 

 

 

@Gerald posed a question about using "colorply" for handles in kit type projects (i.e. bottle openers). Several of our members offered their thoughts and ideas-

 

 

 

 

Rick Turns posted his March list of YouTube woodturning videos-

 

 

 

 

The Woodturning OnLine newsletter came this week. There are some interesting articles and a video from Mr. Richard Raffan on "Understanding Catches". The newsletter can be found at-

http://www.woodturningonline.com/index.php

 

Here's the video-

 

 

 

 

 

Carl Jacobson turns a resin/burl piece in his mobile shop. Check out the Easy Wood Tools and chuck! ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools) The EWT tools make turning resin a breeze. The curls just fly off of the piece!

 

 

 

 

Safe turning

Another good weekly up date by Lew. 
herb

Loving it Lew.  Nice recap to the week.  Need to find time to watch the new videos posted.  Thanks to @Gene Howe for his video contribution also.

 

Wow! @Ron Altier, you're famous this week! Great article Lew, I like recaps, sometimes we miss some of the wonderful topics throughout the week.

 

Nice job again Lew, thank you!

 

Steve

Good to have reminders of what is going on.

@Dadio Thanks!

 

@HandyDan Thank You!

 

@John Morris Thanks!

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You!

 

@Gerald Thanks!