Wednesday's Wisdom for Woodturners July 18, 2018

[lew]

The 2018 Raffle is on!!!

Please head over to this post and see the prizes from our generous sponsors-

 

Good Luck!!

 

 

 

On another note, you may have noticed many of our forums now contain a sub-forum for tips. For the Turners forum, you can find it here-

https://thepatriotwoodworker.com/forums/forum/65-wood-turning-tips/

 

As with any of your posts in any forum or sub-forum, please remember to use "Tags" to help others doing searches for similar content.

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

Last week, we featured a beautiful platter from @Gerald. Gerald was kind enough to show us the steps he used to create the different colors-

 

Please add your comments to his post at-

 

 

 

 

You may remember that @Steve Krumanaker turned a maple bowl and then use pyrography to create a "rock" finish. Steve also came up with a beautiful display stand that permits viewing from any angle-

 

 

You can read about how Steve made this in his post-

 

 

 

 

 

@DAB is considering turning some pens and pencils. He posted an inquiry about what he should think about for equipment and supplies. Pleas check out the post and offer your suggestions-

 

 

As it turns out, Woodcraft is offering some tremendous close-out deals on a bunch ot their pen/pencil kits. Thanks to @Gerald for the heads up on this one-

Woodcraft Pen Clearance

 

 

 

 

@Ron Altier was having trouble with his lathe. His On/Off switch failed. Ron's ingenuity for the repair should be a lesson to us all!

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Just a reminder, the Mid-Atlantic Woodturners symposium will be held in Lancaster, PA, September 28-30.

 

 

From The Internet-

Tim Yoder posted a neat project for the gardener in your life. We mentioned "Garden Dibbles" in the past but Tim put his own spin on this one-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything Else-

Our administrator, @John Morris has revived several old turning posts from the archives. I think you'll enjoy the trip down memory lane-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had an afternoon to play this past week. Turned some maple finials using my Easy Wood Tools Mid-Sized Micro Detailer. Was going to see what they looked like "ebonized" with India ink but my old bottle had dried up. I hope @Jim from Easy Wood Tools passes along how much I like the new micro (sharp) tip. 

 

 

The taller one is about 3" and the shortes is about 2". Turned completely with Easy Wood Tools.

 

 

Safe turning

 

 

[Gerald]

Good one Lew and those Finials look great.

[HandyDan]

Nice Wednesday post Lew.  Your finials look superb.  Now you have to make something to put them on.

[Steve Krumanaker]

Good job Lew, I really like that garden dibble. Will have to watch that video.

 

 

Steve

[lew]

@Gerald Thanks!

 

@HandyDan Thank you! I have a piece of Manzanita that might be a candidate for a small turning.

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thanks! I like the dibble. Especially being that length. No need to get down on your knees to make the holes.