Been really hot here in south central PA the last couple of days. I did spend a little time at the DCNR range nestled in the Michaux state forest. It was cooler among the trees.

 

Don't forget about our site raffle! Coming to an end soon. Get your tickets for some most excellent prizes

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

A new Patriot member and turner @Big B (Brian) posted some of his absolutely gorgeous turnings.

 

Please head over to his gallery posts and see some more of his beautiful work-

 

 

@Ron Altier has turned a couple new ornaments

 

 

Here are his posts an these two beauties. He received lots of feedback on them.

 

Ron also posted a great tip in the Woodturner's Forum about using steel wool on the lathe. He generated a lot of comments with this tip-

 

 

@Gerald showed us a gorgeous oak burl, natural edge bowl he just turned. He explains how he finished up the shape of it in his post-

 

 

 

From The Internet-

Continuing with the natural edge bowl idea, I came across this article by Australian turner Richard Raffan. The link is to a written tutorial-

 

 

http://www.woodreview.com.au/how-to/turning-live-edge-bowls

 

 

Mike Peace recently put up a video on making and using a jam chuck. I've always worried that jam chucks couldn't hold the work very well. Mike certainly dispelled that thought-

 

 

 

Over the years, I've made a few segmented turnings. Just sort of winged it as far as size, shape, etc. Here is a site that provides calculations for making those segments. There's other stuff there, too.

 

http://denswoodturning.co.uk/segmentcalculator.php

 

 

 

Everything Else-

I'm still working on a little manzanita turning. I needed to create a dome lid and found a nice piece of spalted maple that will work. I also wanted to have a finial. A piece of hard maple turned and ebonized with india ink should do it.

Starting the lid-

 

Creating the finial-

 

Ebonized-

 

The entire piece has been turned using Easy Wood Tools ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools ). Their new mid sized micro detailer was perfect for turning the finial!

 

Safe turning

Lew looks like you are keeping busy. Good post.

Nice post again Lew.  I really like jam chucks.  Used in the right situation they are a good way to hold the work.

Thanks for your latest update.   I somehow missed that set of pictures of Brian's stuff...really nice.  

@Big B

Thank you for your service to our country. 

Thanks Lew, I also missed Brian's post so it was good to see his work. Really nice forms in his gallery

 

Steve

nice work Lew

12 hours ago, lew said:

The entire piece has been turned using Easy Wood Tools ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools ). Their new mid sized micro detailer was perfect for turning the finial!

I don't get how you all can turn those finials so tiny, without snapping them off! O wait, I forgot, you're using EWT's! Great topic Lew, thanks again!

34 minutes ago, John Morris said:

I don't get how you all can turn those finials so tiny, without snapping them off!

 

How small is small?

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

 

How small is small?

 

 

 

 

I don't think my eyes are that good!  Nice Work!!

3 hours ago, John Morris said:

I don't get how you all can turn those finials so tiny, without snapping them off! O wait, I forgot, you're using EWT's! Great topic Lew, thanks again!

Practice , practice,practice

Nice job Dan. What gauge wire did you use as a gouge?

Edited August 30, 20187 yr by Gerald

@Gerald Thanks! It was a whole  lot of fun testing my birthday present- the Easy Wood Chuck!

 

@HandyDan Thank You! I've used then but always add a hose clamp for safety. Those are some tiny pieces! I'd need to get a magnifier before attempting anything like that!

 

@p_toad Thanks! @Big B sure does some beautiful work.

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You!

 

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thanks! 

 

@John Morris Thank You! I'm still perfecting my techniques on the finials.

 

 

@lew Hey thanks again for the kinds words about my work. I have a new piece in the works I am excited to share with you all in the coming week.  That is if it holds together  

@Steve Krumanaker Thanks for the kinds words.   

52 minutes ago, Big B said:

@lew Hey thanks again for the kinds words about my work. I have a new piece in the works I am excited to share with you all in the coming week.  That is if it holds together  

Looking forward to seeing it!!