A lot of things happening here at the Patriot this week, so we'll get right to it!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

The Easy Wood Tools Christmas tree is going to be spectacular this year thanks to the talents of our turners. @Jim from Easy Wood Toolshas been keeping us up-to-date this the ornaments he has received from our members.

 

The children of some of the employees decorated several of the ornaments they received-

 

It looks like they really had an enjoyable time with this.

 

 

Jim also showed us some of the other ornaments he received from The Patriot member @HandyDan

 

 

The folks at Easy Wood Tools are putting up the tree on November 2 and Jim promised to post some images for us! If you haven't sent  your ornaments, I'm sure it is not too late!

 

 

Not only did @HandyDan help with the Easy Wood Tools tree, he went into production mode with his angels! Dan posted a really nice tutorial on how he made these beautiful little angels-

Please checkout how he made them and some of the terrific comments he received.

 

Ornaments were not the only turnings that were made. @RustyFN has been creating gorgeous apple wood bowls. The first one-

 

 

And the second one-

 

Head on over to his posts and see some of the great comments he got from our members.

 

More bowls came from @DAB. 

 

That beautiful pine bowl has some interesting wood history. Read more in DAB's post-

 

 

@PostalTom added to this week's bowl bonanza with this beauty-

 

Tom used his Easy Wood Tools for this turning. In his post, he provides proof as to the sharpness of those EWT cutters!

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker spent a week at the Marc Adam's Academy of Woodworking learning from Glen Lucas. Steve describes his experiences and some of the important takeaways from his week-

 

While he was there, he started a bowl that he then finished, with "milk paint", when he returned home.

 

Steve described the process in his post-

 

 

"Just one more light pass" and then...  We've all done it. Steve discusses what happened with this turning-

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Continuing with the bowl theme, one of the problems we face when turning a bowl (or almost any turning) is grain tearout. Here is a video explaining what causes tearout and how to reduce/eliminate it. The video is by Lyle Jamieson-

 

 

@hawkeye10 posted a question about Safe Drive Centers. Please see if you can offer any additional information and your experiences with this type of center-

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

We are always looking for ways to speed up the drying process between the rough turn and the final turning. Carl Jacobson included a new to me method for drying in this video. My background/career in electronics should have led me to this idea a long time ago. Check out the use of the Easy Wood Tools, too!

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

I received an email from Woodturners Wonders featuring a new air powered random orbital sander. If you are in the market, it may be worth a look-

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/random-orbital-sanders/products/pros-variable-speed-random-orbital-sander

 

Everything Else-

 

Safe turning

 

Nice roundup of the week Lew. 

 

Kudos Lew for another great compilation of the turning activities right here at TPW. Busy & quit productive group.

Always appreciate your extra effort providing relevant resource material too. Thanks.

Great roundup. Those videos look like they will be interesting

Sure can tell the weather has turned for the worse.  Lots of great turning posted this week.  Thanks for bringing it all together in one post.  Would hate to miss something.  Love these Wednesday posts.

Lots to ponder this week. It seems our turning forum is getting more active, that's a good thing!! Thanks Lew

 

Steve

@Larry Buskirk Thank You!

 

@Grandpadave52 Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You!

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You! Yes, I am really happy to see the increase in projects posted. I really like to see what everyone in doing.

Thank you sir!

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools My pleasure.