Just to put things into perspective, there are 48 shopping days 'til Christmas.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

 

@Monkey Paws Is getting back into turning and he posted his latest project for us.

 

Our members had lots of praise for his beautiful piece. Please give his post a read and add your comments-

 

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker has been busy turning and decorating bowls. Steve showed us two of his latest-

 

Check out Steve's post for more images and a description of the different woods he used-

 

 

 

@Ron Altier's Christmas ornament production is in full swing! Check out this beauty-

 

Ron explains how he put the jewel in the center-

 

 

@RustyFN asked about a food safe finish for some bowls he turned. Our members offered several suggestions-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Mark you calendars for the Raleigh, NC Woodturning Symposium-

 

 

Click on the above image for registration information.

 

 

For The Newbies-

@RustyFN asked about food safe finishes for a bowl. Just this past week, Mike Peace posted a video on making his version of that finish.

 

This is my goto food safe finish. For cutting boards, I usually apply several coats of pure mineral first so it penetrates deeper. Also, I usually heat the mineral oil/beeswax before applying.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Tim Yoder has a new, two part video on making a Christmas ornament. In this one, Tim uses a laser cut kit as part of the design.

 

The second part of the presentation is linked from Tim's page. The kit is available from Ron Brown- https://www.ronbrownsbest.com/index.php?route=common/home

 

 

New Turning Items-

There has been rather a lengthy discussion, this past week, comparing the Tormek sharpening system to the similar Grizzly system. One of the ideas floated in that discussion was about CBN sharpening wheels. A turning products emails I received had this information-

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/cbn-wheels

 

 

Everything Else-

The Woodturning OnLine newsletter came this week. The article on Thin Stem Turning, by Alan Carter, looks really interesting-

 

The PDF can be found at- http://honoluluwoodturners.org/16_tips/Alan Carter_thin stem tutorial.pdf

 

Also, as @PostalTom pointed out, there is a cute video of a BIG pepper grinder in the newsletter-

 

 

The entire newsletter is at- https://www.woodturningonline.com/

 

 

Finally, Rick Turns has his October list of turning videos available. When you check out these videos, please give Rick a Bravo Zulu for all of his hard work producing this information

 

 

 

Safe turning

Your weekly updates are always informative and a great summary of TPW Turners activities from the previous week.

Appreciate the time, effort, expertise and professionalism you use each week.

Another great job of summarizing the week

Looking good this week as usual.  Thanks for the videos.  Haven't watched therm yet but they do look interesting.

Nice job Lew, thanks!

 

Steve

@Grandpadave52 Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You!

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You!