Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners November 21, 2018

[lew]

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Steve Krumanaker turned a couple of gorgeous pieces. I particularly enjoyed this one-

 

Steve discussed what he did in his post and shows us several views of each piece-

 

 

@Gerald found a neat lamp that will work well for turners

 

Gerald supplied the link, for the lamp, in his post. Check out the background of Gerald's images for his really great tool setup-

 

 

I've never met Carl Jacobson but I do enjoy his videos and post some of them in the "Wednesday's..." turners forum. Our very generous sponsor, Woodcraft, has a nice write-up about a hybrid turning Carl made using Easy Wood Tools. I posted about it earlier this week-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

If you live in near Tampa, Florida, the Florida School of Woodwork holds turning classes. You can check out a complete list of instructors, courses and prices at-

https://schoolofwoodwork.com/

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Figuring out how to hold a piece for turning can be frustrating. Not every new turner has a nice new chuck to make life a little easier. Mike Peace posted a recent video on glue blocks. They are a very versatile and inexpensive. Although Mike uses a chuck to hold the glue block, an inexpensive wooden disk can be used instead.

 

 

Here's one that doesn't require the chuck-

 

 

The thicker block is threaded to match your headstock. It is made from scrap hardwood. The glue base is just pine. As the pine glue surface is worn away a new one can be glued in its' place. There is a small finish nail center on the lathe axis that assists in centering the turning piece to be glued to the pine.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Last week I mentioned Sanding Paste. Mike Peace has added another video on this subject. This video explains how to make your own! It's really quite simple and expands on Mike's Beeswax/Mineral Oil finish.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Tim Yoder has a new Laser product for the turners who do hollow forms. He previews it in this video-

 

 

Everything Else-

Tim Yoder also has a two part video on turning an "inside-out" Christmas ornament-

 

 

 

The kids next door are into the "Crafty Momma" thing. The Mrs. asked if I could help with her latest project. She wanted one of these-

 

but when she priced out a newel post from the Borg she found it was way more expensive than she thought. Guess who came to the rescue-

 

 

I cheated on the ladder rest. I had some dowel stock, but I did turn everything else. She will add the lamp. As with all respectable Crafty Mommas, this will be painted.

 

Safe turning

[Steve Krumanaker]

Another nice collection! Thanks lew!

 

Steve

[Gerald]

Nice . will have to check out Tim's laser

[HandyDan]

Nice job on the post.  Hope she supplies a picture after she decorates it.  Need to view Tim's the inside out turnings.  I love doing those.

[Cal]

A great batch of links this week Lew.  Never heard of sanding paste before, will keep that in mind.

[PostalTom]

Great post Lew.  I especially like the stocking holder.  I won't have time to try one for this year, but I will definitely keep it in mind for next Christmas.  I have in mind to make a similar project as a clothes tree for the bedroom, so this would be a good entry level project for that one.  Thanks.

[lew]

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You!

 

@Gerald Thanks! The Laser looks well made.

 

@HandyDan Thank You! I suspect we will get called over to see it decorated. I'll try to remember to get a picture.

 

@Cal Thanks! I'll try to find additional information about it and it's use.

 

@PostalTom Thank You! It is a pretty easy build. My lathe wasn't long enough to make the turning in one piece but the round tenons/holes worked out OK.

 

 

[Gerald]

Could not find the laser on the website so send Tim a message. Will let you know what I hear back. I had been frustrated with the Ron Brown because I had to take it off and reset everything to change the bar. So I cut the tube in two and inserted a 1/2 inch aluminum rod. This allowed me to move the RB back and clamp it (it has a square cutout) to the square bar behind the boring bar. The RB rod is an odd size so could not find al bar but this solution worked great.

[Dadio]

Enjoyed your write up, Lew.

Herb

[lew]

14 hours ago, Gerald said:

Could not find the laser on the website so send Tim a message. Will let you know what I hear back. I had been frustrated with the Ron Brown because I had to take it off and reset everything to change the bar. So I cut the tube in two and inserted a 1/2 inch aluminum rod. This allowed me to move the RB back and clamp it (it has a square cutout) to the square bar behind the boring bar. The RB rod is an odd size so could not find al bar but this solution worked great.

Here's the link @Gerald http://wtwtim.com/elbotool.htm

[Gerald]

@ lew  I sent Tim a note and this is the link to the laser Laser for Elbo hollower

[lew]

4 minutes ago, Gerald said:

@ lew  I sent Tim a note and this is the link to the laser Laser for Elbo hollower

Thanks!

[Gerald]

Forgot to show the one I modified.

[lew]

@Gerald Nice mod!