Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners January 23, 2019

[lew]

Another week has come and gone but our Patriot turners haven't wasted any time in their shop!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Ron Altier Posted a video of an acrylic bowl that used shavings as a filler within the resin. The author makes a really pretty bowl.

Watch the video from Ron's post-

 

 

You may recall that @HandyDan made beautiful "Inside-out" ornaments. Dan took the time to document the process in a well thought out tutorial for us to follow. Many thanks, Dan!

 

His entire tutorial is in his post-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker is scheduled to give a demo to the turning club in which he is a member. He decided he would show them how to make "Knitting Nancy". Steve posted his practice pieces and a video on how the devices worked.

 

 

 

 

@Gerald is getting really good at the off-center chuck Santa brought him. He has added more picture to his last post showing what he has accomplished-

 

 

Member @hawkeye10 posted a really great question about turning tool sizes. His question solicited more responses than just about any post we have had in quite a while!

 

 

 

 

 

@Gerald continues to refine the offering plates he is designing. He shows us his latest idea in his post

 

 

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

 

Click on the above images for more details!

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

We have been looking at chucks lately and Mike Peace has been posting videos for the various manufacturers. In this video he reviews the Record Power SC3 chuck.

 

Mike also received permission to reprint and post an article, from AAW, written by Richard Raffan. The article covers the various chuck jaws and their uses.

 

Here is the link to Mike's article-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10L0tONhDk7tVscrrgXVbQLaZAoWEoGPx/view

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Many turners eventually get around to making pens. Several of our Patriot turners have posted their beautiful creations. One of the points of discussion about pen making is the finish. Captain Eddie Castelin has a pretty much foolproof method of applying a CA finish. Some folks like the CA finish, others don't but Capt. Eddie shows us how simple it is to apply.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

The other week we mentioned the Inertia Sander. Woodturners Wonders has a really nice one that includes 2" and 3" sanding pads.

All the details are at their site-

https://woodturnerswonders.com/products/the-turner-turbo-wonder-inertia-sander

 

 

 

Everything Else-

@HandyDan sent me a link to a video of turning magic. You just have to watch this and marvel at the technique and skill-

 

 

Our friends at Easy Wood Tools ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools ) posted a video of an episode from "Meet The Makers". We have seen this lady here before- Tracey Malady- She is a talented turner. To view the video, please click on this link-https://youtu.be/dyAR3iwG9-U

 

 

I've been playing with a little hollow vessel turning. I'm pretty happy with the wall thickness- although it's difficult to really see in this picture-

 

The red and white spots are light passing through the wood and a wormhole

 

 

 

After I looked at the above 2 pictures, I didn't like the proportions of the bottom and the thickness (diameter ) on the concave section between the foot and the vase. I reduced the diameter of both and it looks a little less clunky.

 

 

Now I am trying to decide if I part it as is (after sanding), make a small "lid" or add a lid with a finial. I'm also toying with the idea of removing the "foot" and recreating one with a different species but that might be too busy. Sometimes simple is better. I'm open for suggestions/opinions.

 

 

 

 

Safe turning.

[Gunny]

Great video, few tips I can use next pen I make.

 

Hand crank wheel is done and installed.

[HandyDan]

Wow, a little bit of everything this week.  Great post.  Thanks.

[Steve Krumanaker]

Great post, LOTS going on this week. I like the form on your vessel and the finials are looking good as well. Second from left is my favorite..

 

Steve

[lew]

11 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

Great video, few tips I can use next pen I make.

 

Hand crank wheel is done and installed.

That wheel looks awesome!

[lew]

@Woodbutcherbynight Thank You! And thanks for showing use the completed hand wheel

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You! And, thanks for the input on the hollow form. That finial was a test one I made from an ebony piano key. I have a few more keys that I can play with. Because of their size, I'll have to make any intermediate "cap" to fit the vessel top.

 

Thanks to everyone who takes the time to read and/or react to these post. I really appreciate your support.

[Gerald]

Ihave been at TAW symposium last two days and cannot catch up on reading. Thanks Lew for the post and videos. Maybe just me but on the hollow form I would either make the base smaller or the preferred is to cut it off and use the vase only. 

 

[lew]

@Gerald Thank you! As per you idea, I have turned the base to a smaller diameter as well as the transition between the vase and the bottom.