It might be a little late to call the florist and order flowers- tomorrow is Valentine's Day!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Ron Altier Showed us another gorgeous ornament-

 

CHeck out his description in his post. Also notice his cool spray booth!

 

 

@HandyDan and @DAB have been collaborating on bullet pens. These pens are spectacular and reasonably priced!

 

See more about how they came out-

 

 

@hawkeye10 asked our turners for input on Longworth and Cole jaw chucks. The thread ended up including input on vacuum chucks, as well.

 

 

Our own @Steve Krumanaker posted a video showing us that turned wooden bowls can, in fact, be run through the dishwasher with no ill effects. Thanks Steve for the well documented instructions-

 

 

 

@FlGatorwood reminded us of a new, monthly turning newsletter. Some of our members have signed up and looking forward to the new publication. Thanks, Steve!

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Look for our friends from Easy Wood Tools!

 

Click on the above image to link to more information. 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Seems like the YouTube turner's have all been discussing various aspects of the scroll chuck. This one from Capt. Eddie has some good information as well-

 

 

@hawkeye10 posted a link to a video geared towards turning your first bowl. Lots of good stuff in the video. The author even provided a "timeline table of contents" to help the viewer locate specific details of the turning operations. Although a little long, it's worth a look. One thing that caught my eye, that I do differently, is to use a spindle washer when mounting a chuck or faceplate. The torque, when turning a bowl, can really jam these onto the headstock threads.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

I've seen several ways to add "threads" to a vessel to allow a lid to be screwed into place. Capt. Eddie has a 2 part video showing how to cut/chase threads directly into the wood. Although the process requires special tools, those tools will work on most vessels.

 

Part 2 is linked from Capt. Eddies YouTube page.

 

 

New Turning Items-

If you are considering doing variable pitch spiral flutes, here's a new piece of equipment that might work for you-

https://flutemasters.com/variable-pitch-tool-by-flute-master/

 

 

 

Everything Else-

The new Woodturning OnLine newsletter came. Read the entire issue at-

https://www.woodturningonline.com/

 

 

Rick Turns uploaded his list of woodturning videos for January-

 

 

 

Safe turning

Good job Lew and thanks for the nod, that video was a lot of fun to do. Chasing threads has been in my sights for a long time. Actually came close to ordering the tools this week. I'll watch the Captain's videos a few times I'm sure. Sam Angelo also has some good videos on chasing threads.

 

Steve

Good post Lew. By the way on the washers . Never spin the chuck and turn on the lathe to tighten, just snug it up by hand for easy removal. The plastic washer can induce vibrations so i stopped using them. Gonna have to put this one in the tips

   @Steve Krumanaker Great video . Almost hit the floor LMAO

Great post Lew.  Steve gets the big for his funny video.  Every time I see a new video from Capt. Eddie I think how lucky he is and how lucky we are to still have him around.  He has so willingly shared his talent with us for a long time. 

 

Thank You.

Thank you @lew

 

and a special thanks to @Steve Krumanaker for that "special" video!  always learning from you!  

Thank you for this thread, Lew.  Some really good information.  

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You! Hope you post your results of the thread cutting!

 

@Gerald Thanks! I had a bad experience early on when learning to turn. The washer would have saved be a LOT of headaches! If I had had your advice, I wouldn't have  had the problem!!

 

@HandyDan Thank You! It's really nice to see Capt. Eddie back at the lathe.

 

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thanks!

 

@FlGatorwood Thank You!