It's been a busy week for our turners here at the Patriot Woodworker!

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@HandyDan posted a fantastic tutorial on making an inside-out cross ornament-

 

Read Dan's instructions and our turners' comments here-

 

 

@Ron Altier has been cranking out ornaments all week! His first set uses colored plywood-

 

Ron talks about these-

 

And he also created these-

 

 

 

@HandyDan was't just making ornaments this week. He has been creating more "bullet" pens from a couple of different caliber cartridges

 

Dan explains what he did to get these beauties finished.

 

 

@RustyFN turned a beautiful little lidded pot from a gorgeous selection of woods.

 

Rusty said he had a little trouble with the overall finish. Check his post and see what our turners had to say-

 

 

Rusty wasn't our only turner making small vessels. @Gerald used a couple of different species of spalted wood to come up with this awesome piece-

 

Gerald explains more in his post-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

Click on the above image for the link to more information.

 

 

For The Newbies-

Mike Peace has a video covering many of his turning tips. Although a little longer than what he usually does, it is well worth the watch-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Sometime the wood selected for a turning will speak for itself. Grain, color, defects can all help create that special piece. If the wood doesn't speak, or the turning needs to be more personalized, Carl Jacobson shows us how to add a photograph to the surface.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

 

Faceplate system for OneWay type live centers. These pieces can be used to create custom jam chucks. For more information and pricing, follow this link- http://www.bestwoodtools.com/

 

 

Everything Else-

The latest Woodturning OnLine arrived today. It has a nice preview of the latest Glenn Lucas DVD and shows him working on an Irish platter. The newsletter can be read at- https://www.woodturningonline.com/.

 

 

Rick Turns posted his latest (February) list of YouTube woodturning videos-

 

 

Safe turning

More good stuff.  Just as soon as I get done with this round of moving stuff I plan to get back to the lathe.

Good post Lew . Gonna have to check out Mike's video

Your post is almost a whole page in itself.  A lot did go on this week.  Thanks for the nod fir my items.

Good job Lew, that live center faceplate looks interesting for sure.

 

Steve

Nice...  thanks Lew!

@Woodbutcherbynight Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You! Saw a couple of good ones, there.

 

@HandyDan Thanks! You deserve the recognition.

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You! Took me a few minutes to figure out the processes where they could be used.

 

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thanks!!