Just a reminder, Friday March 29th is Vietnam Veterans Day

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Gerald is turning one of his beautifully colored bowls for a present. He received lots of positive comments on the project.

 

Check out his post on the turning-

 

 

@RustyFN was also in the bowl turning mode! He showed us his latest beauty- a large maple bowl

 

Lots of positive feedback on this one, too! Head on over to Rusty's post and let him know how much you appreciate his work-

 

 

Member @Big B posted images of a hollow form he recently turned. The wood is Camphor.

 

There are more images of this spectacular piece in the gallery. Please check it out and leave your comments for Brian.

 

 

In last weeks "Wednesday's Wisdom..." @Woodbutcherbynight showed us a new gobblet he is working on-

 

Check out what he said about this turning-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

Click on the above image for the link to the show's website and registration information.

 

 

For The Newbies-

As much as we'd like to believe that everyone of our turners use Easy Wood Carbide Tools, we know that most new turners start with a second hand set of traditional turning tools. Even us Easy Wood Tools users have a few HSS tools around! Traditional tools require sharpening (one of the disadvantages- hint, hint ). Carl Jacobson posted a nice video on sharpening, including some jigs and tips. Notice the CBN wheel on Carl's grinder. The folks at Woodturners Wonders have some excellent prices on these wheels- 

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

@Gerald gave us a heads-up on an awesome turning site. There is something there for everyone- tips, techniques, projects, tool making, jig making and more!!! Bookmark this site for future reference!!

 

http://aroundthewoods.com/

 

 

New Turning Items-

Ruth Niles has a Meat Tenderizers set. They are made of FDA food grade 304 18-8 stainless steel and are made in America. 

 

More information about this set is at Ruth's site-

 

https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/product/tenderizer-set/

 

 

Everything Else-

To paraphrase "The Carpenters"- 'Rainy days and mondays always gets me to the basement shop' or something like that.

I received a few big pieces of freshly cut locust. In the past, I've tried to make a large bowl from this species but it always cracked during drying. This time I'm going to try the water/dishwashing soap method.  Started with this-

 

Rough turned it to a 1" thick bowl and put it in the solution Monday afternoon. According to everything I read, I should be able to pull it out on Thursday and then move it to a paper bag full of shavings. Then wait 3 weeks to do the finish turning. 

 

The folks who gave me the locust wouldn't take any money for the wood so while I had the lathe fires up, I turned a wine bottle stopper as a gift.

 

 

Safe turning

 

 

hkjj

Thanks for what you do Lew. Been lots going on here lately.

Good video!!!

Nice recap and lots of good info to view.  Thanks.

@Gerald- Thank You! Looks like you have yourself a bunch of collection plate blanks ready!

 

@Woodbutcherbynight- Thanks!

 

@HandyDan- Thank You!

@lew thanks!