Finally a day without rain! Too bad I had to spend it indoors.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@HandyDan created the most awesome miniature cremation urn for a friend. Dan certainly has a talent for making the most personalized gifts.

 

Check out Dan's post to see why he made this particular item-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker made a couple of walking sticks, that we featured a couple Wednesdays ago. Steve produced 3 videos of the turning/construction processes. We posted the videos in the Turner's Forum but in case you missed them, here's a link-

 

 

@Gerald was kind enough to give us all a heads up on an AAW resource. A lot of the Association of American Woodturners resources require a subscription/membership. This particular one is free to everyone with very few limitations. 

 

 

In last weeks, "Wednesday's..." @Gerald posted pictures of a "turning" tool he is repairing. If you turn a lot of projects from logs. This gem comes in really handy!

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

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

 

 

For The Newbies-

Turned pens are always a nice gift and they are not difficult to make, although they do require a few extra "accessories". Here's a 2 part video from Tim Yoder making a not-so-ordinary pen from a laser cut kit.

 

The second part is linked from Tim's YouTube channel.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Mike Peace shows us how to create a natural edge winged bowl. It sure came out beautifully. Watch you knuckles!!!

 

 

New Turning Items-

Our very generous sponsor, Easy Wood Tools ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools ), has a new product! The EWT Wire Burning Kit!!!

Here's a video from Carl Jacobson demonstrating it! So Cool!!!

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns put up his list of April YouTube turning videos-

 

 

Safe turning

 

Thanks lew. That EWT wood burning wire set up looks pretty slick. May have to get one of those.

Thanks for another post Lew. It is amazing how these videos keep coming

For years I have used various gauges of electrical solid core wire with two blocks on each end to hold.  I had no idea someone made a tool for it.

47 minutes ago, lew said:

Finally a day without rain! Too bad I had to spend it indoors.

Lew, Lew, Lew, 

I waited almost a week for outdoor shop time, should have mowed but....

Nice post Lew.  Thanks for the nod on the urn.  Looks like plenty of viewing pleasure in the videos you posted. Thank you for your efforts.

Thanks Lew!

@Steve Krumanaker Thank You! Those EWT handles are really neat!

 

@Gerald Thanks!

 

@Woodbutcherbynight Thank You! I've used old banjo strings.

 

@Larry Buskirk Thanks! I should have mowed but it's been a week of subbing.

 

@HandyDan Thank You! That  urn is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time!

 

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thanks!

 

If you think you can do this yourself, here are a couple of videos.

 

 

At the moment, I can't find the ones by Capn Eddie.  I'll keep looking.  

 

Lew, as always a wonderful post and motivation.  Thank you.

 

 

I used guitar string braided and handles are indian rosewood. Made two sets, one for the shop and one for my demo box. I keep a lot of small turning tools or accessories in my demo box so all I have to gather is wood and gouges when doing on site turning.

@FlGatorwood That's a neat video, Thanks!

 

@Gerald I have used old banjo strings. I really like how the EWT handles/strings are designed for interchangeability.