Wow! May is almost in the books! 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Ron Altier isn't waiting for December to turn ornaments! Here is his latest beauty-

 

Ron really creates some stunning pieces from Spectraply.

 

 

 

@Gerald started a post on a shop made texturing tool. These are really useful for embellishing the bottom of vessels and lids of turned boxes.

 

Gerald's post contains a link to the "how-to" tutorial. 

 

This post also has some super information on photography lighting.

 

Gerald also posted a topic on drying/stabilizing green wood-

 The post generated a great discussion and some questions. From Gerald's post, I pulled the website URL he referenced. There is a wealth of information contained at the "Magnolia Woodturners" site. Check out their "How To Do It"page-

https://mwt.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=96005&module_id=341063

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Nick Agar will be the featured turner at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. Click on the above image for the link to more information and registration.

 

 

For The Newbies-

Well you have decided on turning from green wood. It is a blast to watch those ribbons of wood peel away! Of course, now you realize there is one more "Turning" tool you need to add to your arsenal- a chainsaw! Mike Peace has a short little video for making a cradle to safely hold those logs and keep that chainsaw blade out of the dirt-

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Lyle Jamieson show us how created a natural edge hollow form. Notice the hollowing system he uses along with the laser indicator.

 

 

 

Everything Else-

Just for the enjoyment, something from Tim Yoder-

 

 

Safe turning

Thanks for the mention Lew. That idea of Mike's for the saw buck "why did't I think of that". Tim does some neat stuff but I just do not care for bowls that thick. See I am watching the videos.

Nice material again this week.  Thanks.

Thank you Lew.

Thanks Lew. I agree with Gerald about how thick bowl is. Not something I care for either. My wife however, tells me she likes a bowl that feels "substantial".

 

I kind of like the thick bowl in this case.  There is more bark to see.  Maybe thin down the rest of it. 

@HandyDan Thank You!

 

@John Morris Thanks!

 

@Gerald and @Steve Krumanaker Thank You! Seems at least the 3 of us share the same opinion on thick walled bowls. My wife watches a lot of Food Channel and the Cooking Channel programming. I noticed many of the celebrities (mostly ladies) have the thicker wooden bowls as part of their serving dishes. Mostly the rustic and old world chefs.

 

Gerald, cheated when I made my log holder. I used a couple of log perimeter slabs from bowl blank preparation, screwed to a couple of boards.