Well I was half way thru this week's Wednesday's... and everything just disappeared  

Hope my computer doesn't have the Corona Beer Virus.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Gerald showed us a beautiful embellished plate he is making. 

 

In his post, Gerald explains the process and techniques he used-

 

 

@Larry Schweitzer posted a picture of a shop made tailstock he made from scratch! His work is awesome!

 

In his post, he describes in more detail just why and how this new piece came into existence-

 

 

 

@Ron Altier posted a new ornament he completed. 

 

Ron explains how this piece came about-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker showed us how he used plastic pill bottles to make threaded boxes, a couple of weeks ago. Well, Steve has produced a two part video on the process and techniques he used.

 

 

 

Steve is not only an accomplished turner but a great instructor and video producer! If you watch these directly from YouTube, please leave comments for Steve and acknowledge his hard work.

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

The folks from Easy Wood Tools wanted us to know that they will be represented at the Woodworking Shows in Columbus, OH.

 

 

 

 

Also, the Gulf Coast Woodturners are having their 2020 retreat

 

 

Click on the above images for links to the websites and registration.

 

 

For The Newbies-

A couple of videos. First, Mike Peace gives us some pointers on setting the correct height for the lathe tool rest-

 

And, Lyle Jamieson gives us some pointers on finding the correct axis for remounting a rough turned bowl blank-

 

 

Also, a PDF on Woodturning Fundamentals posted by The Apple Valley Woodturners-

http://www.applevalleywoodturners.org/AAW Fundamentals/AAW-Fundamentals.pdf

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

@Gene Howe provided this video. Not sure I would have the patience for the glue up. Lots of thought went into making this!

 

 

If you are thinking about a woodturning class, this may be of interest-

 

Click on the image for the link.

 

 

New Turning Items-

Nicely designed sanding pads with mandrels 

Check them out at- https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/specials

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns posted his February list of YouTube turning videos-

 

 

Work continued on the hollow vessel failure from last week. I figures a way to remount the piece using the spigot jaws in the hollowing access hole.

 

 

Then turned away the old recess and formed a tenon.

 

Worked on the outside a bit to refine the slightly off axis piece-

 

Filled the gaps around the knot with thick black StarBond CA.

 

Sanded-

 

Reversed the piece using the spigot jaws again and removed the teneo-

 

To remove the nub, a little nylon strapping tape for safety-

 

And decorate the bottom-

 

Still undecided about a lid, a finial or just the hole???

 

 

Safe turning

 

 

One heck of a project you have going on.  Looks great though!

 

Some good stuff this week, and a good video for those new to the lathe, and a refresher because my memory sucks at times.  

Thanks for the post Lew and the mention. On the hollowform looks great the way it is so I vote for leaving the hole <ok mouth> open. By the way a creative save.

Nice recap of the week.  Thanks.

@lewbusy week!  Nice post, thanks

Thanks for the roundup Lew and thanks for very kind words.

@Woodbutcherbynight Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You! I like your idea of not adding anything else to the turning- less is more.

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thank You!

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thanks! Glad to see you back in the shop. Those YouTube videos were really great.