Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners March 25, 2020

[lew]

Hope this Wednesday finds all of you healthy and safe. 

 

I've added a few more videos this week just in case you are locked in the house/shop. If you watch and enjoy any video directly on YouTube, please give the author a "thumbs up" and leave a comment letting them know you appreciate their hard work.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Ron Altier created another beautiful ornament. Ron has a magical talent for design and color!

 

Along with the picture, Ron asked our opinion on making it into a tree topper. Check out his post on the star and see if you can give him some ideas-

 

Ron also posted an inquiry concerning negative rake carbide cutters and acrylic blanks. 

Check out the post. If you can provide some insight on his questions, please let him know.

 

Ron is this weeks big winner in the number of posts department! Using input from his negative rake cutters question, he showed us the gorgeous acrylic egg he turned.

 

In his post, Ron tells us a little about his experiences. 

 

 

Ron gave us a heads up on a cool video for an open segmented turning. The video author sure has a light touch and sharp tools!

 

And another video where the author turns an unusual object. I found this especially interesting in light of a question asked by member @FrederickH concerning the use files as turning tools. Check out the parting tool at about 6:32

 

 

 

@Masonsailor continues his work on the lazy susan tulips. He showed us the trimmed out "home" for it!

 

Check out more images here-

 

 

 

@Artie brought up a couple of observations on safety. He noticed the latest issue of Woodcraft Magazine pictured a turner working without a face shield and was wearing long sleeves. We had a great discussion as our turners provided their thoughts. How do you feel about it?

 

 

 

Self Isolation-

 

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

A video from Lyle Jamieson on tool rest position and rough turning between centers-

 

 

 

Easy Wood Tools has started posting very short videos demonstrating their products. You can check out all of the videos from links at this YouTube Video-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

The Woodworker's Journal has a nicely illustrated article from Ernie Conover on accessories for hollowing tall forms.

 

The complete article is here- https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/accessories-for-excavating-tall-hollow-forms/

 

 

@Ron Altier's experience with acrylics led me to this rather lengthy video. If you are considering getting into casting your own acrylic/resin blanks, there is a lot of good information.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Sam Angelo- The WyomingWoodturner- demonstrates the new Carter and Son Thread Chaser.

 

 

If you are into pen making, Woodpeckers has some new kits-

Check their website for more information- https://cdn.woodpeck.com/triton-rollerball-and-fountain-pen-kits.html?_bta_tid=32476282785476398023750574440026478214355615690754598719186774204374129149320745779994015069695242775658

 

 

The folks at Woodturners Wonders also a sale of until the end of March on many of their products-

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/specials

 

 

Everything Else-

@Artie's post on safety gear was very timely. I had an old piece of locust that might have made a nice shallow bowl. I was getting a lot of tearout so I decided to experiment with different speeds and different negative rake cutters. I found that, for the outside of the bowl, the Ci2-NR2 (2" radius, rougher, negative rake) is awesome at high speeds. Unfortunately the blank had a defect that I didn't see.

 

 

 

I still haven't found all of the pieces!

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

[Gunny]

Great post @lew, plenty for us to look at while we are home bound.  IF you are home bound.  So far my occupation has been deemed essential and as such we will be open, and sitting around alot all day.    

 

 

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  I really likes the thread chasing video.

[Gerald]

Thanks Lew. That is a lot for one post

[FrederickH]

Thank you. Very informative.

[FlGatorwood]

Thank you, Lew.  I always look forward to lessons in your posts.  I really loved the one with the 5.5" sphere.  And I love to see our local turnings.  It's amazing how creative folks can be.  Also, thank you for showing that beautiful locusts.  I am so sorry about it exploding on you.  Had a cherry bowl to do the same thing, but I put the chisel in too far and it caught.  Scared me so bad.  Of course, I wish I could have turned it slower and it may have been better.  But, back to the locust, I have not seen it since about 1964 when we cut and hauled a bunch of it for fence posts.  It was beautiful wood.  Now, that fence is gone.  But, I am learning.  Thank you.  

[lew]

@Woodbutcherbynight Thank You!

 

@HandyDan Thanks!
 

@Gerald Thank You!

 

@FrederickH Thanks!

 

@FlGatorwood Thank You! We had a locust blight go thru here several years back. It killed off a lot of the trees but they seem to be coming back.

 

Everyone, please be safe and stay well.