Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners April 29, 2020

[lew]

The last Wednesday in April. Don't forget Mother's Day is in a couple of weeks. My Mom is locked down in her assisted living facility. Haven't been able to visit for almost 2 months. Thank goodness she is a healthy 94.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Kevin Beitz showed us a really awesome wood score. What was intended for the woodstove is going to make some fantastic bowls.

 

Kevin's post contains more images and some interesting comment. Please check it out-

 

 

On Friday, @FlGatorwood posted a couple of images of some turnings he is making. These are the "inside-out" ornaments-

 

Here's the link to his post-

 

 

@aaronc finally fired up his lathe and has stepped over the edge of that slippery slope of turning! He showed us some pictures of his first turning and his lathe. 

 

He received lots of comments and helpful advice. Please read his post and see if you can provide any additional comment-

 

 

@Ron Altier asked us about pricing ornaments. He said he was shocked at the price of some of them. He did receive lots of comments. What do you thin?

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Yesterday, Woodcraft's Turning Tuesday had Frank Byers turning a ring. Frank turns a neat project each week and they are done live. This one is a little long but still interesting.

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

This video on woodturning tools for beginners highlights some of the Easy Wood Tools products ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools ) but doesn't limit itself to just tool. 

 

 

Which part of the tree did that project come from? Tim Yoder explains-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Two of our turners- @Gerald and @Steve Krumanaker embellish their work with pyrography. Mike Peace shows us how he recently added "doodles" to a bowl he turned. I was surprised to see how large the piece of dogwood was, that he used.

 

 

New Turning Items-

 

It happens to all of us. Might as well be proud to join the club!

https://www.msabansmith.com/category/merch/funnel-club/?fbclid=IwAR28E_HymWgL24636bwc2nEPXnJoS68jdVSmtSsBn2hJjYIm7lVOUhV-vxI

 

 

Everything Else-

I happened across this interesting tip from Lyle Jamieson. Quite an interesting way to secure a faceplate to end grain-

 

 

 

Mr. David Reed Smith made available instructions for creating an overlay for an ornament

 

Most of you know, I'm a jig junky. There are some fantastic shop made jigs in this one!

Check out this link for more. Mr. Smith makes available a detailed PDF for only $2.

http://davidreedsmith.com/Articles/OverlayOrnament/OverlayOrnament.html

 

 

Finally, Tim Yoder feeds the local squirrels-

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

[Gunny]

Plenty to look at this week, thanks @lew

[Gerald]

Once more got some stuff to look at

[HandyDan]

Thanks for the videos Lew.  Perfect for our quarantine days.

[FlGatorwood]

Too bad it rained today.  Now I have to wait until the next rainy day or just take a day off to watch this.  Better than a sports game anyday.  LOL  Thanks, @lew.  And, thank you for the nod on the link about my inside out turnings.  

[Jim L]

@lew thanks very much!

 

[lew]

@Gunny Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You!

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@FlGatorwood Thank You! Rained here all day. Suny is peeking out now as it sets.

 

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thanks!