Hope this Wednesday finds everyone healthy and still sane.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Ron Altier is holding up well under the lockdown. He finished up a sweet little ornament that has a whole bunch of glue-ups!

 

Here's his post-

 

 

@Gerald had a new comment one of his beautiful bowls in our gallery. Check out his post and read about the tree species-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

It has been tough coming up with shows and symposiums. Last thing I read was that the Mid-Atlantic Woodturners are unsure if they will be able to have their symposium in the fall.

 

 

For The Newbies-

If you turn with traditional tools, sharpening skills are necessary to keep the tools cutting at their best. Sometime the sharpening process can change the tool cutting tip profile. Here is a video, posted by Woodturners Wonders, showing how to correct the profile on a bowl gouge.

 

 

From their Facebook feed, Jet Tools has a series of short videos tips for their tools. If the hand wheel, on the tailstock, is getting stiff- here's a cleaning tip-

 

 

There's an entire series of these tips at- https://www.youtube.com/user/JETTOOLSUSA/videos

 

 

 

Need a mallet to set the drive spur? Check this out!

 

https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/turn-a-better-mallet/

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

You know I'm a jig junky. This is an idea that can really create some interesting effects-

 

Part 2 is linked from the video.

 

 

Mike Peace shows us how to make a footed bowl-

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Recently, I was reading a discussion about which scroll chuck to purchase. The author was lamenting about the hassle of changing jaws. Several of the responders indicated how many different chucks they owned. It seemed to me, if they were to have purchased the Easy Wood Tools ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools ) chuck, they could save the hassle of changing jaws and a ton of money to boot!

This video, from Tracey Malady, shows the versatility of  the EWT awesome Easy Chuck.

 

 

 

Everything Else-

This past weeks videos from Rick Turns-

 

 

 

Last week @Gerald asked to see that antagonistic spalted maple bowl. I used a beeswax/mineral oil finish.

 

 

 

 

 

There were so many soft/punky places embedded within  the harder wood that it was impossible to a completely smooth surface. There is also that hole left from where the ingrown branch went diagonally through the piece.

 

 

As a glutton for punishment, I pulled out an elm, roughed out blank from a bag of shavings. Maybe I'll have better luck this time-

 

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well 

 

 

Thanks Lew. I think the nasty bowl looks like it is floating when viewed from the correct angle.

 

Friend and I were going to go to SWAT but they had 1700 new cases Sunday in TX and we had already decided it to me mutually benificial not to go.

@lew, thank you for another terrific post.  I got to watch most of the videos.  I also love the bowl you made.  And, I like the blueberries for legs.    The whole will allow it to drain in case you are rinsing something.  

As always, I enjoyed Mike's video, but I liked the EasyWood chuck presentation.  I love that chuck.  Will be shopping soon for one.  I have the adapter for the Shopsmith and I will not be making bowls, but will make a few other things.  Super post.  

Good post.  Thanks for all the videos.

Had company tonight so I am late to the party.  Great post.  I checked earlier today and they are still out of stock of the easy chuck.  

@lew thank you sir!

 

@Gerald Thank You!

 

@FlGatorwood Thanks! I used to try and design a project around my old chuck because it took so much effort to change jaws. With the Easy Chuck, jaw changes are done in just a couple of seconds!

 

@HandyDan Thank You!

 

@Gunny Thanks! Believe me, it is worth the wait for that chuck!

 

@Jim from Easy Wood Tools Thank You!