Sorry about the late post. Unavoidable.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

Please welcome back one of our original forum members @Steve Krumanaker. Steve's been away for a while but certainly hasn't lost his touch for beautiful work!

 

Check out what our turners had to say about this fantastic maple bowl-

 

 

@Gerald gave us a really nice explanation on how he turns wooden spoons. Check out some of his techniques and tools!

 

 

Gerald's week wasn't all peaches and cream, He tells us about the ups and downs of dropping items on the shop floor.

 

 

@Masonsailor has put the final touches on the fireplace tool holder. One fantastic piece!

 

Check out the final steps and comments

 

Paul is continuing with his Christmas gift making. A beautiful zebra wood and mahogany piece

 

A little more about it in Paul's post- 

 

 

 

Although he posted this in the the Woodworking forum, @FrederickH added a really nice turned element to this birdhouse project.

 

see the completed project at-

 

 

@AndrewB has been turning out bowls this week. The first one is from pine-

 

 

 

and this one from maple-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Check out this this from Trent Bosch. He is offering several remote demonstrations at very reasonable prices-

https://virtualwoodturningdemos.com/about/

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

I've found a couple of videos that explains about grain tearout and steps to take to help reduce it.

 

 

 

 

@PostalTom posted a link to a very informative article on lathe history. He said it was OK to repost it here in case you missed it-

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Lyle Jamieson has a short video on lathe speed. Very informative-

 

 

Looking for an idea on a Christmas ornament? Mike Peace has a cute one in this video. The second video is a follow-up with more tips-

 

 

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

OK, this isn't new but it is something to think about when you do decide to purchase a spindle adapter. From Mike Peace-

 

 

Considering upping your sharpening game? Check out this package deal from Woodturners Wonders

https://woodturnerswonders.com/products/rikon-1-2-hp-grinder-2-spartan-wheels?source=dda072df-326d-45f3-b49e-3f2f9644ba95

 

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube videos from last week.

 

 

 

Thanks to @HandyDan provided the link for this useful turning item (now that the grocery stores are starting to have more available)

 

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

Wow!  Long post this week.  Full of goodies too.

Nice post lew just seen it....

Lots of good stuff . Thanks Lew.

 

Dan that is a long way to go for one of those. I just glued two pieces and turned lots of beads and coves in mine . Had never heard of a holder til I visited my sister and she had one.

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Lots of good stuff . Thanks Lew.

 

Dan that is a long way to go for one of those. I just glued two pieces and turned lots of beads and coves in mine . Had never heard of a holder til I visited my sister and she had one.

 

I thought it might make a nice looking rolling pin too.

Thank you Lew

Great post.  All that work and he makes a toilet paper holder???  Kinda had me scratching my head going, REALLY????  I mean  who goes to someone's house and uses the toilet then says hey that is a cool TP holder.  Then comes out to inquire about it???  

 

Never mind, probably @steven newman