Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners December 23, 2020

[lew]

Friday is Christmas, guess I'd better start thinking about doing some shopping.

 

Hope everyone here at the Patriot Woodworker has a very Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy new year!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

Speaking of Christmas presents, @Masonsailor completed another turning to add to his list of items.

 

Paul provides some process shot of this piece in his post-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker tried out a new design for his bird house ornaments. It's really quite spectacular-

 

Steve tells us where he "appropriated" this idea-

 

 

Steve wasn't just working on ornaments this week. He scored a fantastic maple slab and started a large bowl

 

Steve's post shows us more images!

 

 

@Ron Altier also finished up some hybrid ornaments. For someone who doesn't like working with acrylics, Ron really does a fantastic work!

 

Please see the wonderful comments our turners left in Ron's post-

 

 

It was extremely cold in @HandyDan's workshop! The wood ornaments he made turned into icicles!

 

 

But, they sure do look nice on his Christmas tree

 

 

@John Hechel had some time this week to get to his lathe. He turned some really awesome salt and pepper grinders. He used some of the Chromaply that Ron uses on some of his ornaments

 

Head on over to his post and see what his wife thought of these beauties-

 

 

Last week, @AndrewB showed us some of the tree wood he scored. He made one of the pieces into a nice looking bowl-

 

Andrew's post tells us a little more and fills us in on just where this turning stands-

 

 

Andrew is also looking for a new lathe. He goes into some detail in this post-

 

 

@Bob Hodge posted a question on negative rake scrapers. He received lots of feedback from our turners. Please see his post and add any information that might help him.

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

Click on the above image for the link to Brad's YouTube channel

 

 

For The Newbies-

This title is a little misleading but the video has some great tips on lathe maintenance-

 

 

Nice turning project-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

@Steve Krumanaker makes some really interesting display stands for his ornaments. Here Mike Peace shows us what he does-

 

 

Last week, Lyle Jamieson started a hollow form from a piece of crotch wood. This is part 2-

 

 

Ashley Harwood shows us that not every idea comes out the way we want it. Her ladle is one example-

 

 

 

More and more turners are relying on YouTube to showcase their work. While this isn't the definitive work on the subject, it might give you some ideas if you are thinking about how this could be done. This is the second part of a two part video. Also the author is working with only one video editing platform. There are many platforms available.

 

 

New Turning Items-

It's a little too late to be writing Santa for new stuff this Christmas, sorry!

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns YouTube video list from last week-

 

 

I've been messing around trying to improve the dust collection at my lathe. It wouldn't take much to be an improvement. My first attempt failed to consider the need the dust collection point both laterally along the lathe and hw close the port needs to be to the turning for efficient pickup.

 

Went back to the drawing board and redesigned-

 

 

 

 

 

 

The position of the dust port can be moved back to collect from the maximum diameter the lathe can turn. I am considering changing the clamping  devices I used-

 

These hold well but take a bit of time to loosen/move/tighten. I'm thinking of replacing them with the toggle lever clamps-

Might also replace interface adapter between the white PVC elbow and the top of the platform. The one I used was a modified 4" hose splice adapter. Could be shortened a little.

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

[HandyDan]

Lots of good information here Lew.  Thanks.  Took the time to watch the one on ornament stands.  Got some good ideas from it.

[Gerald]

Lew you have done it again and like Dan I am watching the Mike Peace video

[Gunny]

Great post.  Now that I have seen what you have thus far I am letting that brew in the back of my mind.  Might have a suggestion but ya never know when it might come.  I have these moments of divine insight, usually followed by a decade or so of absolute stupidity.  

 

[lew]

@HandyDan Thank You!

 

@Gerald Thanks!

 

@Gunny Thank You!

[FlGatorwood]

Lew, I don't know how I missed this. . . Oh, yes, tree trimming, grocery shopping, gift wrapping, etc.  LOL

 

Great post.  I really enjoyed the clean up on the lathe.  I use Johnson or Minwax Paste wax on the Shopsmith 2 a year.  The difference, I wash it down to remove the old wax and anything on top of it.  I use mineral spirits/paint thinner to strip, remove and clean.  Give it a couple hours and put on a good coat of wax.  Let it sit for about 15 minutes and then buff.  Rails, quill, table tops, table stands and anything where metal rubs against metal.  It is good for about 6 months of use.  Also, immensely enjoyed all the videos.  I had a very different idea of how to make the ladle, but she was a good face to look at.  LOL