Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners December 30, 2020

[lew]

Hard to believe that on Friday we will have put 2020 behind us. Let's hope 2021 will see the end of the pandemic!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@PostalTom finished up his Christmas stocking tree. It turned out fantastic and can be seen in his update to a previous post-

 

 

 

@RustyFN has a laser and he has combined it with his CNC machine to design some emblems to finish off his turned bowls. Check out his post to read more about what he is doing and the comments from our members.

 

 

@HandyDan gave us a Christmas eve peek at some of the ornaments and displays he made-

 

He received lots of positive comments in his post and he gave us a source for some of the embellishments.

 

 

@AndrewB is looking for some ideas on reverse chucking a bowl. Our members came through with flying colors! They offered techniques, sources and photos to help Andrew figure out the best way-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Cindy Drozda Has a live online demonstration/class coming up in January-

 

 

Click on the above image for the link to her site and more information.

 

 

For The Newbies-

It's a little late for this year but a great time to get a jump on next year's ornaments and gifts!

Here's Carl Jacobson creating a Christmas Gnome!

 

 

If that's not your cup of tea, how about Mike Peace turning a nativity scene. A two video set turning all of the pieces-

 Part 2 is linked from this video.

 

Expand Your Horizons-

We all have turned small lidded boxes. Most of them have had slip fit type lids. Here, Sam Angelo demonstrates how to add threads to the box and lid. This is a two part video set. Part 2 is linked from Sam's YouTube channel.

 

 

Tim Yoder always brings something new to the plate. In this video he demonstrates how to turn a beautiful Christmas ornament using a cardboard mailing tube.

 

 

 

Several months ago we were discussing ways to liquid proof turned vessels. The use of epoxy seemed to to be the preferred material but the trouble was in how to apply it evenly. Zac Higgins shows what he did with a rotisserie motor. Zac provides sources for all the items he used.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

I copied this from Ruth Niles' latest newsletter-

 

Click on the above image for the link to Ruth's site.

 

 

Everything Else-

Last week's YouTube woodturning videos from Rick Turns-

 

 

 

I am always mesmerized by the work of Frank Howarth. His video style, the projects and  the detail are top notch. This one is no exception-

 

 

 

I finally finished up the lathe dust collection modifications. The PVC elbow sat a little high. The replacement is made of wood and turned pretty thin. Hope it is strong enough-

 

 

It's hard to get the light just right to see the dust movement but it does work a lot better than the old hose mount. This was softwood and 80 grit but you get the idea-

 

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

Edited December 31, 2020 by lew

[AndrewB]

another nice post.... I'll have to get to the videos at some point tomorrow.

[FlGatorwood]

Another fantastic thread, Lew.  I will have to wait until Friday to see a couple of the longer videos.  We will have storms then and some rain.  Thanks, Lew.  I enjoyed Tim Yoder's idea with the mailing tube and Mike Peace's nativity figures.  

[HandyDan]

More great ideas and information this week Lew.  I saw the ornament Tim Yoder did in his video somewhere before and saved some tubes from work when I was there.  Guess it may be time to use them.  I made these similar ornaments a few years back.  I used pieces of tube cut from the tubes I scavenged from some dismantled trophies.

 

 

 

[Gerald]

Lew thanks for the post abd glad the DC is working out finally.

 

@HandyDan That is a great ornamenmt idea.

[lew]

Happy New Year!

 

@AndrewB Thank You!

 

@FlGatorwood Thanks!

 

@HandyDan Thank You! Those are beautiful ornaments.

 

@Gerald Thanks! I've already discovered a problem. Going to have to move the locking knob to the back. It is getting in the way of the banjo when working on smaller items. I can work around it but being in the back will be a little better.