Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners March 24, 2021

[lew]

Lots happening with our turners this week...

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@FrederickH posted a project in the woodworking section. He is making a box for his lathe chuck/jaws. From all the comments and ideas, I thought maybe our turners would like to see what he made and all the other ideas form his post-

 

You can see the build and how he finished the inside to hold his chuck-

 

 

@Smallpatch showed us his in progress steady rest. Looks like it is going to be a nice one too-

 

Jess' post contains images of his build, lots of comments from our group and some great music!

 

 

New member @bradleyheathhays asked for our opinion on a lathe he is considering buying. Check out his post and maybe you can provide some input to help him make a choice-

 

 

@RustyFN has been really busy in his shop putting that new lathe through its paces! Rust is trying some outboard turning by making a large bowl/platter-

 

Lots of great comments on this one-

 

Unfortunately, not every one of Rusty's projects came out as planned. His efforts in turning a winged bowl were all for naught-

 

I think we've all been there, and our members were sympathetic-

 

While Rusty was working, he tried a new tool, for him. He used a round nose scraper which lead him to post a question to our members. As always, our turners had super advice-

 

As is often pointed out here in the Woodturners forum, there is no substitute for learning from an experienced turner. Books and DVD's are helpful but the interaction between teacher and student cannot be overstated. Rusty proves that point in his post describing his experience with his first turner's club meeting.

 

 

@AndrewB Finished up his new lathe workbench and started in on another pepper grinder. This one is a real beauty. Andrew is getting these down to a science!

 

Check out his post for the production images as his project progresses.

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

Want to make your own Blues Bowl instrument? Andrew Hall (the "Hat Man") will hosting a workshop this spring-

 

More information here-

https://www.hallwoodhats.com/index.php/purchase/the-blues-bowl-sessions

 

 

For The Newbies-

Rusty's post on scraper generated comments about well known turners and some of their educational materials. Here are some links that will flesh out some of the comments-

 

https://www.robohippy.net/videos-test

Reed Gray (aka Robo Hippy) has some great scraper videos.

 

Scrapers from Stuart Batty-

 

 

Spring is here! For your gardening friends, a nice little project from the AAW

 

 

Sanding tips from Mike Peace-

 

 

Getting a fluid curve on the outside of a bowl makes the difference between a nice bowl and an awesome. Here Lyle Jamieson show us a trick to help obtain that curve-

 

 

If you are thinking about setting up a sharpening station for your lathe tools (or other cutting tools), this video from Axminster has some useful information. NOTE: this video is quite long!!!

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

A couple of weeks ago, Rusty showed us his segmented bowl. I thought this modification has possibilities for some interesting designs-

 

 

Rusty's work with a winged bowl happened in the same week as this video was posted-

 

 

Nick Cook turns a gorgeous coffee scoop (AKA Robert Sorby)

 

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker makes some beautiful bird House ornaments. How about some full sized versions for our feathered friends-

 

AW1201p14-18.pdf

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

This is not a new item but it's a little different from others I've seen. It is from Axminster-

 

https://www.axminstertools.com/us/woodcut-pro-mount-carving-stand-105257?glCountry=US&glCurrency=USD

 

 

Woodturners Wonders has Rikon items on sale. 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/sales

 

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns YouTube video list from last week-

 

 

 

I finished up the last piece of nice cherry. Someone actually asked to buy it!

 

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

[AndrewB]

another nice post @lew just had a quick glance through it.  I'll have to admit thought the Mohagany pepper grinder was a BUST sadly.  Lets just say it was an expensive opps no matter lesson learned.  Moving on with a new mill out of left over 4x4.

[Gerald]

Whew ! What a post Lew. Are you sure that was just one week? I am pooped just reading all that in one week. Maybe we give you two gold stars this week.

[Gunny]

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Whew ! What a post Lew. Are you sure that was just one week? I am pooped just reading all that in one week. Maybe we give you two gold stars this week.

 

 

Add me to this as well.  Almost like reading one of @steven newman 's post where he says he spent 2 hours in the basement.  Bloody exhausted, and need a massage after one of his posts.

 

 

 

[HandyDan]

You're right Lew, a lot going on and now you gave us more.  The full size bird houses caught my eye.  Here is s specimen I made quite a few years ago.  Made them from some old Red Wood Cedar gleaned from salvaging old picnic tables. The tops were some salvaged white cedar trellises that were being tossed.

 

[Masonsailor]

Another great post Lew That’s a really great bowl !

Paul

[Steve Krumanaker]

Lots and lots of good info.....again. Thanks for the Nod and really nice work on that bowl!

 

[Larry Buskirk]

14 hours ago, Gerald said:

Whew ! What a post Lew. Are you sure that was just one week? I am pooped just reading all that in one week. Maybe we give you two gold stars this week.

 

13 hours ago, Gunny said:

 

 

Add me to this as well.  Almost like reading one of @steven newman 's post where he says he spent 2 hours in the basement.  Bloody exhausted, and need a massage after one of his posts.

 

 

 

 

I think I need a nap.