Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners June 16, 2020

[lew]

Ok gang, only two weeks left before the end of the raffle and we are not even half way there. Please open your wallets and buy some tickets. Part of your donation will help the Hine family with grocery money. And, you just might score some awesome tools from our very generous sponsors.

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Steve Krumanakeris creating federal housing for his local yard gnomes ! Steve turned some really clever little houses to decorate their lawn.

 

Steve received some really nice comments on these-

 

 

@steven newmanwas treasure hunting and proved that used lathes can be had for a reasonable price. He was kind enough to show us what  in his area-

 

Check out some of his other discoveries-

 

 

@forty_caliber added some more images to his post from last week. He also added a new tool to his arsenal which looks like it came in really handy-

 

 

More images in his post-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Lots of stuff cropping up! Click on any of the images for the link to more information and registration-

 

 

 

 

 

 

The AAW has added the rotation of presenters for the next symposium-

 

 

For The Newbies-

The bowl gouge Part #2 from Jim Rodgers-

 

 

 

This month's Woodturning Monthly from the Woodworker's journal. Click on the image for the link-

 

 

A nice video from Rick Turns making a bowl with embellishments. Rick adds subtitles/cc with additional information during his videos.

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Mike Peace added an interesting video/project to his channel. Mike shows us how to make a "reversing bar" that can be used to finish off the bottom of a hollow vessel.

 

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

@RustyFN gave me a heads up for those of you using the Work Sharp sharpening station. The folks at Woodturners Wonders have replacement CBN wheels. 

 

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/cbn-wheels/products/cbn-discs-for-work-sharp

 

Not exactly a new item, but this video, from Carl Jacobson, shows the possibilities when using Joyner off center jig from Ruth Niles. 

 

Check out Ruth's site at https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/. Sign up for her monthly newsletter, too!!

 

 

A new affiliation for the Lyle Jamison hollowing tools. Click on the image for the link to the Woodturning Tool Store-

 

 

Buffalo Woodturning Products has a sale on some of their finishes.

Mahoney's-

https://buffalowoodturningproducts.com/collections/finishes/mahoneys-finishes?utm_campaign=emailmarketing_114852986962&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email

 

Doctor's Woodshop-

https://buffalowoodturningproducts.com/collections/finishes/docs-woodshop?utm_campaign=emailmarketing_114852986962&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email

 

 

 

Everything Else-

Some of our members keep bees. This popped up while I was writing this weeks "Wednesday's...". 

 

 

Last weeks woodturning videos from Rick Turns-

 

 

 

Sometime back, @Gerald, commented that he was surprised I didn't have a vacuum chuck. Although I have considered adding one, up until today I've always been able to use my shop made chucks/jigs to hold any turning.

 

I was tinkering with a glue-up and decided to try a square bowl. My new Jet lathe has a 16" swing and I decided to go as large as possible. That calculated out to be a square a little over 11" on a side. 

 

 

Reversed it and turned the "bowl". Then when I went to finish off the bottom- getting rid of the mortice- I discovered that my Cole jaws just weren't quite big enough. Same with my shop made Longworth chuck. Finally tried my oldest (first), large shop made chuck.

 

Got it to fit but absolutely nothing to spare!

 

Needs more sanding and some finish.

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

 

Edited June 17, 2021 by lew

[RustyFN]

Great stuff Lew. A few of us are going to make longworth chucks at my Tuesday Turners group meeting. 

[Gerald]

Thanks for the post Lew. I cannot believe you managed the bottom of that platter, Good job. Gotta check out the Mike Peace video as not all things fit even a Vacum Chuck.

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  Love that square bowl.  I have often thought what possibilities there are for off center turning but never made the investment.

[Gunny]

Great post, way a long day at Mother's yesterday getting house in order.   

[AndrewB]

another nice post @lew

[Cal]

Great start on that bowl Lew, I for sure want to see this one with finish on it!

[lew]

@RustyFN Thank You! Hope you post pix of your Longworth chuck!

 

@Gerald Thanks! Just lucky that it fit on that old jig.

 

@HandyDan Thank You! I've seen some of the stuff Ruth Niles has done with it. The designs are pretty much unlimited.

 

@Gunny  Thank You! BTDT.

 

@AndrewB Thanks!

 

@Cal  Thank You! Sanding is done. Just need the finish.