Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners July 28, 2021

[lew]

Been a busy week here at the Patriot with lots going on with our turners!

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@forty_caliber showed us an oak crotch bowl he is turning. Really looks fantastic-

 

He received lots of positive comments on this one. Here's his post-

 

"Forty" also posted a picture of a rough turned pecan bowl. Some beautiful grain in this one!

 

He tells us a little about it and posted a few more pictures here-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker has been busy with several turnings. The first one is a sweet looking bowl that he said ran him through the funnies!

 

Steve explains what happen-

 

Regardless, he received lots of positive comments.

 

Bowls weren't the only type of turnings Steve did this week. He made another vase from the Flame Box Elder log. I love the finish he obtained on this one!

 

Check out the comments from our gang-

 

 

@AndrewB is setting up to do some resin casting. You may remember, he purchased a pressure pot sometime back. In this post, Andrew tells us about the resin he purchase. He received several comments and questions. I'll be following along on this one!!

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

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

 

Woodturner's Retreat-

 

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For The Newbies-

An informative short video from Mike Peace on the chuck held drive center. One of these could certainly reduce the need for removing your chuck-

 

 

Looking for a fun little project? Carl Jacobson turns some honey dippers-

 

 

Woodturning Monthly from the Woodworker's Journal is available-

 

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Expand Your Horizons-

@forty_caliber found an interesting video on bowl drying. The video's author uses a dehydrator to speed up the process. This is "Forty's" post. If you view the video on YouTube, the author has a second video with additional tests.

 

@Gerald has posted several bowls he has turned for the Beads Of Courage group. This video is from Kent (Turn A Wooden Bowl) and demonstrates the turning process as well as providing links for getting involved-

 

 

While I was at this bowl turning site, I noticed another video on end grain bowls. You can create some really impressive turning when the bowl is oriented in this position.

 

 

We posted a multi-axis turning from Alan Stratton. He has updated that video with some shop made jigs.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Well, open those wallets! Lots of new items are hitting the market. Navigate to site links by clicking on the images

Woodturners Wonders-

 

 

Ron Brown's new jam chuck kit-

 

 

Klingspor from the virtual AAW. Kinda long but lots of good information-

 

 

Vendor showcase-

 

 

 

Not new but really handy-

 

 

Everything Else-

A well deserved honor-

 

 

 

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

Finally finished up the little walnut end grain bowl and the large cherry bowl. 

 

 

 

 

Both bowls have rounded lips. The bases of the bowls have a rounded foot that mimics the lip. Both finished with gloss poly and of course both were turned completely with Easy Wood Tools.

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

[AndrewB]

Another nicely put together post @lew

[forty_caliber]

Thanks Lew!  Always appreciate these. 

 

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[Gerald]

Lew it looks like you have been doing some research. Those two bowls look great.

[HandyDan]

Wow!  What a post.  You can go on vacation for a couple weeks while I check all this out.  Thanks.

[Steve Krumanaker]

Nice post Lew, I really like that cherry bowl! I've never watched Mike's video so if he mentioned these I apologize. It's been a long time since I've used a morse taper spur drive. I have a set of these from Amazon and they're pretty much all I use.

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Forrester-FST-6100-Spring-Loaded-Woodlathe/dp/B07QQF9V3H/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=forrester+fst&qid=1627554417&sr=8-1

 

 

[Gerald]

8 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

Nice post Lew, I really like that cherry bowl! I've never watched Mike's video so if he mentioned these I apologize. It's been a long time since I've used a morse taper spur drive. I have a set of these from Amazon and they're pretty much all I use.

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Forrester-FST-6100-Spring-Loaded-Woodlathe/dp/B07QQF9V3H/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=forrester+fst&qid=1627554417&sr=8-1

 

 

I think I have one of those , but also the Nova version which I prefer.

Nova Flexible point drive

 

For large blanks the Nona Jumbo Drive center is great.

Nova Jumbo Drive Center

[HandyDan]

I used mine today to turn a couple spindles.

[lew]

@AndrewB Thanks!

 

@forty_caliber  Thank You! 

 

@Gerald Thanks! And, thank you for sharing the links to the chuck drive centers you use.

 

@HandyDan Thank You! Nice to know that a bunch of you guys are using the chuck centers.

 

@Steve Krumanaker Thanks! And, thanks for the link to the amazon page for those drive centers.

[FlGatorwood]

@Lew, thanks for this post.  Watched most of these videos except the long one.  Interesting stuff.  And, I do love those 2 bowls.  Thank you.

[lew]

@FlGatorwood Thank you!