Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners September 1, 2021

[lew]

Dealing with the remnants of the hurricane. So far, not quite as much rain as predicted. Will have to wait to see ow it all works out. Lots of flash flood watches/warnings in the area but we live far enough from streams and rivers not to have to worry about that.

 

We have had a little more activity, from our turners, this past week. Lots of new turnings!

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@HandyDan turned a bowl and gifted it to the neighbor who gave him the wood. This is such a wonderful way to have the tree's memory live on.

 

Dan received lots of positive comments about his work-

 

 

@Geraldhas been busy replenishing his stock in preparation for the craft show season. 

 

 

Gerald surely does some beautiful work and has a wide variety items. Too bad he lives in Mississippi, I'd love to visit his stand.

 

 

@Ron Altier is our King of Ornaments. Here's his latest creation-

 

This one has a special meaning, for Ron. Please see his post for the details on this one and how came about-

 

 

@forty_caliber turned a couple of bowls from a pecan log. The color and grain of this wood is really beautiful

 

Forty tells us a little more about the turnings and provides several more images in his post-

 

 

@Fred W. Hargis Jr posed a question to our group concerning turning safety. Specifically, when to wear a face shield. As expected there were lots of comments and different thought on the subject. 

Give Fred your comments on what you feel is safe-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Lots happening in the coming weeks!

 

Click on the images for links to the websites/registration.

 

Lyle Jamieson is hosting a live interactive remote-

 

 

From Hampton Woodturnings-

 

 

From the AAW-

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

A nice little project that combines some spindle work and some basic hollowing from Carl Jacobson. These make awesome gifts!

 

 

If you've been follow the "Wednesday's Wisdom" for any length of time, you know we advocate always making something for the "gifters" of free wood. Those gifters are often the tree service folks in your area. In this video, Tim Yoder shows us why it is nice to have contacts who own/use chainsaws and would e willing to cut tree pieces into managable chunks-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

@Gerald was fortunate enough to be able to attend S.W.A.T. last weekend. The gallery items were out of this world!

 

 

New Turning Items-

Hoping that @Gerald can tell us if the vendors at S.W.A.T. were showing off any new products. 

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

I was able to finish up all of the Flame Box Elder bowls. All of the bowls were done with the same procedure. 

1. Slab blanks cut from green log then sealed with TiteBond PVA glue.

2. Slabs cut round on the bandsaw when ready to turn.

3. Rough turned leaving overall thickness approximately 1/10 the diameter. Rough turned blanks were between 7" and 8".

4. Rough turned blanks submerged in soap/water solution for approximately 3 days.

5. Rough turned blanks placed in shavings for approximately 3 weeks.

6. Rough turned blanks removed from shaving and place in hotbox until weight stabilized. Time varied but generally in the       neighborhood of a week.

7. Finish turning, shaping, sanding, embellishing and finishing.

 

I found that a 50/50 mixture of gloss lacquer and lacquer thinner made sanding a little easier on the soft areas. The lacquer sealer is also suggested for use prior to applying the Yorkshire Grit. Some of the really punky parts I used CA to stabilize the wood.

 

All were turned exclusively with Easy Wood Tools and finished with Yorkshire Grit and Hampshire Sheen.

 

Bottoms were embellished with rotary tool from a Mike Peace video. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by lew

[HandyDan]

Many turning projects this week.  Thanks for the nod on my bowl.  Watched Tim Yoders video and drooled over the Walnut he was cutting up.  Your Box Elder bowls sure look sweet too.

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

Those box elder bowls are simply awesome.

[Gerald]

Thanks for the mention Lew. I love those bowl you are doing. As to new products Tim Yoder just finished up a new hollowing rig and it is not even on his site as of yet. The new Elbo is heaver and longer than the old. It mounts to the lathe bed and boring bar attaches to a bar with handle at the back. This will make hollowing much like using a gouge as to control. I bought his laser to go on my original Elbo and when I mounted it I cleaned and lubed all the thrust bearings. By the way that new system will in time be the only one he offers as he will discontinue the original. And the new rig moves like it is floating.

 

There were other things like lots of wood and Woodturners Wonders is always great to browse thru. Picked up some sanding accessories there. Several of the vendors were not there so it was all smaller than the usual I am told. Also the overall attending was maybe 60% of usual.

 

We left Sunday before the last rotation to beat the worst of Ida but made it home with only one heavy cloudburst. Got a little over 3.5 inches at home and no damage, even the power was not affected.

[forty_caliber]

Thanks Lew!  Another great post.  I look forward to these every week. 

 

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[lew]

Sorry, a little late in getting back here this week

 

 

@HandyDan Thank You!

 

@Fred W. Hargis Jr Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You! And, thanks for the additional information on the vendors at S.W.A.T.

 

@forty_caliber Thanks!

[Gerald]

Just got this picture from Tim Yoder today. This is the new Elbo Hollowing system.Will be a few weeks before it is on his website.

Edited September 5, 2021 by Gerald

[lew]

@Gerald Thanks! Looks like this version mounts to the lathe ways. Is that an alternate mounting post shown bolted to the end of the lathe?

[Gerald]

Had not noticed it but I think you are correct

[John Morris]

Nice topic Lew!!!!!!

[lew]

@John Morris Thank You!