The middle of September already. Felt more like July here today but a quick thunderstorm cooled things down with 3/4" of rain!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Gerald has gotten a head start on his Christmas turnings. These gorgeous items are sure to be a hit and a great seller!

 

 

Gerald describes what he did and the finishes he used in his post-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker is our resident laser technician. Steve creates awesome designs for the honey dipper/lid he creates. I really need to invest in a laser setup!

 

Steve received a lot of positive comments about these gems!

 

 

A while back, @Gerald posted a topic on making a Jam Chuck, published by Woodcraft.

 

@PostalTom was inquiring if any of our turners had made one-

If you have one of these in your arsenal, give Tom a shout!

 

 

We have a running discussion on High Speed Steel gouges. @AndrewB started the thread and recently updated us on his latest purchase.

 

 

We had several turning related entries in the "What's On Your Weekend Agenda" forum. @forty_caliber Gave us a look at some bowls he turned-

 

 

And this one-

 

 

The pecan bowl was turned green and will need to be dried. @Gerald offered advice on the drying procedure-

 

 

@forty_caliber Gave us a comparison of two sharpening systems- Tormek and Sorby Pro-Edge. Thanks ".40" for the information!

 

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Click on the images for links to registration.

 

From Cindy Drozda-

 

 

From Simon Begg

 

 

M. Saben-Smith is offering a free course on Hampshire Sheen Excellence in Finishing. The presentation is based around Hampshire products but the techniques are universal-

https://www.msabansmith.com/finishing-course/

 

 

On Saturday, September 18, there is another Virtual Craft Festival on YouTube-

 

Check this link for the videos on Saturday-

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBave9vnYL9L2Y08HZhy_Q/playlists

 

For The Newbies-

Mike Peace shows us how to add feet to a turned box-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Carl Jacobson creates a beautiful natural edge bowl. The turning is enhanced by the accenting the natural defects.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Not a "new" product but one heck of a deal-

 

$5.00 for 2 wheels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Click on the image for the link!!

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

I finally got all of the cherry and walnut inserts sized for the rolling pins. Mimi is happy that the drum sander is put away.

The next steps involve gluing and slot cutting. Each maple blank needs a 3/8" diagonal slot cut for the inserts

 

 

Next the 3 inserts are glued and clamped into the slot. An hour in the clamps and then I usually give each slot glue-up several more hours of drying time before moving on.

 

 

Six blanks with the first set of inserts glued into place.

 

The inserts are slightly oversized in both length and width. Being slightly wider than the maple blank makes for easier positioning/clamping in the slot. But, then that requires each glue-up to be trimmed before cutting the next slot. If left proud of the maple blank, it will not set accurately in the slot cutting jig. I used to do this trimming on the table saw but the band saw works just as well and there is no need to constantly reset the table saw blade between steps.

 

 

Once all of the maple blanks are trimmed, it's back to the table saw to cut the next slot.

 

These operations are repeated until the maple blanks have inserts glued in place in all 4 sides.

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

Edited September 16, 20214 yr by lew

Lew thanks for the mention. You just keep finding these videos. Now you have got to give us more progress photos. Now I have a question. You mentioned cutting a slot but the cut is a thru cut, so are you taking out 3/8 or just making a thru cut? If you do take 3/8 would just a thru cut do the same?

Thanks for this weeks info.  Those rolling pin blanks are almost there.  The fun part can begin.

@lew Thank you for another great post.

 

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15 hours ago, Gerald said:

Lew thanks for the mention. You just keep finding these videos. Now you have got to give us more progress photos. Now I have a question. You mentioned cutting a slot but the cut is a thru cut, so are you taking out 3/8 or just making a thru cut? If you do take 3/8 would just a thru cut do the same?

@Gerald I guess the slot should be called a deep dado as it doesn’t go completely thru the blank. 
 

 

the reason for not cutting completely thru the blank is to keep the pieces aligned. If completely cut, it is super difficult to clamp and glue so that the Celtic knot sections line up around the rolling pin

another well put together post Lew. 

First, I owe @Gene Howe a bit of an apology. I mentioned that @Steve Krumanaker was our laser guy but had completely forgotten that Gene was right up there, too. Sorry Gene.

 

@Gerald Thank You! As per your encouragement, I've taken a bunch progress shots for next week's post.

 

@HandyDan Thanks! Yes the turning should start this week!

 

@forty_caliber Thank You!

 

@AndrewB Thanks!

Late to a very nice thread.  Good stuff.  

@FlGatorwood Thank You!

No problem, @lew. Haven't used mine in over a year. Dunno if it even survived the move. 

Another nicely put together post @lew sorry guys I've been semi absent with out leave on here lately.

@AndrewB No problem and Thanks!