Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners October 20, 2021

[lew]

Not too much happening this week-

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@forty_caliber turned a couple of bowls from a pecan log. That species surely has some lovely grain. 

 

First up is an incredible salad bowl-

 

 

And then an awesome bread bowl-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

Cindy Drozda-

 

Click on the above image for the link to registration.

 

 

For The Newbies-

Mike Peace did an Interactive Remote Demonstration for the Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild, British Columbia, Canada. He covered spindle projects and methods of holding the turnings. This is a little long but lots of good information-

 

 

 

Craft Supplies USA posted an instructional video for turning a goblet-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Carl Jacobson celebrated Captain Kirk's return to space, this past week. I see social media has been having great fun creating memes about Mr. Shatner's voyage-

 

 

It is not too early to start thinking about ornament turning! Here's your chance to turn a funnel (bowl) and not have it be a mistake!!

 

 

My early turning creations tended to be useful kitchen items. Salt and pepper mills, salt cellars, sugar bowls and rolling pins. I never could figure out how to incorporate the Celtic Knot into the hollow vessels. Alan Stratton has solved that problem. All I have to do is build a jig!!

 

 

New Turning Items-

Some new stuff and some stuff on sale-

 

Woodturners Wonders has Rikon and Jet grinders back in stock-

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/rikon-grinders

 

And this special deal-

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/all-sanders/products/angle-drill-sanding-bundle

 

 

Ruth Niles' October newsletter is now available. Ruth shares instructions on how to get setup for selling your turnings on eBay.

You can sign up for Ruth's free newsletter at- https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

Finally finished up with the last batch of rolling pins. Then I realized I am out of holders. Looks like some flat work in my future-

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

[Gerald]

Lew always a pleasure viewing your finished product

[HandyDan]

Those rolling pins look great.  You're ahead of the game this year for your Christmas gifts I presume?  The goblet video looks interesting.  I shall have to watch it.

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

7 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Those rolling pins look great. 

 Big understatement, those are absolutely fantastic. Really nice, Lew!

[Cal]

53 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

 Big understatement, those are absolutely fantastic. Really nice, Lew!

 

X2!

[forty_caliber]

Thanks for another great post!

 

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[HandyDan]

One day this week I was out in the yard getting things in order for the year and I noticed the Basswood tree out back had dropped some 3"-4" limbs.  They had been dead on the tree and are already dry and ready to use.  The are no cracks/checks as I usually see in other dead tree limbs that come down so I decided to cut them up and bring them in and see how they act on the lathe.  I saw the ornament video @lew posted so I thought I'll do that.  The Basswood behaved quite nicely and the bark stayed put too.  For the bowl part and I used a piece 3/8" dowel for the spindle part.  I don't know the species though. Have a look.

 

 

[lew]

@HandyDan so glad you were able to use something from "Wednesday's..." posts. I love the ornament!!

 

[FlGatorwood]

Another great thread.  Learned something with the various angles of turning.  I also saw the video turning the pumpkin grooves.  Can't remember where it was but I learned more.  When ever I get to try again, I will give it a shot.  It's going to be a while.  

 

Lew those pins are beyond fantastic.  When I made some a year or so ago, I gave one to a cashier at the grocery store.  Sometime, later I asked how it was serving her.  She said she bored a hole in one end and put in a leather string and hung it by her front door for defense.  Now what I had in mind.  

[lew]

Too many people that I have given them as gifts just set them up and never use them. 

[FlGatorwood]

They are too pretty to be used.  

[lew]

@Gerald Thank You!

 

@HandyDan  Thanks! These are to replenish the for sale stash. Love the ornament!

 

@FlGatorwood  Thank You!