Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners November 3, 2021

[lew]

Posting this a day early as family commitments will keep me tied up for a while.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

Not sure how I missed this post from @Gerald but hope he can forgive me for the oversight. Gerald is still using up some of that pecan wood he got a couple of years ago-

 

In this post he explains a little about his plans for the piece-

 

 

@forty_caliber was commissioned to turn a bowl from a specific species. He got a good start on it and gave us a glimpse-

 

 

Forty gave us an insight into how it turned, in this post-

 

 

@bradleyheathhays posed a question to our forum- actually several question. He is looking for information on various chucks, a coring system, sanding supplies and wood storage. Our members offered several ideas/suggestions. Please see his post and offer any input that would be helpful-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

More information at- https://awgbvirtual.co.uk/

 

 

For The Newbies-

A fun little project for using scraps or small branches 

 

 

Some projects can benefit for specialized holder. A short video demonstrating the use of a mandrel-

 

 

A little more advanced project for the kitchen from Alan Stratton-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

A couple of videos with demonstrations by well known turners-

Mike Waldt-

 

Robert Sorby-

 

 

Those of you that do casting, a sweet little box from Carl Jacobson. At the end of the video Mr. Jacobson gives his opinion on a brand of sandpaper. 

 

 Want a 2 color bowl but you don't do segments? Check this out!

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

In the above video, Mr. Jacobson offered his opinion on the sandpaper he used. This video shows the testing process on a wide selection of sandpaper/manufacturers-

 

The write-up for the video-

https://kmtools.com/blogs/news/the-great-sandpaper-showdown-top-3-sandpapers-for-woodworking-in-2021

 

 

Ruth Niles' November newsletter is out. She has a couple of kits 

 

More information here-

https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/product/unique-blank-kit/#

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

Been asked to turn some bowls from a walnut tree that had to be taken down. The tree had special meaning to the owners. The pieces supplied had been left outside and were splitting pretty bad but I was able to get some small blanks. Two bowls are rough turned and soaking in soap/water. The third is hopefully destined to become a natural edge bowl. Walnut doesn't hold on to its bark really well and the bark is quite thick. I was hoping this could go from start to finish but that's not going to happen.

 

Shaped the outside and applied CA the cambium area around the piece

 

 

 

Hoping to keep the bark in place, I used my Dremel tool and created a circular opening through the bark, into the sap wood. Then loaded the "moat" with CA to soak into the wood.

 

 I'll keep this in a plastic bag until I get back to it. It may just be a miserable failure. Time will tell.

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

[FlGatorwood]

Wow!  Some really nice information and good videos.  Thank you, @lew.  I like it a day early.  Normally, I put away some neighbors trash bins as they are considerably older than I and they have trouble putting out and taking in their bins.  So, this is a good day for me.  Thanks, again.  

[Grandpadave52]

Well I still don't  spin wood Lew but you still put together an awesome weekly resource for those that do. Excellent resource thread.

 

FWIW, interesting article on contest in this week's WWJ eZine

 

Honey Dipper Challenge

[Gerald]

Thanks @lew for the post. I had no problem lots going on when that hit.

[HandyDan]

You posted ear;ly but gave us alot to look over too.  Thanks.

[forty_caliber]

@lew Great job keeping up with this weekly task.  I really appreciate your efforts. \

 

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[lew]

@FlGatorwood Thank You! Nice that you are able to help your neighbors.

 

@Grandpadave52 Thanks! Glad to have you back. Thank you for the heads u on the honey dipper article!

 

@Gerald  Thanks You! Poor choice of words on my part. A little preoccupied.

 

@HandyDan  Thanks!

 

@forty_caliber  Thank You!