Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners November 10, 2021

[lew]

Hasn't been this busy on our forum in quite a while so let's just jump right in!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

We have had a new sub-forum added to the Woodturners Forum. The Ringmaster sub-forum is dedicated to those makers who create bowls using the Ringmaster method. You can find it listed under the main Woodturners Forum-

 

https://thepatriotwoodworker.com/forums/forum/98-ringmaster-turning/

 

 

Let's see some of those beautiful creations!!

 

 

@Gerald gave us a look at a commissioned bowl he is in the process of turning-

 

Gerald tells us about the species and  more in his post as well as a bit about his "new" kiln-

 

 

Gerald also posted an interesting article by Ron Brown providing some additional thoughts on Carbide tipped tools. We have had several insightful discussions here on the forum comparing traditional and carbide tools.

 

 

 

@FrederickH posted a question to the group about using a fluted parting tool. Several of our members provided their insights. If you can help out Rick, give him your thoughts at-

 

 

 

One of our newer members @adot45 gave us a look at his latest fantastic turning. 

 

 

Please see his post and welcome him to the forum!

 

More about Dave and some additional images are in this post-

 

And more here-

 

 

 

 

Even @smitty10101 is getting into the stacked ring bowls! He is looking for information about a thin parting tool. If you have a source or have made such an animal, why not share your knowledge with him-

 

 

 

@forty_caliber and family have taken some friends under their wing. As a way to help ease the sorrow of a loss, he has turned a memory box for a family member-

 

Forty shows us some additional images in his post. Note the laser burned embellishments!

 

Last week we had a question about bowl saver tools. Not sure this is what the author had in mind but @forty_caliber found one that will certainly doe the trick!

 

 

@forty_caliber's post from last week generated additional input that might be useful for those following the discussion of hollowing tools-

 

 

 

Or resident Christmas ornament designer has done it again. @Ron Altier turned this gorgeous little jewel-

 

Ron explains his design idea in his post

 

 

 

We had lots more from our members on @FlGatorwood's little train that could. If you missed it, here's where the discussion left off-

 

 

 

@bradleyheathhays's post from last week also continued to receive comments and inputs. Here is the entire thread location-

 

 

 

@Grandpadave52 gave us a heads up on the contest being run by Woodworker's Journal. The challenge was to turn a honey dipper. Not sure if our own @Steve Krumanaker entered the contest or he decided to let someone else win first place .

https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/honey-dippers/

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Women In Turning in conjunction with the AAW presents Kailee Bosch, Rebecca DeGroot, and Marjin Wall to give short presentations about their work, ideas, and inspirations, followed by a group discussion and Q&A, led by artist and moderator Hayley Smith. The event is free and open to the general public.

 

For registration-

https://www.woodturner.org/Woodturner/WIT/WIT-Home-Page.aspx?WebsiteKey=c9100f02-c77e-4177-a9bc-7d3eb0216238&hkey=7f6a65b2-ec98-472f-a7b6-2ac573f7258d&New_ContentCollectionOrganizerCommon=8&_zs=lMMTa&_zl=02Hp2#New_ContentCollectionOrganizerCommon

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Nice little project for the coffee lover in the family. If you prefer a heavier version, Ruth Niles,  https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/ , has some stainless steel kits.

 

https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/project-classy-espresso-tamper/

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Turning demo from Mike Waldt-

 

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Tim Yoder has an improved hollowing rig-

 

 

The folks at Woodturners Wonders have some special, short time deals on grinders-

https://woodturnerswonders.com/pages/grinders

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

 

Edited November 11, 2021 by lew

[Grandpadave52]

Holy cow Lew. You've been busy  putting this one together. A whole lot going on just on The Patriot Woodworker to take in let alone the external resources.

Thanks for the mention. Probably will never spin wood like all ya'll but certainly appreciate all the creativity of everyone on this forum

EXCELLENT JOB!!

[Gerald]

Guess this has been a busy week . Thanks Lew. 
 

As promised her are a few pictures of our clubs demos at the MS Ag Museum this week.

 

 

 

Those two tables in the foreground are all my store and another tote not yet put out. We had over 500 park visitors yesterday and expected 400 today. Expect over 800 tomorrow. By the we we do sell and they do not ask for commission. My sales so far are almost double what I have seen in the past four years there.  

[FlGatorwood]

Yes, it has been a busy week or more on this site.  It is great to see all the ingenious ideas put in a piece of blank wood to absolute art.  Thanks, @lew for putting it all in one spot so it is easy to find.  Thank you for another informative thread.  

 

Danged.  I am sorry that I missed your mention of my little engine.  Somehow I missed it but thank you so much for the mention.  It is a great feeling to do something for someone and they enjoy it.

 

Also, it is so good to see children looking at wooden toys.  Gives me hope.  

Edited November 11, 2021 by FlGatorwood

[Grandpadave52]

43 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Those two tables in the foreground are all my store and another tote not yet put out. We had over 500 park visitors yesterday and expected 400 today. Expect over 800 tomorrow. By the we we do sell and they do not ask for commission. My sales so far are almost double what I have seen in the past four years there.  

Very cool Gerald. Looking at all your wares, you've been holding out on us 1700+ visitors over 3 days is a pretty good turnout I would think? Happy to hear your sales have been strong.

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  Lots happening and some good inspiration going on.

[LarryS]

Really like seeing all of those turnings on the table. That is great that you are having such a good turnout and are having good sales.

I enjoyed the picture of the kids playing with the tops. Looks like they are having fun with a old time toy. 

Great job!!

[forty_caliber]

@lew Looks like you had your work cut out for you this week.  Thanks again for keeping up with all of this. 

 

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[lew]

@Grandpadave52 Thank You!

 

@Gerald Thanks! Love the pictures of the Ag Museum. Looks like the tops were very popular with the kids!!

 

@FlGatorwood Thank You! Hoping more kids get to play with "real" toys instead of just pushing buttons.

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@LarryS Thank You! Glad to see you back!!!

 

@forty_caliber Thanks! Thank you for always having time to post your work!