Happy Thanksgiving! Here's hoping this year has been kind to everyone and that you are trying to get back to "normal".

 

Well gang, we are about 1/3 the way to our goal! Don't wait until the last minute to get in on the fun!

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

With the holiday season upon us, the main theme this week seems to be Christmas ornaments.

 

@Steve Krumanaker posted a little birdhouse ornament and asked the group their opinions on the design.

 

Steve received lots of positive comments and suggestions-

 

 

@Ron Altier is always ahead of the game when it comes to ornaments. This one has a beautiful combination of species/colors. Ron tells us about why he turned this one-

 

 

 

@Gerald started a post asking what we were making for Christmas gifts this year. Gerald has turned a colorful bell ornament-

 

And @HandyDan posted one of his gnome ornaments-

 

See what our members had to say about these and add pictures f what you are making!

 

 

@Gerald also gave us a more detailed look at his new kiln. He posted several images of the working parts and answered questions-

 

 

 

I want to thank @FlGatorwood for giving me a heads up this turning video from Mike Peace. Really show the processes for turning a pepper grinder from a pre-drilled blank. Thanks, Steve!

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Join Cindy Drozda, Lyle Jamieson, Steve Worcester, Joe Fleming, John Jordan, and Tod Raines for 3 evenings of fun to kick off the holiday season. There will be six mini demonstrations, questions & answers, tool showcase, vendor specials, raffle prizes, and fun and popcorn as we hangout together. This is a FREE Zoom meeting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday- November 26-28. Sign up here- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvduuurTgoHtH9C61nkAf2dy14df57RmrB

 

 

 

6 Turners LIVE Holiday Special!  IT’S THE 12 TURNINGS OF CHRISTMAS!

Registration- https://woodturnersretreat.com/

 

 

For The Newbies-

Looking for a simple Christmas and would like to try bowl turning? Kent from "Turn A Wood Bowl" shows us how to get two for one!

 

 

Scott Hampton's presentation on sharpening from World Wide Woodturners-

 

 

@Gerald's little Christmas ornament really stands out with his choice of using color as an embellishment. The New Jersey Woodturners recently hosted an IRD with Michael Kehs demonstrating embellishing techniques on a turning.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

A couple shop made lathe hacks from Fine Woodworking-

A disk sander-

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2011/07/19/turn-your-lathe-into-a-disk-sander

 

 

Using a router at the lathe-

 

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2020/02/21/using-a-router-at-the-lathe

 

 

Another awesome multi-axis Christmas ornament from Alan Stratton-

 

 

Jim Rodgers turns a sweet little one piece scoop, on the lathe, using a custom made chuck-

 

 

New Turning Items-

Tim Yoder turns a huge chunk of olive wood into a utensil holder. He does the hollowing using his new Eblo 2 hollowing rig. Tim provides some great tips on using the hollowing system.

 

 

 

Everything Else-

 Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

Thanks for the nice set of videos this week.  Always like to see the different sharpening techniques so that is on the list as first watch.  Have to watch tomorrow after the turkey dinner of I can stay awake.

Good set of videos and nice mentions of our own talented and productive group.  So happy that you liked the video enough to share.  I remember a member here a few months back talking about making these pepper mills.  Thank you, Lew, for all your dedication and hard work to keep us moving and growing.  

Thanks for the post Lew. Gotta check out some videos now

Another awesome weekly resource thread. Thanks for your time, energy and research to supplement and challenge the on-site talent. Rock-on!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

 

@HandyDan Thank You!

 

@FlGatorwood  Thanks! Found another pepper grinder video for next week.

 

@Gerald  Thank You!

 

@Grandpadave52  Thanks! And thank you for taking the time to comment.