Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners December 1, 2021

[lew]

Please don't forget we are in the midst of our annual Operation Ward 57 charity drive to support our adopted family. We are less than halfway to our goal for making their Christmas one to remember. If you haven't donated, please consider helping give back to a wounded warrior.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@forty_caliber posted some pictures of his latest rough turned pecan bowl

 

He describes it in his post-

 

 

@Ron Altiercreated some earrings for his daughter. Ron certainly is the  master at combining colorful wood species for maximum beauty.

 

In his post, Ron shows us a little on how these were made-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

There's been a date change for an IRD from Cindy Drozda's presentation on ornaments and finials. You can sign up at-

http://www.cindydrozda.com/html/Demo.html

 

 

For The Newbies-

A big shout out to @FlGatorwood for sending me links to these videos. The first one is sort of a continuation of the previous pepper mill turning video from Mike Peace. This video show turning a "crush grind" mill from a kit.

 

 

The second video is a great resource for learning to do inside-out turnings. @HandyDan and @FlGatorwood have shown us some of their fantastic pieces in the past.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

With ornament season in full swing, displaying these items doesn't necessarily need to be on the tree. Alan Stratton shows us how to make an ornament stand. I was particularly taken by his wire bending jig.

 

 

In this video, from Turn A Wood Bowl, demonstrates adding a lid to the bowl being turned. The lid has an integral finial.

 

 

New Turning Item-

Over the weekend, I was lucky enough to have the time to enjoy the Vendor's Showcase zoom presentation. This was a 6 hour event, over 3 days, with demonstrations from Cinda Drozda, Lyle Jamieson, Steve Worcester, Todd Raines, Joe Fleming and John Jordan. Each presenter demonstrated their unique turning specialty along with some of the products they use. They took questions from the viewers and had discussions on techniques.

 

One of the presenters, Lyle Jamieson, posted a video of his demonstration. Included was the use of his signature hollowing rig-

 

 

On our woodworking forum, and this forum as well, dust collection is often discussed. We all know the importance of having a good setup for cleaning the air. I am not sure of this author's credentials for the topic but he makes some good points-

 

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

I finished up and delivered some small walnut bowls for the bookkeeper at school. The walnut log came from her parents home. They had many memories of the tree and wanted some way to have the tree live on. These bowls are 5" to 7" in diameter and 2" to 3" deep. Turned with Easy Wood Tools and the rim treatment was done with a Sorby Spiraling tool. The round bowls were finished with mineral oil and beeswax. The natural edge with wipe on poly.

 

 

 

 

Looks like I need to do a better job of dusting before taking the pictures.

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

 

Edited December 1, 2021 by lew

[HandyDan]

Little early this week but, why not?  Quite a few video that look interesting.  Those Walnut bowls are superb and you finished them nicely too.

[Cal]

Holy cow Lew, those walnut pieces are drop dead gorgeous!  The bookkeeper was pleased I hope?

[DuckSoup]

Beautiful looking bowls Lew.

[FlGatorwood]

Lew, you are outdoing yourself again.  Those bowls are absolutely beautiful and someone is going to be so happy.  Super job.  

 

I love the way Cindy makes finials.  I have to try that soon.  Great post again, as always.  

[Grandpadave52]

Wow, another busy week for our resident turners as well as Host Lew. I had seen the dust collection video in the past week since it popped up as Recommended. As you noted, some valid points made.

 

BEAUTIFUL bowls Lew plus such a kind gesture giving back as a memorable tribute. Good on you!

 

Thanks for the thread and hoping all went well today at the EWT Demonstration.

 

[Gerald]

Thanks for another enlightening post Lew. You keep turning out these great bowls