Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning. Not sure if that's good or bad news. Seems like winter has been wasted around here. When it's cold there's no precipitation. It warms up and then we get rain.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

Our resident ornament master is at it again. @Ron Altier posted some things he created from just scrap pieces. Ron sure has an eye for design-

 

 

Check out his post for additional details and some of the comments left by our members-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker picked up some elm from his son. Steve turned some lovely bowls. As always, he adds his personal touch to the bottoms-

 

 

Steve showed us more images in his post-

 

Steve also found a way to keep busy when it was too cold to work outside

 

In his post, Steve explains how he attaches the removable roof 

 

 

@Bundoman Has been teaching his daughter about turning. Looks she is a natural and has created several imaginative pieces-

 

 

Head on over to this post to see what he and his daughter have made-

 

 

@Gerald decided to try his had at making a scoop shown in a video from last week's post-

 

You can check out what he said here-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Click on the image for the link to more information-

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

A couple of turning safety videos from Mike Peace-

 

 

 

 

I recently saw another turner use this method of reverse chucking a roughed out bowl to finish turning. Here's Richard Raffan showing us who it's done-

 

 

Wondering how to dry that wet wood turning? Tim Yoder tries a different way. Check out Tim's use of those Easy Wood Tools! ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools )

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

The Woodturners Worldwide Online Symposium offered many interesting presentations. This one from Cindy Drozda on turning a sphere-

 

 

Mike Peace has a 2 part video on embellishment and embellishing tools. These were made available through the AAW.

 

 

 

Richard Raffan turns a beautiful wide rim dish-

 

 

Alan Stratton continues his series on offset turning. The beginning of this video describes the modifications he made to his original shop made jig-

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

From Turners Warehouse for the pen turner (click on the image for the link)-

 

 

 

Package deal for bowl turners from Woodturners Wonders (click on the image)-

 

 

Craft Supplies USA has some new kitchenware items (click the image)

 

 

Ruth Nile has Penn State Pizza Cutters back in stock!

 

Check Ruth's site-  https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/product/pizza-cutter-2/

 

 

This past weekend was the on-line symposium from Woodturners Worldwide. Cindy Drozda did an informative presentation on live tail stock centers. Although these are not new, it should provide guidance for those in the market for one-

 

 

 

Everything Else-

From the AAW, a tribute to Stephen Hogbin-

 

 

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

Safe turning and stay well

Edited February 3, 20224 yr by lew

Holy Snikey @lew  Action packed this week.

 

Like this weeks post.  Lots to view with the texturing grabbing peaking my interest.

Thanks for the post Lew. Have not watched Mike's videos yet but will say this on cracked wood and speed. For beginners it is better to avoid cracked wood, for others note: It may be turnable but as a precaution turn at slower speeds (under 800) until you see how solid the wood is. Even then higher speeds will show you where the crack is BTDT, with a punctuation mark.

 

No pictures but yesterday had a call from a man wanting a finial for bedpost turned. He came by this afternoon and got it done . He saw some bowls in my finished cabinet and bought a redbud bowl. Hey you just never know, made my day.

Edited February 3, 20224 yr by Gerald

As a brand new turner, I really look forward to these weekly posts.

I always learn a ton, and it always highlights that there are things that I don’t even know that I don’t know.

I am happy that it is winter because it seems that the content in these posts seems directly proportional to the drop in temperature.

Thanks for all the work you do curating this content @lew!

 

 

Thank you, Lew, for the safety tips.  They change from time to time, but it is always a great refresher.  It should be mandatory for those wishing to start and during the beginning of developing the skill.  Those who have experience often need a refresher as we tend to become comfortable and complacent.  Enjoyed the videos of Cindy.  And, the stunning work of Stephen (whoever) LOL  is so over my head but certainly enjoyable and worthy of study.  Wow, were you busy during this last cold and rainy spell.  Thank you again.  

@Gunny Thank You! 

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@Gerald Thank You!  Always a great feeling to have someone offer to buy a piece you make!

 

@StaticLV2 Thanks!  Glad you find content you can use. 

 

@FlGatorwood Thank You! Could not agree more about safety and the need for constant reminders.