Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners July 27, 2022

[lew]

Just a couple of days left in our summer fund raiser. Please consider getting those raffle tickets, if you haven't already done it.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Gerald posted a fantastic walnut platter he just finished-

 

Check out more images and the comments from our turners-

 

@PostalTom moved his chess piece post into our woodturning forum. He has a great start on a bunch of the pieces.

 

He is getting ready to turn the "Knights" and was curious about the procedure. Maybe you can help him with some ideas.

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

https://www.woodturner.org/Woodturner/2022VirtualSymposium/2022-Virtual-Symposium---Main.aspx?_zs=ceDib&_zl=kVAC3

 

 

For The Newbies-

A chuck, stuck on the headstock threads, can be a real problem. In this video, Mike Peace discusses some of the ways to remove it and how to prevent it.

 

 

Cindy Drozda hosts live tool chats from time to time. You can sign up for notifications when they will be available.

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

 

This is the video she posted from her last presentation-

 

 

This video, from Kent Weakley, is on twice turning a bowl. What I found interesting is the type of chuck he used to hold the bowl to get it ready for mounting on his chuck.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Last week we posted information on cleaning CBN grinder wheel. @Gerald pointed out there is some disagreement on whether or not this is necessary. Not having used CBN sharpening products, I was not aware of this difference in opinion. I searched the AAW boards for some more information and found this-

https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/cbn-wheel-cleaning.13014/

The discussion touches on several "cleaning" ideas as well as some other wheel care. 

 

 

Along the CBN lines, here's a video from Mike Waldt setting up a grinder with CBN wheels. Although the video is about a specific manufacturer, there are lots of great tips-

 

 

 

From the AAW, a video on multi-axis spindle turning

 

 

How does a true artist deals with the unexpected? Richard Raffan demonstrates-

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Ken Rizza, from Woodturners Wonders, has a video demonstrating the Kodiak MAX sharpening system. 

 

 

 

Everything Else-

The Richard Raffan video demonstrated how to work around the unexpected. Frank Howarth takes it to a whole other level. 

 

 

 

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

Safe turning

Edited July 28, 2022 by lew

[Gerald]

Thanks for the post Lew. CBN wheels helped to change my turning as I think I get a sharper gouge.

[HandyDan]

Nice Lew.  Looking forward to viewing most of this weeks videos.