Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners September 21, 2022

[lew]

Awesome news from our sponsor Easy Wood Tools ( @Jim from Easy Wood Tools )! Easy Wood Tools has acquired Yorkshire Grit.

Yorkshire Grit abrasive paste produces a super smooth finish, with less sanding!

 

Check Easy Wood's site for more information- https://www.easywoodtools.com/. This pdf lists locations for purchasing-

Yorkshire Grit - Purchasing Options Customer Email.pdf

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@forty_caliber posted a pecan bowl he finished. The grain in that wood is spectacular!

 

Head on over to his post and see what our turners had to say about this beauty-

 

 

A couple of weeks ago, @Gerald posted a bowl he had embellished with flamed copper pieces. He posted the finished work this week. See how he decided to protect the copper-

 

Gerald explains in his post-  

 

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker wore his Easy Wood Tools/VetsTurn T-shirt to a an antique show and was rewarded-

 

 

Steve shares the story here-  

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Click on the images for more information and links to registration.

 

 

From As Wood Turns, a Christmas Ornament Challenge with prizes!

 

There is more information here-  https://www.aswoodturns.com/challenges/

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Use tenons or mortices when turning?  Here's Mike Peace's take on it-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Jim Rodgers turns a transitional vessel-

 

 

New Turning Items-

If you haven't tried the Yorkshire Grit sanding paste, give it a try! When used as per the instructions, you can apply any finish to the turning. 

 

 

Everything Else-

Ron Brown's newsletter came this week and there was a story that we can all relate to when it comes to pricing our work. I asked Mr. Brown if I could share it here and he graciously agreed.

 

You can sign up for his newsletter at his site-  https://www.ronbrownsbest.com/index.php?route=account/login

While you are there, check out all his great deals!

 

 

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

Safe turning

Edited September 22, 2022 by lew

[forty_caliber]

Thanks for putting all of this together Lew!

 

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[Jim L]

Thank you Lew, exciting stuff at EWT.  Steve K looks good in his new shirt too!

[Gerald]

Thanks for the post Lew