Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners October 26, 2022

[lew]

For everyone who got to know Jim Luley, from Easy Wood Tools, he posted this message to all our turners-

Please drop by his post and wish him well. As @Steve Krumanaker said on another site, "he's the nicest friend I never met".

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@RustyFN posted a gorgeous cherry bowl he has finished-

 

Rusty tells us a little about the shape and finish in this post-

 

In addition, Rusty is tackling a large walnut bowl! Can't wait to see how this one comes out-

 

 

Rusty also asked us what type of sanding discs we used. Several of our members offered what they prefer. How about giving Rusty your opinion-

 

 

@HandyDan got a really good jump on his Christmas ornaments-

 

Check out his post for more images and what he used to create the colored stripes-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Handy Dan gave us a look at his batch of Christmas ornaments. Here's a video from Rick Turns demonstrating how to turn another type-

 

 

Mike Peace posted an video explaining why considering grain direction is important when making a turning.

 

 

 

Thinking about learning bowl turning? Watch Richard Raffan turn one from start to finish. Lots of great details.

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

@RustyFN showed us his rounded bottom bowl. Here's Lyle Jamieson demonstrating turning a similar bowl with a natural edge.

 

 

Turning a bowl from wet/green wood is mostly a two step process. Rough turn and then allowing the moisture to equalize before finishing. Here is Sam Angelo's process-

 

 

Last week we mentioned a method of sealing bowls/vessels using milk.  

 

This is an update from Debbie Coull

Experiment in sealing wood with milk update:

IT WORKED !!!! Woohoooooo!

The wood surface has a waxy feel. Smooth.

Absolutely no odour.

The wood was sycamore, but I doubt it matters. Stone age man would have used whatever was the local wood.

I will now use this daily and plan to make more. Maybe a cup to see if it adversely flavours tea, but I doubt it.

The method the worked was I submerged in milk and simmered for 2 hours, then left in the milk overnight. I used semi skimmed, but I doubt that matters as it's the milk protein (casein) that seals the wood. The next day i rinsed with fresh water and left to dry. It was incredibly heavy now, having almost doubled it's original weight.
I left it to dry for a few days.

Here is the porridge test (scientific test used by bears).

Perhaps others could maybe use this for their food bowls.

I'm really pleased this worked, and I would have persevered until I figured it out.

Ancient techniques may be lost in time - but they definitely have their merits.

 

 

For the Instagram Post- https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGFH0-jNhx/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D

 

For Facebook- https://m.facebook.com/groups/229189982049033/permalink/662821255352568/

 

 

New Turning Items-

More on the Yorkshire grit sanding paste from Easy Wood Tools-

 

 

Turning a natural edge bowl- like the one shown by Lyle Jamieson, has special challenges. Some reverse chucking methods could damage the fragile natural edge. Ron Brown has a solution.

 

 

Check out his site at-

https://www.ronbrownsbest.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=47&product_id=865

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

 

Safe turning

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by lew

[Gerald]

Thanks for the post , Lew. See a couple videos interested in. Maybe in couple weeks I will finish audio cabinet and get back to turning.

[HandyDan]

Good inspiration in here Lew.  I'll be working on Christmas items for awhile. Thanks for the mention on the ornaments.

[lew]

@Gerald  Thank you!

 

@HandyDan Thanks!