Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners December 14, 2022

[lew]

Today, I had the greatest pleasure by being able to deliver all of the Ward 57 Christmas gifts to the Forney family. We met with Travis, Michelle and their two youngest sons- Houston and Levi. Great folks! 

 

Even though the kids' gifts have been purchased, there is still time to get in on the awesome prizes in our raffle. Your donations will be forwarded to Mr. and Mrs. Forney to help out with raising their 5 young boys. So, be generous, I know they will appreciate it beyond words.

 

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@forty_caliber posted a video from Robo Hippy describing a uniquely shaped gouge. Forty also purchased that tool and showed us a little on how well it worked-

 

 

 

 Forty also posted some images of his new sander/grinder setup. I really like that flexible shaft idea!

 

 

 

@Bob Hodge posed a query about what type of spindle gouge would be good for turning finials. Several of our turners had suggestions and also shared some of their turnings from their favorite type of gouges

 

 

@RustyFNTurned a couple of beautiful bowls- one from pecan and one from walnut

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

https://meetthewoodturner.com/

 

 

For The Newbies-

It's getting closer to Christmas and if you are short a couple of gifts, Carl Jacobson has an idea for a cute little bottle stopper-

 

 

Another gift idea comes from Mike Peace. This is a two part video and part 2 is linked from Mikes channel-

 

 

Kent Weakley offers some tips on how to reduce the stress and strain on your body during turning-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Alan Stratton uses mixed media to produce really fantastic Christmas ornaments. 

 

 

Last week, we posted a link to threaded inserts for screw-on lids. In this 2 part video Mike peace demonstrates how to cut your own threads directly into the wooden turning. Part 2 is linked from Mike's channel-

 

 

Richard Raffan has a short video discussing various finishes for turnings. These aren't your ordinary clear coat finishes-

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

These LED lights are similar to the ones sold by Cindy Drozda. Pretty good price.

Available from Woodturners Wonders- https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/lamps/products/eclipse-led-lathe-lamp

 

On a personal note: if you have a soldering pencil, an old 5 volt USB charging brick and cable and a rare earth magnet- you can get these and build your own.

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

Found this on social media and thought it described how many woodturners/woodworkers felt about their work

 

 

 

Safe turning

[Gerald]

Thanks for the post Lew. I tend to be bashful about my work and for years when called an artist I just say no just a woodturner. Well I am beginning to accept the artist title as my imagination runs wild just need the time to complete them.

[HandyDan]

Some good videos to watch I see.  Lots going on the our shops too.  Thanks for this weeks recap.  I worked on some flat work all week.  Made a few games.

Edited December 15, 2022 by HandyDan

[forty_caliber]

Thanks for the post Lew.  I'm really bad about being too critical of my work.  "Creation is a process not a product" makes a lot of sense to me. 

 

I'll post a review of the Drozda Finial gouge when I get a chance to use it.  I've been looking for a good detail spindle gouge and I like the looks of this one.  I've fought more than a few finial battles and ended up with a knob!

 

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[lew]

@Gerald  Thank You! I struggle with the "artist" term. Especially when the seventh grade art teacher said about the only thing I could draw were flies 

 

@HandyDan  Thanks! I'd say a "few" games was an understatement!

 

@forty_caliber  Thank You! Can't wait to see your assessment of Cindy's finial gouge!