Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners February 22, 2023

[lew]

Snowing a little outside but tomorrow it's to be 70°! You gotta love Pennsylvania weather!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@forty_caliber gave us a heads up on a very worthwhile endeavor for kids suffering from life altering conditions. Please check out his post and see if you can find the time to participate.

 

 

@Gerald turned some little boxes for the folks at his physical therapy location. Really beautiful combination of species-

 

His post has more information about the species and comments from our members-

 

 

Our continuing topic of "What's On Your Lathe" has had  a few additions. Sure would like to keep this thread going as our members work on projects.

 

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker was commissioned to make some handles. His post gives us lots of ideas on how it is done-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Quite a lot of events coming up. Click on the images for links and more information-

 

A week or so ago, we shared a new thread chaser tool. Bradley, from Spiracraft, will be demonstrating it. A YouTube reminder and the link- 

https://www.youtube.com/@Spiracraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

An article from Kent Weakly on recommend equipment for bowl turning. 

https://turnawoodbowl.com/recommended-equipment/?ck_subscriber_id=1577117793

 

 

From the Woodworker's Journal, the Woodturners Monthly newsletter, nice article on making a texturing tool. Click on the image for link to the article.

 

Another article from the Woodworker's Journal on wood holding on the lathe. Click on the image for the link-

 

 

Richard Raffan gives us an insight into the wood turning lathe-

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Last week we shared a video from Alan Stratton showing his shop made Longworth chuck. In this continuation, Alan demonstrated making bracelets using the chuck-

 

 

 

Pizza cutters make awesome gifts. Here's a way to have your work showcased in its new home-

 

 

Mike Peace demonstrates how to add a fluted rim to a wooden vase-

 

 

 

Mike Waldt turns a beautiful ash bowl with an undercut rim.

 

 

 

We've been seeing a lot of turners using this technique for a finish. I have been forbidden to try this unless I carry the lathe outside!

 

 

New Turning Items-

You may have seen the "teases" on social media about Easy Wood Tools' new product. Here it is!

 

Can't wait to get to try them!  ( @Jordan Martindale )

 

Here's the complete, current list of EWT pricing-

EWT Customer Pricing - 1-1-2023.pdf

 

 

Everything Else-

Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-

 

 

From Ron Brown's Newsletter-

You Are Unique

 

You’ve heard that all your life. Good or bad, you are the only one exactly like you. But what if you are an identical twin, or have found your doppelganger, what are you going to do with that information? You are still unique with your own combination of gifts, abilities, and talents.

 

There is a famous parable about servants who were given different talents in Matt 25:14-30 that would serve us well. The lesson is not how many talents each of us has but what we do with the talents we are given. You may have many more talents than I do, but what are you doing with those talents?

 

I sometimes watched various turning demonstrators thinking “I could do a better job than that guy.” But he or she was the one up there doing it and I was the one with my butt in the chair not doing it. I used to have the same reaction to certain YouTube videos. But they were the ones showing the world what they had learned and I was the couch potato watching them do it.

 

You might be thinking that you don’t have a creative mind or know where to start. I have some suggestions that will catapult you to great and wonderful things.
 

1)    Consider an existing item.
     a.    Make a larger version
     b.    Make a smaller version
     c.    Use it for something totally different that what it was designed for
     d.    Add capabilities by adding some new features to an existing item
2)    Consider an existing challenge like roughing down a spindle or a bowl blank
     a.    Use a different tool to make it easier, faster, safer
        i.    Have you ever brought a spindle square to round with a skew?
        ii.    Have you ever ground your own negative rake scraper from scratch?
        iii.    Have you ever made your own parting tool from an industrial hack saw blade?
        iv.    Have you ever ground a miniature hollowing tool from an Allen wrench and fabricated your own handle?

 

You’ve heard the expression “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” My suggestion is to take an existing wheel and make it better. Everyone has ideas for how something can be a little bit better. I know because you tell me those things about my tools frequently. Start today, and remember that wherever you go, there you are.

 

 

Safe turning

[Gerald]

Thanks for the post Lew

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew, love the weekly recap.  The Easy Wood beading inserts look interesting.  A handy guy could probably make his own tool and just buy the cutters.  Need to find some time to watch the video.

[RustyFN]

Thanks Lew.

 

[HandyDan]

Watched the video.  Cutters fit tools I already have.

[lew]

@Gerald  Thank You!

 

@HandyDan  Thanks! Need to get a set and try them! Glad they fit your tools!

 

@RustyFN Thank You!