Middle of July, almost, and it feels like summer here in south central PA.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@forty_caliber showed us a beautiful bowl made from Pyinma. In his post he tells us more about the species and the purpose of this little bowl.

 

 

Forty is also working on his stash of pecan. Really gorgeous bread platter-

 

Here's his post along with a bunch of great comments-

 

 

And speaking of pecan platters, @Gerald is putting the finishing touches on one he started  several years ago.

 

Gerald answers questions on this one in his post-

 

 

A platter wasn't the only thing Gerald was turning. He was successful in turning a circular form, that when cut apart, created a specific silhouette. 

 

I wonder what other designs could be made. 

Gerald's post-

 

 

"What's On Your Lathe" had a little action this week. Both @Gerald, @nevinc and @teesquare posted their turnings!

 

 

 

See all the images and more information at-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

The AAW has a multi-part informative tutorial on doing demonstrations. You need to be a member of the AAW to take advantage of these lessons.

 

Log into their site using your credentials to learn more.

 

 

 

If you missed Cindy Drozda's tool talk last week, here is a replay-

https://streamyard.com/watch/p2Dx5CgdwBbq

 

 

From Todd Raines-

 

https://streamyard.com/watch/D83QTW86cQcx?receiptful=64af360be3d57500388bb7b5&utm_source=CM Commerce&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-261&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=other&receiptfultype=newsletter

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Alan Stratton shows us an inexpensive safety device to protect your fingers and knuckles when using a chuck-

 

As an aside, the Easy Chuck was designed to reduce finger/knuckle scrapes.

 

 

We've all heard the term "ride the bevel" but unless someone has actually shown you how, most description leave a lot to be desire. In steps Tim Yoder and as usual makes thing much easier to understand.

 

 

Tim also gave us a lesson on how importance lighting while turning-

 

 

Mike Peace turns a small, lidded box. Notice his use of shop made chucks and that, even for experienced turners, things don't always go as planned

 

 

Still learning sharpening techniques? Richard Raffan has some help with your bowl gouge-

 

 

Kent Weakley demonstrates just how much weight is lost when turning a bowl. I think this makes a good case for a bowl saver tool! Some good turning tips throughout-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

We've all been told DO NOT DO THIS!  His spindle gouge has a really beefy tang.

 

 

Richard also reviews the "burned" turning from last week-

 

 

Carl Jacobson turns an apple wood burl vase-

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Cindy Drozda's tool talk (above) demonstrated the use of the new Stuart Batty sharpening platform. Cindy sells these on her site-

Check Cindy's site-

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

 

Woodturners Wonders has a sale on lathe lights-

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/lamps?_kx=gV5SF2As_3IwtBi5TrpHVQM0F3UvGVbQKzhWGippDlk%3D.VJvU8R

 

 

Don't drool on the keyboard, but Mike Peace got himself a new lathe-

 

 

 

Everything Else-

Tim Yoder continues to experiment with his new laser-

 

 

From Ron Brown's newsletter-

One Universal Secret All Successful People Share

 

When successful people try and fail, they understand that failure is part of the process that eventually leads to victory. Almost no one succeeds the first time they try. When you learned to ride a bicycle, you fell. You got up and tried again, and again. You eventually learned how to ride a bicycle successfully.

 

The first several dozen times I tried to make elegant finials for my turned-lidded boxes and fancy Christmas Ornaments, they broke or looked like I turned them with a hammer. But eventually, I figured it out. Now I can turn a fancy finial that approaches a Cindy Drozda class finial out of ebony or African Blackwood without worrying that it will fly into a million pieces before I’m done.

 

That skill level took many failures before I was able to call myself a successful fancy finial turner. You can do it too. It just takes practice and experience. If you are willing to practice, nothing is beyond your reach.

 

I’m encouraging you to pick yourself up and try again. Success will come if you don’t quit. I must be an inventor at heart because I love figuring out ways to solve common problems for woodturners. As a long-time woodturner, myself, I share the same difficulties and frustrations you do. I’ve taken those challenges as my personal mission to invent unique solutions that make tasks easier, safer, and quicker.

 

 

Safe turning

 

Edited July 13, 20232 yr by lew

Thanks for the post Lew. A;ready watched a couple videos.

Thanks Lew.  I like the hand safety video.  Been using pieces of inner tube on mine.

For those interested the PM 2014 was on sale at AAW Symposium for half price and they now have it on sale for 1499.99 at several places.

Two of our club  members got one at symposium and more thinking of it now.

@Gerald Thank You! Appreciate the additional information on the Powermatic.

 

@HandyDan  Thanks!