Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners October 11, 2023

[lew]

Missed last weeks post so this one will be have a little extra.

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@nevinc  posted a couple of projects he has been working on. First, a neat little table item that would be useful in any kitchen-

 

Nevin combined woodworking and turning to complete the project-

 

He also posted a question and his method of storing sawdust from various species of wood he uses as fillers. He was wondering what storage method the rest of us use for storage. 

 

Check out his post and let him know your method-

 

And, Nevin showed us some beautiful walnut bowls he had finished-

 

He received lots of positive comments in his post-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker has been busy fulfilling orders to some of the artisans in his area.  He has been working with one who sells "Bee Products" for whom he make honey dipper lids. Steve posted a couple of short videos on how he has upgraded his manufacturing process.

 

 

Steve is also making drop spindles for another craftsperson. These are used in the process of turning wool into yarn. He developed a neat jig to create shop made dowels for part of the pieces. In this post, he explains why he made the parts instead of buying them-

 

 

@Gerald added a project to our "Off The Lathe And Finished" thread.

 

These beautiful ornaments got lots of great comments and a couple of questions as well. Head on over to the thread and check out more on these-

 

Gerald was also kind enough to provide links to videos on sharpening. I must apologize for not recording who asked the question on sharpening. 

 

 

Gerald had entered the AAW August Turning Challenge and provided us with the link to the voting and winners-

https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/august-2023-turning-challenge-final-results.21511/

 

 

@KevTN Asked for help identifying a specific pattern for the rim of a platter.

 

Our turners had several suggestions. If you can identify this patter, please help out Kevin-

 

 

@RustyFN has a gorgeous spalted bowl on his lathe! 

 

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Cindy Drozda is live tomorrow- Thursday, October 12 at 2pm EDT. She will be discussing how do you protect your eyes, ears, and lungs in the workshop.

 

For registration, follow this link- https://streamyard.com/watch/PsF54zh7XSVb

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Kent Weakly's video on what tools are not suitable for bowl turning-

 

 

Carl Jacobson makes an oak lidded box. Notice that Carl uses both traditional and carbide tools to complete the project-

 

 

A simple bowl turning to use as a succulent planter from Craft Supplies USA

 

 

From Tim Yoder on choosing your sandpaper

 

 

Richard Raffan demonstrates how to make your turned bowls look really top notch by refining the bottom.

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Several articles from Kent Weakley on bowl finishes.

 

https://turnawoodbowl.com/my-favorite-food-safe-wood-finish-waterproof-almost/?ck_subscriber_id=1577117793

 

 

 

https://turnawoodbowl.com/make-shellac-wood-bowl-finish/?ck_subscriber_id=1577117793

 

 

 

https://turnawoodbowl.com/spray-lacquer-illustrated-guide-equipment-system-set-up-technique/?ck_subscriber_id=1577117793

 

 

Jim Rodgers continues his series on hollowing-

 

 

 

Alan Stratton posted this video on YouTube. It reminded me of a similar project that @Gerald had shown us sometime back-

 

 

 

The Four Ways videos from the first of the month-

Mike Peace-

 

Richard Raffan-

 

Sam Angelo-

 

Tomislav Tomasic-

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

From Niles Bottle Stoppers-

 

https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/product/cocktail-muddler-set/

 

 

From Woodturners Wonders-

Diamond wheels for both bench grinders and Tormek grinders-

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/diamond-wheels?_kx=gV5SF2As_3IwtBi5TrpHVQM0F3UvGVbQKzhWGippDlk%3D.VJvU8R

 

 

Everything Else-

From Ron Brown's Newsletter-

 

When you share the joys of your craft with someone who has never seen shavings fly off a fresh bowl blank or get to watch a spinning top appear in just a few minutes, you might change their world. A small pebble can create a world of ripples. 

 

Members of our woodworking club have attended county fairs, woodworking shows, and symposiums which always included live demonstrations. Why? Most people can’t visualize what we do. I’ve seen people become fascinated with turning after they made a simple maple or oak pen at one of these events. 

 

I’ve seen their entire family get interested and turning became their family hobby. They’ve planned family trips around turning shows and symposiums along with week-long hands-on learning at folk schools.

 

I’ve witnessed folks buying their first mini lathe and accessories then go on to develop a lifelong passion for the smell of freshly milled lumber and the shavings from another bowl blank. The benefit to you of doing something like that is they bring their non-turning skill sets from their regular jobs, i.e. management, leadership, and organizational skills. Many have become club officers including President.

 

One such fellow served three terms and on a personal note, became my dentist until he retired. We’ve seen lawyers, engineers, business executives, moms, teenagers, pastors, and doctors get the turning bug all because they saw a turning demonstration at a craft fair or other public event. 

 

I’ve told the story many times of how I attended a two-hour club demonstration in a cold dark basement one Saturday between Christmas and the New Year. Nick Cook made a top, a garden dibble, a honey dipper, a toothpick holder, and a mahogany plate plus some other things I don’t remember. One couple thought that was terrific and booked a day's instruction with Nick.

 

Then they started a turning club, then I attended, then I got hooked. Now I make a great living inventing and offering turning accessories to the turning community worldwide. During the thirteen years I was on the Woodworking Show Circuit, I was able to demonstrate turning in front of over a million people. That’s a pretty good ripple! Thank you, Nick Cook.

 

In order to cause the ripple, you have to toss the stone in the first place. I would encourage you to invite someone to a club meeting or over to your shop for an hour or two for coffee and to make some shavings. You never know how big that ripple might become

 

 

 

Safe turning

[Gerald]

Thanks for the mention Lew. Tim made a really SHORT video this time.

[HandyDan]

You're back!  Hope you had a good time but I sure missed the weekly dose of videos.

[KevTN]

Thanks for the mention. I used ziplock baggies to store saw dust with and then I write on it the species. Although I like that little canister idea.

[lew]

@Gerald  Thank You!

 

@HandyDan  Thanks!

 

@KevTN  Thank you!