Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners October 18, 2023

[lew]

Only 68 turning days until Christmas!!!!

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Gerald gave us a peek at his next project that will be going on his lathe-

 

His post has a little more about this glue up and what he is doing while the glue dries-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Lots of stuff in the future! Click on the images for the links to registration and more information-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Woodturning safety is paramount! In this recent video, Cindy Drozda discusses some of the most important "PPEs"

 

 

Venturing down the rabbit hole of bowl turning can lead to an addiction. Soon, every shelf in your home, friends, relatives and co-workers have at least one. Maybe you've considered selling them. There are lots of opinions on pricing your work. Here's one from Kent Weakley-

 

https://turnawoodbowl.com/pricing-wood-bowls-for-profit-three-approaches/?ck_subscriber_id=1577117793

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

As mentioned, Christmas is fast approaching. Here's some ideas for ornaments for gifts or for yourself.

 

First up is Mike Peace turning a bird ornament similar but larger than the awesome ones done by our own @Steve Krumanaker

 

 

From Alan Stratton, a sea urchin ornament but without the sea urchin-

 

 

And, from Carl Jacobson, a natural edge bowl ornament-

 

 

Our own @Gerald and the club he belongs to are faithful supporters of the "Beads Of Courage" boxes. In this video, Alan Stratton discusses how he creates his version of a box to save those beads. Some neat jigs for turning the "staves" he used to make the box.

 

 

Mike Peace shared a "cool" trick on how he unstuck a thread lid on a box-

 

 

I cannot remember if I saw this information here on the Patriot or on a social media site. The question was concerning a ring type turning that was then sliced into thin pieces. After some searching, I discovered there are called "German Rings". Simon Beggs seems to have a lock on how these are done-

 

If you have accounts at Facebook or Instagram, you can see more of these-

 

https://www.instagram.com/simonbeggswoodturning/

 

https://www.facebook.com/simonbeggswoodturning/

 

 

New Turning Items-

From Woodturners Wonders

 

https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/ultimate-sanding-system?_kx=gV5SF2As_3IwtBi5TrpHVQM0F3UvGVbQKzhWGippDlk%3D.VJvU8R

 

 

Some new products reviewed by Mike Waldt. I am not sure if all of these are available in the united states-

 

 

Everything Else-

Did an Easy Wood Tools demo at the Woodcraft of Richmond this past Saturday. Really nice folks there and the Woodcraft store is huge! They even had refreshments-

 

The turners I spoke to really like the Easy Chuck and the #1 hollower.

 

Edited October 18, 2023 by lew

[Gerald]

Thanks Lew for the post. Wish I felt like doing a German ring but there must be lots of trial and error in it

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  I like Mike's bird.  Next years ornament maybe.

[Grandpadave52]

6 hours ago, lew said:

They even had refreshments-

Thanks for the nod Lew

[lew]

@Gerald Thank you!

 

@HandyDan Thanks!

 

@Grandpadave52  Thank You!