Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners February 14, 2024

[lew]

If you haven't gotten that Valentines present, maybe you should dig out a pillow and a couple of blankets for the couch!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@RustyFN posted a beautiful walnut bowl in our continuing thread "OFF The Lathe And Just Finished"-

 

Rusty has another image and a little about the finish in his post.

 

Rusty also posted that he is looking to purchase a McNaughton Center Saver. Check out his post here-

 

 

@StaticLV2 is tinkering with segmented turning. He created a really nice cutting jig for the angles. The results are gorgeous!

 

You can see the jig and his process images starting in this post-

 

 

We have a new member to our forum! @kreisdorph, from Tennessee, posted some of his awesome work.

 

You really need to check out his post to see more of his turnings-

 

 

One of our members, Brian Longshore, "Big B", is battling the dreaded "C". He's a Navy vet. Here's the link to his Patriot profile-

https://thepatriotwoodworker.com/profile/4825-big-b/

 

If you do Facebook, you can follow his progress at- https://www.facebook.com/brian.longshore.9. 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Click on the image for the link to registration-

 

From Cindy Drozda-

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

From Richard Raffan, a tip on making/using a "tail center disc"

 

 

Last week we posted a safety tip when using the Jacob's Chuck with the tail stock. Lyle Jamieson has an idea that secures the chuck in the tail stock-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Richard Raffan continues to work on his stash of green elm. The warping really creates interesting designs.

 

 

New Turning Items-

Sorry couldn't find anything interesting.

 

 

Everything Else-

I had gotten some cherry a while back only to discover most of it had "windshake" damage. One of the pieces destined to be a bowl became pretty much fodder for the garbage man. I salvaged one small piece for a little bowl only to have it explode while sanding. So as not to have the efforts be a total loss, I cut what was left to see the profile and how I was doing with wall thickness consistency. 

 

I was using only my fingers as a gauge, except for the bottom, where I use a gauge/jig from Sam Angelo to determine the thickness. I'm pretty happy. The wall thickness could have been a little better at the transition from side to bottom. And maybe a little thinner overall.

 

 

 

Safe turning

[RustyFN]

Thanks Lew.

 

[Grandpadave52]

Thanks Lew. Another great thread. Awesome to have another turner @kreisdorph on board too.

Prayers to @Big B for treatments, remission and complete healing.

Continued prayers for @HandyDan also.

[Gerald]

Thanks Lew. I just got some elm for when I get back into the shop so watching Raffin's videos and gonna try some of that. As to Raffins discs Long time ago Cptn Eddie did what he called a soft touch. It was a piece threaded in 3/4 to go onto One Way style live center. Then you can shape contact point to what ever you want. A friend of mine was getting rid of a bag full of Rubber Chucky pieces in red and they work really well.

[kreisdorph]

I wasn't aware of windshake before a few weeks ago. There's a tree that was cut down 2-3 years ago (guessing) near my house. I cut out a section and made a bowl. It wasn't until just after I had roughed it in, that I noticed a distinct line in one of the scrap pieces. A very light tap broke it apart.

 

The only thing holding it together is those little nubs. Figured I should check the bowl I just made and, sure enough, it broke right apart. I'm surprised it held together on the lathe. I never did identify that tree species. My best guess is poplar (tulip).

 

[lew]

4 hours ago, kreisdorph said:

I wasn't aware of windshake before a few weeks ago. There's a tree that was cut down 2-3 years ago (guessing) near my house. I cut out a section and made a bowl. It wasn't until just after I had roughed it in, that I noticed a distinct line in one of the scrap pieces. A very light tap broke it apart.

 

The only thing holding it together is those little nubs. Figured I should check the bowl I just made and, sure enough, it broke right apart. I'm surprised it held together on the lathe. I never did identify that tree species. My best guess is poplar (tulip).

 

 

This is the first time I've run across a piece, myself. Unfortunately, almost all of the logs I got were affected. Might be able to make some little hollow pieces from what's left. I doubt there will be many bowls.

[lew]

@RustyFN  Thank You!

 

@Grandpadave52  Thanks!

 

@Gerald  Thank You! Thanks for the additional info from Capt. Eddie. I wonder how he is doing, need to check up on him.

 

@kreisdorph Thanks for the additional information and pictures on wind shake!