Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners February 21, 2024

[lew]

Lots happening this past week!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@keith long stopped by to say "Hi". He is busy with life and doing well. He had some questions about lathe parts. Check out his post and see if you can add to what has been said-

 

Keith also had a question about what wood species would be best for making duck calls. If you make them or know what would work best, maybe you could help him out-

 

 

@kreisdorph resurrected an older post about bowl drying. He added some great additional information.  Check out the entire thread here-

 

Kent also gave us a nice review on a book for identifying wood species. Thanks!!!

 

 

@Gerald is recovering from knee surgery and snuck back into the shop to work on some projects. Hope he got back into his recliner before the Mrs. got home 

 

See what else he did at-

 

 

Our "What's On Your Lathe" thread continues to generate awesome projects. 

 

 

 

 

@kreisdorph, @teesquare  and @RustyFN showed us some fantastic work. Start here to catch up on all the projects-

 

 

 

@StaticLV2 continues to work on his segmented turnings

 

He posted this one in the "What's On Your Weekend Agenda"

 

 

 

And, from our "OFF The Lathe and Finished' thread-

 

 

 

@kreisdorph and @RustyFN posted some gorgeous turnings. Catch up with all these items here-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

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For The Newbies-

Ask ten turners what is the best finish and you will likely get at least 15 different answers. One finish that often mentioned is shellac. This video from Kent Weakley explains why shellac is appropriate. 

 

This is the link to his article on shellac and how to mix it-

https://turnawoodbowl.com/make-shellac-wood-bowl-finish/

 

 

Turned wooden boxes make nice gifts. Sam Angelo demonstrates turning one from start to finish. Looks like Sam needs to turn the heat up in his shop. I don't endorse wearing gloves, but that's just me.

 

 

Craft Supplies USA has a step by step video on turning a pepper mill.

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Richard Raffan demonstrates turning one of his signature scoops. Awesome skew work and check out the shop made, lathe mounted sanding disc.

 

 

 

Lyle Jamieson provides tip for preventing vibration when turning finials

 

 

New Turning Items-

Ron Brown has a new parting tool to use with his "Bowl From A Board" jig-

 

 

Everything Else-

This past week, in another Patriot forum, there has been a very informative discussion on liability for the stuff we make. This video, from Alan Stratton, addresses some of the regulations for a specific item.

 

 

 

Safe turning

[Gerald]

Thanks Lew. Been thinking about doing a baby rattle.

[Grandpadave52]

Thanks Lew. Another info packed weekly post. Love seeing the amazing work our own folks are doing.

 

Even @Geraldwhen he's NOT supposed to be doing

[John Morris]

Wonderful subject and topic laden with very relevant information Lew! Thanks for recognizing all our fantastic turners here!

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  Definitely have the time to watch the suggested videos.

[lew]

@Gerald  Thank you!

 

@Grandpadave52  Thanks!

 

@John Morris  Thank you!

 

@HandyDan Thanks! Hope you are feelin better.