Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners March 20, 2024

[lew]

Stonemasons finished the chimney today. Mimi says it looks really nice.

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

Member @keithlong asked a question about carbide, negative rake bead cutters. He was curious if anyone had experience with them. Please check out his post and maybe give him your opinion.

 

The "What's OFF Your lathe..." and "What's On Your Lathe..." topics had activity this week by @kreisdorph. He showed us some really nice bowls and one that didn't quite make it. 

 

From Off the lathe-

 

 

 

New stuff and comments start here-

 

And, What's On the lathe 

 

 

The new stuff starts here-

Some good discussions in both posts.

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

This is the video from last Friday's Tool Talk from Cindy Drozda. It was a little different as she talked about the new "gadgets" she has in her shop.

 

 

 

Click on the following images for links to registration and more information-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

A couple of turning tips from Lyle Jamieson-

 

 

 

Sam Angelo has created a new YouTube channel to help the new turner get started. It's called "Learn 2 Turn With Sam"

The introduction to the channel

 

And one of the first lessons-

 

 

 

For a woodturner, one of the most useful machines, besides the lathe, is a bandsaw. In this video, Kent Weakley discusses Bandsaw Basics.

 

 

 

 

The latest issue of Woodcraft Magazine (April/May 2024) has a great article for someone thinking about getting started in woodturning. It covers just about everything you need to consider. There's also a how-to article on turned fishing lures. Check it out at your local newsstand or in the magazine section at the local Borg.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

A couple of weeks ago, we included a video from Alan Stratton on multi-axis star ornaments. Alan has refined his process and posted this video-

 

 

One of our member from a long time ago, @Charles Nicholls, used to turn light pulls. It's a great way to use up scraps and Charles sold many of his turnings. Mike Waldt shows us how he does it.

 

 

New Turning Items-

Even though I turn almost exclusively with carbide tools, I do have and can use traditional HSS tools. For sharpening the HSS tools, I use a Tormek slow, wet grinder. Tormek has an extensive lineup of sharpening jigs to aid in getting those razor sharp edges. Now, those styles of jigs are available from Woodturners Wonders, for other types of grinders and they are on sale!

 

 

Click on the above image for the link to the sale page.

 

 

Everything Else-

I had some sycamore bowls roughed out and dried. Spent an hour or so this afternoon working on the closed bowl shape. The wood itself is pretty unexciting grain wise so I added some extra details to make it more interesting. Maybe tomorrow I'll get to reverse it and finish out the bottom. Used Yorkshire grit and beeswax/mineral oil for finishing. Burned rings. Beads made with EWT beading cutters.

 

 

 

 

Safe turning

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

Lew, i dislike watching videos on the computer, but there are a couple above that I'll need to watch. Thanks! I'll check out the jigs at WW, I have most of the stuff I need but they may have something I want.

[Cal]

You really dressed up that bowl Lew, beautiful!

[HandyDan]

Great post Lew.  The videos look interesting as usual.  The star ornaments really caught my eye.

[Gerald]

Great post Lew. That bowl really catches the eye. Some videos show a real interest too.

[Grandpadave52]

Another info packed post Lew. Thanks.

Interesting and great reminder of bandsaw basics and safety video regardless of using for turning blanks or resawing.

Beautiful bowl from your shop too.

[lew]

@Fred W. Hargis Jr First, so glad you and your family are safe and unharmed from that storm. The jigs look pretty nice. I have an old Tormek grinder and love it.

 

@Cal Thank You!

 

@HandyDan  Thanks!

 

@Gerald  Thank You!

 

@Grandpadave52  Thanks!