Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners September 4, 2024

[lew]

Where did the summer go?!?!?!?!?

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

We've had more activity on our "What's On/Off Your Late..."

 

From "ON"-

@Gerald posted several of the things he is currently completing!

 

 

Some amazing looking pieces. Check out the post to see how Gerald created those amazing colors on the vase-

 

 

And from "OFF"-

@kreisdorph completed a couple of gorgeous bowls. I just cannot get over how beautiful the spalted one came out!

 

 

 

Catchup from last week starting here-

 

 

@AndrewB continues to grow his tool inventory. Check out what he has done this week-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

If you missed Cindy Drozda's live tool talk last week, she posted it on YouTube-

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

Kent Weakley, from Turn A Wood Bowl, has a nice video demonstrating the body positions during the turning process.

 

 

Mike Peace turns a great little item that may just be something the Mrs. would like-

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Another installment of the "4-Ways" collaboration. I must be a cheap skate- I keep mine in an old scuba diving net bag 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seems lately that baby rattles have been the current flavor of turning. Carl Jacobson has a special reason for this one- he's will be a grandpa soon!

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Sorry, couldn't find anything this week...

 

 

Everything Else-

I've been working on a cane for my brother. First time trying one of these. There is a lot of lathe use but much of it is just a way to hold the cane while working on shaping it. I did turn the tapered shaft. I can't take credit for the design as I liberated much of it from "mmh's" blog I found when doing research. 

 

I am at the point where the sanding is finished and I need to laser engrave his name and put on a finish. Have to set up the laser and play a little with test pieces to get a nice engraving. 

 

 

 

The Derby handle is tiger maple- the stripes show better when I wiped it down with mineral spirits. The collar is cherry and walnut. The shaft is hard maple. The black dots are dowels that go through the cane to pin an internal oak dowel that runs from the handle to the shaft. The pins are ebony turned from old piano keys.

 

 

Safe turning

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  Love that cane.  I made a few of them.  No easy task.

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

Really nice job on that cane, Lew! Well done.

[Gerald]

Thanks for the post Lew. You are a braver man than me I put brass on for my handle. Maybe we should start a cane post.

[HandyDan]

3 hours ago, Gerald said:

Thanks for the post Lew. You are a braver man than me I put brass on for my handle. Maybe we should start a cane post.

 

I like the idea of buying a handle.  They are a pain to make.  I played around with turning a handle.  Still lots of carving and sanding.

[DuckSoup]

 Nice job on the cane Lew.

[lew]

@HandyDan, @Fred W. Hargis Jr, @Gerald and @DuckSoup,

 

Thanks for all of the positive comments about the cane. Going to ship it out on Monday. My brother started physical therapy so hopefully it will come in handy.

 

Gerald, Like your idea about a cane post!

[Woodmaster95]

Awesome job Lew

[lew]

6 hours ago, Woodmaster95 said:

Awesome job Lew

Thank You!