Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.

 

Please don't forget that we have started our annual Christmas project to help a veteran and their family-

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@RustyFN posted an inquiry about a lathe stand for handicapped turners. If you have any plans, or know where plans can be obtained, please let Rusty know-

 

 

@Gordon asked our members a question concerning bowl finishes appropriate for specific uses. He received some input from our members. 

Hop over to Gordon's post and let him know what your favorite bowl finishes are!

 

 

@DAB turned some cute little ornaments. 

 

He posted it here-

 

 

@Fred W. Hargis Jr had turned a Christmas tree finial. This is where he used it-

 

Pretty cool project. Fred explains more, here-

 

Fred's project prompted @JimM to show us his version. Notice the "finial" on his tree-

 

Jim's post is just a few entries down from Fred's.

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

 

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For The Newbies-

Just starting out and looing for a simple but useful project? How about a Garden Dibbler (Dibble). Watch how Mike Waldt creates his-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

A cool project from Glenn Lucas that will test your sphere turning skills!

 

 

Carl Jacobson does a live demo on turning a lidded box using the bronze threaded inserts. If you are planning to do something like this, there are some good tips-

 

 

Some more Christmas ornament ideas from Alan Stratton-

 

 

@Steve Krumanaker does a lot of "Bee Specific" turned items. I saw this in a news letter from Niles Bottle Stoppers and thought I'd share it-

 

 

Steve also turns birdhouse ornaments. For his work, he also turns the little birds that live in them. This Craft Supplies USA video demonstrates turning birdhouses along with a source for tiny premade birds.

 

Visit- https://woodturnerscatalog.com/collections/new-products/products/mini-mushroom-birds-4-pack?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf   for the birds.

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

Nothing new but I did notice there are lots of "Black Friday" sales running at most of the woodturning sources

 

 

Everything Else-

Safe turning

 

 

Thanks Lew.  Birdhouse ornaments have to be my favorite.  I have seen so many different versions and love them all.

Thanks for the post Lew. Saw Stratton at SWAT doing spheres so I turned my first a couple weeks ago and plan to embellish it. Now guess there will also be a sphere box.

clearly i'm just making a C in ornament turning.  only done 3 so far, have some blanks for later ready in the shop.

3 hours ago, DAB said:

clearly i'm just making a C in ornament turning.  only done 3 so far, have some blanks for later ready in the shop.

Hope you show us how they come out!

another.

6 minutes ago, DAB said:

another.

 

Nice coves and beads!  Will you leave them natural or apply color?

natural for now.  i'll give them away, and they can do as they wish.  color with marker pens, paint, whatever.

@HandyDan  Thanks!

 

@Gerald   Thank You!

 

@DAB   Thanks! I'd say more like a B+ on you work!  Thanks for sharing the ornaments!

 

 

good news for ornaments:  there really is no 'wrong' answer.  just ornaments that get smaller and smaller until you stop the lathe.