Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners November 27, 2024

[lew]

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

 

 

[HandyDan]

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

[Gerald]

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.

[DAB]

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

[lew]

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!

[DAB]

another.

[lew]

6 minutes ago, DAB said:

another.

 

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

[DAB]

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

[lew]

@HandyDan  Thanks!

 

@Gerald   Thank You!

 

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

 

 

[DAB]

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