Well, January is just about in the books and I see that Punxsutawney Phil will make his winter prediction on Sunday. 

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Gerald has been turning more than his favorite Georgia Pecan! Check out what this piece is going to be!

 

 

 

@RustyFN received his new double ended bowl gouge!

 

Rusty provided a source in his post-

 

Rusty also gave us a heads-up on a great looking air filtration system from Rikon.

 

Our members liked what they saw and added information on what they were using. Why not share your setup!  Thanks, Rusty!

 

 

 

@smitty10101 asked a question about turning a specific pattern as an access ring for a segmented turning. 

We had some detailed responses from our segment specialist. Check out Smitty's post and see if you can provide additional information-

 

 

We had additions to our "What's OFF" the lathe as well as questions on natural edge bowls.

Thanks @BuckeyeHomestead for the pictures and question and to @kreisdorph for awesome answers to the questions-

 

 

The new comments and images start here-

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

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

 

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

A quick reminder from Carl Jacobson. Safety is paramount!  Even the most experienced turners can have things go wrong-

 

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Found this article on various ways to stabilize soft and punky wood. I've been using the CA method for a while although it can create stain marks.

 

 

https://www.aawforum.org/community/threads/hardening-spalted-punky-wood.23599/

 

 

Recently, Craft Supplies USA reviewed The Bowl Saver Max for coring bowl blanks. Richard Raffan demonstrates his shop made device for similar operations-

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

@Gerald's aluminum turning directed me to this, from Stuart Barry. 

 

 

Looks like Highland Woodworking is carrying Record Power lathes-

 

 

https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/search.aspx?find=record%2c

 

 

Everything Else-

Safe turning

 

 

 

Thanks Lew

Thanks Lew.  New tools keep coming on the market.  Richard Raffans tool is my kind of tool.  Homemade, I like it.

Thanks for the post Lew. Cannot see reinventing my tool collection but I do wish Batty had his tools to fit conventional handles.

@RustyFN  Thank You!

 

@HandyDan  Thanks!

 

@Gerald  Thank You!