Well apparently Punxsutawney Phil got it right, at least for PA. Snow and sleet tonight, rinse and repeat for Saturday! 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@calabrese55 added a beautiful mixed media, mixed construction vase to our "What's Off" topic and our turners showed their appreciation for his work-

 

 

Please head over to Mike's post and check out more images and the great comments-

 

 

@RustyFN taught another bowl turning class at his local Woodcraft store. Please see his, and our turner's, comments at-

 

 

 

What’s Coming Up-

Click on the image for the link to more information and registration

 

 

 

If you missed it, last Friday, Cindy Drozda uploaded her Tool Talk presentation-

 

 

 

For The Newbies-

This video is a live demonstration showing some of the things to do for lathe maintenance. Filming isn't theater quality

 

 

Pen turning is a nice way to ease into turning and the pens make awesome gifts. This video, from Craft Supplies USA, takes us through the steps.

 

Although there lots of specialized jigs that can be purchase to do pen turning, many can be shop made for practically no cost.

 

 

Expand Your Horizons-

It is the beginning of the month and the "4 Ways Collaboration" group has uploaded their versions of a long stemmed goblet-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Turning Items-

 

 

Everything Else-

Popular Woodworking provided links to several turning articles. Beginners as well as more advanced turners should be able to find something useful.

 

Jimmy Clewes turns a natural edge bowl-

 

https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/turn-a-live-edge-bowl/

 

 

 

Judy Ditmer discusses turning multiple copies of an item-

 

https://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/making-multiples/

 

 

 

Alan Lancer turns handles for turning tools-

 

https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/handles-for-turning-tools/

 

 

 

And, Yoav Liberman provides his insights into using carbide tools for the beginner. Although I disagree with his observation that carbide tools are "crude but effective."

 

 

https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/carbide-tools-unlocking-woodturning-potential/

 

 

 

Safe turning

Thanks for the post Lew. Gotta try Mike's goblet

Thanks Lew.  The goblet 4 way challenge is interesting.  Definitely different designs and all nice too.