Raining again!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Fred W. Hargis Jr updated us on his progress with his cool segmented coin holders.

 

He has made some adjustments in his technique and describes them in his post.

 

@RustyFN is teaching at his local Woodcraft. He got some practice in with this bowling ball.

 

It didn't go quite as planned as Rusty describes in his post-

 

What’s Coming Up-

Click on the images for links to registration and more information

 

 

For The Newbies-

Sam Angelo discusses the difference between a traditional bowl gouge grind and the "Bottom Feeder" grind.

 

Tomislav Tomasic posted a video that includes a new safety feature that protects both the operator and the lathe.

I hope it becomes a standard feature on all lathes.

 

Expand Your Horizons-

A nice article/tutorial in Popular Woodworking, from Jimmy Clewes, on turning a winged box.

The link to the tutorial-

https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/turned-winged-box/

 

Tim Yoder does some threading with an awesome looking threading "device"

 

The video is apparently a little old. This is the link to a newer version of the jig.

https://chefwarekits.com/Threading-Jigs-c9880435?srsltid=AfmBOorAAUTaQZHrT_dOYeJamCRCvOW1p_t4UJMLP--Wcow5aFwbgsj7

 

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

Most of the Easy Wood Tools carbide cutters are available in the Negative Rake configuration, identified by the "NR" notation in the descriptions.

 

The negative rake cutters are less aggressive compared to the the "original" style of cutter. The negative rake design was originally developed for acrylic/hybrid blanks to be turned with less chipping that occurred with standard HSS and or standard carbide cutters. They work equally well on wooden blanks, especially during hollowing. 

Tools utilizing negative rake cutters are used with the same presentation angle/position as the standard cutters.

 

 

 

 

For the Easy Wood Tools users "across the pond" a nice discount on the products-

 

@Jordan Martindale

 

 

New Turning Items-

Reviews, something new and sale items.

Tomislav unpack and reviews the Mike Mahoney Hollowing System

 

Click on the images for links to the suppliers.

Starbond-

Woodcraft

Spiracraft

 

 

Everything Else-

Safe turning

 

 

Thanks for the post Lew. I got Cindi's email today and that looks like an interesting session. That lathe Tomislav talked about looks like a winner. Man Clewes has found another winning design.

Don't think I'd like the new safety feature on the Midi 3 lathe.  That winged box ix sweet.  Thanks Lew.

That was one cool tool show Tomislav went to, I would love to see one like that.

Thanks Lew

@Gerald  Thank You!

 

@HandyDan  Thanks! Wish I had that safety feature on my first lathe. I had mounted a rather heavy bowl blank and didn't thread the faceplate completely onto the headstock, and didn't know about plastic washers. When I turned on the lathe, the inertia (actually the lack of inertia) of the heavy blank caused the threads to jam into the faceplate. I eventually got them separated but the threads were galled on the headstock. 

 

@Fred W. Hargis Jr  Thank You!

 

@RustyFN  Thanks!