Another thunderstorm about to roll on through!

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@FrederickH showed us his red oak burl bowl he has just about finished. Gorgeous color and spectacular character.

 

Checkout Rick's post for more images and his description-

What’s Coming Up-

Click on the images for links to more information and registration

Cindy Drozda will be have her live tool talk on Friday, July 18th, 2pm Eastern (18:00 UTC).

 

The Mid Atlantic Woodturning Symposium announced the addition of Helen Bailey to the demonstrators' lineup.

 

 

For The Newbies-

A short video, from Tim Yoder, on Tool Rest Care

 

A very informative video from Richard Raffan on using the skew chisel.

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Wanna turn a bowl but haven't purchased that scroll chuck yet? Ernie Conover has got you covered. This tutorial was published in the Woodworker's Journal.

https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/turning-bowl-just-lathe-faceplate/

 

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

We have pretty much covered the individual Easy Wood Tools. Seeing the tools in creative action is a great way to learn how to use them and their capabilities. 

This video shows the use of EWT tools while finishing an already roughed out bowl-

 

If you are in the Baltimore MD area this coming weekend, stop in at the Woodcraft store and catch this great demo by David Welch!

 

https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/baltimore?srsltid=AfmBOor9jiSeqV1Fz_JMQGbEEq8FQjjSktp4fKfeqMwWqFnNf1brKFrl

@Jordan Martindale

 

New Turning Items-

Ron Brown is working on a new bandsaw circle jig that should be useful if you do "Bowls From A Board"

This product should ship on or around August 1, 2025. Check out Ron's website https://www.ronbrownsbest.com/

Everything Else-

I've committed (or maybe should be) to doing a demo at the local turning club in early August. I always try to do something a little different than just turn an item. The demos are scheduled for about 1 hour so it is challenging to come up with something unique and doable in the limited time frame.

My plan is to show how to do the John Beaver "wave bowls". These bowls take me several days from start to finish. Using several bowls, in various stages of completion, I think I can do an interesting demo; especially since both types of bowls start out with the same operations.

I have created 4 Sycamore bowls- 3 as part of the demo and 1 is a finished recessed wave bowl (I have a protruding wave bowl, too).

 

The center bowl is at the point where the decision is made to create the recess or protruding wave.

 

The "wave" isn't glued so folks can see how the pieces are held during turning

 

 

This bowl will be used to explain how the protruding wave is created

 

This bowl will be used to show how the inside of the bowl is finished. This one is glued together but not finish

 

The finished bowl is on the lathe now and getting a Poly bath.

 

 

Once it dries, I'll finish off the bottom to reshape the foot to get rid of the dovetail recess.

 

Safe turning

 

The rest of the tree is coming down. There's a large, flat burl located at the junction of the major limbs. Work was curtailed because of the thunder/lightening today. The crane work will be completed on Tuesday.

25 minutes ago, FrederickH said:

The rest of the tree is coming down

Wow! That is a big tree! Any estimate on the age?

Those wave bowls are cool,  Thanks for the post.

46 minutes ago, lew said:

Wow! That is a big tree! Any estimate on the age?

Planted in 1953!!!

12 hours ago, FrederickH said:

Planted in 1953!!!

WOW!!!!!

I'm with Dan, those wave bowls are cool...it would be neat to see your demo.

Yesterday's aftermath before the rain/lightening/thunder struck. This was about 1/3 of what they cut. They'll be back next week to remove the trunk section and grind down the stump.

7 minutes ago, FrederickH said:

They'll be back next week to remove the trunk section

A couple of bowl blanks in that trunk, but red oak is not the best for anything liquid.

Nice post Lew. why don't you do a video of your demo then we can all try it!

10 hours ago, Gerald said:

Nice post Lew. why don't you do a video of your demo then we can all try it!

The club doesn't make videos of the demonstrations 

 

I am considering writing a blog on it but still need a lot more process pictures.

@FrederickH  Thank You! Hope you dave a bit of the tree for some turning projects!

 

@HandyDan  Thanks! Not really happy with the way it looked when the finished dried.

 

@Fred W. Hargis Jr  Thank You!

 

@Gerald  Thank You! I'm still working on photos for a blog/tutorial. I get to working on a project and completely forget about taking pictures. I think I might need to invest in a real video camera and learn to film/edit.

4 hours ago, lew said:

 

@Gerald  Thank You! I'm still working on photos for a blog/tutorial. I get to working on a project and completely forget about taking pictures. I think I might need to invest in a real video camera and learn to film/edit.

I do the same thing. Finish project and still forget pictures.