Tomorrow-

 

Our Patriot Turners-

@Steve Krumanaker showed us some of his spectacular little bird houses and some other objects!

 

Steve is not going to let Christmas creep up on him this year! Check his post for more images and our member's comments-

 

@Gordon asked our opinion on comparing the Longworth chuck to a vacuum chuck. Several of our members employ the vacuum chuck and Gordon received some great advice. Check out the post and add your ideas-

 

@Headhunter posted some of his bowls in our Ringmaster Sub-forum. 

 

Hop over to Tony's post to see where the idea for the design originated and the species used-

 

From our "What's Off" an example of waste not - want not.

A little spalted sycamore bowl salvaged from a failed project.

 

 

What's Coming Up-

Click on the images for links to more information and registration

 

What have you been working on in your shop?
Share it with all of us at this Friday's free Zoom Sharing Session!
September 12th, 2:00 pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC

 

 

 

 

September 19 through September 21  2025

 

 

For The Newbies-

Tomislav Tomasic discusses scraper sharpen and how it can reduce your sanding efforts-

 

So you've started turning bowls but you want to make them more aesthetic looking? Mike Peace has some tips-

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Alan Stratton is back! I've followed Alan for years and really enjoy his projects. Of course I'm a "jig junky" and Alan loves to make jigs!!

@Headhunter uses a Ringmaster to make his bowls from a board. In this video, Alan puts his own spin (see what I did there 😁) on doing one.

 

Tim Yoder showed us how he uses a "story stick" in a short video, last week. This week he gives us a look at what the overall project was and an insight into making wood live on.

 

Woodturning has gone through many changes from the spring pole lathe to carbide tools. But are we ready to embrace "AI"??

Check out what Tomislav thinks-

 

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

Lots of Easy Wood Tools demonstrations happening in the near future!

https://www.mmwtc.org/

 

https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/appleton

 

https://okstatefair.com/

 

Last week we posted the short video of Carl Jacobson with the Joyner Offset Jig. This is the step by step setup tutorial. See how the Easy Wood Tools products compliment the use of the jig.

@Jordan Martindale

 

New Turning Items-

A couple of sales on turning equipment-

https://longworthchuck.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=30

 

Click on the below image for the link to the sale

 

 

Everything Else-

A video series that will help you appreciate your lathe when making a bowl-

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2017/11/02/ep-1-finding-the-bowl-within-the-log

 

 

 

Safe turning

Great post Lew.  That offset jig is quite amazing.

Thanks for the post Lew. Gonna have to sharpen up the scrapers. In my move today found wood of species I did not know I had.

9 hours ago, Gerald said:

In my move today found wood of species I did not know I had.

I suspect you'll find a of of things you didn't know you had, and you'll likely also wind up missing some things that your sure you had. (insert laughing emoji here)

@HandyDan  Thanks!

 

@Gerald  Thank You!

 

@Fred W. Hargis Jr  Ain't that the truth!!