Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners October 1, 2025

October 2

Our Patriot Turners-

Member @Steve Krumanaker showed us a neat setup he concocted for easily transporting a lathe for demonstrations!

In his post, Steve explains his setup and some of the design features-

I was watching @Handfoolery's guitar build on YouTube. He has posted some of his journey on the Patriot woodworking forum. What caught my eye was the equipment he was using to apply finish to the guitar. Finishing is not my strong suit and the spray set up he used looked like it would work well for turned items.

https://preval.com/diy-pro-products/preval-sprayer/

The video showing him finishing his guitar-

New member @Tay-da-Tay asked us for information oh harvesting a tree with burls. I've never been fortunate enough to have been able to have this experience. Hoping our members/readers can offer some advice.

What's Coming Up-

If you missed Cindy's Tool Talk, last Friday, she has it posted on line-

For The Newbies-

Sam Angelo has a video comparing/contrasting the bowl gouge and the spindle gouge.

Tomislav Tomasic discusses bowl gouge sharpening-

A cool Halloween turning project from Craft Supplies USA-

Expand Your Horizons-

More skew practice! Richard Raffan turns some spatulas!!

Alan Stratton is back posting! In this video he combines segments, Celtic rings and glass hardware.

First of the month and the "4-Ways" collaborators are at it again. This month we are missing Tomislav Tomasic. He is recovering from some surgery. The project is a carvers mallet.