Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners October 8, 2025

[lew]

Our Patriot Turners-

@Steve Krumanaker is the master at turning birdhouse ornaments! He can see these awesome little houses in the most unlikely places.

 

Check his post for more images and what species he used for these.

 

What's Coming Up-

An update on the Fall 2025 Vendor Showcase from Tod Raines and Cindy Drozda.

The link for registration-

https://streamyard.com/watch/UEPASfQYUjg2

 

This Friday, October 10, 2025, Cindy Drozda's Tool Talk 

The YouTube link-

https://www.youtube.com/live/nBjS2woRNJU?si=RERI2OapWi-VleUQ

 

For The Newbies-

If you have tried turning with a tenon and had the tenon break, Mike Peace shows us methods of salvaging the turning-

 

Expand Your Horizons-

Tod Raines' presentation from last Friday focused on making wooden jaws for a four jaw chuck. The wooden jaws are less prone to damaging the turning.

Some good instructions on making the jaws. Live demonstrations can have their share of "oops" moments. Fast forward to the 1 hour mark and see the "mistake" and Cindy's comment just before the excitement.

 

Richard Raffan turns a bowl to salvage it from splitting. What caught my eye was the way he used a shop made jig to hold the turning to the lathe while he created the bowl feet. Simple but affective. Very near the end of the video, just past the 22 minute mark

 

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

Easy Wood Tool Demonstrations for next week-

https://charlestownewoodturners.org/

 

https://www.woodworkingshop.com/woodworking-extravaganza?srsltid=AfmBOortMTJHpUxUpUHBQ-n1P3ZiLX628bhOnkhPrfM6A1VkMsyPRgZg

 

https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/appleton?srsltid=AfmBOorIkkkEMwjeU3Lbt8FM8cpQrFyH4Fo_3TsmDTe1pw77kLx_nVsy

 

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

 

https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/oklahoma-city

 

Easy Wood Tools negative rake cutters were developed for turning acrylic and hybrid blanks. 

Jake Thompson turns this one for a very worthy cause.

At the end of this video, EWTs Yorkshire Grits are used to bring out a glass like finish

@Jordan Martindale

 

New Turning Items-

New from Sorby tools! Looks like a much easier tool to use than the full size texture/spiraling tool

Available from our very generous sponsor-

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/sorby-micro-spiral-set?srsltid=AfmBOooVjnNIgh5-vGlf4l_MjIRBT1goQ8eIT7tbv33eIthOBSgPr1K7

 

Not new but on sale from Highland Hardware. The Wood Slicer bandsaw blade. Great for cutting stock for segmented turning.

Click on the image for the link to the sale-

 

Another source for modular tool supplies

 

The Woodturning Tool Store

 

 

Everything Else-

 

Safe turning

[HandyDan]

Thanks Lew.  Enjoyed the spiral tool video.  I have one of those.

[Steve Krumanaker]

Thank you Lew!