Starting off the year with lots of information- Thanks to all our turners for posting their stuff!

 

If you haven't checked already, here's who walked away with the awesome prizes from our Christmas project. We raised over $1500 for our Soldiers Warriors Family. Thanks to everyone who participated!

 

 

 

Our Patriot Turners-

Last week, @RustyFN mentioned he reground his new 3/4" bowl gouge to make if more efficient. Rusty posted an update with a picture of the tip. 

And he  showed us just how great the new grind works!

Rusty made a little lidded box out of some gorgeous mystery wood-

 

There were lots of comments and guesses as to what the wood might be, in his post

 

@FrederickH askes a question concerning burls, Rick scored several red oak burls and he was curious about the possibilities of turning them. Maybe you can give him suggestions from your own experiences.

 

More images and comments in this post-

 

@FlGatorwood posted what he had planned for some wood he scored. First time, in a long time, we've had a post in this topic- Thanks, Steve!!

 

 

Remember @Rusty S's post a sharing how he made his Celtic Knot ornaments? Well check out their family Christmas tree!!

 

A little more here-

 

What's Coming Up-

Last Friday's Tool Talk, from Cindy Drozda is available on YouTube-

 

Also from Cindy-

"I'd like to share with you how to make a Lidded Jewelry Bowl,
Live on Zoom, January 24th, 1pm Eastern (17:00 UTC)"

 

Registration is here-

https://www.cindydrozda.com/

 

For The Newbies-

Another short video from Tim Yoder on your stance while turning-

   

 

More skew practice from Craft Supplies USA-

 

Expand Your Horizons-

While searching the "Interweb" for this week's post, I ended up following Alice down the rabbit hole. It all started with a post on the AAW about what computer programs do folks use for designing their projects.

Aside from Sketchup, Woodturner Pro, Segmented Project Planner, adobe and others I ran across this one-

 

https://lumencarver.art/

Instructional videos are found here-

https://vimeo.com/lumencarver

 

As often happens, one thing leads to another and these are some of the results.

 

Did you ever wonder how those perfectly aligned embellishments, around the circumference of a turning are done? Here you go-

 https://mdfre2.colvintools.com/ELFOSv3/Activity-Pearling.html

 

And then further, past the empty orange marmalade jar, realizing that many turners have 3D printers, you get these ideas for woodturning associated items-

 

https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=Woodturning&page=1

 

And if that's not enough-

https://makerworld.com/en/@BodieDesigns/upload

 

The "4 Ways" collaborators posted their projects for January-

 

 

 

 

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

Easy Wood Tools in action. JP Woodwork shous us that you don't need the traditional gouges to create beautiful object from a tree log!

 

 

 

I have been putting these tools to the test lately. I'm really starting to like the hollowing process-

@Jordan Martindale

 

New Turning Items-

Ron Brown Has released a newly designed two wheeled Steady Rest

 

Check out more at-

https://longworthchuck.com/

 

 

Woodturners Wonders has the Kodiak products back in stock!

 

To see the entire stock, click on the image above.

 

If you watched Cindy Drozda's Tool Talk (also above), She demonstrated 2 new drive centers from Axminster. These are available from the Woodturning Tool Store-

 

Click on the above image for the link to more information.

 

Finally, Robert Sorby has a new Slim Parting tool-

 

Available from our very generous sponsor, Woodcraft-

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/sorby-thin-kerf-parting-tool

 

 

Everything Else-

 

Safe turning

Thanks Lew.  The Pistachio bowl from Tomislav is quite the eye catcher.  Enjoyed watching that one.

Thanks for the post Lew. Have to look back thru for my interests.

Thanks Lew.

@HandyDan   Thanks!

 

@Gerald   Thank You!

 

@RustyFN   Thanks!!