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Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners April 8, 2026

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Our Patriot Turners-

Member @Steve Krumanaker continues to outdo himself with each new project. This ornament is spectacular in design and creativity-

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Check out Steve's post to see how he made this one!

@Headhunter uses a RIngmaster to create awesome bowls. His designs and choice of species produces unique items.

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In his post, he tells us about the wood species he used for these beauties!

Earlier this week, @RCavasher posted this information in the Shop Smith forum. I promised we would added it here to help get more exposure. Hopefully someone will be interested.

What's Coming Up-

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https://www.youtube.com/live/HxAzCEn6hdI?si=TsVP4205EA5eYkcO

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https://streamyard.com/watch/5nexpwFveg6N

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https://mawts.com/event/

For The Newbies-

Last week we posted an article about bowl gouge grinds. That information was the basis of a live demonstration from Todd Raines (Woodturning Tool Store). Here is the replay to provide additional information.

Tim Yoder demonstrates how to turn and color beautiful pendants-

Expand Your Horizons-

@Steve Krumanaker creates awesome birdhouse ornaments and decorates them with tiny birds. In this video, Mike Peace turns larger versions of those style of birds.

So far I've made 4 urns for for our fur babies. Thankfully I have not had to make any for anyone else. Carl Jacobson created an urn that would be a fitting resting place for any deer hunter.

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

Lots of Easy Wood Tools users popping up all over the Internet!

The EWT demonstrators will be out in force at many of your local Rockler stores-

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Check out the demonstrations and save some money on Easy Wood Tools products!

@Jordan Martindale

New Turning Items-

Not new but if you're looking for a CBN wheel for your Tormek style sharpening station, Woodturners Wonders has them back in stock.

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Shop Here

Everything Else-

It's always fun watching Frank Howarth

Safe turning

Thanks Lew. I got to make sure to watch the bird video.

Thanks for the post Lew. It may be just me but the Yoder video did not appear for me , tried refresh and no go.

The info on gouges was also in Todd's newsletter which I think also is on his site for those who want to make a copy.

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26 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Yoder video did not appear for me , tried refresh and no go.

Thanks, I will check it out

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19 hours ago, Gerald said:

Thanks for the post Lew. It may be just me but the Yoder video did not appear for me , tried refresh and no go.

The info on gouges was also in Todd's newsletter which I think also is on his site for those who want to make a copy.

Gerald, not sure what's happening. The video plays for me in both Chrome and Firefox. It also plays on my iPhone.

If any one else has trouble with the videos, please let me know.

Yoder's video appears like this for me, and when I clecked the unlock button, nothing happened. I though I deleted duck duck go, but maybe I need to look a little closer. I don't think this is anyone's problem but mine.Screenshot 2026-04-10 at 5.37.04 AM.png

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2 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Yoder's video appears like this for me, and when I clecked the unlock button, nothing happened. I though I deleted duck duck go, but maybe I need to look a little closer. I don't think this is anyone's problem but mine.Screenshot 2026-04-10 at 5.37.04 AM.png

Thanks, Fred, for letting me know. The new Patriot software update is making it more difficult to share videos from some social media sites. I'm still learning. Mimi uses DuckDuckGo on her computer and it can cause weird stuff to happen.

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