Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners May 13, 2026

Our Patriot Turners-

@Rusty S Turned a gorgeous vase!

In his post, Rusty explains where he obtained the wood and a little bit about this adventure!

@Fred W. Hargis Jr posted a question concerning how a particular shadow box could be turned. Fred referenced a picture from the AAW.

Please check out Fred's post and see if you can help him out with your ideas.

@RustyFN finished up his fancy tool handles. These are some real beauties!!

@Rusty S experimented with some plywood, glued up blanks. It is amazing to see the designs and patterns that are created when turning plywood!

Head on over to Rusty's post to see more images and a sample glue up

@Gerald was featured by the AAW's "Beyond the Bevel" email. Way to go, Gerald!!

https://www.aawforum.org/community/media/winged-ne.22412/

What's Coming Up-

Valley Woodturners

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For The Newbies-

Tommy Tomislav discusses the importance of having sharp tools

From Tim Yoder about paper towels. Remember to work safely around the lathe and never use cloth towels.

An article from the Woodturning Tool Store on the use of scrapers and small hollow vessels

Woodturning Tool Store

Having to change chucks (or chuck jaws) can be a pain. Richard Raffan makes a chuck mounted screw chuck!

Expand Your Horizons-

Cool project from Jeff Hornung

Last week we shared a video from Carl Jacobson where he used the microwave to dry a blank. Richard Raffan tried his hand at it this week. Check out the end of the video as he clamps the bowl on his lathe. Pretty neat idea.

Tommy Tomislav turns a lidded box. Really unusual design.

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

The folks at Easy Wood Tools are wondering if you are working on that list of projects!

Lots of Easy Wood Tools users all over the Internet!

I'll bet the baker in your family would love one of these!!!

JP Woodwork turned and burned a bowl @MrRick

New Turning Items-

Package deal from Robert Sorby tools-

https://woodturnerscatalog.com/

One more video demonstrating the new Stuart Batty grinder platforms-

Woodturners Wonders sale items-

https://woodturnerswonders.com/

Everything Else-

Getting close to finishing up a tiny bowl from an article in the latest AAW magazine. Measurements were off just a bit and kept it from being perfectly centered. The bottom needs finished off, yet.

Safe turning