Wednesday's Wisdom For Woodturners June 17, 2026

Our Patriot Turners-

@RustyFN received more inquiries about his bowl from a board-

The new comments start here-

We've had some entries into our long running post "What's Off Your Lathe..."

@Gerald shared some of his latest work!

And Lew posted a pedestal dish

The new posts starts here-

What's Coming Up-

Cindy Drozda's Tool Talk is this Friday-

Registration link- https://streamyard.com/watch/PVb4nVZDunFa

For The Newbies-

A nice article from Popular Woodworking on chucks and chucking

Popular Woodworking

You can buy beading tools or ,as Tommy Tomasic shows us, make one of your own!

Tommy also shows us some super close ups of turning tools in action. You can now get a greater understanding some of those hard to visualize terms like "ride the bevel"

Expand Your Horizons-

Alan Stratton turns some small end grain bowls from tree limbs. The natural organic shapes are really beautiful.

Mike Peace uses a CamVac system in his shop. He recently added a "Whisper Box" to the system. First, an older video of Mike's original assessment of the CamVac-

And the addition of the "Whisper Box"-

This caught my eye when scanning social media. Not everyone likes a shiny finish, but if you do, you will like this-

https://www.facebook.com/reel/3906771602787448

Last week we posted a new product from Niles Bottle Stoppers. Carl Jacobson made a video on using the whiskey smoker.

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

Easy Wood Tools in action!-

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lp243FYrEUg?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/E6Q8ag25LBg?si=1VewyUYctm3LXe9k

Easy Wood Tools demonstration next week-

Woodcraft

@Jordan Martindale

New Turning Items-

A couple of new items.

From Niles Bottle Stoppers, a Drill and Face tool for getting that perfect fit between handles and stoppers/cutters.

Shop Here

And from Robert Sorby, a new eccentric turning chuck-

Available here- https://www.packardwoodworks.com/lathes-acc-spec-sorbyecchk.html

Everything Else-

On a personal note, kind of a cool time coming up this Sunday. Summer solstice ( longest day of the year), Father's Day and Mimi and my 50th wedding anniversary. I will take an idea from @Gerald - go to Wally World and read anniversary cards to each other then stop at Micky D's

Safe turning