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Wednesday' Wisdom For Woodturners August 19, 2026

lew
lew
in Wood Turners

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Our Patriot Turners-

@RustyFN is working on a maple and purple heart bowl. He shared his progress in this post-

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He also gave us an update on his McNaughton coring system. He was having troubles and explains in his post

We've had a couple of generalized topics posted this week. @Fred W. Hargis Jr i wondering if he should change his approach to sanding. Our members offered some suggestions from their own experiences. Have a thought? Help Fred out!

@Rusty S is considering an upgrade to his carving setup after having worn out a couple of tools. If you have a system that is robust, maybe you could pass along what you like/dislike about it.

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What's Coming Up-

Cindy Drozda's replay of last Friday's Tool Talk

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Registration- https://www.segmentedwoodturners.org/

For The Newbies-

Tommy Tomasic video on "riding the bevel"

Sam Angelo shows us how to sharpen a negative rake scraper

Mike Peace tells us everything we need to know about tool rest.

Expand Your Horizons-

A rather long video from Craft Supplies USA on turning a ring box. Very detailed.

Happened across this video posted by the North East Indiana woodturning club. The post from Rusty on carving and turning makes this pretty relevant. Our own @Steve Krumanaker is a member of this club!

Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools-

An explanation of why the standard EWT carbide cutter will not become a negative rake cutter if it is turned up side down-

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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GEeKEWdXQ/

Using EWT Yorkshire grits for finishing!

Tim also uses the EWT negative rake cutter

Not too early to think about those Christmas ornaments! Here's "Dueling Ornament" one with traditional tools and one with EWT tools

Next week's EWT demonstration-

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

@Jordan Martindale

New Turning Items-

From Woodturners Wonders and in line with our topic of sanding-

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https://woodturnerswonders.com/

Everything Else-

Safe turning

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    Thanks for the mention and all of the great videos to watch Lew.

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    Thanks for the post Lew

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    Thanks for the mention Lew ,now to go back and correct my grammar☹️

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