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Cold and windy here. Expecting a coating of snow tomorrow. Our Patriot Turners- @Fred W. Hargis Jr is prepping the load of wood he picked up a while back. He is sealing the ends of the blanks to slow down the drying process. Fred received some tips, from our members, on sealing materials. Check out his post at- @Gordon posed a question about using coloring agents to finish off a bowl. Specifically, he is looking for input on using dyes. Several of our members have provided some guidance. If you have experience, please add your comments to Gordon's post- A couple of entries and comments on our post for "What's ON/OFF" the lathe From what's ON- From @Gerald New comments start here- And from What's OFF- @RustyFN's awesome bowl. Check out the grain patterns! New entries start here- What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to more information and registration- Any one up for a road trip?? For The Newbies- You've started to turn bowls. The outside looks pretty good but you are not happy with the roughness/ridges on the inside. Tomislav Tomasic demonstrates techniques to help improve the surface. Expand Your Horizons- Is there a use for a 3-D printer for the woodturner? Mike Peace investigates. A few weeks ago we posted a source for the new bowl coring system from the Woodcut company. Craft Supplies USA created an in-depth video from unboxing through use. New Turning Items- From Trent Bosch, a new design in tool rests. Asymmetrical Tool Rests. Click the image for link to the site. From Ron Brown, a video demonstrating the new "Bowl From A Board Extended Reach Base"- Everything Else- The new Craft Supplies USA catalog is available online at- https://indd.adobe.com/view/773366dd-1e4a-437f-92f0-c98e00d316ab I may have to buy an iPad to be able to peruse the pages while relaxing in the "Reading Room" Safe turning
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Our daughter and family recently visited friends in California, while there, they did universal studios. Our grand daughter who is 8 had quite the time. Fist, she got assemble her very own light saber at the star wars park. Then, she got to go through the wand ceremony at Ollivander's wand shop at the Harry Potter park. The video of that is pretty amazing, they don't miss a trick. When they got home our daughter asked me to make a display wall hanging for the saber and wand and had a picture of what she wanted it to say. I can freely admit, I'm very happy with the way this turned out. Everything is original. The wood is a soft maple slab I've had in the shop for a year or so. The brackets were drawn with tinkercad and printed with a Bambu X1carbon 3d printer. The lettering was done with an Ortur LM3 laser using Lightburn to drive it and do the graphics. Above is the picture she gave me and the pictures below are my interpretation.
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Look on the bright side- only 8 more weeks until spring! Our Patriot Turners- @Masonsailor took a break from his media room ceiling to turn a sweet carver's mallet- In his post, Paul tells us the species and a little more about this turning- @RustyFN created a beautifully shaped bowl from spalted maple- Rusty said it still needed sanding. It sure is pretty even without it! What’s Coming Up- Don't forget the Worldwide Woodturners On-Line Symposium is coming up next week! https://www.woodturnersworldwide.com/ I received an email today from Craft Supplies USA that they are offering a $10. off coupon for the event- Picked this off of my Instagram account from Stuart Batty- In response to popular request, here’s my schedule for the first half of 2022. My classes are getting filled up quickly but reach out if you’re interested in any particular time/location. ~ Houston, TX: January 18-22 ~ @Woodturners_Worldwide: January 27-30 If you haven’t already gotten your tickets, use the code “stuart” for $10 discount. Featuring 35 demonstrations representing 9 countries. 80 hours of content. 30 days to watch. $2.25/demo. ~ @WoodworkersEmporium: Feb 28 – Mar 4 ~ @CraftSuppliesUSA: May 9-13 ~ San Diego, CA & Finger Lakes, NY: Dates TBD ~ A few IRDs and private classes. And I’m planning to be at the AAW symposium this year, so catch me there. If you haven’t already watched my free online instructions, be sure to check out https://vimeo.com/woodturning (link in bio). These videos are professionally shot so much higher quality than the ones on YouTube that are usually recorded by volunteers at my demos. I’m working on building a high-tech recording studio from scratch. I’m hoping to start releasing more high-quality instructions videos later this year. Looking forward to updating everyone on this project in the next few months in between my classes and demos. Resuming the SB Tools production is in planning. With the global disruption of the supply chain, lots of kinks to work out. In the meantime, check out @WoodworkersEmporium for any SB Tools inventory if you’re interested. If you do Instagram- here is a link- https://www.instagram.com/stuartbattywoodturning/ For The Newbies- Here's a nice little project to get started in bowl turning. Something everyone could probably use- If a bowl isn't quite what you are up to, watch Jim Rodgers explain how to create a platter. Some really great turning tips! Expand Your Horizons- It seem that more and more electronic devices are finding their way into wood turning. Personal lasers are becoming common place for embellishing and signatures. Now I see that Alan Stratton is making available some 3-D printed items in his Etsy store. Although, not strictly turning related, there has been an informative discussion in the General Woodworking Forum concerning dust collection. @Gerald initiated the thread and @PeteM added some great technical date. Check it out- On the dust collection topic, here is some good information from Robo Hippy New Turning Items- Some sale packages from the folks at Woodturners Wonders- (Click on the image for the link to the sales page) Ruth Niles has the new unique turning blanks in stock- Click on the above image for the link to Ruth's site. We mentioned this sometime back but it is definitely worth another look- Here's the link to Lyle Jamieson's site for prices and purchase information- https://lylejamieson.com/product/fireball/ Everything Else- Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week- I have been playing with my laser engraver. Finally was able to understand how the software works with help from a very knowledgeable gentleman in the software user's group. I found engraving signatures/dates on most items is pretty straight forward but rolling pins presented a challenge. I sign the rolling pins on one end. This needs the pin to be held vertically, be secure yet adjustable for focus. Started with a built up block and bored/turned a tapered hole The rolling pins are tapered so to hold them in place a couple of nylon screws to add pressure To allow for focus, the block had to adjust vertically, a couple of brackets with slots, wingnuts and washers I'm using my drill press table as a work surface, the addition of clamping pads to hold the jig to the to the table. First try on a rolling pin- I did get back to the lathe, too! When I did the Easy Wood Tools promotion at the Nittany Woodturners, they raffled off various items. I picked up a piece of black cherry burl and it has been taunting me ever since. Decided it would become a shallow bowl/platter. There is a void that I am not sure if I want to leave natural or fill with resin. This will be the top- The bottom- The void- Safe turning and stay well
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