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Our Patriot Turners- Member @Steve Krumanaker showed us a neat setup he concocted for easily transporting a lathe for demonstrations! In his post, Steve explains his setup and some of the design features- I was watching @Handfoolery's guitar build on YouTube. He has posted some of his journey on the Patriot woodworking forum. What caught my eye was the equipment he was using to apply finish to the guitar. Finishing is not my strong suit and the spray set up he used looked like it would work well for turned items. https://preval.com/diy-pro-products/preval-sprayer/ The video showing him finishing his guitar- New member @Tay-da-Tay asked us for information oh harvesting a tree with burls. I've never been fortunate enough to have been able to have this experience. Hoping our members/readers can offer some advice. What's Coming Up- If you missed Cindy's Tool Talk, last Friday, she has it posted on line- For The Newbies- Sam Angelo has a video comparing/contrasting the bowl gouge and the spindle gouge. Tomislav Tomasic discusses bowl gouge sharpening- A cool Halloween turning project from Craft Supplies USA- Expand Your Horizons- More skew practice! Richard Raffan turns some spatulas!! Alan Stratton is back posting! In this video he combines segments, Celtic rings and glass hardware. First of the month and the "4-Ways" collaborators are at it again. This month we are missing Tomislav Tomasic. He is recovering from some surgery. The project is a carvers mallet. Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- Easy Wood Tools demonstrators are in full swing! https://www.mcfeelys.com/ https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/tampa https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/charlotte https://www.facebook.com/CBWTurners/ https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/tulsa https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/colorado-springs Turners everywhere are discovering the benefits of Easy Wood Tools products. Tim Yoder- Download.mp4 Carl Jacobson- @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- Woodturners Wonders has a sale on Axminster products. Click on the image- Robert Sorby has a buffing addition to the sharpening machine- https://robert-sorby.co.uk/product/proedge-buffing-kit/ Everything Else- Safe turning
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We only have about 3 weeks left to get your raffle tickets for the Summer Fund Raiser. This fund raiser will help keep our site alive and allow us to help veterans. Please Donate! Our Patriot Turners- @Turn n Learn posted some more items he scored with his lathe and wondered what some were used for. New comments and items begin here- @Gordon made a cool jam chuck using some neoprene rubber- He posted more images and the source for the rubber in his post- @Fred W. Hargis Jr gave us a heads up for an awesome sale price on new Jet and Powermatic lathes- Check his post for the link to Craft Supplies USA If you aren't sure what to look for in that new lathe, this video from Popular Woodworking may help- From our "What's On" posts, @BuckeyeHomestead posted a picture of his NEW Jet lathe and its first project That's an awesome lathe! @RustyFN had some difficulty with buffing out a finish. He explains the problem in this post- Check out what Rusty said and maybe you have some tips that will help him. What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to more information and registration. For The Newbies- Sam Angelo posted a nice spindle gouge tutorial Tomislav Tomasic created a great video on tips for turning. His videos have excellent closeup of gouge positions. From Popular Woodworking, a written tutorial on lathe tool sharpening- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/sharpening-for-woodturners/ And another on scrapers https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/the-woodturning-scraper/ Expand Your Horizons- The theme for this week is embellishing- Mike Peace bleaches and burns turning to add neat effects- From Popular Woodworking- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/square-platter-with-textured-rim/ If you are looking for a nice gift project, Jimmy Clewes' coffee scoop tutorial might just be what you want- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/turned-scoop-with-pewter-finial/ Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- Over the past several weeks, we have been showcasing the individual Easy Wood Tools. One thing that should be noted is that all Easy Wood products are made right here in the good ol' U. S. of A. Fascinating video of the manufacturing processes- All of the Easy Wood products are available directly from their home base in Lexington, KY and on Amazon. However, some of the best prices can be found by cruising their social media pages for special sales from woodworking retailers i.e. Woodcraft etc. For the month of June, a few - If you are thinking about attending the St. Paul, MN symposium, Easy Wood Tools will be well represented- And another shameless self promotion- @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- Everything Else- From Ron Brown's Newsletter: Good Enough Perfection is often unattainable, and just as frequently, unnecessary. I hear from turners all the time who proudly sand salad bowls to 4,000 grit. Anything above 320 grit is just a waste of time and effort for most wood projects. However, acrylic and resin projects may well benefit from using abrasives up to 12,000 grit. The caution here is not to get bogged down in the last 2 percent trying to make something perfect when 98 percent of the work is very close to perfection and Good Enough. When I used to build custom furniture from cherry, walnut, oak, and hardwood plywood, I quickly discovered that stopping at 220 grit produced excellent results. Especially when covered by sanding sealer and pre-catalyzed lacquer as finishes. It’s true, sometimes less is more. The secret was to be careful with each finer sanding grit, ensuring that all scratches from the coarser grit were entirely removed. That is where patience really pays off, as I deliberately go over the entire surface, then examine my work with a raking light source before moving up to the next finer grit. Most folks don’t realize that excessive sanding with fine-grit paper creates heat that releases and then hardens the lignin in wood, often resulting in a splotchy finish. The finishing material will not be able to penetrate the surface evenly, and it looks awful. If you’ve ever blown up a bowl, it usually comes from making one last cut to get the finish just right and the walls as thin as possible. You forgot that wood moves and bowls can go out of round as you turn, even if they’ve been drying for months. As wood is removed, the moisture content can change, causing the thin walls to warp, or harmonic vibration to set in. That final cut produces an unexpected catch and bang! Fresh bowl pieces are lying around the shop once again. The problem with patience is that it takes so long. My projects rarely turn out exactly like I see them in my mind. My hope is to bring them close to my idea of perfection and bring them to the “Good Enough” stage of completion. I know some of you think I’m smarter than I actually am. What you see are the results of persistence, patience, and starting over many times before I was able to show you a finished version. You will never see the eight failures that came before. Remember how WD-40 got its name. I would rather have you do something slowly and well than do it quickly and poorly, sometimes referred to as Half-Fast. Many years ago, I got tired of hearing myself say “Oops! I didn’t see that before, and now it’s too late to fix it.” I am deliberate in my inspections before proceeding to the next step. It is always easier to fix it then, rather than several steps later. Safe turning
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I bought this buffing disc from Woodturners Wonders. I had buffed some pieces with the Beal buffing system and ruined the finish, had to redo them. With this buffer everything came out verry shiny and smooth. No wax or anything,just the plain buffer.
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Good day folks, just to set up the question here. I have two grinders, an older Delta high speed grinder that I bought 20 plus years ago and I have a generic no name slow speed grinder someone gave me 10 years ago. I want to delve into buffing, I've never done it before. My goal is to obtain a high polished glossy appearance on raw wood and finished wood. And, I need to stay very low on costs, like perhaps 50 bucks or so, nothing fancy, if that is possible. Here are my questions Which of the two grinders in my possession should I use? What type of buffing wheel(s) do I need? And what compounds do I need? If I am missing anything important here, please feel free to let me know, thanks in advance!
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Just a reminder that we are about 2 weeks into our summer raffle to help offset the costs of running the Patriot site. If you haven't already picked up your tickets for some awesome prizes, here's the scoop! Our Patriot Turners- Our turners were back at their lathes this week! @RustyFN posted his curly maple segmented bowl and it is a beauty! Rusty received lots of positive comments about it. Check out the post at- @AndrewB turned a slightly different style pepper mill. The grinding mechanism is different from his past turnings- Andrew shows us his progress from the rough blank to the finished mill- Andrew also gave us a review of his new buffing system He gave us the link to this product in his post- One of our long time members posted his first turning. @Ron showed us the beginnings of a cane he is making- He received lots of encouragement and some suggestions on this turning- @forty_caliber poste a question about using the parting tool. Check out his post and see if you can offer some suggestions or ideas- @Steve Krumanaker started turning a tall vase from flame box elder. Looks like this is going to be a beauty! More images in Steve's post- Just a note here, if you subscribe to the Woodworker's Journal, next issue has an article about flame box elder- https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/box-elder/ Steve has decided to up his game, when deep hollowing, and ditch the laser pointer for a more advance method of determining wall thickness. Check out his post on his most recent upgrade- @Gerald challenged us to post our Mother's Day turning gifts. Gerald's gift turning is fantastic! See additional images and our member's comments in his post- I need to start writing down the trails to some of the stuff for each weeks Wednesday's... I can't remember how I came across this video of Gerald's presentation to the Magnolia Woodturners- What’s Coming Up- A little something different from Cindy Drozda- Click on the above image to Cindy's site and registration information. From the AAW- Click on the above image for the link to more information and registration. For The Newbies- We have been linking videos from Record Power on lathe maintenance. Although aimed at a specific lathe model, the information can be pretty much applied to any lathe. Here is part# 3Part# 3 of Mike Waldt's beginner series for turners. Again this is a replay of a live session and is kind of long. From the World Wide Wood Turners, a nice demonstration on various methods of holding a turning. Expand Your Horizons- Mike Waldt has something for the more advanced turner in this video- Alan Stratton's take on chasing threads Mike Peace recently published a video on the various types of spiraling and texturing tools. Within the video, Mike refers to links for longer videos on each tool. He also has a PDF article that can be downloaded at- https://www.mikepeacewoodturning.com/2019/05/03/texturing-and-spiraling/ IMHO, there can be no greater honor than to be asked to create a burial urn. Sam Angelo has a video demonstrating how to calculate the internal volume using some easily made measuring devices. New Turning Items- Robert Sorby Brand Ambassador Darryl Jones introduces the Deluxe Sovereign TurnMaster Box Set- The folks at Woodturners Wonders have a heavy duty compass capable of drawing 28" circles. Check it out at- https://woodturnerswonders.com/products/12-inch-carpenters-compass Premier Gauges has some interestingly designed wall and bottom thickness gauges- More information can be found at- https://premiergauges.com/ Everything Else- Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week- I had one last piece of cherry but it had some pretty nasty cracks. Decided to see what could be found inside. I'm surprised that I could get this much. Sill a couple of cracks that will need taken care of At this point I normally submerge the piece in the soap and water solution for a couple of days and then on to drying in a paper bag with shavings. Turned out my pot is only 12" in diameter!. I CA'ed the cracks, wrapped the bowl in stretch wrap and put it in my little drying box (ala Rick Turns). Then for the cleanup! Safe turning and stay well
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PSI Woodworking LBUFFSYS 3 Step Lathe Buffing System
AndrewB posted a topic in Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety
So this month I did purchase the PSI Woodworking Buffing System. I set it up for testing today after I got my antique pepper mill body finished up to test it out. Now having a variable speed controlled buffing attachment for the lathe is quite nice. It works well using it. It did an okay buffing job. Aside from the base polishing that I gave it while it was still on the lathe. Works well for 60 bucks roughly its not bad. If you order it from amazon youll get free delivery not sure from other websites theyll charge for delivery. https://www.amazon.com/PSI-Woodworking-Products-LBUFFSYS-Buffing/dp/B004CVJBYE/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=PSI+buffing+system&qid=1620412070&sr=8-2 https://www.pennstateind.com/store/LBUFFSYS.html Other sites do sell this but yea shipping is where they'll get you for that. So I did buy it through amazon. The set up does work quite well. Before After
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A good intro to buffing finishes and how various finishes differ. This is by Jeff Jewitt, wood finishing author, operator of Homestead Finishing, maker of Transtint and TransFast dyes, and now guitar maker/finisher. This would be useful if you are doing a high gloss finish and would be helpful for turners.
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First Use of tung oil finish and the next three projects lined up
AndrewB posted a topic in Wood Turners
So I've used tung oil finish the Minwax tun oil brand.... for a finish. That of course is what Lowes had on hand and it was the least expensive. Either way this is the second application of the finish. I completely forgot about my buffing wheel so that will get some new life and new use.... Yes it's a harbor freight buffing wheel and it works quite well I just have to bolt it down to the bench. in the short run of things I also have the next three projects lined up after I finish the purple hearts. A myrtle wood blank a maple blank and a padauk blank. Thought Id never be working with that stuff again but I liked the orange coloring. Either way. I think even with the longer drying times of the tung oil I think I like it over the mineral oil. I know I shouldn't have used it on the exotic woods but its working. I'll probably be applying a 3rd coat after the second dries.
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We have had a fantastic week here in the Turner's Forum! Questions, comments, tips, projects, the whole picnic lunch! Please remember we are just a few days away from wrapping up our annual fundraiser. We still need $64.99 to meet our goal. If you haven't made your donation, you are missing a chance at some awesome prizes! Our Patriot Turners- @Gerald is making progress on the Live Oak platter he started back in June. See his addition to the original post to learn how he handle a warping problem. @Ron Altier created a spectacular ornament from some glued-up scraps. It is amazing how shapes can appear in lathe turnings. @AndrewB must sleep in his shop! He has been working on a couple of projects this week and you can really see how he is improving his techniques and expanding his horizons! First is his small walnut bowl- Then he received a larger piece of purpleheart and created this beauty- Both of these posts generated a tremendous amount of discussion on techniques, tool use, and general design! After last week's "Wednesday's..." @Gerald posted a comment about some Easy Wood Tools for sale. I'm reposting it here for everyone. Looks like a good deal on some great tools! What’s Coming Up- Highland Woodworking is offering woodworking live online opportunities. Here is a video as a sample- and the link for more information about their offerings- https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/onlinewoodworkingclasses.html?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sign+Up+for+Highland+Woodworking+LIVE+Online+Classes!&utm_campaign=HW+live+online+classroom+-+third+send For The Newbies- As @AndrewB was working on his purple heart bowl, @Gunny came across a video from Easy Wood Tools and Tracey Malady turning a small bowl. It's worth a watch- Expand Your Horizons- Usually the emails from Cooks Woods are about their lumber for sales. This week a different content caught my eye. Included was a link to making a Pepper Grinder. The process does require a few precise forstner but they make wonderful gifts. What I found interesting about this particular presentation was the outside was done first and then the holes were drilled. A day or so later I found another video on pepper mills but with a completely different shape- New Turning Items- Ruth Niles has a new product available. This spindle buffing kit is a more economical alternative to the Beall Buffing System. https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/product/spindle-buffing-kit/ Although not new, the Easy Wood Tools mini hollowers are perfect for making those small Christmas ornaments - Through one of my social media accounts, I see that StarBond Adhesives has a new medium thick dark brown CA You can check it out here- https://bit.ly/32GgTrA Everything Else- Rick Turns' weekly video list is available- Last week I mentioned that I had turned some cherry forms and they were soaking in a soap/water solution. After a couple of days, I pulled them out- Packed them in shavings Then put them in paper bags with more shavings They rest for a while- probably a week- and then the final turning/finishing. The other cherry is waiting for turning. One piece got rough turned into a bowl- Right now, it is soaking in the solution. Safe turning and stay well
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I have a big Thank You for John Morris. I got a PM from him the other day asking if I wanted a buffing system that mounts on the lathe. I was about ready to turn it down because I have never seen the need and then it dawned on me that it would probably put a shine on my brass bullet pens. I wasn't wrong. Here is a picture of the buffing system from Don Pencil's Wood N Things. Am I right with my thinking that the reddish brown is used first and then the white diamond and lastly the tan wax? I buffed a brass shell to try it out. Turned the one wheel black but worked like a champ. I guess that is the dedicated brass wheel and I'll get another one for the reddish brown for other things. Here is the polished pen. Thanks again John. I appreciate it and will put it to good use.
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before I should be able to buff it? I have had very limited experience with Tung oil and have always wondered when I should be able to buff it. Thanks I like Tung oil on these tops because it does not give a very slippery surface when dried.
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