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Our Christmas Project is underway. Help us to make a military family's Christmas one to remember! Check out all the awesome prizes and details here- https://thepatriotwoodworker.com/forums/topic/42294-adopt-a-warrior-family-for-christmas-2025/ Our Patriot Turners- @Steve Krumanaker is putting his new laser to good use creating unique Christmas ornaments! Check out these two post from Steve to learn more about how these are done Unfortunately, there was a "catch" during the turning process as Steve explains here- A couple of weeks ago we had a post asking our preference for either a Longworth chuck or vacuum chuck. There have been a few additional comments. The post picks up here- From @Gordon on our "Off The Lathe" topic, a gorgeous natural edge bowl in a board type turning. Check out the comments and catch with some of the other comments on past posts. @RustyFN scored some awesome maple! Preparing the blanks for storage kept him busy!! Head on over to Rusty's post to see the rest of the blanks!! New member, @Rusty S, shared a heart breaking incident with a walnut turning he had "almost" finished. In his post, he explains what happened and received lots of sympathy from those of us in the "BTDT Club" What's Coming Up- If you missed the Fall Vendor Showcase, it is available on YouTube. Unfortunately, the link won't embed the video but clicking the link will take to YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKJVVo-vrKA Cindy Drozda will be hosting here Tool Talk on Friday November21, 2025 Here's the link for registration- https://streamyard.com/watch/nFhunNEiiBP6 Cindy also has some of her previous IRD's available for rent. This trailer is for her Gilded Sphere Box- The link for renting the IRD video- https://www.cindydrozda.com/html/IRDvideo4rent.html For The Newbies- Turning tools are expensive. Some manufacturers sell the tools without handles, which reduces the costs. Tools with round shafts are fairly simple to create handles by drilling the correct size hole. But, what about the tools with square shafts? Sam Angelo has a solution- Looking for a project that can help you advance your skills and learn a few new ones? Check out this ornaments from Carl Jacobson. Using a jam chuck can solve a lot of "How do I hold this piece". Richard Raffan demonstrated using this type of chuck for bowl/lid turning Expand Your Horizons- Add a little custom bling to your life with turned ring! Mike peace show how it's done. You know if Alan Stratton is going to share a video it will have some cool jigs involved! This one is no exception! I've been known for doing some crazy glue-ups on some of my turnings, but this one is insane! Roger Wollam demonstrates Tangential segment turning. Tim Yoder demonstrates how to create and finish captive rings- Tomislav Tomasic may have you rethinking how you create your tenons on those turning blanks Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- If you haven't seen it yet, check out the unique Easy Wood Tools, midsized rougher created specifically for The Patriot Woodworker Christmas project- To paraphrase a well known person- "Bid Baby Bid" We find Easy Wood Tools turning all sorts of materials. Deadrise Wood Crafts turns some leather pens with the EWT Finisher- AQMmv-7pm-VQD3_r469MQFle62m0SG9I0ceXBA7FbygjjqzzYYdCwNFT_dWRub7Igo02bz1e-fSnigagyR6yTpQPLFF9Ah05ZHK--oE.mp4 Demonstrations for next week- Come burn off some of those turkey and pumpkin pie calories by checking out this demo- https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/oklahoma-city @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- These are not new items but they are from a fairly new company. This is another review of the CBN wheels from the Ukraine company https://www.uksg.tools/ Everything Else- Want to thank @kmealy for sending me this YouTube video from Stumpy Nubs. Keith knows I love Celtic Knot patterns. Stumpy's video shows an easier way to glue up a Celtic Knot rolling pin. It's pretty cool and his diagonal cutting jig is really easy to make/use. The only thing I would caution on is to NOT cut the square blank completely through. By separating the blank and gluing the insert will cause the overall blank to "grow' in length on each successive rotation. this will cause the "knots" to be out of alignment. Here's the video- Safe turning
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Our Patriot Turners- Things have been a little slow around the lathes this past week. We did have lots of comments on Ron Brown's newsletter discussing the use of sharpening jigs. The comments start here- On our ""What's On" post, a few bowls in various stages of development. More information can be read here- What's Coming Up- If you missed Cindy Drozda's Tool Talk last Friday, She made it available on YouTube- Click on the image for the link to more information and registration- For The Newbies- Tim Yoder shows us how to adjust the banjo locking mechanism- A nice video from Craft Supplies USA on bowl gouges If you've already ventured into bowl turning, Richard Raffan demonstrates how to shape the outside of a bowl using a "pull cut" Expand Your Horizons- Tomislav turns an "emerging bowl". a round bowl with square wings. Looks challenging! Carl Jacobson turns a resin urn. Check out those Easy Wood Tools with negative rake cutters! Mike Peace discusses the use of friction polish and how to get the best finish on a turning. Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- In Mike's video, the Yorkshire Grit abrasive paste is used to further refine the surface. Both the Original and Microfine products are available from Easy Wood Tools. https://www.easywoodtools.com/copy-of-shop-apparel JP Woodwork uses Easy Wood Tools to turn a natural edge winged bowl An Easy Wood Tools demo for those in and around the Oklahoma City, Woodcraft, next week https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/oklahoma-city @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- Not new but back in stock at Woodturners Wonders- https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/8-inch-wheels?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8.15.25 Free Ship%2C CBN Wheels&_kx=gV5SF2As_3IwtBi5TrpHVQM0F3UvGVbQKzhWGippDlk.VJvU8R Everything Else- Apologies if I missed any turning post this week. Between computer changes and other "emergencies", it has been a challenging week. Safe turning
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I bought a new grinder and put CBN wheels on it from Woodturners Wonders (these wheels were on a different grinder). Anyway, I need a few of the machined 5/8" washers they sell, but they're out of stock for a while. These are 1/8" thick aluminum and machined to be truly flat. Is anyone aware of another source for them? If not I'll just wait for WTW to restock. In the meantime I bought some machine (not machined) bushings I'm using, but they aren't perfect.
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Jeeze, half way thru June already! Our Patriot Turners- @RustyFN showed us a new vase he is turning. I really like the shape on this one. Check out his post for all the positive comments- As so often happens, a new turning requires an additional piece of equipment. Rusty's vase project needed a Steady Rest. The one he built looks awesome- Here's more and some comments- @Masonsailor created a beautiful base for a protective glass globe. The entire project displays a prized possession As always, Paul's post contain informative images about his processes. An update on an older thread about lathe tool sharpening. @Bob Hodge has added CBN wheels to his sharpening arsenal and had some questions about using the Wolverine system with the wheels. Please check out his post and offer any advice you can- What’s Coming Up- This Friday, June 17 2022, there will be a free Vendors Showcase Here's the link provided by Cindy Drozda- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41FJ5JM109M From the Art Of Turning- Link to more information- https://www.artofturning.com/?mc_cid=dee7298ffb&mc_eid=480d9e65bf For The Newbies- Some projects require the use of metal inserts to hold threaded utensils. In this video, Carl Jacobson show a neat way to install the inserts from Ruth Niles- A bowl turning video from Alan Stratton. What I found interesting in this one was the faceplate jig and the safety measures used when reverse chucking with the mortice. Not sure if everyone can view this video from Lyle Jamison, on Facebook. An interesting method of assuring a reverse chuck maintains the original centerline axis. https://fb.watch/dFPTsQz-05/ Expand Your Horizons- Several of our turners have made "gnomes" in the past. Here's another how-to video on making them. Check out the use of our sponsor's tools- @Jim from Easy Wood Tools!! Kent, from Turn A Wood Bowl, has an interesting video and discussion about turning and dust collection. New Turning Items- Some new information on the Kodiak Sharpening system from Woodturners Wonders- A special on Ruth Niles pizza cutters! https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/product/pizza-night-special-kit-2/ Recently we mentioned that Ron Brown had released a stabilizing device for hollowing bowls. Sam Angelo puts it through its paces Everything Else- Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week-
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