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So I had week off work. Was going to do a couple of small projects for up coming market. Wife sends me a picture showing me a door corner ornament. Not going to lie went Etsy found some laser files, used those as a foundation for Christmas ones. Then as I am in the middle of that do Halloween ones. Argh! Tried both 1/2 and 5mm plywood and 1/16 bit cobwebs breaks every time. Hey I’ll use my laser! Smaller but Halloween ones were done on the Ultra…she ‘snatched’ confiscated a snowman but she did do the face and belly buttons on them. A monster has awaken lol!
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Did I miss the memo, or are we not going to have our annual Christmas fund raiser for a wounded warrior?
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Good Monday morning! Good Monday morning Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead! Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks! Welcome new members To view our newest members and welcome them to our digs, please see our Members Page, you can "Sort" by join date and click on their names and be taken to their profile page where you can leave a message of welcome. Thank you for making our newest folks feel welcome. Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas Patriot Woodworkers! From our family to yours, we wish you all a joyous and cheerful day full of celebration and happiness, and thank you for being here today! Stay safe, stay sane, and be well! Featured Topic Resawing by @steven newman Featured Gallery Album By @honesttjohn Featured Video By one of our favorite Craftsmen, a beautiful Christmas message.
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So last year Woodcraft came out with their Kissmas tree plans, and being simple enough to do that I could make them, I made them. 21 so far, and requests for 3 more as of right now. Painting them can get tedious/monotonous (Alexa has greatly helped with that, got 127 hours of music stored on her through Spotify). Other than the painting I like making them. The point of todays missive is there was an unforeseen bonus to making them. A bunch of the recipients have posted them to me, on Facebook. None of them look remotely the same. I gave them Christmas presents last year and now they’re giving me Christmas presents this year. Now for many of the talented/accomplished artists/woodworkers here, making presents and giving them to people and having the people so happy to get them is probably old hat, but this is really cool for me ! Here are some of the pictures I have gotten.
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It is to that time of the year so why not have a thread on just ornaments everyone here has turned. I will start with a new one from the Mike Peace video in the Wednesday Turning post. This is my version of the Candle Holder Ornament. Colors are metallic gourd inks. Added some wax drip using Puff Paint.
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Got the Christmas ornaments done for this year. Made mice. Running out of Ideas. I think this is the 15th year I have made ornaments to give away. I used a 1.5 X 1.5 X 2.75 blank and they ended up about 2.25" long. A tear drop shape made the best looking bodies IMO. They're finished with Shellac. The eyes and nose are sewing pins. Cut the head off a pin to use as a drill bit. Cut the black heads off leaving appx. .5" of pin to insert into the holes and no glue was required. Here is where I bought them. https://www.amazon.com/pengxiaomei-Straight-Quilting-Dressmaker-Decoration/dp/B087NCXR67?th=1 The tails are pipe cleaners cut to 3" pieces and glued into drilled holes. Purchased them here. https://www.amazon.com/your-orders/pop?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_pop&orderId=114-0234615-4143423&lineItemId=qiqlqqhlonnsqny&shipmentId=XqMb3k65F&packageId=1&asin=B0054G62V6 For the ears I used .5" X .5" blanks and turned an ear shape. Cut them down the middle on the band saw and glued them in drilled holes. Couple of them broke off while sawing. Dang-It. Can always make more I guess.
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EDIT: Product recipients awarded @Grandpadave52 Fusion Table Saw by Laguna Tools @lew Mini Turning Tools by Easy Wood Tools @Larry Cutlip WoodRiver Low Angle Block Plane by Woodcraft @p_toad WoodRiver Bench Chisel Set by Woodcraft @jthornton Woodriver Spindle Steady Rest by Woodcraft @PostalTom Yorkshire Grit Original by Easy Wood Tools @Ron Dudelston Yorkshire Grit Microfine by Easy Wood Tools Products were paired in order from a list of randomly shuffled names, and highest value item first to the lowest. We had a total of 2602 name entries. We used "Wheel of Names" website to draw the names randomly from our text file of shuffled names. Thank you all who participated! This was a wonderful fundraiser that well exceeded our goal, we do have funds leftover and the remainder will be sent to the family to help start off their new year. A fund distribution report will follow shortly. I wish you all could receive something for your efforts, but I know the most important thing in your minds was not the material prize, but helping our Wounded Warrior Family. Award recipients, please contact me by PM and update your shipping information so I can notify our sponsors where to ship your item. Thank you Woodcraft, Laguna Tools, and Easy Wood Tools for your participation in this annual event, we could not do this without you! Introduction Every year The Patriot Woodworker's adopt a Wounded Warrior or Gold Star family for Christmas. We do this through a great veterans support organization named Operation Ward 57. The Patriot Woodworker's submit an application to Ward 57 to be accepted to receive our family for Christmas, and each year we are chosen to participate. And each year, our sponsors donate wonderful items for us to giveaway for this cause. We use 100 percent of your contributions to purchase gifts for the kids, and a Christmas dinner for the family and to fund related project expenses such as shipping fees for gifts. Our Mission We need your help to accumulate funds for Christmas presents for our Wounded Warrior adopted family, who has given much to our nation in physical and emotional sacrifice and much more in family sacrifice. The Wounded Warrior Family I have had the honor of communicating with Mr. Forney and learned much about his wonderful family. Here is a brief introduction to our family this year. Mr. Forney and Mrs. Forney of Falling Waters, WV. standing with their family, Jacob Forney (Son), 12 Years, Michael Forney (Son), 11 Years, Houston Forney (Son), 2 Years, Jackson Forney (Son), 8 Years. Levi Forney (Son), 7 Months, Levi is not shown in this image, this family picture is a little older, Houston is seen being held by mama, Levi was just born 7 months ago. And our guest of honor, Mr. Forney was gracious enough to share some of his history in service of our nation, please read below. Rules Sorry, only Residents of the US and Canada may participate. Outside countries may contribute but you will not be entered into the system for receiving items due to shipping costs. If you are in an outside country, and do contribute, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. All are welcome to participate, members, forum hosts, admins and non-members. (John Morris (Founder) and family may not participate). Please allow 1 to 3 weeks for delivery of prizes, most of the time prizes are sent out immediately. You may contribute as much funding as you like to earn entries into our random draw. Your contributions will be accepted up to December 31st 12 am Pacific Time, at which time project will close and item recipients will be chosen. Please allow up to 48 hrs for recipient names to be listed in this topic. 6 names will be randomly drawn by Random Picker software, and items will be awarded in the order of names drawn. To contribute to our Adopted Family please click on "Donate" button This year, the items our sponsors have donated can be seen in the gallery below, these are some great prizes folks! You can donate only 2 dollars with multiple entry bargains, and your odds of receiving a sponsored item are very high given our typical turnout. To view the entry fees, and to purchase your entries please click on the Donate button above! Please click on gallery below. In Closing Ok Patriot Woodworker's, it's time to muster and it's time to show everyone what we are all about! The purpose our woodworking community was created is for this reason, to help those who have served us, and paid the price. Remember this is not charity, this is not a hand out, this is payback! Thank you sponsors! We also need to thank our sponsors Woodcraft Supply and Laguna Tools and Easy Wood Tools for their generous support and for donating those wonderful items for the raffle! For without our sponsors, we would not have a community, nor would we be able to perform the work we do. Thank you guys! Prior Years Projects Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2015 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2016 Adopt a Gold Star Family for the Holidays 2017 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2018 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2019 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2020 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2021
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Are we doing the Wounded Warrior fundraiser this year? I'm asking because I haven't seen any postings about it yet this year. I always look forward to the raffel, seeing what our sponsors are offering this year and how the fund total progresses. It's a good project, and provides a good Christmas for a worthy veteran.
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Sometimes when I'm doing a turning there will be a piece left in the chuck that's big enough to get something out of. Often, I'll make an ornament body, or a finial or roof. Scavenged through the pieces this morning and had enough to cabbage together four birdhouse ornaments. I also had a request for a couple Ashley Harwood style ornament stands so I did those up too. The wood on both stands is walnut, the darker one has red aniline dye on it.
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Got my ornaments done for this year. Wanted to make balls but wasn't happy how much fussing they needed to get right. Tried a few designs and opted for the center ones here. And since everyone likes an ornament I made 50 of them to give to family and friends. These were colored using Amsterdam ink. Love how well it works and it didn't bleed when coated with wipe on poly. I brushed the poly on and left it. Didn't wipe it off.
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Well, a day late. Yesterday got away from me and by the end of the day I was beat. Added stair rails to the deck steps. Mimi has been having difficulty navigating the steps while trying to keep control of the new puppy. First one wasn't as perfect as I would have liked- angles slightly off. Second one went a little better. Apparently my Sketchup drawing was not accurate for the stairs that were already in place. Our Patriot Turners- @Steve Krumanaker gave us an update on the platter he is making. The weave design is coming along nicely- See Steve's post for our turner's comments and more images of the platter- @Ron Altier posted one of his earlier turned ornaments- In his post, Ron explains a little on how this one was made- @RustyFNhas been really busy in his shop turning bowls, plates and refinishing. He posted two of the bowls he made This post has both along with comments from our turners- The plate, Rusty turned, got lots of comments on how perfectly it was centered- Rusty told us this one almost didn't happen! Rusty also decided to refinish a bowl he had turned Part of his finishing process included the use of wax. He explained what he did and what happen. He received lots of advice on finishing in this post- @Bob Hodge showed us some of his Christmas ornaments and shared his thoughts on spindle turning versus bowl turning. His ornaments combine several different materials and ideas- See his post for all of the details- What’s Coming Up- Lyle Jamieson has a couple of IRD's coming up- https://lylejamieson.com/product-category/live-interactive-remote-demonstrations/ Accelevents Small Turning Expo- The link for more information- https://www.accelevents.com/e/mpg-small-turning-expo For The Newbies- From the Woodworker's Journal, the monthly email for woodturners. Check out the t really neat spindle projects included in the publication. The link- https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/woodturning-monthly/?utm_medium=email Expand Your Horizons- Have you tried wet sanding using an abrasive paste? In this video, of an IRD, Mike Peace demonstrates the processes- Watch Richard Raffan turn a sweet little bowl. What we start with and what it turns out to be is can often be quite different- New Turning Items- From Craft Supplies USA, the new digital catalog- https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/emailsales/oct-6-22.html Not so much new but a few sales currently running- From Carl Jacobson, some Niles bottle stoppers https://nilesbottlestoppers.com/product/whiskey-sample-kit/ If you are looking to upgrade your sharpening system, Woodturners Wonders is having a "Build Your Own" Kodiak sharpening system https://woodturnerswonders.com/collections/kodiak-sharpening-system Everything Else- Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week- Safe turning-
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I originally turned this years ago. It didn’t come out good and I tossed it aside. I used an old piece of pine. It was my first attempt at pre drilling and it didn’t come out well. I reworked part of it & added some bling. I kind of like it
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I'm combining several things here. I'm relatively new to spindle turning after fourteen years with bowls and plates. Christmas ornaments for the grandkids - they get a new one each year from G'dad An early attempt at finials. I haven't captured the art or feel for these yet. None are very close to the design in my head or on a nearby piece of paper. We will see how my lighting effect trial works. I drilled through all sides of the blank before turning it, later filling in with somewhat iridescent marbles. Hopefully, they will transmit the Christmas lights through and around. As with most first time projects, I announce that "I could easily do twice as good in half the time if I was to do this again. " Maybe I ought to try to see if there is any truth to it. I like when I can use lacquer and don't have to worry a lot about using something more heavy duty.
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I've probably said this before but I don't get in the shop much during the summer months. For one, it's just too darn hot. We have a fairly large yard that requires a lot of maintenance and a couple other hobbies, metal detecting and reading(napping) on the patio keep me busy. Its time to get back at it. The honey farm ordered 25ea. decorative jar lids in two different sizes and 25 dipper lids. Fortunately, I had turned them all in the spring and seal coated them. All I had to do was sand and top coat them. She also wanted an assortment of ornaments for the Christmas season. Not the best picture but you've seen them before. I did start on a project just for fun, something I've had it in my mind to do for a long time. A traditional Native American Style flute. This one is a learning project and a work in progress. If I keep this one, the rubber band will be replaced with a leather cord or something similar. For the record, I will never be mistaken for a musician. I'm also slated to do the Demo for our Oct. wood turning club meeting so I'll start prepping that in the next week or so. The president's challenge this month is to turn something multi-axis so I'm going to turn an offset pendant. It's a simple little two axis project but there are some good techniques involved and it's a great way to use up small cutoffs. It's also a good skill builder. Finally! One more picture and not even about wood turning. My best metal detecting find this summer. Unbelievably, I found it in our back yard. How it got there would be something to know for sure. The inscription is in Latin and the translation is in the print. A 1929 British penny. Hope this doesn't get me booted!!
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Hello, D Bryan New to the Group. I make Nativity Scenes for Christmas season. I used treated Plywood last year. It is very ruff does not cut smooth. But will last forever. What would be a better quality plywood that would be durable. I use 3/4”
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Introduction Every year The Patriot Woodworker's adopt a Wounded Warrior or Gold Star family for Christmas. We do this through a great veterans support organization named Operation Ward 57. The Patriot Woodworker's submit an application to Ward 57 to be accepted to receive our family for Christmas, and each year we are chosen to participate. And each year, our sponsors donate wonderful items for us to giveaway for this cause. We use 100 percent of your contributions to purchase gifts for the kids, and a Christmas dinner for the family and to fund related project expenses such as shipping fees for gifts. Our Mission We need your help to accumulate funds for Christmas presents for our Wounded Warrior adopted family, who has given much to our nation in physical and emotional sacrifice and much more in family sacrifice. The Wounded Warrior Family I have had the honor of communicating with Mrs. Hulsey and learned much about her wonderful family, her husband, the kids, and they are of course just really great folks. Here is a brief introduction to our family this year by Mrs. Hulsey. And our guest of honor, Mr. Hulsey was gracious enough to share some of his history in service of our nation, please read below. Our Christmas Family Images Rules Sorry, only Residents of the US and Canada may participate. Outside countries may contribute but you will not be entered into the system for receiving items due to shipping costs. If you are in an outside country, and do contribute, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. All are welcome to participate, members, forum hosts, admins and non-members. (John Morris (Founder) and family may not participate). Please allow 1 to 3 weeks for delivery of prizes, most of the time prizes are sent out immediately. You may contribute as much funding as you like to earn entries into our random draw. Your contributions will be accepted up to December 31st 12 am Pacific Time, at which time project will close and item recipients will be chosen. Please allow up to 48 hrs for recipient names to be listed in this topic. 9 names will be randomly drawn by Random Picker software, and items will be awarded in the order of names drawn, the order in which the items are listed below, are the order they will be drawn. To contribute to our Adopted Family please click on "Donate" button This year, the items our sponsors have donated can be seen in the image below, these are some great prizes folks! You can donate only 2 dollars with multiple entry bargains, and your odds of receiving a sponsored item are very high given our typical turnout. To view the entry fees, and to purchase your entries please click on the Donate button above! Item links Laguna 14|12 Bandsaw ($1599.00) for one recipient @Masonsailor Easy Wood Tools Full Size Finisher ($129.99) for one recipient @DuckSoup Easy Wood Tools Mid Size Finisher ($119.99) for one recipient @FlGatorwood Florip Toolworks 9" Dovetail Saw presented by Woodcraft ($119.99) for one recipient @PostalTom One Way Bowl Steady Rest presented by Woodcraft ($109.99) for one recipient @p_toad Woodcraft 2 year magazine subscription ($29.99) for one recipient @FrederickH General Finishes Clear Finish Package ($225.00) 8 cans of finish for one recipient @JimM High Performance Satin, and Flat - 2 cans total EVII (Endurovar II) Satin - 1 can total Exterior 450 Satin, Flat, Semi Gloss - 3 cans total Arm-R-Seal Satin, Semi Gloss - 2 cans total General Finishes Pigmented Package ($230.00) 8 cans of finish for one recipient @Joseph Milk Paints – Lamp Black, Antique White, Blue Moon, Driftwood, Tuscan Red 5 cans total Stain Blocker - 1 can total Brushable White Enamel Satin, Flat - 2 cans total General Finishes Stain Package ($235.00) 8 cans of finish for one recipient @Gerald P. (Gerry) Cousins Water-based Stain – Provincial, Tobacco, Graystone, Whitewash, Pecan - 5 cans total Gel stain – Antiqute Walnut, Java - 2 cans total Exterior 450 - Mesquite - 1 can total In Closing Ok Patriot Woodworker's, it's time to muster and it's time to show everyone what we are all about! The purpose our woodworking community was created is for this reason, to help those who have served us, and paid the price. Remember this is not charity, this is not a hand out, this is payback! Thank you sponsors! We also need to thank our sponsors Woodcraft Supply, Laguna Tools, Easy Wood Tools and General Finishes for their generous support and for donating those wonderful items for the raffle! For without them, we would not have a community, nor would we be able to perform the work we do. Thank you guys! Prior Years Projects Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2015 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2016 Adopt a Gold Star Family for the Holidays 2017 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2018 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2019 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2020
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Well I’m late getting started this year so I am going to try and get moving on the Christmas projects. First off a cutting board. Roughed it out today and glue it up tomorrow. Also chucked up a piece of walnut for a small bowl. Paul
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My boss texted me had I made a full size nutcracker. He wants two for his porch. My question is has anyone done this ? If so what wood and where can I get a plan?
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It is that time if you have not already started or planned what you will make for Christmas now is the time to start. I have been working on a commission and getting stock ready for two Christmas shows. Plus I have designed and tested my Christmas gift for this year. Today started putting final touches on snowman ornaments, mushrooms and seam rippers. So what do you have going on? I can show this because "they" are not watching. This years present.
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Dad and Son Fishing
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From the album: The Hulsey Family 2021
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