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Cruising through April! Our Patriot Turners- @Gordon posted a question about wood identification. Specifically, he scored some really nice pieces but was uncertain about the species. Check out his post and see what our turners thought. If you have a better guess, I'm sure Gordon would love the input! @calabrese55 posted a great little jig in our Turner's Tips Sub-Forum. This neat little device can really help you dial in the correct size for chuck tenons or mortices. Head on over to the sub-forum and see more images and how it works. @RustyFN got a good start on another "basket weave" vase. These turnings sure do take a steady hand and awesome eyesight! See Rusty's post for additional images and more progress @Fred W. Hargis Jr gave us a look at his segmented ring, coin holder progress and details about how it is coming along. Fred posted images of his progress and details of how he accomplished the turning As his turning is nearing completion, Fred wondered if there is a way to burn an embellishing ring on the surface circumference of the turning. Our members offered suggestions as to what worked for them. If you have a technique that works for you, please give Fred a shout. From The Patriot's CNC Forum, @4DThinker posted his work on creating a turning tool handle. It turned out really nice! More images and the completed handle are shown in his post- What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to more information and registration. If you missed the live Spring Vendors Showcase, you can watch the replay. Cindy Drozda's Live Tool Talk- For The Newbies- Not every piece of wood is safe to turn. In this video, Tim Yoder describes a defect called "wind shake" and why you should be aware of the dangers. Sharpening your HSS tools takes practice. In this video, Mike Waldt demonstrates methods of making repeatable sharpening grinds. Richard Raffan explains the importance of knowing the difference between a bowl gouge and a spindle gouge. Personal safety could be compromised and tool damage can occur if used improperly. Expand Your Horizons- Neat idea, from Sam Angelo, on chucking a turned box without the use of a tenon. Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- The Easy Wood Tools "finisher" is an all around turning tool. It can be used to remove material during spindle turning, create coves/beads and even smooth out the tool marks left by other tools. The finisher is available in every category of the Easy Wood line. Depending on the size of the finisher, the carbide cutter may be different. As with all Easy Wood Tools, the cutter identification is etched into the shaft of the tool so you will always know the correct cutter for that tool. Using the finisher is straight forward. The tool is held horizontal and the cutter contacts the turning at the horizontal center line of the work. The depth of the cut should not exceed 1/3 the diameter of the cutter to avoid vibration thus creating rough surfaces. The finisher demonstrated by Craft Supplies USA- Free demonstrations from The EWT calendar https://www.rockler.com/retail/stores/ok-oklahoma-city-store https://www.rockler.com/retail/stores/ga-sandy-springs-store?utm_source=local&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=sandy-springs @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- A new face shield/respirator reviewed by Mike Peace. The link to the manufacturer- https://microclimate.com/ Sorta reminds me of the helmets used by the NASA crews. Everything Else- Safe turning
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You like this better than the scalloped edges???
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I've got a closet in my spare bedroom (storage room) that I wanted to add another clothes hanger rod to. Among my scrap pieces I had two 1.25" diameter closet rod sections that together would be long enough, but neither was long enough on their own. The distance to span is roughly 22". This is a CNC-cut splice joint I came up with to solve the problem. Test cut on smaller scraps shown in the photos. I'm calling it my radial finger joint. Finished spliced rod now loaded with clothes and seems to be able to handle the weight with no complaint. If it does fail eventually I'll report back. 4D
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My lovely daughter gave me this flower delivery wagon for my birthday and it only took about a week to put it together. It is mostly wood, 3 ply, plywood. About as hard as anything I have ever assembled. It takes no glue for all the pieces are cnc cut, but I did add a little glue here and there for extra strength. Maybe she is trying to revive some of my little brain which this puzzle did need and I certainly appreciate her a bunch even though both daughters won't let me win any of the games we play when they show up. By the way it has about 180 pieces so the instructions were a have to thingy. The directions came with a watering can but I don't find an oil can for the bicycle chain! And I do have to water the flowers every day but it came with a bucket for that purpose. The flowers were not added in to that 180 count.
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A friend asked if I could make a finger labyrinth for his son. I grabbed a photo off the Internet, did some modifications, and cut this out of Maple for him. It's about 11.5" diameter and finished in Nitrocellulose lacquer. David
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Had a repeat customer at the Polish Festival want a housewarming gift for his Italian boss. Cut in a 24" round from Menards.
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in a computer to run a CNC. My biggest problem with getting into CNCis the purchase of a Windows computer. We've been a Mac household for probably 30 years now and I do not want to go back to Windows. But if you do CNC you're pretty much stuck with Windows (or another more exotic platform). So if I went to a Pawn shop or used computer store looking for something to use strictly for CNC what processor do I set as a minimum, and how much memory (RAM and storage) is needed for the same minimum. I was kinda of hoping AI would be helping out with this but maybe that won't happen, at least not right away. They're too busy cloning voices and doing fake people stuff.
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Well daughter asked me to make something for her to give to her mom so I figured it would be a good time time to try some stack text. I also thought why not try a molding tool path as well. Still need to do more sanding and finish it but so far here what I have done…
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From the album: CNC Learning by Trying
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Things have been busy. This coming week I have to work in Louisville KY. IDC Woodcraft who I sometimes buy my bits from is just north of there so I am going to swing by just to say. Well can’t go empty handed right. I was trying to figure out what. Garrett just released a video about making mistakes, and I was watching another of his videos and caught where he misspelled your as yor. He has a checklist that he encourages everyone to use which I think that is a good idea, and thus the reason I put spellcheck at the bottom. So I took the insignia and that saying and threw this together. There are other ‘mistakes’ as well just to laugh at…
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Had a lady from the Chicago area, I believe, want a special gift for 1st generation Polish kids (if 30+ are kids anymore) getting hitched. I cleaned up the Old English font a little and call it Old World. Has been the most popular for Polish items.
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This was harder than it looked!!! Had to go back to woodworking basics - cutting angles, especially the 22.5 (youtube vid made it look so easy) needed for the base. Plus the slot for the acrylic and notch for the back. Then put it all together and hoped the flag would fit. I've seen better folds but this is what was used. Made a lot of firepit fuel and probably have enough pieces cut and laying around to make another one or two boxes. Makes one appreciate "old school skills." Tip: unlock the head on a compound miter saw before trying to use it. Works a lot better. This is for my wife's step dad who adopted her kid brother when he was 10 and raised him. Going to give it to him this afternoon.
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The CNC carving was the easy part. This cutting angles and making things fit (or at least almost fit) makes one appreciate basic woodworking skills.
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Got some new files from Scott Thompson in Alaska, so I figured I better start trying them out. This barn owl is cut from 5/4 oak glued up to about a 15 x 16 blank and finished with golden oak stain and poly. I think I'll make a couple different variations of this just to show what can be done with one file. Been busy with a custom job for a Orthodox church in Chicago. Don't know how they got my name but they did.
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Since I got the files from Scott i figured I better start using the 2" thick slabs I've been tripping over for 2 years, amongst a bunch of various other pieces that I've forgotten about. Wife wants the basement cleaned up and organized a little. Well, maybe a lot. Since I've had these since who knows when I look at it as free wood ....... til the next "deal" comes around. These should stand out on somebody's wall.
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Had a request for a Gym sign - use my own imagination I was told. Had a 5/4 x 12 x 24 piece of oak holding a shop corner up so.............
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Had a request for a simple Mancave hanging. 5/4 x 11 x 24 piece of nice pine standing in the corner.
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Wow this is pretty cool! Why not! CNC is used for almost any medium right? I don't know much about CNC other than what I read here, but I really thought this cool. They are attaching a Donek D4 Drag knife to their machine.
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Anyone familiar with the CarveWright?
Fred W. Hargis Jr posted a topic in CNC Machine Reviews and Purchase
I'm wanting to dip my toes into CNC and have been looking for a used CarveWright. I did find one for only $200, but all that's there is the machine and collets. I'm thinking I can get the other stuff easily, like the manual, memory cards and associated hardware, and bits. I also think the CarveWright will do everything I want for now...then I can decide if I want to spend any more money on this stuff. Does anyone have it? I'm looking for holes in my thoughts above about picking up the rest of the needed accessories. This one is the Craftsman labeled version and is listed as being in "good" condition. If I recall these things were about $2000 when introduced.- 12 replies
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As you know I am making my daughter a couple of end tables. My wife suggested I make a couple of coasters with their alma maters in them. The roommate graduated from Lafayette, the Ragin Cajuns…I hope to do my daughters sometime today.
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Guy that bought a couple Polish Eagles last year wanted to know i could make a custom plaque for one of his customers. He sent me a pic and picked up the finished product tonite. 24" in diameter round. Must have liked it - I even got a pretty good tip - which is unusual in this business.
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Anyone have any experience with the shaper origin? I really don’t have room for a full cnc and maybe an alternative? https://www.shapertools.com/en-us/
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Since getting a live edge slab with minimal defects and mess is difficult I made my own. These were cut from a 5/4 x 12 x 48 glued up oak board (both cut from the same board). The "bark" is textured and painted kona brown. Just wish i was a better painter.
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