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Tomorrow- Our Patriot Turners- @Steve Krumanaker showed us some of his spectacular little bird houses and some other objects! Steve is not going to let Christmas creep up on him this year! Check his post for more images and our member's comments- @Gordon asked our opinion on comparing the Longworth chuck to a vacuum chuck. Several of our members employ the vacuum chuck and Gordon received some great advice. Check out the post and add your ideas- @Headhunter posted some of his bowls in our Ringmaster Sub-forum. Hop over to Tony's post to see where the idea for the design originated and the species used- From our "What's Off" an example of waste not - want not. A little spalted sycamore bowl salvaged from a failed project. What's Coming Up- Click on the images for links to more information and registration What have you been working on in your shop? Share it with all of us at this Friday's free Zoom Sharing Session! September 12th, 2:00 pm Eastern, 18:00 UTC September 19 through September 21 2025 For The Newbies- Tomislav Tomasic discusses scraper sharpen and how it can reduce your sanding efforts- So you've started turning bowls but you want to make them more aesthetic looking? Mike Peace has some tips- Expand Your Horizons- Alan Stratton is back! I've followed Alan for years and really enjoy his projects. Of course I'm a "jig junky" and Alan loves to make jigs!! @Headhunter uses a Ringmaster to make his bowls from a board. In this video, Alan puts his own spin (see what I did there ) on doing one. Tim Yoder showed us how he uses a "story stick" in a short video, last week. This week he gives us a look at what the overall project was and an insight into making wood live on. Woodturning has gone through many changes from the spring pole lathe to carbide tools. But are we ready to embrace "AI"?? Check out what Tomislav thinks- Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- Lots of Easy Wood Tools demonstrations happening in the near future! https://www.mmwtc.org/ https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/appleton https://okstatefair.com/ Last week we posted the short video of Carl Jacobson with the Joyner Offset Jig. This is the step by step setup tutorial. See how the Easy Wood Tools products compliment the use of the jig. @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- A couple of sales on turning equipment- https://longworthchuck.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=30 Click on the below image for the link to the sale Everything Else- A video series that will help you appreciate your lathe when making a bowl- https://www.finewoodworking.com/2017/11/02/ep-1-finding-the-bowl-within-the-log Safe turning
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Another thunderstorm about to roll on through! Our Patriot Turners- @FrederickH showed us his red oak burl bowl he has just about finished. Gorgeous color and spectacular character. Checkout Rick's post for more images and his description- What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to more information and registration Cindy Drozda will be have her live tool talk on Friday, July 18th, 2pm Eastern (18:00 UTC). The Mid Atlantic Woodturning Symposium announced the addition of Helen Bailey to the demonstrators' lineup. For The Newbies- A short video, from Tim Yoder, on Tool Rest Care A very informative video from Richard Raffan on using the skew chisel. Expand Your Horizons- Wanna turn a bowl but haven't purchased that scroll chuck yet? Ernie Conover has got you covered. This tutorial was published in the Woodworker's Journal. https://www.woodworkersjournal.com/turning-bowl-just-lathe-faceplate/ Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- We have pretty much covered the individual Easy Wood Tools. Seeing the tools in creative action is a great way to learn how to use them and their capabilities. This video shows the use of EWT tools while finishing an already roughed out bowl- If you are in the Baltimore MD area this coming weekend, stop in at the Woodcraft store and catch this great demo by David Welch! https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/baltimore?srsltid=AfmBOor9jiSeqV1Fz_JMQGbEEq8FQjjSktp4fKfeqMwWqFnNf1brKFrl @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- Ron Brown is working on a new bandsaw circle jig that should be useful if you do "Bowls From A Board" This product should ship on or around August 1, 2025. Check out Ron's website https://www.ronbrownsbest.com/ Everything Else- I've committed (or maybe should be) to doing a demo at the local turning club in early August. I always try to do something a little different than just turn an item. The demos are scheduled for about 1 hour so it is challenging to come up with something unique and doable in the limited time frame. My plan is to show how to do the John Beaver "wave bowls". These bowls take me several days from start to finish. Using several bowls, in various stages of completion, I think I can do an interesting demo; especially since both types of bowls start out with the same operations. I have created 4 Sycamore bowls- 3 as part of the demo and 1 is a finished recessed wave bowl (I have a protruding wave bowl, too). The center bowl is at the point where the decision is made to create the recess or protruding wave. The "wave" isn't glued so folks can see how the pieces are held during turning This bowl will be used to explain how the protruding wave is created This bowl will be used to show how the inside of the bowl is finished. This one is glued together but not finish The finished bowl is on the lathe now and getting a Poly bath. Once it dries, I'll finish off the bottom to reshape the foot to get rid of the dovetail recess. Safe turning
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