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Just a friendly reminder- Income Tax deadline is less than a week away! Our Patriot Turners- @RustyFN posted an update on subject he started a while back. Rusty was looking for plans for a lathe stand suitable for a handicapped turner. Looks like this will be a winner- See this post for our members comments and more images- Last week's post on our "Off the lathe" generated a great safety tip by @Gerald. Check out the what Gerald mentioned and the new item added to the continuing post. @Fred W. Hargis Jr showed us his finished table. Fred had mentioned that he was working on turning legs for this project. I'd say he did a mighty fine job on these! Here's the post Fred made in our "Good Monday Morning" portion of the General Woodworking forum. What’s Coming Up- If you missed the Spring Vendor Showcase, you can watch the replay. Click on the image below- Cindy Drozda is hosting and IRD on making Mushroom Boxes Registration information is here- https://www.cindydrozda.com/ For The Newbies- A very comprehensive article on choosing and using a lathe chuck. Included are several informative videos. Click on the image for the link to the entire article. Easter in closing in on us. How about turning some easter eggs. How about those Easy Wood Tools!! Expand Your Horizons- A more elaborate Easter Egg- Texturing can add a new level of interest to your turnings. There are a variety of texturing tool on the market. These two videos introduce some different approaches. The first video is from a live demo so it's a little long- Mike Peace uses a totally different tool to create textured details Richard Raffan ebonizes a bowl with his own mixture of ebonizing solution. Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- Easy Wood Tools introduce the negative rake cutter to overcome the chipping caused by traditional HSS tools when turning acrylics. These cutters leave an amazingly smooth surface on resins and wood alike. They produce continuous streamers of resin as can be seen in this video- From the Easy Wood Tools site: @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- A couple of weeks ago, Tim Yoder mentioned a storage unit for holding sanding discs. The units are now available at- https://www.turningwood.com/product-category/ds/ I see that our sponsor, Woodcraft, has turning kits and supplies on sale. Click on the image for the link to the Woodcraft sale page- Everything Else- Safe turning
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Got the yard mowed just in time! Quick 1/4" of rain. Been hot and humid here for the past week. Our Patriot Turners- @forty_caliber has added a vacuum chuck to his turning arsenal. He received lots of comments about using it from our members- Included in this thread is one of the bowls he made, using the chuck. Check out the way he filled the void in the bowl- Forty also post in the Patriots regular "What's On Your Weekend Agenda" forum about his new coring system for getting the most from a bowl blank- You can read his update and see more images at- @Fred W. Hargis Jr continued work on the pepper grinder he started last week. Fred posted images of the finished prototype and then showed us the final product. It turned out so nice, Fred says he may just make more! @HandyDan turned a beautiful cherry bowl for his sister. I was really taken by the shape. In his post, Dan tells us how he made the blank and did the finish. What’s Coming Up- Cindy Drozda is having Mushroom Box Demo Click on the image for the link to registration and more information. Don't forget, this weekend is the S.W.A.T. Convention in Waco, TX. For The Newbies- A couple of videos for making turning accessories. From Mike Peace, on making and using mandrels- And Sam Angelo on making and using threaded drive blocks- Expand Your Horizons- Here's a really neat project called a "change box", from Carl Jacobson Last week we mentioned videos from Jim Rodgers on making open segment turnings. Here is #3 in the video series- New Turning Items- I expect there will be new turning items being shown at S.W.A.T. We will see what we can spend out lunch money on, soon! Everything Else- Rick Turns list of YouTube woodturning videos from last week- Finished up the #3 of 4 box elder bowls. I have to thank @HandyDan for the idea on the rim. I liked the bowl he made for his sister. #4 just came out of the drying box, maybe get that one finished this week. Used the Yorkshire Grit and the Hampshire Sheen as the finish on this one, too. Still have to remove some excess lodged in the worm holes. Safe turning and stay well
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