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Our Patriot Turners- Last week, @Gordon asked us our opinions on the Longworth chuck vs. a vacuum chuck. Gordon posted his decision along with information on what he bought. Check it out!! Although his project was posted in the Patriot Woodcarving Forum, I wanted to share @FrederickH's latest work- it does have some turning involved. Ricks use of leafing is amazing! Check this link for more images and while you are there, go back and read about the entire project. Leafing is an awesome way to embellish turnings! What's Coming Up- Click on the image for the link to registration and more information For The Newbies- A sharpening tip from Tim Yoder One of the best species of wood to turn is FREE WOOD! Unfortunately, the opportunity to obtain this species doesn't always coordinate with your turning schedule. Being able to keep the wood from cracking/splitting until you are ready to use it is important. This video, posted by Popular Woodworking, demonstrates how to seal the ends of the pieces.- Looking for a project to boost your spindle and hollowing skills? Richard Raffan's scoops might be something that will help. They also make great presents! Expand Your Horizons- I thought about @Steve Krumanaker when I saw this video from Mike Peace. Steve turns miniature birdhouses as Christmas ornaments for presents. Mike turns a way to feed all those miniature birdies! How about combining some woodworking and woodturning in the same project? This tutorial is from Popular Woodworking https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/shaker-side-table/ The table is similar to one "Norm" made on the New Yankee Workshop. He called it a Martha Washington Candle Table. His had a tilt top. I made one for my "Mrs. Washington" but she hated it- gave it to friends. Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- Tim Yoder uses the Easy Wood Tools Yorkshire Grit products to finish a bowl. One of the features, about Easy Wood Tools, I am often asked about is- "where are they made?" This short video is enlightening about the manufacturing- AQOVDmH8xqZdQHIR4aQ0HVhuTfzPhp9nKey6_5eo1Mt0FsctgJoKaGDRuP7HxgxhYPmrWZy__ZxYRTIPGJBNdJRB.mp4 Next week's Easy Wood Tools Demonstration schedule https://valleywoodworkers.org/ https://www.rockler.com/retail/stores/nc-cary-store?utm_source=local&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=cary https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/cleveland-east https://www.rockler.com/retail/stores/ca-rocklin-store?utm_source=local&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=rocklin https://www.woodcraft.com/pages/store/parkersburg https://www.rockler.com/retail/stores/fl-brandon-store?utm_source=local&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=brandon @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- Everything Else- Had company for supper, just finished up with the dishes- Safe turning
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Nice series of articles from Popular Woodworking https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/choosing-hand-planes/
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We only have about 3 weeks left to get your raffle tickets for the Summer Fund Raiser. This fund raiser will help keep our site alive and allow us to help veterans. Please Donate! Our Patriot Turners- @Turn n Learn posted some more items he scored with his lathe and wondered what some were used for. New comments and items begin here- @Gordon made a cool jam chuck using some neoprene rubber- He posted more images and the source for the rubber in his post- @Fred W. Hargis Jr gave us a heads up for an awesome sale price on new Jet and Powermatic lathes- Check his post for the link to Craft Supplies USA If you aren't sure what to look for in that new lathe, this video from Popular Woodworking may help- From our "What's On" posts, @BuckeyeHomestead posted a picture of his NEW Jet lathe and its first project That's an awesome lathe! @RustyFN had some difficulty with buffing out a finish. He explains the problem in this post- Check out what Rusty said and maybe you have some tips that will help him. What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to more information and registration. For The Newbies- Sam Angelo posted a nice spindle gouge tutorial Tomislav Tomasic created a great video on tips for turning. His videos have excellent closeup of gouge positions. From Popular Woodworking, a written tutorial on lathe tool sharpening- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/sharpening-for-woodturners/ And another on scrapers https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/the-woodturning-scraper/ Expand Your Horizons- The theme for this week is embellishing- Mike Peace bleaches and burns turning to add neat effects- From Popular Woodworking- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/square-platter-with-textured-rim/ If you are looking for a nice gift project, Jimmy Clewes' coffee scoop tutorial might just be what you want- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/turned-scoop-with-pewter-finial/ Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- Over the past several weeks, we have been showcasing the individual Easy Wood Tools. One thing that should be noted is that all Easy Wood products are made right here in the good ol' U. S. of A. Fascinating video of the manufacturing processes- All of the Easy Wood products are available directly from their home base in Lexington, KY and on Amazon. However, some of the best prices can be found by cruising their social media pages for special sales from woodworking retailers i.e. Woodcraft etc. For the month of June, a few - If you are thinking about attending the St. Paul, MN symposium, Easy Wood Tools will be well represented- And another shameless self promotion- @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- Everything Else- From Ron Brown's Newsletter: Good Enough Perfection is often unattainable, and just as frequently, unnecessary. I hear from turners all the time who proudly sand salad bowls to 4,000 grit. Anything above 320 grit is just a waste of time and effort for most wood projects. However, acrylic and resin projects may well benefit from using abrasives up to 12,000 grit. The caution here is not to get bogged down in the last 2 percent trying to make something perfect when 98 percent of the work is very close to perfection and Good Enough. When I used to build custom furniture from cherry, walnut, oak, and hardwood plywood, I quickly discovered that stopping at 220 grit produced excellent results. Especially when covered by sanding sealer and pre-catalyzed lacquer as finishes. It’s true, sometimes less is more. The secret was to be careful with each finer sanding grit, ensuring that all scratches from the coarser grit were entirely removed. That is where patience really pays off, as I deliberately go over the entire surface, then examine my work with a raking light source before moving up to the next finer grit. Most folks don’t realize that excessive sanding with fine-grit paper creates heat that releases and then hardens the lignin in wood, often resulting in a splotchy finish. The finishing material will not be able to penetrate the surface evenly, and it looks awful. If you’ve ever blown up a bowl, it usually comes from making one last cut to get the finish just right and the walls as thin as possible. You forgot that wood moves and bowls can go out of round as you turn, even if they’ve been drying for months. As wood is removed, the moisture content can change, causing the thin walls to warp, or harmonic vibration to set in. That final cut produces an unexpected catch and bang! Fresh bowl pieces are lying around the shop once again. The problem with patience is that it takes so long. My projects rarely turn out exactly like I see them in my mind. My hope is to bring them close to my idea of perfection and bring them to the “Good Enough” stage of completion. I know some of you think I’m smarter than I actually am. What you see are the results of persistence, patience, and starting over many times before I was able to show you a finished version. You will never see the eight failures that came before. Remember how WD-40 got its name. I would rather have you do something slowly and well than do it quickly and poorly, sometimes referred to as Half-Fast. Many years ago, I got tired of hearing myself say “Oops! I didn’t see that before, and now it’s too late to fix it.” I am deliberate in my inspections before proceeding to the next step. It is always easier to fix it then, rather than several steps later. Safe turning
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Raining again! Our Patriot Turners- @Fred W. Hargis Jr updated us on his progress with his cool segmented coin holders. He has made some adjustments in his technique and describes them in his post. @RustyFN is teaching at his local Woodcraft. He got some practice in with this bowling ball. It didn't go quite as planned as Rusty describes in his post- What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to registration and more information For The Newbies- Sam Angelo discusses the difference between a traditional bowl gouge grind and the "Bottom Feeder" grind. Tomislav Tomasic posted a video that includes a new safety feature that protects both the operator and the lathe. I hope it becomes a standard feature on all lathes. Expand Your Horizons- A nice article/tutorial in Popular Woodworking, from Jimmy Clewes, on turning a winged box. The link to the tutorial- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/turned-winged-box/ Tim Yoder does some threading with an awesome looking threading "device" The video is apparently a little old. This is the link to a newer version of the jig. https://chefwarekits.com/Threading-Jigs-c9880435?srsltid=AfmBOorAAUTaQZHrT_dOYeJamCRCvOW1p_t4UJMLP--Wcow5aFwbgsj7 Turning Time With Easy Wood Tools- Most of the Easy Wood Tools carbide cutters are available in the Negative Rake configuration, identified by the "NR" notation in the descriptions. The negative rake cutters are less aggressive compared to the the "original" style of cutter. The negative rake design was originally developed for acrylic/hybrid blanks to be turned with less chipping that occurred with standard HSS and or standard carbide cutters. They work equally well on wooden blanks, especially during hollowing. Tools utilizing negative rake cutters are used with the same presentation angle/position as the standard cutters. For the Easy Wood Tools users "across the pond" a nice discount on the products- @Jordan Martindale New Turning Items- Reviews, something new and sale items. Tomislav unpack and reviews the Mike Mahoney Hollowing System Click on the images for links to the suppliers. Starbond- Woodcraft Spiracraft Everything Else- Safe turning
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Before it fell apart and before the main editors left, they put together a beginner's guide to woodworking, including a starter tool set and a few projects. Now it appears the guide is in book form and for sale, but the PDF version is still around and free. https://www.pdfdrive.com/manual-popular-woodworking-magazine-e8945999.html And a lot of the projects are still out there, as they continued for several years after the PDF came out https://www.popularwoodworking.com/i-can-do-that/ and some project downloads based on articles https://www.popularwoodworking.com/free-woodworking-downloads/ I Can Do That Manual Popular Woodworking ebook.pdf I Can Do That! Woodworking Projects - Updated and Expanded ( PDFDrive.com ).pdf
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Well apparently Punxsutawney Phil got it right, at least for PA. Snow and sleet tonight, rinse and repeat for Saturday! Our Patriot Turners- @calabrese55 added a beautiful mixed media, mixed construction vase to our "What's Off" topic and our turners showed their appreciation for his work- Please head over to Mike's post and check out more images and the great comments- @RustyFN taught another bowl turning class at his local Woodcraft store. Please see his, and our turner's, comments at- What’s Coming Up- Click on the image for the link to more information and registration If you missed it, last Friday, Cindy Drozda uploaded her Tool Talk presentation- For The Newbies- This video is a live demonstration showing some of the things to do for lathe maintenance. Filming isn't theater quality Pen turning is a nice way to ease into turning and the pens make awesome gifts. This video, from Craft Supplies USA, takes us through the steps. Although there lots of specialized jigs that can be purchase to do pen turning, many can be shop made for practically no cost. Expand Your Horizons- It is the beginning of the month and the "4 Ways Collaboration" group has uploaded their versions of a long stemmed goblet- New Turning Items- Everything Else- Popular Woodworking provided links to several turning articles. Beginners as well as more advanced turners should be able to find something useful. Jimmy Clewes turns a natural edge bowl- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/turn-a-live-edge-bowl/ Judy Ditmer discusses turning multiple copies of an item- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/techniques/making-multiples/ Alan Lancer turns handles for turning tools- https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/handles-for-turning-tools/ And, Yoav Liberman provides his insights into using carbide tools for the beginner. Although I disagree with his observation that carbide tools are "crude but effective." https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/carbide-tools-unlocking-woodturning-potential/ Safe turning
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Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of D-Day. There are so few of the brave men and women who served in World War II left to honor their sacrifices to keep our country free. The Greatest Generation is almost gone. Our Patriot Turners- @StaticLV2 posed a question to our members concerning turning if you are a "Lefty". Specifically, dealing with hollowing out the bowl's inside. If you van help him, please see his post and provide some input- @Masonsailor has been building doors for a while. Paul got a chance to sneak over to his lathe to turn several of these door related items. Check out his post for the details! @Fred W. Hargis Jr posted his turned box for use to drool over. First partially finished and then completely finished- More information and descriptions at- And @Gerald finished up his work on an urn for his daughter-in-law's father. It is a beautifully done piece and a fitting resting place for a loved one. Gerald's post includes some process images and description of what he has done- A week or so ago, @RustyFN showed us some turned lidded boxes he made from boxwood. Rusty's friend does chip carving and he embellished the two boxes with amazing work- Check out Rusty's post to see the complete series of pictures from start to finish- Once again, our turners have come through with an amazing collection of work for our "ON/OFF" the lathe posts! Thank You!!! From "ON"- @Gerald and @calabrese55 worked on hollow vessels- Lots of great comments. Pick up where we left off last week at- And from "OFF"- @StaticLV2 and @kreisdorph created some amazing work segments and bowls- Here's the link to catchup with all the action- What’s Coming Up- https://www.neowta.com/press/kirk-deheer-demonstration-and-classes/ For The Newbies- Popular Woodworking made available several turning articles. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/turn-your-first-bowl/?oly_enc_id=7454G3912223B7R https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/carbide-tools-unlocking-woodturning-potential/?oly_enc_id=7454G3912223B7R https://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/the-woodturning-scraper/?oly_enc_id=7454G3912223B7R Expand Your Horizons- Craft Supplies USA has a nice tutorial for turning a utility box- It is just after the first of the month and the "4 Ways" collaboration videos were posted. This project was a little different as each turner made their own favorite project. Mike Peace- Richard Raffan- Sam Angelo- And Tomislav Tomasic- New Turning Items- Not new but I use this bandsaw blade for resawing inserts for my rolling pins. Thought maybe some of the other turners here may do similar cutting- https://www.highlandwoodworking.com/wood-slicer-resaw-bandsaw-blades.aspx?utm_source=Advertiser+Promotion&utm_content=FW+Dedicated+Offers&utm_medium=Advertiser+Promotion Also, last week we posted a new jig from Ron Brown's Best. @HandyDan noticed that one of Ron Brown's jigs was a hollowing stabilizer. Dan said he was unfamiliar with the tool. This is a simple design and has limited depth capabilities compared to the ones used by Tim Yoder or Lyle Jamieson Everything Else- Safe turning
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I have about 17 or 18 boxes of "vintage" (to use an auctioneer's term) woodworking magazines, including a whole set of #1-243 (and probably more if I sorted them) plus a number of years of sequential and scattered earlier ones of FWW. They are too valuable, I believe, to just scrap them and probably time (according to the Mrs.) to get rid of them. I see them selling on eBay by sets of 1-20 or so, but have no idea if they actually get sold that way. Nor do I want a part time job selling and running to the post office every couple of days for onsie-twosies. There's way to much volume and weight to ship out (the 243 set occupies about 5 full boxes) The Cinci Library would probably take them, but just sell at their annual "garage book sale." The more local library does not seem to have any archives like that. Every time I go there, there's a couple of carts of books being downsized for $1 a bag. Any thoughts on a quick and easy way to sell them? I've enquired at a local online auction and waiting to hear back if they are interested.
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I have a whole shelf full of banker boxes of old woodworking magazines (I cannot bear to throw them away). When I started (pre-internet days), I learned a lot from them. Now, I subscribe to very few. But I still read most of them. My local library has a lot of them on e-readers that I can read online at my leisure. As an Ohio resident, I have patron IDs at Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland libraries and can get current or back e-reader issues on demand. My local (Cincinnati) library circulates their recent issues, back a few years, and I can put a reserve on them and pick them up at my local branch if I want the hardcopy for any reason. This morning, I pulled off the pages for the Shaker Berry Box from an issue of FWW a year ago.
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Woodsmith has just announced an affiliate program for people to join and get them to sell from their archive of plans https://hub.woodsmith.com/join-our-woodsmith-plans-affiliate-program?ecid=ACsprvtxhvWENpDGXi-5Qw95W8Wz0osCXuiBmb8MZ_cSBrR_WgjMHGGdlHUrt9zi_aWJCk-aoZWc&utm_campaign=WSM - Product Promotion - Woodsmith Affiliate Program&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=73892454&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_3iNPxn44HSn09KmXCUJRvPFEQq61-FDJeQnjQAzA9ujTbLikjyURX2UQzX252H3jwuzomi9eEAXjCjAbHxHhzVyARDRrj7kG0jJoabYc5TACIDMY&_hsmi=73892456 Be prepared for social media and forums to get filled with plan offers, just like the day of Ted's Woodworking Plans getting posted everywhere. By the way, AIM (parent company) has just bought the intellectual property of Popular Woodworking (i.e., the plans and articles) https://blog.lostartpress.com/2019/06/19/popular-woodworking-acquired-by-woodsmiths-parent-company/?fbclid=IwAR0omAQc3sJjyzlSI7SugC-4AiZaJOM0rIDuWHX4C993vmbQNkFkPXiIL1I
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F+W is here in town. It was just a couple of miles from my old home. I knew them well before they even bought Popular Woodworking from a CA company. It's been crazy there the last couple of years, laying off a lot of the people that made it what it is. But I finally did not renew at the end of last year. Good decision in retrospect. https://blog.lostartpress.com/2019/03/11/an-alternate-ending-for-fw-media/
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Interesting article on cutting through dovetails. Tails first process. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/how-to-make-through-dovetails/?k=O5aSyEQDrOJ71MtJucCkmub0UnqR%2BIUKrY3UU4gftQ8%3D&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=pww-rfa-nl-190106&cid=DM95690&bid=956688930
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I just read a fantastic article from PWW, I am ready to try this one. I love easy finishes, that's why I love the ease of wipe on finishes. You can see it at Popular Woodworking Beeswax Finish by Don Williams
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From a post by Popular Woodworking- an excerpt from A.J. Hamler's book "The Woodworker's Kitchen"- Click on the image, above, to go to the article. The only caveat is, as other readers of the article pointed out, the author uses boiled linseed oil as his finish. I suppose it is food safe once completely dried but I prefer mineral oil or a mineral oil/bee's wax combo.
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Crept out to my shop today and found a corner that was hiding out in the last go round with my shop clean up last weekend. Slowly but surely I am digging out. And getting my shop ready for production once again. I am getting anxious to say the least, but I have had to clean, and perform deferred maintenance on my machines and hand tools. Reminds me of what John Moody went through a short time ago. I went through my magazine collection and I have them sorted by publisher. Next I'll get the ones I want sorted by date and I'll get them in some binders or on a shelf. But for now I am donating to our local high-school wood program my stack of WOOD Magazines, but I am keeping my Fine Woodworking, Shop Notes, Woodworker's Journal, Popular Woodworking, and American Woodworker, Woodcraft and Wood Smith magazines. I threw away the annual tool review specials that each publisher puts out, like best tools of 2004 etc. Those are dated, but I am keeping the rest that have wonderful articles of interest to me. Sorting It's nice being out here in the shop, with my Pandora music playing away my Appalachia tunes, nearby my kids are playing basket ball right out side my shop door, so I'll take a break and join em, and let em whoop up on ol dad!
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Two part article for Popular woodworking on restoring a gouge handle- http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/restore-a-gouge-handle-part-1?utm_source=wir&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pww-jru-wir-160717&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=pww-jru-wir-160717&utm_content=862954_PWE160717&utm_medium=email http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/restore-a-gouge-handle-part-2?utm_source=wir&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pww-jru-wir-160717&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=pww-jru-wir-160717&utm_content=862954_PWE160717&utm_medium=email
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Nice article discussing the steps for sharpening a handsaw- http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/how-to-sharpen-saw-blades
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Part #1 of making a frame saw, from Popular Woodworking- http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/build-a-frame-saw-part-1-design-and-stock-preparation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pww-jru-nl-160228&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=pww-jru-nl-160228&utm_content=823865_PWE160228&utm_medium=email
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Just received this in an email from Popular Woodworking. Looks like it might be handy for some woodworkers. The entire article is here- http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/bench-bull-the-jack-of-all-bench-jigs-part-1?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=pww-jru-nl-151220&utm_content=807959_PWE151220&utm_medium=email
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Just a little heads up to all, Popular Woodworking has a wonderful page full of all kinds of free stuff to download. Click on FREE Woodworking Projects and Downloads. Or click on the image below
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I just renewed my subscription to Fine Woodworking, and I tried to start a new subscription for American Woodworker, and I found out that American Woodworker is now in cahoots with Popular Woodworking! Call me lame! I did not know this! I love Popular Woodworking, so it's a win win, but I also loved American Woodworker! Anyway, I started a new subscription for Popular Woodworker as well.
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Popular Woodworking is at it again folks, click on Free Plans for an updated page full of free plans.
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Yet another great free download from Popular Woodworking. Enjoy! Click on the image below
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