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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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