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Remembering all my Brothers and Sisters on this 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Welcome Home. Our Patriot Turners- @Headhunter posted some of his Ringmaster turnings in our sub-forum. Thought it would be nice to share them with the entire group. He also posted an awesome open segment turning. Headhunter was kind enough to add a photo of how he created the blank to create this beauty. @forty_caliber Has bee working with some spalted pecan. I really like the way he embellished the rim of this bowl- Check out his post to see what our turners had to say- Forty also posted an inquiry asking if any of our members had any experience with a specific type of knot/gap filler. Please check out this post and offer any additional help- Can't express how happy I am to see everyone adding to our continuing thread of "What's On Your Lathe"! Some of the recent additions include- This is about where we left off last week- What’s Coming Up- Click on the images for links to more information and registration- For The Newbies- Found this article that compares these tools. https://turnawoodbowl.com/carbide-vs-traditional-hss-wood-turning-tools-high-speed-steel/ Alan Stratton's video on turning a box from tree to display. To add interest to the turning, Alan burns some detail lines. Check out his wire burning tool at 9 minutes- Expand Your Horizons- Carl Jacobson turned a small lidded box, and used the urn threaded rings. This was a live demonstration so it's a little long- Mike Waldt turns a hollow Mulberry hollow form- New Turning Items- Couldn't find anything new but checkout this week's Vendor Showcase (link above). Not sure what they will be doing. Everything Else- From Ron Brown's newsletter- Driving A Stake In The Ground Sometimes progress seems so slow that you have to drive a stake in the ground to see if you are moving. I first heard this phrase when I worked on the railroad as a long-haul trainman. The first half of our route took us from near sea level over a 4,000 foot high mountain range. Sometimes I could run alongside the train faster than it was moving! Developing our skills can be a lot like that. You want to be able to use a skew chisel like they do on YouTube and roll perfect beads, disks, and wonderfully symmetrical coves. But you get catch after catch and it seems like you are never going to figure it out. Or the grain tears on the outside of your bowl blank even with freshly sharpened tools. You wonder if you will ever be able to start sanding with 120 grit or higher rather than 60 or 80 grit. You look forward to the day you don’t have to spend so much time sanding. Practice makes perfect because each time you try, you get a little bit better. You develop muscle memory whether you know it or not. Suddenly, or so it would seem, you can roll a beautiful bead with that skew and not get a catch. Where is the stake now? I used spinning tops as my demonstration canvas on the Woodworking Show Circuit for 13 seasons. I glued up 1,200 top blanks at the beginning of each season and more when those ran out. All day long I would load a blank into the lathe’s collet chuck for my next demo. I used a skew to turn the disk to round in less than 3 seconds. Then I shaped the disk in preparation for texturing. That took another 10-15 seconds, one pass on the front, and one pass on the back. In one continuous motion, I shaped the stem using the same spindle gouge I had shaped the front and back of the disk. Then I made 3 cuts with the texturing tools and finished with various color combinations. I had developed so much muscle memory that I could carry on a lucid conversation and make the top at the same time. Elapsed time, less than 5 minutes including all of the decoration and coloring. It didn’t start out like that, but after the first thousand tops, it got easier. I’ve told you before that you don’t really know how to make something until you made 50 or 100 of the same thing. Then you begin to understand but still have much to learn. So, drive that stake in the ground, metaphorically, and watch as you get better each time you try again. Remember that wherever you go, there you are. Safe turning
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Received my prize burning kit today. Thanks TPW and Easy Wood Tools. Larry
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From the album: Patriot Woodworker Community Fundraiser 2020
One recipient will receive: Wire Burning Kit | Easy Wood Tools WWW.EASYWOODTOOLS.COM One kit which includes two robust, sure-grip handles made of one-of-a kind, grained American Maple and nine quickly-replaceable wires in three lengths and three gauges. Alternate lengths are perfect for different size projects: six-inch for pens, rings, and small vessels; nine-inch for bowls and other medium-sized projects; and 18-inch for bowls, plates, and other large shapes. Each gauge is color-coded so users quickly know just how wide their burn design will be: .016 gauge is red; .020 gauge is white; and .026 gauge is blue. Value: 49.99 -
The go to method for turners is a wire with two handles to protect from heat when the wire gets hot. You do all the work and pull tight. Probably for most not an issue, why reinvent the wheel. Enter the almost one armed guy, we are going to have to improvise. Took some time to do some R&D and figure out a work around. This is what I came up with. Takes any wire size, can be increase / decrease tension by way of the black knob at the top. No fancy springs and such just a 7/16 wrench and insert wire, bend around bolt and tighten. Repeat same for other side. Tension as you like and you are ready to go. Results speak for themselves. Used copper welding wire for this test. This prototype is made to taken apart only for the purpose of showing how I did the insides. R&D is all done and this works so if I want a better one I have a template to work from. Works for left or right handed use, mostly because I am lefty most of the time. Pins have days they work, or don't work well. I can rest my bad arm on the top of the tool and push down with my good arm with the back handle. Now that I have the proof of concept done I can work on making this smaller, or maybe just be happy this works and be done. The assembled tool: Inside the tool: Test Drive:
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