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Here is another dragonfly setting. Once again, there is actually very little turning involved in creating this. with that, I have learned some tricks to doing what turning there is. This is all sycamore and I did it as an appreciation gift for a very special niece. Several months or about a year ago, we started noticing my older sister was failing, both mentally and physically. At 89 I suppose that can be expected. Still, it's my sister and it seemed her deterioration was progressing rapidly and plans for caring for her had to be discussed. My niece, her grand daughter stepped up and said she would do everything she could so Sis could be at home as long as possible. She did, Nicki was there for her, often all day and all night, doing what ever was necessary. She cared for Sis, took training, etc. etc. Sis loved to ride and visit a local buffalo ranch. Nicki took her every day. She did this freely, with love and at sacrifice to her own well being and family. I would add, her family was on board with it 100%. My sister passed about a month ago and thanks to Nicki she was able to be home until she entered hospice. I just felt compelled to do something to let my niece and her husband know how much they were appreciated for what they'd done for her, for all of us, really. This is what I ended up with, basically from limbs dropped in our yard from our sycamore trees. Nicki asked me, "how did I know sycamores were her favorite tree?" I did know she is a fan of Tolkien but the sycamore thing was pure luck I guess.
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(Arts and Crafts)-Workbench Magazine September-October 1968 Turned Lamp
John Morris posted a topic in Plans and Software
View File Workbench Magazine September-October 1968 Turned Lamp This is a scanned document of the now defunct Workbench Magazine of this era. Permission was granted by the new Workbench Publication for The Patriot Woodworker community to copy and use the old Workbench Magazine at our pleasure, and for free distribution and re-use. Submitter John Morris Submitted 12/04/2025 Category Arts and Crafts-
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Pretty happy with this one. I have always liked the way walnut and white oak compliment each other. This is also one of the ideas I've had in the back of my mind for quite a long time. A little bigger at about 1.5" diameter. It's not "hollowed" in the traditional sense but I did cross drill a through hole under the medallion with a 1" forstner bit to remove some material and weight. The ornament has a star on two sides and a manger motif on two sides.
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To get a catch that is. Our wood turning club will seat about 30 members at any given meeting. Mostly bowl turners and only 3 or 4 of us will even pick up a skew. The others will tell you it's just too easy to get a catch, or "every time I try I get a catch", etc. etc. Well, I'm here to say I'm not afraid to use a skew because I can get a catch just fine with a gouge. While turning another inlay ornament I had pretty much shaped the globe, all skew work, and was going to start on the finials. Grabbed a 1/4" detail gouge to make a V cut. One instant of carelessness and the ornament was basically destroyed. And that is why I'm not afraid to use a skew!!
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Got a new toy, the vision pro from WeCreate, it's a 45watt diode laser. According to the manufacturer it will cut up to 1" thick soft wood. Haven't tried that but I can tell you it cuts 1/4 maple and walnut like butter. I've wanted to do something like this since I saw a similar ornament from Gwinnet wood workers on youtube several years ago. Anyway, this is the first one I've done taking advantage of my new capabilities. It's a walnut shaft with maple medallions that have a walnut inlay. Possibilities are promising with this I think.
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A reel popped up on my feed of someone crafting a dragonfly with a hand held grinder like a dremel. I wondered if I could do the same thing except on the lathe. This is my second effort, the mount and the body are sycamore, wings are white oak. Would like to have gotten a little more curvature on the body but I'm happy with it overall and am looking forward to exploring this idea. The wings are cut out with my laser, just cabbaged a line drawing off the web and went with it. Also would like to have gotten the wings a little flatter but I can address that on the next one.
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Just finished these little lids, they are small. About 2.25" or just less than 60mm in diameter. The gift shop they go to sells loose tea and herbs in bulk. The owner wanted these little lids to dress up 4oz mason jars. Sycamore limbs are ideal for making a natural or live edge knob and the trees are always providing material to work with, always. The natural edge knobs go quickly and it occurred to me to try doing some of the knobs cross grain. Pretty happy this look and anxious to see what Cindy (shop owner) thinks of them.
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For our November meeting one of our lady turners demoed an ornament she turns. It's a basic globe ornament but she does an applique of contrasting wood on four sides of the globe. She uses a scroll saw to do a cutout on the added piece. She had some with Christmas trees and some with crosses. I do not own a scroll saw, by choice, in fact, I have un-owned one three times now. Scrolling is just not for me. I do however, have a router and guide bushings. I also happen to have a 3D printer. So, I printed a template for a cross and routed that into 4 pieces of wood for an ornament. The main body is walnut and the appliques are spalted maple, I think. Still have some kinks to work out but I'm overall happy with the look of it. I think it works this way but if a little more is turned away the pattern pieces will isolate on each side and I think that would look good too. The lady (Rhonda) who did the demo also had glued a piece of veneer between the main piece and the applique. That made a nice outline around the feature.
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Sycamores are always dropping limbs and the limbs are almost always gnarly, misshapen, and often spalted before they ever hit the ground. In other words, they are ideal for turning little rustic birdhouse ornaments.
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Most here know these have a been a staple for me for several years. Here is the latest batch of mason jar honey dipper lids. These will go to a local bee keeper who sells her honey in pint mason jars. Assorted Indiana hard woods. Graphics are done with a small hobby laser.
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Not sure what kind of wood this is, it sanded easily which is good because I had some deep end grain tear out. Worth the effort as it has a lot of character.
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I got some walnut today. I should be able to get three bowls out of each one, 16”, 14” and 12”.
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I've seen different sets of carbide tools with wide variations in price. I know people say you get what you pay for but has anyone bought the cheaper ones and was able to tell the difference? It seems to me as long as it holds the cutter straight it should work regardless of price. I have been turning off and on for about two years so I'm not an expert but not exactly new. Just asking for options.
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I posted a couple weeks ago about a shop contacting me to make drop spindles which are used in spinning wool. There are two basic components, the "whorl" which is pretty easy and quick to do. The shaft, which is a little problematic. The shaft needs to be about 12" long and around 5/16" diameter. Kind of difficult and tedious to turn and with a small margin I need to turn them as quickly as possible. Looking for options I bought a dowel jig that uses a drill motor to create a dowel. It works but I got more tearout than I liked, especially on woods like oak or ash. I then did some searching and watched some videos about using a table saw to make dowels. You read that right, you can make a dowel or spindle using your table saw. It works, and it works pretty darn good. Pretty nice finish which will require just a little sanding and it's pretty consistent as far as diameter Produce_5.mp4
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Just finished these, 25 in all. I did get my drawings converted to lightburn so I could do some engraving on them. Lightburn is a great program and made the conversions very easy.
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A lady who owns a local spinning shop contacted me and asked about making her some drop spindles to sell in her shop. Now, I've heard of drop spindles and I've even seen pictures of some others have turned but I never really knew what they are for or do. I visited her shop and I was stunned. I had no idea spinning wool is still a thing. VERY nice shop with knitted and woven items every where. She sells equipment, wool, and teaches the craft. It was really an interesting visit. She didn't have any drop spindles like she wanted made and she was sold out and her current mail order supplier wasn't responding or filling orders. She described what she wanted and said she's wanted someone local for a while and one of her customers gave her my name. Don't know what will come of this but here are four of the first ones I've made for her. They are about 11" long and the "whorl"(new word for me) is about 2 1/2" diameter. According to the shop owner drop spindles predate spinning wheels by a few centuries and basically evolved from sticks. The underside is hollowed to provide stability and shift the mass to the rim so they spin longer. The Easy finisher is the bomb for that. Basically no sanding here.
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Posted these on my facebook page a couple days ago but almost didn't post them here as every one has seen them in one form or another before. Decorative mason jar lids for a local bee farm gift shop. 25 honey dipper lids and 25 herb jar lids and she ordered 25 more of a different size when I delivered these.
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Our daughter has some auto immune issues and when she's having a flare up she needs a cane. Couldn't find one with a handle she liked so she asked to make her one. This is one of those turnings that isn't real flashy and doesn't look like much but it is one of the most difficult things we do as a wood turner IMO. That long taper is tough to do, at least for me. The wood portion is about 33" over all, 1" at the top and 3/4" at the tip. Our son did the resin cast for the knob. The shaft is white oak and looks good at a glance, hands will find some low spots though.
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Wood turning club meeting is coming up and the presidents challenge this month is to turn a goblet from scrap or cutoffs. This will be my offering. No finish on it and not sure if I will finish it. It's small, only about 6" tall, kind of a shot goblet I guess. In keeping with the theme to use leftovers the top is made from the pieces left in the chuck from turning the goblet. Beads were done with D-way beading tools.
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The gift shop that sells some of my items also sells loose tea blends, it's really a neat shop. The owner asked me if I could make a smaller size decorative lid for her "tea jars". They are about 2/3 as big as a regular mason jar lid. We have an agreement and she always orders 25 or more at a time. That lets me turn in kind of a production mode and saves lots of time over doing one off pieces. The wood encases a metal lid that the shop owner provides.
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I don't really care to turn cedar and I just plain don't like turning resin. So, I did both on this little bowl. There is a back story though. There's been an empty lot across the street from our house since we've lived here. About 35 years. It was maintained but there was a scrub cedar tree on it. The lot sold earlier this year and a younger couple is having a house built. The couple seems very nice and they worked and worked, cleaning that tree up, pruned it, trimmed it, and pruned it some more. Of course, the first thing the builders did was cut the tree down. So, I cabbaged a piece of the trunk and was able to get this bowl from it. About 9" diameter and 4" deep. The piece had so many bark inclusions and voids I filled them resin. There are a couple cloudy spots on the underside, guess those must be bubbles? Anyway, it has a couple coats of oil on it and will get a few more.
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Finished them up today. Took longer than I thought they would. Wife and I had a nasty bug last week. Worst cough I can remember having for a while. Doc said, "just something that's going around". Crazy. Anyway, I'm happy with these. Guy hasn't seen them yet so I hope he is too.
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I recently had a chance to play with some beading tools, something I'd never really used before. However, they weren't mine to keep. After returning them I found that I missed what they could do. So, I invested in a 3/16", and a 1/8" beading tool from D-way tools. I like wooden handles so I purchased them un-handled. When I received the tools it occurred to me the cutting edge could be easily damaged. Knowing they are not a tool that will get daily use I needed a way to protect them from getting knocked to the floor or dinged up if in a drawer. I also do a club demo now and then so how to protect them when transporting? I had an idea to make a self storing, reusable handle and this is the result. Not real pretty but I think it will work well. It's a take off from my collet handle video with the handle drilled out to accept more of the shaft. This is with the tool in cutting position. This is with the cutting edge stored in the handle. The fittings are less than ten bucks at my local hardware. I used a 3/8" compression by 1/4" FIP straight and a 1/4" FIP close nipple.
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