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Write it up however you want and we'll post it here. Share your knowledge and
experience. It makes our club stronger.
Woods
I like and woods I don't by Debra Faulkenberry
Taming the Skew
- A handout page of information by John Horn c/o Kathy Rutledge
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Spalting,
There's a Fungus Amongus by Andrew Hilton
Diamond Parting Tool Sharpening
- Sharpen that pesky tool easily and uniformly - Andrew Hilton
Vacuum Chucking
- Andrew Hilton
Shopmade Chattertool
- Andrew Hilton
NEW! Woodturned
Basket (small) - Andrew Hilton
String
Steady Rest (Steadyrest) - Incomplete - Andrew Hilton
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Coming Soon ...
Our Tools (from the Newsletter but with
pictures and illustrations) by The Mad Woodturner
Are we just
going in circles? by Whomever Would Like To Write It
Have you got a tip, large or small, to share? Let us
know and we'll post it. Become famous. Earn the respect of your peers. Grow
back your hair. Lose weight. All that for a simple tip. No, really!
NEW! Light Me, Baby (but just where
I want it)!
Surface textures and other add-ons to woodturnings has been popular for a
few years and only looks like it'll continue into the future.
Scorching or "firing" either parts or the whole entire piece of a
woodturning is fairly common these days. One way you can do this
fairly precisely is with what's known as a pencil torch. It's just a
small propane or butane fuel torch that's small ... sort of like those big
fat pencils we had to use in kindergarten (or maybe it was just me?).
It gives you a pretty hot flame but it's small and you can direct it exactly
where you want it. I like using it on rims and in voids or cracks of
woodturnings. Places where I want pinpoint control over where the
flame is going. I got this little torch at a tool wholesale place
locally for about $3 US. It uses butane fuel that I get at Wal-Mart in
the same place where you can get fuel replacement for your lighters.
Simple Template
Do you need a quick and simple template for making multiple
copies of your spindle turning? Just take a piece of masking tape and
tape that to your toolrest (most toolrests have a little ledge nearest to
you where the tool doesn't touch). Draw lines on this masking tape where you
need to start and stop cuts. It'll line up exactly with your turned piece,
be out of the way, is quick and cheap, and doesn't require any other type of
holder behind your piece.
Smoother Skewing
This tip works for any woodturning tool with sharp edges
([ed. note] on the shaft ... not the cutting edges .. they're *suppose* to
be sharp!) such as with most skew chisels. Take some sandpaper and sand down
the edges so that they are rounded where those edges might touch the
toolrest. This helps by allowing the tool to slide more easily over
the toolrest as you tip the edges up as in a planing type of cut or cutting
"V"'s with the skew. This also helps to save your cast-iron
toolrest from as deep or as many groves.
A Grippier Scroll Chuck
To increase the gripping power of your scroll chuck without
potentially damaging the spigot or recessed wood piece your chuck is holding
onto by tightening too much, try just putting some glue (CA
is fine and quick) at the junction of the metal chuck and the wood. It
helps lock in the bond between the already tightened chuck and the wood just
enough, sometimes, to keep vibration down and a safer hold on the wood
piece. When ready to take the wood piece off, the mechanical advantage
of loosing the chuck will easily break off the glue. If some glue
still remains on the chuck, it's a simple matter of just scraping it off the
steel.
