Jim Moloney

I think that’s a great idea. At a previous show there was a woman who was annoyed at the do not touch signs. She said wood is meant to be touched, Steve Fulgoni told her we would try to find the person that made a piece and ask permission if she wanted to examine it more closely and pick it up. I like the idea of visitors being able to interact more, some scroll saw puzzles that kids could put together might be fun.

I scanned it.

I have Woodturning with Ray Allen: A Master’s Designs & Techniques for Segemented Bowls and Vessels by Dale Nish (2004-09-01) Amazon has 1 new copy left for $1,008.00 and used ones for $54.00.

I haven’t read The Art of Segmented Wood Turning: A Step-By-Step Guide by Malcolm Tibbetts but it should be very good and it’s only $20.00

If you are going to cut segments with a table saw I recommend building a wedgie sled and buying wedgies to set the fences to get the most accurate angle cuts. There are many Youtube videos about the wedgie sled. The original was designed by Jerry Bennett, I made a modified version and it works great. This video shows how to make and use one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpFNE1CHsc4

Mike do you think that pump would be suitable for use as a vacuum chuck? If so I’m interested.

You are on the right track, doing the same type of project many times helps you learn what works.

That joke is so old I sawdust on it.

These are Charlie’s photos. It turns out that his iphone was saving the photos in a format not supported by the website or windows 10, I found a free online utility that converted them from .heic to .jpeg If anyone else is using an iphone or ipad and the photo format is set to .heic there is an additional setting on the phone that will automatically convert them when they are uploaded. I found these instructions:

How do I convert iPhone photos to JPEG?
Open the “Settings” app on the iPhone and go to “Camera” Choose “Formats” and select “High Efficiency” to capture iPhone photos in HEIF / HEVC format. Recommended, next to go “Photos” and under the ‘Transfer to Mac or PC’ section choose “Automatic” to automatically convert the HEIF images to JPEG upon file transfer.

Charlie, try emailing them to me at jpatmo@aol.com I will see if I can post them for you.

I have been rough turning bowls from logs. I have a dozen greenwood blanks drying in paper bags with some of the wet shavings. I may have my Christmas presents done on time this year!