Syzygy - Adventures in Woodturning and Woodworking - Part 4

Turning coves and beads on a bedpost There is something intoxicating about the process of turning — part by-the-book technical, part a fluid freestyle dance. Join Keith Cruickshank on one of his WoodTreks videos, where he visits The Irion Company Furniture Makers, and films Johnathan Sanbuichi, an accomplished cabinetmaker and turner. In this video, Johnathan demonstrates his approach to the Continue reading … November 28th, 2009 \| Category: Surfing the Web, Videos, Woodturning \| Comments are closed
Chatter Tool Results I finally got a chance to play with the chatter tool I made. My initial experiments were pretty disappointing. The tool was “screeching” as it is supposed to, but I only seemed to be able to put spiral grooves on the test piece. My first thought was that the blade was not Continue reading … November 25th, 2009 \| Category: Embellishments, Tools, jigs and accessories, Woodturning \| 4 comments - (Comments are closed)	Newsletter from Syzygy Pens – November 2009 Syzygy Pens Newsletter November 2009 SPECIAL OFFERS Just in time for the holiday season! Use coupon code 1aec884194 for a 10% discount on all orders over $100. Offer valid until 12/31/2009. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to any of your friends you think might be interested Continue reading … November 23rd, 2009 \| Category: Pen Turning \| One comment - (Comments are closed)
Al Hockenbery Demo Last weekend our woodturning club, North Florida Woodturning Association, had the good fortune of hosting Al Hockenbery and his wife Sherry for a demonstration and hands on session. The demonstration was an all day demo on Saturday and the hands on session, with six of the club members was on Sunday. To see Continue reading … November 22nd, 2009 \| Category: Woodturning \| One comment - (Comments are closed)	Homemade Chatter Tool I’ve been wanting to try some different embellishment techniques, one of which was chatter work. However I kept on balking at the price of a new chatter tool. I decided to make my own. It cost me $3.00 and a hour or two on a Sunday afternoon. I got a 1/2″ x 10″ Continue reading … November 12th, 2009 \| Category: Embellishments, Tools, jigs and accessories, Woodturning \| One comment - (Comments are closed)
Uphill and downhill – cutting with the grain on a lathe Uphill or downhill. Cutting with the grain or against the grain. Understanding how the grain is orientated on the lathe and which direction to cut in order to get the smoothest cuts possible can be confusing. Brian Clifford has a great article on his site The Woodturners Workshop which illustrates these concepts very Continue reading … November 8th, 2009 \| Category: Hints and tips, Surfing the Web, Woodturning \| Comments are closed	Router feed direction and bit rotation I recently purchased a set of Rockler’s Bench Cookies. I’ve been reading about them all over the internet and no doubt I’m probably the last woodworker in the world to have purchased a set I was excited to try them out and thought I would combine it with an article about router Continue reading … November 4th, 2009 \| Category: Hints and tips, Router, Woodworking \| Comments are closed
New shipment for Zambezi Exotics I picked up a shipment of bowl blanks and hollow form stock from South Africa earlier this week. It was like Christmas came early! Always exciting to open the container and see the beautiful exotic woods. I was born in Zimbabwe and spent seven years in South Africa, attending university and the first Continue reading … October 15th, 2009 \| Category: Woodturning \| 2 comments - (Comments are closed)	The completed knife display case I finally completed the knife display case and delivered it to the lady who commissioned it. She was very happy with the case, which is the most important thing. It is a wedding anniversary gift for her husband. His collection of Harley knives has been sitting in the closet for many years, so Continue reading … October 8th, 2009 \| Category: Woodworking \| 2 comments - (Comments are closed)