February 2009: Inside This Issue

Lathe Talk will offer tips and tricks to make your woodturning easier and more productive. I’ll also show you ways to save money in your studio, so you can stretch your hard earned money. In addition, we will periodically offer subscribers only specials on our videos and e-books. If you like this e-zine, please do a friend and me a favor by forwarding it to them. If a friend DID forward this to you and you like what you read, please subscribe by visiting our subscription page.

We're pleased to report that my latest DVD video, "Turning Elegant Bottle Stoppers" is now available for purchase. Through the years, I have received a plethora of emails encouraging me to produce a video showing how I turn and inlay bottle stoppers. Of all of the small projects I turn, bottle stoppers are one of the most enjoyable. They make great gifts for family and friends and are a great way to spend a bit of time at the lathe.

Volume Four is a double disk (2-hours total length) DVD video set that demonstrates my favorite techniques for turning four elegant bottle stopper projects. Disk one demonstrates turning two projects: 1) A Cocobolo Rosewood wooden dowel bottle stopper paired with a traditional Flor cork; and 2) A Cocobolo Rosewood wooden dowel bottle stopper inlaid with a 25mm Crazy Lace Agate cabochon, paired with a traditional Flor cork.

Disk two covers two additional projects: 1) A blue swirl acrylic acetate bottle stopper finished to 12000-grit Micro-mesh, paired with a black titanium metal cone stopper; and 2) A blue swirl acrylic acetate bottle stopper finished to 12000-grit Micro-mesh and inlaid with (24) 2.5mm Cubic Zirconia (CZ) presets, set in solid 18kt white gold, paired with a low profile stainless steel bottle cone. Part two includes detailed information on drilling and mounting procedures for installing the CZ presets. Bottle stopper tips and techniques are included on both videos.

If you want to take your bottle stoppers to the next level, or if you're just getting started, this step-by-step video will show you how easy it is to turn traditional elegant designs, or stoppers inlaid with stone cabochons and Cubic Zirconia inlays. Additional information on the chapters and topics covered in each video, as well as a short video preview of each video is available here.

Lathe Talk subscribers receive a special discount on any Volume 4 video purchased from now until the end of February. Check out this month’s subscriber special below.

Link To Our Free Educational Libraries: If you belong to a woodturning club or association, please consider asking your Webmaster to add a link to our website's free educational libraries. There are currently 34 articles in the Main Library and 32 articles in the Tips Library and more than 300 terms in the Multimedia Glossary Library, covering beginner to advanced topics.

Please help us to share this valuable learning resource with other turners in your woodturning clubs, associations, or on your own woodturning website links page.

The direct link to our Main Educational Library is shown below:

http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com/woodturning-education-articles.html

Our Woodturning Tips Library is located here:

http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com/woodturning-tips.html

Our Multimedia Woodturning Glossary is located here:

http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com/woodturning-glossary.html

Thanks in advance for your support of our educational efforts.

Woodturning Videos Plus Blog: For our new subscribers, we have a free Blog/RSS feed on our website. You can keep up with any changes made to the website including new product releases, new additions or updates to the education library, e-zine mail out dates, special news and much more. It's easy to subscribe to our blog. For additional information on what a Blog is and how it operates, check out What is RSS?

Normal selling price for this 2-hour video is $35.00. With this special introductory offer, your price will be $30.00, plus postage and taxes (only if you live in Texas). To access this special offer, enter the coupon code 9337 on the shopping cart page in the coupon box area. Click the "recalculate" button and your discount will show on the screen. Offer ends February 28, 2009 at 12:01 midnight, CST. Additional subscriber only discounts and specials will be offered in future editions of Lathe Talk.

Hunter hollowing tools review. Learn how you can use Mike Hunter's new carbide hollowing tools to simplify turning hollow forms and other projects on the lathe. To view the full article, click the link below.

Learn how to select faceplates for various woodturning projects. Includes tips, tricks and recommendations. To view the full article, click the link below.

Our subscriber base is growing by leap and bounds! Thanks to all of our new and existing subscribers for our continued record setting subscription pace! Our subscriber base continues to see explosive growth increases every month.

We're proud of the fact that Lathe Talk is now being distributed to thousands and thousands of professional and hobby woodturners all over the world. If you have any suggestions or topics for Lathe Talk, or any other comments, please let me know.

Help Us Spread The Word: Please let your woodturning friends know about my Lathe Talk newsletter and encourage them to subscribe. Working together, we can make Lathe Talk a valuable educational resource for woodturners around the world. Take care and let me know if I can help you with any of your woodturning questions, or challenges.

Steve