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:timeout: Wait a minute, I signed on to this cuz I could trade wood, but didn't have to actually turn it. With this request I will have to learn to turn bottle stoppers :help: I guess I can put that right after mama's list, build a new fence, replace and enlarge that back porch, and help with the landscaping. And that is her April list. I poured concrete today, so now I have a couple of days grace there, but I discovered yesterday the some of the bowls that I show at the Sunday Market in Fremont got wet in the truck last week. I wrap them in old tee shirts to travel, so they sat for a couple of days in damp to wet tee shirts. :dash2: I was the real looser in that wet tee shirt contest. Sooooo I get to sand and refinish 5 bowls this week. You will note that I said show in the market. Yesterday I made a whopping $25, and it cost me $45 to enter. I really is a privilege to be self employed some times. However off the top of my head, I could name 50 thing that would be far worse than watching the crowd at the market. So when I finish with all of the above I need to turn my 12 mills for the week and then I can learn bottle stoppers, if I can remember that long. :fool3:
 

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:yipee: Turning bottle stoppers is kind of fun, and pretty easy as long as I don't follow the directions. The directions for the chuck to hold the block were to drill a 23/64 hole and thread it on. Well in Kingwood that is accurate, but in maple burl or chestnut burl, it is way way tooo big. I decided to raid my burl supply of "pieces too small to save" and practiced on that. Saving to good stuff that I got in the pass. With the recommended hole size, and I drilled 8 blanks, the wood just spun on the mandrel. Stuffed shavings in the over sized hole and with the aid of the tailstock I managed to turn some. First we have bigleaf maple burl times 3.

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Then we have Chestnut burl, bigleaf maple burl and dyed bigleaf maple burl.

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I have seen some really cool work done by dying burl, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. It is usually too dark for my taste. And finally we have 2 from the box pass. They are Buckeye and Kingwood.

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I really liked turning the Kingwood. It's hard and holds detail really well. Hardly had to sand after turning with a skew. Smells like it may be a member of the rosewood family (dalbergia?) In fact next time I will wear my respirator, it seemed like any minute it was going to be a problem, but it wasn't.

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Vern Tator said:
:yipee: Turning bottle stoppers is kind of fun, and pretty easy as long as I don't follow the directions. The directions for the chuck to hold the block were to drill a 23/64 hole and thread it on. Well in Kingwood that is accurate, but in maple burl or chestnut burl, it is way way tooo big. I decided to raid my burl supply of "pieces too small to save" and practiced on that. Saving to good stuff that I got in the pass. With the recommended hole size, and I drilled 8 blanks, the wood just spun on the mandrel. Stuffed shavings in the over sized hole and with the aid of the tailstock I managed to turn some.
First we have bigleaf maple burl times 3.
Then we have Chestnut burl, bigleaf maple burl and dyed bigleaf maple burl. I have seen some really cool work done by dying burl, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. It is usually too dark for my taste. And finally we have 2 from the box pass. They are Buckeye and Kingwood. I really liked turning the Kingwood. It's hard and holds detail really well. Hardly had to sand after turning with a skew. Smells like it may be a member of the rosewood family (dalbergia?) In fact next time I will wear my respirator, it seemed like any minute it was going to be a problem, but it wasn't.
Yep, it is a rosewood. Nice bottle stopper.
 

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That's pretty stuff Vern. :good2:

I re-arranged your text and image code inserts to how I think you wanted them. Let me know if it is not how you intended.
 

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Got the wood yesterday . heading to Dave Keller tomorrow in Oklahoma. Rick

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David, let me know if you need my address again. If you're like me it's hard to keep track.

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Kevin said:
David, let me know if you need my address again. If you're like me it's hard to keep track.

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I've got it, Kevin! It's on the wall in the men's room at the local wood mart... It says, "For flaming box elder, call...":lolol:
 

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Kevin said:
David, let me know if you need my address again. If you're like me it's hard to keep track.

:scratch_one-s_head:


I've got it, Kevin! It's on the wall in the men's room at the local wood mart... It says, "For flaming box elder, call...":lolol:


:noway:

:ireful:

Now I'm pissed.


:fit:

Tell me you're joking!!

:censored2:

:rant2:

:banghead:

I have a 55 gallon drum of whupass and I'm fixing to come pour it all over you.

:boxing5:

:karate:

WALMART CUSTOMERS CAN'T AFFORD MY WOOD YOU DUMMIE! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!!!


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YOU SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT IN A DILLARDS STALL!!!!


:rotflmao3:

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Wal-mart?:signhuh: You couldn't drag me into a Wal-mart! :noway:

I typed WOOD mart… Very high end clientele there!:drinks:
 

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Wal-mart?:signhuh: You couldn't drag me into a Wal-mart! :noway:

I typed WOOD mart… Very high end clientele there!:drinks:

Oh. :embaressedsmile:

okay in that case then . .


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Break it up, you two!:hi:

I thought I'd share my pickin's from the box pass...

Pa-duke, oak burl, and per-simmon...

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Nicely done! I had my eye on that oak burl...:cray:
 

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The box landed here yesterday or day before, but I've been hammered at work! Lovely stuff… I'm thinking of taking the whole stash and making a run for Mexico!:evillaugh: Of course, I'd have to drive by Kevin's house, so I'll probably just mail them to him.

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The package will go back in the mail today or tomorrow at the latest! Fun!:yipee::yipee:

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DKMD said:
The box landed here yesterday or day before, but I've been hammered at work! Lovely stuff… I'm thinking of taking the whole stash and making a run for Mexico!:evillaugh: Of course, I'd have to drive by Kevin's house, so I'll probably just mail them to him.



The package will go back in the mail today or tomorrow at the latest! Fun!:yipee::yipee:

It will go today or Monday but not tomorrow. You really *have* been hammered at work, and maybe "hammered" off work especially.


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txpaulie said:
Break it up, you two!:hi:

I thought I'd share my pickin's from the box pass...

Pa-duke, oak burl, and per-simmon...

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nicely done, i recognize one of them :wacko3: how is the edge on your tools after that oak :rotflmao3: that stuff is hard! :treehugger:
 

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Yikes. I just realized that Kevin is in front of me.:davidguil:
 
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