What did you do in your shop today?

Schroedc said:
Now that things are back together decided to make shavings today. Got these all turned and ready for final sand and finishing today. The three really dark ones to the left are HRB from the last piece of wood I got from Kevin..... Was a little tough turning those. Took quite a while before I realized he'd slap me silly if I didn't use the wood for something and just left it on the shelf. The one in front of those is Brown Mallee that he sent me a bit earlier, Just sent me a box full of red and brown mallee call and pen blanks with a note to pay whenever I could. Glad I got that repaid before he passed. Thinking a couple of these calls will stay in my bag instead of going up for sale. Two black oak burl blanks to turn if they'll stay together and I'll have 45+ pot calls ready to sand and finish.

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Colin man, I'm right there with you. I have a few pieces of wood from him and I can't bring myself to cut into them. He would laugh and call me a pansy I'm sure. Tony
 
Get out the planer and the wood glue! If you set your trim to the edge of the fill piece, it'll never show. No one will ever know but you, and us, and however many million other folks stumble upon this thread in the future! And, they're all gonna say, "The guy put a 12,000 pound milling machine in his basement with his pickup and he's gonna leave that???" :cool: :good:
 
rocky1 said:
Get out the planer and the wood glue! If you set your trim to the edge of the fill piece, it'll never show. No one will ever know but you, and us, and however many million other folks stumble upon this thread in the future! And, they're all gonna say, "The guy put a 12,000 pound milling machine in his basement with his pickup and he's gonna leave that???" :cool: :good:
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I agree, I do have to fix it. Supposed to be in the 50's here this weekend so maybe I can find a piece of 1/4 inch plywood in the garage and the wood for the trim. I'll glue and nail the ply in and it'll be right. The walls are just Osb and functional and everything except the door is going to get painted. Hey, it's a shop not a living space. Lol. But your right Rocky, I gotta fix it.
 
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Ouch, Marc... If you don't have one, a bottle of debonder is a good thing to have around the shop.

My worst finger glue up was to the aerosol can of accelerator. Went through a lot of debonder on that one - every time I'd get the CA softened and loosened enough to start getting my finger part way off, the overspray of the accelerator on the can from previous use would reset it - and it would get hot because it would set very quickly. Rinse and repeat a number of times. That was not a fun time getting that off...
 
I have yet to be real impressed with the debonder. Typically go through a lot of that getting loose from anything!

Actually I've found that if I wash my hands using GoJo, (I have the nasty orange smelling stuff with grit in it), and water, give them a few minutes, then wash them again, the CA will start flaking off pretty easily. It seems to be all about getting some moisture back in the skin under the glue. Once you do, you can sit there and scratch the CA off with your finger nail pretty easily.

In the future try a little moisturizing lotion on the fingertips before you start applying the CA Marc. If you don't have that laying around the shop, a little Cutting Board or Salad Bowl finish works well too. Just rub it into your fingertips good. The CA doesn't stick as readily if you have ample moisture in the fingertips, (oil and wax in the finishes doesn't hurt anything either), when your fingertips are dry, it bonds quicker, and penetrates deeper.
 
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Got into the 60's today - unheard of this time of year - so, wearing shorts and a tshirt because it was so warm, I opened up the garage door. Boys got to play outside. I did some more cleaning and organizing in the garage/shop - making some progress. We all enjoyed the nice weather.
 
Turned a big natural edge walnut bowl before someone crashed their car and tried to rip their arm off. I still need to reverse the bowl to finish the bottom, sneak a couple of bow ties into a little shake crack, and sand until my nostrils are black... it's parked in a plastic bag until I can get back to it(the bowl... not the arm).
 
DKMD said:
Turned a big natural edge walnut bowl before someone crashed their car and tried to rip their arm off. I still need to reverse the bowl to finish the bottom, sneak a couple of bow ties into a little shake crack, and sand until my nostrils are black... it's parked in a plastic bag until I can get back to it(the bowl... not the arm).
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How many bones have you "snuck a little bow tie in? :sarcastic:
 
DKMD said:
Turned a big natural edge walnut bowl before someone crashed their car and tried to rip their arm off. I still need to reverse the bowl to finish the bottom, sneak a couple of bow ties into a little shake crack, and sand until my nostrils are black... it's parked in a plastic bag until I can get back to it(the bowl... not the arm).
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Yikes, hows the persons arm?
 
Found some time to work in the shop again. I worked on the door some more. I removed the strike plate and added the 1/4" plywood filler strip, glued and nailed in. Then I prepped some walnut boards to use as the stops and trim. I have a ton of walnut so why not?

The plywood filled in the gap perfectly.
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Re installed the strike plate and mortise it in. The plastic film is still on the strike, that will come off after I seal the door with some poly.
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The milled boards that I'm going to use for the trim. Got lots of walnut and it was easy to get to so why not? Lol.
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Man I really need to get stuff put away in the shop and the table saw set up, I really need it.
 
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