What did you do in your shop today?

Drilled some holes.

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First one mounted
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It might end up being a little cramped for space, so I think I will have to find another place for the Baldor tool grinder. Not a big deal, I think these stands are going to work out nicely.
 
I spent the afternoon in the shop visiting with that Spinartist character and his buddy Bob who lives here locally! Had a blast, can't wait to hear his report and see the pictures! He left me a milk crate full of goodies to play with, one of his miniature birdhouses to spin my wife up and make me thread the lids on mine, (and get the microscope out to turn eggs), and I sent them home with a few choice blanks to play with, and a case of honey!

Had a blast Lee, come back and see me again! :hi:
 
Saturday night, I turned a couple of cast blanks into a PSI Stylus Pen... Just because I was tired of looking at them and had to know! Not sure what the alumilite doesn't like about this color combo, but like the keychain blank I posted a week or so ago the blanks came out an ugly opaque orange.

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However, lurking inside is the burnt orange w/red pearl that they're supposed to be, with a nifty opaque line outlining everything, just like the keychain. Wish I had cut the bottom of the above pictured blank back to wood and not had the funky orange line around the bottom after it was all done. Stylus pen tube is a little shorter than normal, and I did shorten these up, but still had to set the twist mechanism deep enough I could have lost the funky orange line at the bottom. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say!

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Finished getting all the rings glued up for the segmented bowl and the first rough sanding to get them smooth enough to run through the drum sander. Not going to make the April 4th deadline to get my name in the sales guide but still will have it ready for the auction. Finishing off a basement just takes a lot more time that I thought it would.
 
rocky1 said:
I spent the afternoon in the shop visiting with that Spinartist character and his buddy Bob who lives here locally! Had a blast, can't wait to hear his report and see the pictures! He left me a milk crate full of goodies to play with, one of his miniature birdhouses to spin my wife up and make me thread the lids on mine, (and get the microscope out to turn eggs), and I sent them home with a few choice blanks to play with, and a case of honey!

Had a blast Lee, come back and see me again! :hi:
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Thanks Rocky!!
We really enjoyed meeting you & seeing your "studio". I found the bag of Christmas palm seeds I make eggs for my mini bird houses. I'll leave them with Bob so you can try making eggs out or whatever.

Gonna make a 40" honey dipper for ur dad's honey business too.
Post Picts of those bottlebrush burls after you cast them.
And that Gallberry honey you gave me is now my favorite!!!!
Lee
 
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I love honey, eat it almost everyday, but I tend to go for the raw unfiltered kind for all the natural enzymes.
 
That's all we sell Greg! Heated just enough to make it flow (about 115 - 120 degrees), then filtered through a sheer nylon curtain to remove the bee knees, wings, little bits of wax and chunks of wood, whatever, but NOT all the goodies that are good for you. It is raw honey, we just remove the goodies on top for the city folk that don't understand you can dip that out with a spoon and it doesn't hurt you.

Stuff you buy in the store is heated to about 145 degrees then pushed under pressure through several layers of high micron filter, to remove everything. All pollen is removed, a large part of the flavor with it, and heating to that temperature kills all the good enzymes along with more of the flavor.

Gallberry is hard to beat, has just enough flavor to tickle the taste buds. Clover is at times too sweet, really doesn't have a flavor, Orange honey can't be beat on a hot biscuit with a little butter, but in my opinion it's a little overwhelming on pancakes or waffles.
 
Spinartist said:
Thanks Rocky!!
We really enjoyed meeting you & seeing your "studio". I found the bag of Christmas palm seeds I make eggs for my mini bird houses. I'll leave them with Bob so you can try making eggs out or whatever.

Gonna make a 40" honey dipper for ur dad's honey business too.
Post Picts of those bottlebrush burls after you cast them.
And that Gallberry honey you gave me is now my favorite!!!!
Lee
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Now that he would get a kick out of!! :lol2: Only problem is I'll have to figure out how to hang it above his desk! Couple screw eyes little chain, we'll make it work!! :good2:
 
rocky1 said:
That's all we sell Greg! Heated just enough to make it flow (about 115 - 120 degrees), then filtered through a sheer nylon curtain to remove the bee knees, wings, little bits of wax and chunks of wood, whatever, but NOT all the goodies that are good for you. It is raw honey, we just remove the goodies on top for the city folk that don't understand you can dip that out with a spoon and it doesn't hurt you.

Stuff you buy in the store is heated to about 145 degrees then pushed under pressure through several layers of high micron filter, to remove everything. All pollen is removed, a large part of the flavor with it, and heating to that temperature kills all the good enzymes along with more of the flavor.

Gallberry is hard to beat, has just enough flavor to tickle the taste buds. Clover is at times too sweet, really doesn't have a flavor, Orange honey can't be beat on a hot biscuit with a little butter, but in my opinion it's a little overwhelming on pancakes or waffles.
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I sent you a pm Rocky.
 
rocky1 said:
Those are sweet!! What is the one second from left?
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The one in between the buckeye burl and the dyed black ash burl? That's spalted box elder burl. The others are dyed spalted maple and some redwood burl
 
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