This was yesterday but...found some spalted maple, cut, and sealed.
What did you do in your shop today?
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Wands wands and more wands. These are headed to PA in the morning. Lady asked me last Saturday if I could make her 12 for a birthday party she is having on the 20th. So they had to be there by the 19th. Then Tuesday she comeback and said no I need 20 now. Well as she had all ready two dayed the money for the 12 I told her I'd try. Did I mention I work full time ruuuur. Lol well I got them done but never again on short notice.
Dangit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sorry Ken, I've gotdisease I guess!! Not that it's an excuse, but on the phone it doesn't show a person's name.
Try turning your phone sideways... works for me, Bob.
Thanks Doc. You would think I would've learned that at some point over the last few years! Tony
Got these sawed and sealed. Cherry and Walnut. The cherry is about 2 1/2" thick and the walnut is about 4" thick. Probably go into bowls or pot calls later on. Unless I decide to sell or trade.
Gave a woodturning class at my studio fer 3 newbies!! We had a great time!
Everyone went home with a nice Florida Mahogany bowl!!!
Everyone went home with a nice Florida Mahogany bowl!!!
Lee, you need to come teach a class in Texas! Tony
In continuation of my quest to get my shop organized and functioning again, I determined that I need a good length of wall cabinets on the one length of wall that was still open(ish).
These small parts drawers can be handy, but they certainly take up a lot of wall space.
So I'm consolidating the parts, hardware, fasteners, etc from both sets of small parts drawers and the cabinet into a number of parts storage containers from Harbor Freight. I'll be able to store more hardware and fasteners and use less wall space. I'll eventually be labeling each container with our label maker when I've got them all filled up.
With the exception of the taller bottom compartment, each compartment is 5" tall and was made that way so that each shelf can accommodate either one of the large containers or two of the medium containers stacked so that I can adjust between what sizes of containers I'm using and where they are placed on the shelves as needed in the future and leaving the most often accessed containers on the bottom shelves. The bottom will be storage for a number of smaller divided containers I have with parts or hardware in them.
Once it's been emptied, I plan to use the cabinet for storage of sanders, sandpaper, and a few other related things and later add in another couple cabinets to the left of it, starting with where the parts drawers were located.
These small parts drawers can be handy, but they certainly take up a lot of wall space.
So I'm consolidating the parts, hardware, fasteners, etc from both sets of small parts drawers and the cabinet into a number of parts storage containers from Harbor Freight. I'll be able to store more hardware and fasteners and use less wall space. I'll eventually be labeling each container with our label maker when I've got them all filled up.
With the exception of the taller bottom compartment, each compartment is 5" tall and was made that way so that each shelf can accommodate either one of the large containers or two of the medium containers stacked so that I can adjust between what sizes of containers I'm using and where they are placed on the shelves as needed in the future and leaving the most often accessed containers on the bottom shelves. The bottom will be storage for a number of smaller divided containers I have with parts or hardware in them.
Once it's been emptied, I plan to use the cabinet for storage of sanders, sandpaper, and a few other related things and later add in another couple cabinets to the left of it, starting with where the parts drawers were located.
You'll like that arrangement much better Matt. Makes life so much simpler when you need a small item that used to be in that organizer on the wall, in 4 different sizes. Now you just grab the entire pack and go with it, and you'll have all 4 of them when you get to the other end of the house where your project is..
Lathe stand is done! Under the bottom there is a compartment which was filled by a 50lb bag of sand. Had a chance to clean up most of the shipping oil and turn the lathe on - runs quiet and smooth and I'm looking forward to (hopefully) turning something on it tonight.
The open area in the base of the stand will eventually be filled in with some drawers and shelves (with the shelves behind doors to keep the dust out) for storage.
The open area in the base of the stand will eventually be filled in with some drawers and shelves (with the shelves behind doors to keep the dust out) for storage.
Mounting the headstock end back a bit is helpful for turning bowls & hollow forms & you can still do all other turning easily.
But if you're just going to make only hair sticks how you mounted it is fine.
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I'm too lazy to post twice today. I worked on a thing-
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Mounting the headstock end back a bit is helpful for turning bowls & hollow forms & you can still do all other turning easily.
But if your just going to make only hair sticks how you mounted it is fine.
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The out of alignment angle on the stand would drive me nuts though! (But I can definitely see how that would be beneficial.) Could always change it in the future if I start doing more than 2 or 3 bowls a year, but for now I think it'll stay put.
After rebuilding an engine all day, I reassembled the hanging shelf debacle, touched up the finish on barstools, and finished digging the cane out of a child's rocker.
Got an engine rebuilt and run on the dyno.
Made 5% more power than rated. No leaks or banging.
Made 5% more power than rated. No leaks or banging.
Put the third coat on some spalted yellow birch.
Cool...hopefully it doesn't crack. and hopefully the owner likes the height of the tractor. or you'd have to make it shorter....
wowzerz.....that's beautiful!