Nice Marc!! I was wondering if you were going to get to that. Kevin is smiling right now..
What did you do in your shop today?
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That is a good looking handle. I am impressed!
So I found an ad on craigslist, the guy was bored and came to me (yep, did a deal at midnight), it's going to need bearings in the headstock eventually (No slop yet but getting noisy) but for cheap and with some decent tools (And some junk tools) I'll take it....
Nice grab Colin!! Tony
The EWTs and Sorbys alone are a deal.
Thanks, I'll keep the EWT's, probably sell off the Sorby ones. The junk tools will be given away or used to make other tools
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Very nice dude! Osage?
Yes, some of Kevin's that I sent him awhile back. Tony
All done....
Very cool!!
Very nice Marc, I will borrow that design! Tony
It's good for a detailer but I would beef it up for anything else.....
Here's another one I'm doing now out of bloodwood....
A while back I got some white elm and birch logs, cut them up with a chainsaw and made some bowl blanks and tossed the pith pieces aside. These last couple of days I decided to clean up some of the discarded pieces and was pleasantly surprised. The birch was wood I had put into my spalting garden and its actually quite solid. Now that I have these planed and sanded I'm trying to decide what to do with them. My initial thought was to make a couple of natural edge shelves using L brackets but when the wood is horizontal you really can't appreciate the wood. So I was trying to think of a wall hanging type thing, maybe add a clock kit, or pegs at the bottom for key chains. I'm helping my neighbor at a craft fair later this fall so I was trying to think what it is I could do with these boards (and I have more to clean up!) that could potentially sell for a few bucks. Suggestions? No matter, I really like the way these cleaned up. I may just display them on the wall in my house somewhere just as they are. Oh, I did wonder, if I had a CNC with a laser, how cool it would look with a buck or moose or eagle etched onto it. The white elm photo didn't come out too great, its hard to capture all the different hues of browns in the photo.
A while back I got some white elm and birch logs, cut them up with a chainsaw and made some bowl blanks and tossed the pith pieces aside. These last couple of days I decided to clean up some of the discarded pieces and was pleasantly surprised. The birch was wood I had put into my spalting garden and its actually quite solid. Now that I have these planed and sanded I'm trying to decide what to do with them. My initial thought was to make a couple of natural edge shelves using L brackets but when the wood is horizontal you really can't appreciate the wood. So I was trying to think of a wall hanging type thing, maybe add a clock kit, or pegs at the bottom for key chains. I'm helping my neighbor at a craft fair later this fall so I was trying to think what it is I could do with these boards (and I have more to clean up!) that could potentially sell for a few bucks. Suggestions? No matter, I really like the way these cleaned up. I may just display them on the wall in my house somewhere just as they are. Oh, I did wonder, if I had a CNC with a laser, how cool it would look with a buck or moose or eagle etched onto it. The white elm photo didn't come out too great, its hard to capture all the different hues of browns in the photo.
Pretty stuff David, I'm sure you'll come up with something good to do with it. Tony
I move the wrong way in my shop today- tweaked my back- so I did absolutely nothing......
I move the wrong way in my shop today- tweaked my back- so I did absolutely nothing......
It's easier to move forwards....not back-wards...
A while back I got some white elm and birch logs, cut them up with a chainsaw and made some bowl blanks and tossed the pith pieces aside. These last couple of days I decided to clean up some of the discarded pieces and was pleasantly surprised. The birch was wood I had put into my spalting garden and its actually quite solid. Now that I have these planed and sanded I'm trying to decide what to do with them. My initial thought was to make a couple of natural edge shelves using L brackets but when the wood is horizontal you really can't appreciate the wood. So I was trying to think of a wall hanging type thing, maybe add a clock kit, or pegs at the bottom for key chains. I'm helping my neighbor at a craft fair later this fall so I was trying to think what it is I could do with these boards (and I have more to clean up!) that could potentially sell for a few bucks. Suggestions? No matter, I really like the way these cleaned up. I may just display them on the wall in my house somewhere just as they are. Oh, I did wonder, if I had a CNC with a laser, how cool it would look with a buck or moose or eagle etched onto it. The white elm photo didn't come out too great, its hard to capture all the different hues of browns in the photo.
Mantel Clocks, weather stations, picture frames - use ornamental iron shelf brackets for the uprights maybe.
Bottom one would make an Idaho Cutting Board without a lot of trimming. Tony would approve! Of course if you get into cutting boards he might send you a cutting board kit back!
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I move the wrong way in my shop today- tweaked my back- so I did absolutely nothing......
Hope you get to feeling better
Mantel Clocks, weather stations, picture frames - use ornamental iron shelf brackets for the uprights maybe.
Bottom one would make an Idaho Cutting Board without a lot of trimming. Tony would approve! Of course if you get into cutting boards he might send you a cutting board kit back!
Cutting boards is a good idea. The first two are about 1.5" thick so I could cut them for a book matched pair and make doors for a wall cabinet, but then I would have to make a wall cabinet. Clock and shelves are a good idea too.