What did you do in your shop today?

Am getting into power carving bowls following a class I had last week. Worked on a piece of 12/4 crotch walnut today and will show it when finished. Also found in my stash these two blocks of 8 x 8 x 12 Guatemalan rosewood that should make some smaller bowls. Got these from Rick Hearne many years ago.

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FranklinWorkshops said:
Am getting into power carving bowls following a class I had last week. Worked on a piece of 12/4 crotch walnut today and will show it when finished. Also found in my stash these two blocks of 8 x 8 x 12 Guatemalan rosewood that should make some smaller bowls. Got these from Rick Hearne many years ago.

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What is your appraoch to work around the rotted center? And the crack?
 
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What is your appraoch to work around the rotted center? And the crack?
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Don't know yet. The pith was eaten out by termites so it's not rot in the normal sense. I will open the block by sawing along the season crack for sure. Lots of rosewood logs have significant termite damage. The damage on these two blocks seems to be limited only to the area around the pith. Will post photos of what I find when we get to that point. The artisans here may have some suggestions.

In any case, there will be lots of blanks for calls, pens, bottle stoppers, etc. coming onto the WB market as I process these two into bowl blanks.
 
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Wedding for youngest daughter coming in September. She wants 36 of these for the tables. They are still wet, so they will all crack by the middle of Sep. I’ll put em in some bags with shavings and see what happens.

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It has been far too long since I've had shop time. Today I got to remedy that. And should get back out there Friday and Saturday.

Today I made drawer fronts for my router table and outfeed table. Walnut for the router table and soft maple for the outfeed table (except for one, which is something different, because I ran out of already planed maple and my planer is inaccessible right now.) Still need to make the door for the front of the router compartment. Can't say I'm too crazy about how the drawer pulls look, but the price was right - made using walnut cutoffs instead of buying something.

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Also put together a nightstand for our boys' room. It will be done up in milk paint, so I used it as a good opportunity to use up some plywood pieces I had laying around and it became a screw together project since I can fill in and paint over the screw holes.

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Worked on a black walnut crotch 12/4 to make a bowl. Since I'm not a turner, I used an angle grinder and several different types of cutters and flap discs to do the shaping. Lots of hand sanding and some carving tools also required. I have two coats of pure mineral oil on it and will add several more before it's used by my wife as a fruit bowl. I thoroughly enjoyed learning how to do this. It's obviously hand carved which many people like. Imperfect sells on Etsy, where I'll be posting some of these.

If you wondering, I curved one of the corners to cut out an encroaching decayed side limb. Started to cut the others the same way but then decided I liked it being a bit more artistic. Wife loves it so much she awarded me 10 HAPS. For those of you not familiar with HAPS, it means Husband Appreciation Points. First time in 48 years that I've ever been in double digits. :cool:

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FranklinWorkshops said:
Worked on a black walnut crotch 12/4 to make a bowl. Since I'm not a turner, I used an angle grinder and several different types of cutters and flap discs to do the shaping. Lots of hand sanding and some carving tools also required. I have two coats of pure mineral oil on it and will add several more before it's used by my wife as a fruit bowl. I thoroughly enjoyed learning how to do this since it's obviously hand carved.

If you wondering, I curved one of the corners to cut out an encroaching decayed side limb. Started to cut the others the same way but then decided I liked it being a bit more artistic. Wife loves it so much she awarded me 10 HAPS. For those of you not familiar with HAPS, it means Husband Appreciation Points. First time in 48 years that I've ever been in double digits. :cool:

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Very cool Larry! I really like the shape, and that is a spectacular piece of wood. Your creativity is inspiring, well done sir! Tony
 
One of my table saws fell apart on me. :blush:

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Ok, didn't really fall apart on me. Broke it down so I can restore it. Have started to also break down the Sprunger Brothers 8" table saw I also have for restoration. Tomorrow I will break down the 24" Delta Scroll Saw for restoration. Doing three at once. When I have more pics and time, I'll do a classroom thread of the restores.
 
So why would you do all 3 at the same time?:popcorn:
 
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One of my table saws fell apart on me. :blush:

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Ok, didn't really fall apart on me. Broke it down so I can restore it. Have started to also break down the Sprunger Brothers 8" table saw I also have for restoration. Tomorrow I will break down the 24" Delta Scroll Saw for restoration. Doing three at once. When I have more pics and time, I'll do a classroom thread of the restores.
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Matt, you sure love a challenge. I always dread such work on one machine.
 
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