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Nice bike, I think a new one is in the cards for me in the spring.
What did you do in your shop today?
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Moved some more tools and supplies from the shop into the basement. Going to be hard pretty much shutting the shop down for the winter - but it's just getting too cold to do much out there. At least I'll be set up for turning in a small corner of the basement. Also going to do some tool restores over the winter - have some handplanes and other tools I've been wanting to restore and start learning how to properly use.
Kinda hard seeing the shop missing some of its tools and supplies... At least I'll be able to keep doing something during the winter!
Kinda hard seeing the shop missing some of its tools and supplies... At least I'll be able to keep doing something during the winter!
Wow one of those rare weekends in the shop when everything went right. Been sitting on this stash of teak for 4 years, and decided on the right project for it.
The Glue up went easy:
http://i1161.Rule #2/albums/q509/neil33ny/HPIM0784_zpsea406a71.jpg
Set up for the dove tails:
http://i1161.Rule #2/albums/q509/neil33ny/HPIM0789_zpsde5fc38e.jpg
Tails cut, amazing- spot on, no issues, happy:
http://i1161.Rule #2/albums/q509/neil33ny/HPIM0791_zps311063c3.jpg
Hope next steps go as easy.
Neil
The Glue up went easy:
http://i1161.Rule #2/albums/q509/neil33ny/HPIM0784_zpsea406a71.jpg
Set up for the dove tails:
http://i1161.Rule #2/albums/q509/neil33ny/HPIM0789_zpsde5fc38e.jpg
Tails cut, amazing- spot on, no issues, happy:
http://i1161.Rule #2/albums/q509/neil33ny/HPIM0791_zps311063c3.jpg
Hope next steps go as easy.
Neil
I made a box.
It's the only one I have 
Brink you should save that one for bashing those mortices through the giant Oak. A man of your talent deserves an elegant mallet like this:
http://www.bluesprucetoolworks.com/#!mallets/c1ecw
Neil
http://www.bluesprucetoolworks.com/#!mallets/c1ecw
Neil
$70?????
You do know where I work.
You do know where I work.
I reprogrammed the the engine and hydraulics, then modified the valving on the grapple so it suited the owners needs.
But really, who would want this?
But really, who would want this?
Today, I change speeds. No downloads, no calibration sequences, no fancy hydraulics...
I finished a box. All by hand tools.
I went out to the shop and grabbed the two HF forms that need filling, the lapis, and the epoxy to bring them in to the house to warm up so I could fill the voids.
It is cold out there.
Might be time to bring the propane heater down from the attic. Still trying to find a good price on a 40 gallon propane tank. Might even look for a forklift tank so I can use it in the garage in the winter and on the camper in the summer.
The day started in double digits (both of them fairly small) so it's starting to warm up again.
It is cold out there.
Might be time to bring the propane heater down from the attic. Still trying to find a good price on a 40 gallon propane tank. Might even look for a forklift tank so I can use it in the garage in the winter and on the camper in the summer.
The day started in double digits (both of them fairly small) so it's starting to warm up again.
I got some ice cream scoops done yesterday and am working on some soap saver blocks this morning before I go into the dentist to have two teeth pulled.
Haven't had a day off in a few weeks - and today I'm getting one. And my wife has "banished" me to the shop today for some stress relief! So I'm going to spend a fair amount of the day in my little basement shop doing whatever I want - mostly finishing a few pens, getting the next pens ready for turning (drilling and gluing in tubes today), and some other things.
Worked on some pens. Had a couple bolt actions that had been finished, but needed to be sanded and buffed/polished so I could assemble them. One of them is a gift for my wife's grandfather for Christmas. The other was a custom order and will be in the mail tomorrow. Also turned my first acrylic pen. Went well - and I achieved a flawless polish on it. Shines like glass! It's going to be a Christmas gift for my wife's cousin. I'm hoping to get a few pics tomorrow before I mail out the bolt action in cherry burl.
Not a very good pic - but here's part of what I did in my shop today.
Custom order from a friend/coworker of my mother-in-law - a Cigar pen in Chicago Bears colors. Wood is Boxelder Burl that I dyed myself with these dyes. I had planned to have some blanks stabilized and dyed by Mel of Wood Dynamics for me, but life got overly busy and I never got time to get a package ready to send his way, so I went this route as it got to the point where I knew I couldn't get blanks to him and back in time to get these done and shipped out before Christmas. I am very happy with how the dye went on and how it finished. Finish is a CA finish - real happy with it now that I've figured out polishing it.
In addition to that, I finished prepping blanks for about 10 more pens to turn in the next 1 1/2 weeks.
I have some more pens like this to make - 4 Triton kits and 1 Slimline kit - in a mix of Bears and Packers colors as part of the pens I need to turn in the coming days as an order from my mother-in-law for her to give as Christmas gifts. I'll post good pics of the whole set when finished with them.
Custom order from a friend/coworker of my mother-in-law - a Cigar pen in Chicago Bears colors. Wood is Boxelder Burl that I dyed myself with these dyes. I had planned to have some blanks stabilized and dyed by Mel of Wood Dynamics for me, but life got overly busy and I never got time to get a package ready to send his way, so I went this route as it got to the point where I knew I couldn't get blanks to him and back in time to get these done and shipped out before Christmas. I am very happy with how the dye went on and how it finished. Finish is a CA finish - real happy with it now that I've figured out polishing it.
In addition to that, I finished prepping blanks for about 10 more pens to turn in the next 1 1/2 weeks.
I have some more pens like this to make - 4 Triton kits and 1 Slimline kit - in a mix of Bears and Packers colors as part of the pens I need to turn in the coming days as an order from my mother-in-law for her to give as Christmas gifts. I'll post good pics of the whole set when finished with them.
I was busy doing flat stuff today so I can pay my bills. Here's the sum total of my output- 5 end grain cheese boards, 8 boxes planed, sanded, cut and glued up, and a bench for a customer.
Tomorrows plan is to get the splines into the box corners, make the lids and cut the feet and then get everything all sanded out to start finishing and get the artwork lasered on the seat of the bench.
Since it's cold outside and can't use the garage at home I'm doing all this in a 12x30 shop (360 square feet) that is starting to get a bit crowded........ I'm thinking that come spring it'll be time to build another building on the back of my lot....(the only saving feature is my utility closet gives me another 100 square feet for the dust collector and storage)
Tomorrows plan is to get the splines into the box corners, make the lids and cut the feet and then get everything all sanded out to start finishing and get the artwork lasered on the seat of the bench.
Since it's cold outside and can't use the garage at home I'm doing all this in a 12x30 shop (360 square feet) that is starting to get a bit crowded........ I'm thinking that come spring it'll be time to build another building on the back of my lot....(the only saving feature is my utility closet gives me another 100 square feet for the dust collector and storage)
Holy crap Colin! Thats one day? You must not have any heat in the shop and moving at lightning speed to stay warm ... Or I'm just slow 
Nice work.
Nice work.