What did you do in your shop today?

I’m starting to get serious about making that stool I promised my wife about 6 years ago when the kitchen was rebuilt. Needed a new crosscut sled for the project though. Finished it up today. Took the time to laminate the fences so they wouldn’t move. Now I need a smaller one for a dado blade. That’s tomorrow’s task.

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Cleaned out the bottom of an old small barn scheduled for take down. Wondering what to do with some of the 6/4 & 8/4 American beech planks. They have lots of powder post holes but are really solid planks. The 12/4 hickory and ash are set aside for my brother. I'll likely convert the other stuff to heat, minus the treated pieces...

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Cut a lot of white wood pieces 1/4" X 3/16" X 2" and a lot of white wood strips .070" X 3/8" X 4 1/4" and not quite as many white wood strips .070" X 3/8" X 1 5/8". Also sanded all of them. Got my right shoulder hurting some so it was coffee and Tylenol time. Maybe tomorrow I will make toothpicks :wacko::lol2:.
 
I've had this Seagrape drying almost 2 years. This is going to make a crazy guitar top and back. I'd start a thread but at the rate Seagrape dries it would probably drag on another couple years.

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I was sent down to the basement shop to putz around with whatever I wanted to do. After cleaning off the bench, I helped the oldest get a wood toy kit out and set him up to paint the pieces. After he got bored with that, I turned a handle for a lathe tool. Then I decided to turn some eggs. After turning, I removed the nubs with a small saw, then a file, then hand sanding. Here they are after one coat of BLO.

Woods are: Crosscut Rainbow Poplar (stabilized), Walnut Burl, Spalted Bigleaf Maple Burl (stabilized), Osage Orange, Spalted Idunno wood (My best guess from the way it looks and turned is that it's probably a fruit wood, like apple or pear)


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ripjack13 said:
Eggs for a table decoration?
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Don't know where they'll end up yet. Just felt like making them. Didn't even plan to make them when I went down to the shop today - just ended up turning them.
 
Was at the barn today and brought back some old walnut boards that had been laying around for years. Was pleasantly surprised that they were curly walnut. See before and after photo. These are going to a wooden spoon maker I met on Etsy.

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FranklinWorkshops said:
Now turn a nice bowl to put them in. Makes a great home decor item.
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Got a number of roughouts that, now dry, have been ready to finish turn for a while. Almost put one of those on the lathe today too. But my tools were getting dull and I didn't feel like sharpening them today.
 
Sprung said:
Got a number of roughouts that, now dry, have been ready to finish turn for a while. Almost put one of those on the lathe today too. But my tools were getting dull and I didn't feel like sharpening them today.
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I thought you mostly used carbides.
 
Tony said:
I thought you mostly used carbides.
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I do use mostly carbides. And I resharpen my inserts. All of mine are dull right now and I was just not feeling like sharpening. I use these and some water. Takes just a few minutes per insert.
 
phinds said:
Yes. Sometimes it's clear enough without extra cleanup if it's been cut with a sharp blade. Also, the color is consistent w/ DWI that I've seen (see my page on it).
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consistent w/ DWI, i would say all those curves are quite consistent with driving while intoxicated,
or desert iron wood
lol didn't realize i was commenting on a post from December. you all must be thinking i've lost my mind, and that's possible
 
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Sprung said:
I do use mostly carbides. And I resharpen my inserts. All of mine are dull right now and I was just not feeling like sharpening. I use these and some water. Takes just a few minutes per insert.
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Okay, gotcha. I do the same, I use this setup with all 3 grits of stones.

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Spent more time on a live edge mount for a Dirk. It's FBE but not much color. Did a mock up with outlines of the knives he wants mounted, sent a picture. He looked the way it looked but thought it should be darker, wanted it stained.

This piece has a lot of curl in it, some yellows, a bit darker around the bug holes.

He's bringing the knives over tomorrow so I can fit the mounts to them and maybe talk him out of the stain.
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Then I worked on putting in the window ledges in the basement. They're about a foot deep and I'm using left over flooring over plywood for those.
 
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kweinert said:
Spent more time on a live edge mount for a Dirk. It's FBE but not much color. Did a mock up with outlines of the knives he wants mounted, sent a picture. He looked the way it looked but thought it should be darker, wanted it stained.

This piece has a lot of curl in it, some yellows, a bit darker around the bug holes.

He's bringing the knives over tomorrow so I can fit the mounts to them and maybe talk him out of the stain.
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Then I worked on putting in the window ledges in the basement. They're about a foot deep and I'm using left over flooring over plywood for those.
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Ken, you have a scrap piece? Wonder what hitting it with the torch would do. I've seen a few 'tiger striped' maple projects done, assume blistered wood might have similar out come...By the way, that is the first blistered and curly piece of box elder I've ever seen.
 
I worked up the master parts and design for a doodad for the sewing folks. @woodtickgreg will probably appreciate it. Used some 1/2 inch plywood I had laying around for the jigs and master parts but the production pieces will be done in Maple, Cherry, and White Oak. Now hoping to get some orders to justify a bulk lumber purchase.

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Mr. Peet said:
Ken, you have a scrap piece? Wonder what hitting it with the torch would do. I've seen a few 'tiger striped' maple projects done, assume blistered wood might have similar out come...By the way, that is the first blistered and curly piece of box elder I've ever seen.
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Interesting thought, I'll give it a try.

Thank you.
 
Schroedc said:
I worked up the master parts and design for a doodad for the sewing folks. @woodtickgreg will probably appreciate it. Used some 1/2 inch plywood I had laying around for the jigs and master parts but the production pieces will be done in Maple, Cherry, and White Oak. Now hoping to get some orders to justify a bulk lumber purchase.

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Very cool! Put me down for one.
 
woodtickgreg said:
Very cool! Put me down for one.
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Here's the pricing and a way to order. I've been using Google forms when I sell stuff in the sewing groups. They fill it out, I get an email, send a PayPal invoice, build it, and ship and I can keep it all organized in a spreadsheet that's automatically populated with the info they put on the form.

https://goo.gl/forms/fAer72ypGsC2ngYM2
 
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