What did you do in your shop today?

Went to the doc's yesterday...he said I can play, but if it hurts, then stop and take a break.

So...I'm goin in. I gotta try to make a pen at least....or cut up some wood.....something!!!
 
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I cut up a few blanks. Glued some tubes and started on a celtic pen body....nice green stabilized burl....
 
I'll get a better pic tomorrow hopefully....in the sunlight.

That one is going to a guy on mossbergowners to return a favor. He gave me a bunch of his old grip for me to use as patterns! Free!
Woo....i like free. But it's feels good to give back...
 
Glad to see you having fun in the shop a little Marc, Go slow my friend.
 
Yep...I didn't spend too much time looking down...One and done. But the other stuff was easy....

I have another check up in 6 weeks.

And I'm down to 2 smokes a day!....0 would be good...but one day at a time.
 
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Had a little bit of time this morning as I was up early and was the only one awake in the house. Roughed out the other camphor crotch bowl blank I had and bagged it with its shavings. Now to wait impatiently for the both of them to dry out so I can finish turn them!

Also did some more work on a bowl I'm turning for @davduckman2010 from a piece of spalted maple he sent me in a trade we're doing. I'm liking how this one's looking and am very happy with it so far - especially since it's only my second bowl!
 
I bet ya it smells good in your shop...

Since my lathe is set up in the basement, the whole house smells great! I love the smell of camphor - and its ability to open up my stubborn and problematic sinuses. I need to get me some more of this sometime soon...
 
I'll update with some pictures later, but I discovered something interesting today. I've been adding storage. I put up a grooved cabinet so that lidded boxes from Dollar Tree slide in. Then my wife bought me a label maker so I can get them identified. Then I just put up a ledge by the lathe so I can put my turning tools there, close to hand. Built some shelves for that as well so my chucks and that sort of thing can also live close to the lathe.

Here's what's interesting: after having just built the ledge/shelves for the turning tools I noticed blank spots in my other recently completed storage. Meant that the stuff that goes there wasn't there. I put back the stuff I had used.

Before I had a place for things to go it's likely that they would have stayed where I left them until the next time I searched for them. Searched, of course, because by the time I needed them again I most likely would have moved them two or three times to get them out of the way.

Having a place for things means that, at least for me, I'm more likely to put things away when I'm done with them because it doesn't look right when they're not there.
 
Full day in the shop! A pen for the neighbor and a bowl because the block was calling for it. The last is going to be a pen case for the pen, it will pull off the top held together with some magnets.

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Cleaned the shop, 5 contractor size garbage bags full!! Now I have room to do something, but not any new things, over 55 half complete boxes sitting on the shelf need finishing
 
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