What did you do in your shop today?

Continuing my journey to organization. Decided my miter saw setup I made the other day just wasn't right. Too low, and the cabinet was starting to fall apart. Got the left side of my new one made today, along with a shelf above it for blanks. The saw will side to the right of what is there, once I remove the shelving unit that I have since emptied. Then another 4' 'bench' will be to the right of the saw. Will have shelving under one side, and the planet and some other stuff will fit under the side without shelves.

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I tried to make a pen out of bocote. Did not come out so well. Half of it did. The other half went kaboomie....

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So, here's some of the stuff I've worked on in the shop recently.

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Yep, that one is sideways. Slotted plywood, covered boxes from Dollar Tree.

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Getting good at sideways pictures. Stand for lathe tools, situated right above the lathe.

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Router table built from Stumpy Nubs plans with a couple of additions. Those are full length drawers.

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Rack for small clamps. Bought that lot and then built the rack before I ever used them.

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Added a spot to my dust collector for the intermediate clamps.

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This will be mounted to a ceiling joist with a couple of hinges. Since I don't use them that much getting them out of the way until they're needed. I'll use a bungee to help stabilise them.

Well, those are the storage things I've done recently. I've started a couple of segmented projects as well.
 
I made a trip to a local saw mill Saturday and came home with this.
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There was 3 cedar boards 1x16"x10' and 2 cedar boards 1x9"x10' but I had to cut them down to fit them in my Escape to haul them home. The gent threw in those 3 slabs of maple 1x21"x4' and gave me a heck of a deal on all that cedar.
Now to wait for it to dry so I can use it.
 
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Nice haul! Where'd you end up getting that from?

Wilson's Woodworking said:
fit them in my Escape to haul them home
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The Escape can be quite the lumber hauler, can't it?

I have one - a 2005 model year - and found I can transport boards up to about 9' if I recline the passenger seat, remove the headrests from the rear bench, and slide a board in from the back down the front passenger's seat to the floor - obviously dependant on being the only person in the vehicle that way. unless a passenger wants to sit in the back seat behind the driver. I've also used it to transport lumber up to about 9' long hanging out the back with the rear door tied down a handful of times too.

But the one trip that tops them all is when I used it to haul roughly 350BF of soft maple in 7' to 8' lengths - yes, in the back with the seats folded down, wood hanging out the back, and the read door/hatch strapped down. Was a 60 mile drive home and it handled it like a champ.

The Escape was what replaced my truck when my truck was totalled out in an accident in 2007. I have found plenty of opportunities to use the Escape as much like a truck as possible. I take care of it, and it takes care of me. Hit 190k miles on it last month and while it's got some issues, especially with a slipping transmission, it's still going strong.
 
Sprung said:
Nice haul! Where'd you end up getting that from?
I take care of it, and it takes care of me. Hit 190k miles on it last month and while it's got some issues, especially with a slipping transmission, it's still going strong.
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A guy over in Clear Water, Ne. bought a band saw mill and listed the lumber on Facebook. I gave him tips on sealing his logs and boards and he gave me a heck of a deal on lumber.
Glad to hear your Escape is still low mileage. Mine is around 250k and still running good. Now for those damn door latches I would like to meet the engineer that designed those darn things! I think they would be uncomfortable where I would like to stick them.
 
Wilson's Woodworking said:
A guy over in Clear Water, Ne. bought a band saw mill and listed the lumber on Facebook. I gave him tips on sealing his logs and boards and he gave me a heck of a deal on lumber.
Glad to hear your Escape is still low mileage. Mine is around 250k and still running good. Now for those damn door latches I would like to meet the engineer that designed those darn things! I think they would be uncomfortable where I would like to stick them.
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I gotta find someone around here with a saw mill... Seems like you've got a few of them in your corner of Nebraska?

Well, I wouldn't consider 190k to be low mileage, but compared to 250k it is! We plan on driving ours until it drives no more or it becomes too costly to keep on the road. In 8 years I haven't had to put much into it for repairs - under $600. (Obviously that doesn't include regular maintenance or items that you expect to wear out and have to replace.) There are a few design things I'd change, but overall it's been a good vehicle and owes me nothing.
 
I've had 2 escapes and loved em, great for what they are.
 
I'm on my 2nd honda odessey, 280k on the first one and the second is already at 147k. I like how you can haul a full 4x8 sheet of plywood in it and up to 10' boards if you slide them between the front seats.
 
A friend of mine has a honda odessy, He loves it. I hate to say it but they are a way better van than anything made in the us. But our trucks are still king!
 
I'm out of town :sorry:no woodshop for me.

But, been up since 3:00am pondering a difficult mounting point on the next TTTSNH project.

Here's the starting point.

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Worked on a few bowls today. The Natural Edge is Black Walnut. It was green, after turning down to 3/8 it metered out at 18%. Going for a few weeks in a box with saw dust.

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I also turned down a manzanita burl to fit into my casting bucket. I'm going to cast with clear and some swirls of metal powder. Not sure what type of metal yet. It needs a lot of work before that, it metered out at 18-21%. I was going to give it a soak in denatured alcohol, but I opened up my bucket to find it all evaporated. That's $40 lost into the void. Then a bake in the electric smoker, I use to dry wood, seal it, then cast it.

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Had to dig into one of my easter red cedar blanks, it's been taunting me. I should have thought before I leaped because once I started I decided what a great small hollow. Unfortunately I mounted with my faceplate, the hole is going to be a bit bigger than I would have liked.

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BTW, I wet sand green wood if it pitted out on me. FYI, ERC wet sanded on the lathe blasts you with a red paste.
 
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