What did you do in your shop today?

Gdurfey said:
@woodtickgreg , Greg, just stop....take a day off, or something......
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I am off for covid shelter at home/shop, bored to death so I spend time in my shop doing what I enjoy, turn the radio on for some tunes, grab a cup off coffee and get busy. I figure I should make the most of my time while I have it. Feels good to be checking things off the list. I have more projects planned for the shop, waiting on Amazon deliveries!
 
Spinartist said:
The 2 tool rests @woodtickgreg made for me are my fav's out of the 18 tool rests I own!!!
I use them when ever I use my big lathe.

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Thanks for the compliments, you waited a long time for those. But they are unique, all heavy stainless steel and 4140 CrMo. They look like they are holding up good.
 
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Today was more productive. I was able to get some supplies, and replacement drive belt from my local Woodcraft store, and I replaced the drive belt on the Bandsaw. It was easier than I expected.
 
I rough-turned a vase from the plum I scored yesterday and sealed the rest of it. I also rough-turned a wet elm bowl for the club's fund raiser bazaar this November. Maybe. I think it has the potential for a yarn bowl.

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I made a couple of penguins. The one in the center my friend Rebecca made, the other 2 are mine.
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To quote @Tony 's tag line, I made big boards into little ones. Mesquite, Pecan, Oak, and Maple. There might be some other types in there too. I cut a bunch of scraps, and cut-offs in to Bowl, Pen, Bottle Stopper, and Pepper Mill blank sizes. I want to try to make a couple pepper mills this year so we'll see what comes of it all.
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Tom Smart said:
Cut dados for the seat on the next stool.

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Great feather on this walnut. I saved this piece for the second stool so I would make the mistakes on the first. I had hoped to get the seat roughed out today but I ran up against the shop idiot.

I have a contractor size Saw Stop (love Craigslist). To use a dado stack you have to change the safety cartridge to one sized for dados. After installing it I kept getting an error code that said to adjust the position of the brake cartridge. I messed around with that for an hour and gave up. Thought I just use the regular 10” blade. After putting the regular brake cartridge back in, same message and another frustrating 45 minutes. I resigned myself to calling Saw Stop, but before I did I dug out the manual. That’s like admitting defeat, you might as well get the map out if driving. In less than a minute I learned you have to put the blade back on and then check it. Did that and magic. Back in business. And it makes all the sense in the world. The machine was doing exactly what it was supposed to do.

So I guess I’ll have to finish roughing the seat later this week.
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nice crotch for crotch, pun intended
 
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