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Worked in the shoperage a bit today. Hung the lights i purchased last weekend.
Lights off, just daylight coming in the window.
Lights on, just 2ights and its amazing! These Honeywell lights from sams club are a great bargain. 5,000 lumens each and 5k light color spectrum.
The garage is getting there like the wood shop did.
Lights off, just daylight coming in the window.
Lights on, just 2ights and its amazing! These Honeywell lights from sams club are a great bargain. 5,000 lumens each and 5k light color spectrum.
The garage is getting there like the wood shop did.
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Went down to the woodshop and started cleaning up and putting things away that I've acquired over the summer. Cleaned up some tools.
A rusty garage sale craftsman square. The wire wheel is your friend.
Cleaned up this vintage hatchet real nice. Needs an edge put on it still.
A like new hammer, cleaned all the dried paint off of it and its a fine user now.
A nice little craftsman ball peen hammer got a trip to the wire wheel too.
The square cleaned up nice and will find a home in the garage.
A rusty garage sale craftsman square. The wire wheel is your friend.
Cleaned up this vintage hatchet real nice. Needs an edge put on it still.
A like new hammer, cleaned all the dried paint off of it and its a fine user now.
A nice little craftsman ball peen hammer got a trip to the wire wheel too.
The square cleaned up nice and will find a home in the garage.
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I cleaned up and put away a bunch of stuff in the shop, getting it ready for winter time work. Then I roughed out a couple of bowl blanks.
The smaller one is a piece of skeet I got from the boys in Texas when I was there. Its so the one I had to put in the oven to kill the bugs, lol. I peeled all the bark off of it and mounted it on the lathe. Im anxious to turn it as I've never turned skeet yet.
The smaller one is a piece of skeet I got from the boys in Texas when I was there. Its so the one I had to put in the oven to kill the bugs, lol. I peeled all the bark off of it and mounted it on the lathe. Im anxious to turn it as I've never turned skeet yet.
You're going to love it brother! It turns much easier when it's green but still nice when dry!
I had a square like that. After months of looking for it I bought another. I’m surprised it didn’t show up the next day. It is here somewhere.
The brother in-law and his wife were out for a visit last Christmas and she commented on how we only had wood cutting boards and no plastic ones.
So I explained the perils of plastic cutting boards and the benefits of a wood one. The results being, I made her a small face grained board to take home and try out.
Anyway I got message about two weeks ago asking for two large ones ( 500 mm x 330 mm), one for herself and one for the niece.
I figured a board that big is going to be used for some serious chopping. After a bit of consideration I decided to go for an end grain board. Mainly due to being able to get a thicker board (27 mm), and I like how they look like a serious board that will take a lot of abuse.
Hehe I did end up having to buy an el cheapo table saw, but like I explained to the wife .......hey it's for your brother!!
Since their were two, I swapped them around, one is spotted gum, tasmanian oak. spotted gum etc. the other is tasmanian oak and spotted gum.
They're both regularly used for boards in Australia, with the Tassie oak having a Janka of 6 Kn and the spotted gum is 11 Kn.
I got lucky with the oak, it must have been old growth as it had a lot more color than the usual boring blond.
Rather then toss the left over strips, I figured I might as well make a cheese platter while I'm at it.
The first three are the tassie oak, spotted gum one. The red and pinkish coloring of the tassie is more dramatic then the pics show.
Spotted gum and Tasmanian oak
So I explained the perils of plastic cutting boards and the benefits of a wood one. The results being, I made her a small face grained board to take home and try out.
Anyway I got message about two weeks ago asking for two large ones ( 500 mm x 330 mm), one for herself and one for the niece.
I figured a board that big is going to be used for some serious chopping. After a bit of consideration I decided to go for an end grain board. Mainly due to being able to get a thicker board (27 mm), and I like how they look like a serious board that will take a lot of abuse.
Hehe I did end up having to buy an el cheapo table saw, but like I explained to the wife .......hey it's for your brother!!
Since their were two, I swapped them around, one is spotted gum, tasmanian oak. spotted gum etc. the other is tasmanian oak and spotted gum.
They're both regularly used for boards in Australia, with the Tassie oak having a Janka of 6 Kn and the spotted gum is 11 Kn.
I got lucky with the oak, it must have been old growth as it had a lot more color than the usual boring blond.
Rather then toss the left over strips, I figured I might as well make a cheese platter while I'm at it.
The first three are the tassie oak, spotted gum one. The red and pinkish coloring of the tassie is more dramatic then the pics show.
Spotted gum and Tasmanian oak
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Nice work, like your brand too. 
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I finally got some shop time in today. I was really wanting to get on the lathe and turn something.
So I chucked up the mesquite blank I prepped yesterday.
It'll be smaller when I get it in the round, I don't want any natural edge on this one.
Came into round nicely, got the speed up to about 1200 rpm now.
I dig this little branch inclusion.
Its running smooth and balanced now so I'll remove the tailstock stub and flatten the bottom and then cut a mortise for the chuck so I can reverse it.
Filled some small cracks with thin then med CA.
Sanded the CA back.
Dug all the frass out of the grub holes and blew them out. I found one grub that I baked when I put this blank in the oven to kill the little wood munchers, lol.
A side profile shot. Waiting for some epoxy and color powdered dye now, should be here tomorrow. Filling the large grub tunnels will be a first for me, and so is turning the mesquite.
The blank was pretty dry so the chips where flyin! This is only from one side lol.
I liked turning the skeet, had a different smell than I imagined it would have, kinda sweet smelling. The grain kind of reminds me of Bubinga. Can't wait to get this one filled and finished. It has some beautiful grain.
So I chucked up the mesquite blank I prepped yesterday.
It'll be smaller when I get it in the round, I don't want any natural edge on this one.
Came into round nicely, got the speed up to about 1200 rpm now.
I dig this little branch inclusion.
Its running smooth and balanced now so I'll remove the tailstock stub and flatten the bottom and then cut a mortise for the chuck so I can reverse it.
Filled some small cracks with thin then med CA.
Sanded the CA back.
Dug all the frass out of the grub holes and blew them out. I found one grub that I baked when I put this blank in the oven to kill the little wood munchers, lol.
A side profile shot. Waiting for some epoxy and color powdered dye now, should be here tomorrow. Filling the large grub tunnels will be a first for me, and so is turning the mesquite.
The blank was pretty dry so the chips where flyin! This is only from one side lol.
I liked turning the skeet, had a different smell than I imagined it would have, kinda sweet smelling. The grain kind of reminds me of Bubinga. Can't wait to get this one filled and finished. It has some beautiful grain.
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So since I came to a stand still on my turning i used my shop time to cut a couple shelves for the pantry in the kitchen. It just had some particle board shelves that are sagging pretty badly. I had a 1x12 cedar board so I cut a couple shelves out of that. One side is rough so that will face down. I need to let the dust in the shop settle and then get a couple coats of poly on them to seal them. Its nice having the radial saw to break down boards like this now.
Then I fixed the pull out tray for the spindle sander. The wood swelled and it jammed the tray, couldn't slide it out at all. So I pryed it out, removed the slides and a few passes on the jointer and it works good as new again.
So that was my day in the shop. Swept up the chips in preparation for the next turning session.
Then I fixed the pull out tray for the spindle sander. The wood swelled and it jammed the tray, couldn't slide it out at all. So I pryed it out, removed the slides and a few passes on the jointer and it works good as new again.
So that was my day in the shop. Swept up the chips in preparation for the next turning session.
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I have that same Powermatic sander but it stopped oscillating up and down a few years ago. Have you had any problems with yours?
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I bought this one a few years back at an auction, it was used to sand castings in a pump company. I haven't had any problems with mine. Parts are still available for them.
Finished up another handle that I started yesterday. Carter and Sons detail spindle gouge in black limba handle. Had an oopsy with this one. Forgot to measure the tang and used the same size drill bit (1/2 in) as the handle I did yesterday. Already had it parted off when I realized it. Soooooo, what to do. I had a 3/4 in dowel, so I turned it down to 1/2 in and glued it in and let set overnight. This morning I used a piece of rubber like floor mat (similar to a mouse pad) and put the handle back in the chuck and drilled the 3/8 in hole. Epoxied it in and all’s good. Whew!
I would have thought that you could have simply epoxied the tang in, versus plug and re-drill. Am I wrong in thought and if so why?
I didn’t think of that, but there was a lot of play so I would have had to hold it in place till the epoxy set up or come up with a jig to hold it centered in the hole.
I think he made the right choice. IMO, epoxy alone would be too weak Mark, it would loosen and break out over time. Especially if he has a catch.
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Well since the dye and mixing cups showed up i gave it a try.
Got all this stuff off of Amazon cheap enough. The mixing cups are nice and small, perfect for mixing small amounts of epoxy for filling cracks and imperfections in turnings.
The black diamond dye powder is pretty cool, this is just mixed in the resin before adding the hardener.
I removed the piece from the lathe to fill these grub voids then put it back on. I think this color will look cool with the mesquite when its got a finish on it.
Just a little bit of the powder goes a long way.
This is my hand to show the size of the mixing cups.
Second set of voids I filled on the lathe.
This black diamond brand comes in a large variety of colors and is very high quality, I can see myself trying other colors. This 4 oz jar was $13.99 and trust me a little goes a long way when tinting epoxy.
Got all this stuff off of Amazon cheap enough. The mixing cups are nice and small, perfect for mixing small amounts of epoxy for filling cracks and imperfections in turnings.
The black diamond dye powder is pretty cool, this is just mixed in the resin before adding the hardener.
I removed the piece from the lathe to fill these grub voids then put it back on. I think this color will look cool with the mesquite when its got a finish on it.
Just a little bit of the powder goes a long way.
This is my hand to show the size of the mixing cups.
Second set of voids I filled on the lathe.
This black diamond brand comes in a large variety of colors and is very high quality, I can see myself trying other colors. This 4 oz jar was $13.99 and trust me a little goes a long way when tinting epoxy.
Cool looking stuff. FYI, for epoxy mixing (and finishing), I use the little 30 ml medicine cups. About $15 for 500. Probably too small for the fills you just performed, but perfect for the smaller mixes.