What did you do in your shop today?

woodtickgreg said:
Few minutes before I left for work this morning. I found a piece of scrap oak plywood, squared it up and marked the corners to round them off. I think the jig will be much handier if I can hang it on the wall, take it down when needed and clamp it to the bench so it doesn't move when using it.
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I’ve got the leer version and did the same. Makes it a bit easier to use also I think.
 
I was instructed we had to finish 3 of these today.

So, I put the hangers on the back of them and went back out and made pearwood sawdust. Am about to head into the yard and see if my sawmill still cranks. If so, I will go back to making sawdust in the sunshine. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.:adored:

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I worked on the mount for the pocket hole jig some today.
I glued a strip of ash to the edge of the mount so it would have something to act as a stop against the edge of the workbench. Medium CA was quick and effective. The main plywood board is a piece of 3/4" oak plywood that I've had for about 15 years, lol.
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Then I did some layout and drilled some holes.
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I used my scrollsaw to cut out the waste for the carrying handles. A jig saw would have also worked but would have left a much rougher cut.
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Then I rounded everything over with my small router and a round over bit.
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I did a little test fitting and screwed the jig down with the sample pocket hole screws that came with the jig.
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Then I sanded everything down in preparation for a couple coats of water based poly. Hope to get that started tomorrow.
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I tested my new hoseless finish nailer out, drove 2" nails into hard maple no problem and was able to adjust the depth to counter sink the nail head.
This gun uses a flywheel to drive the nails.
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The reason I chose this brand over others is it uses the same nails as my pneumatic finish nailer which is also a bostitch. I have about 4 or 5 boxes of these nails.
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Each box has 3 different lengths.
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Pretty happy with the power. I snuck up on the setting to countersink the heads. If it can drive a 2" nail into hard Maple it'll be just fine doing the trim in my house, base boards and doors and door casings etc.
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woodtickgreg said:
I tested my new hoseless finish nailer out, drove 2" nails into hard maple no problem and was able to adjust the depth to counter sink the nail head.
This gun uses a flywheel to drive the nails.
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The reason I chose this brand over others is it uses the same nails as my pneumatic finish nailer which is also a bostitch. I have about 4 or 5 boxes of these nails.
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Each box has 3 different lengths.
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Pretty happy with the power. I snuck up on the setting to countersink the heads. If it can drive a 2" nail into hard Maple it'll be just fine doing the trim in my house, base boards and doors and door casings etc.
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Those are really handy! I have owned one for about 15 years now and the only thing that went wrong was the striker deformed slightly after about 10 or 15 jams and had to be resurfaced. But I think we know a guy....
Enjoy. The freedom is noticeable.
 
Tried out some new acrylic on a turning yesterday. It's called RAFFIR MOON BRASS 1/4"...available in several sizes and thicknesses. I used the brass version, but its also available with bronze inlays. Mostly used for knife scales and pistol grips, but turns and finishes easy on the lathe. In this video, you can see how transparent and three dimensional it looks with a backlight.

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Got 2 coats on the top and bottom today in between grocery shopping and new floor shopping. Might get it assembled tomorrow.
Bottom after 2 coats of water poly.
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Starting the top 2 coats.
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No guitar work this week end and had a decent weather day so got out in the driveway. First cut and glued up the blank for a cribbage board. Wanted to make one from the yew I got from @Gary Schuler . I put a piece of spalted maple for the scoring trim and I'll route the circle and inset a curly maple circle for the engraving.

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Also finally made up my mind and started on a box using the spalted hackberry blanks I got from @El Guapo . I stabilized the hackberry some time ago and it's really solid now. I resawed two of the blanks into panels just a smidge under 3/8" thick. I plan to position them so the grain produces the star effect. I resawed some myrtle I got from @Gary Schuler that will become the sides and frame for the panel lid.

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I have an order of cups that needs to be filled so I've been doing some casting this weekend. I don't have any of them completed yet but it'll get there.

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Barb said:
I have an order of cups that needs to be filled so I've been doing some casting this weekend. I don't have any of them completed yet but it'll get there.

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Nice! What price range are those? My wife was very impressed with the white/burl. Of course the rest may look as impressive or more after they are turned and polished. You coat those with epoxy when done? Or stabilize before?
 
2feathers Creative Making said:
Nice! What price range are those? My wife was very impressed with the white/burl. Of course the rest may look as impressive or more after they are turned and polished. You coat those with epoxy when done? Or stabilize before?
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I charge $50 plus shipping per cup. That's with no stabilization since that would jack the price up. But I do regret picking out the birch since it needed stabilizing. I coat them with Alumilite Clear Cast Plus since it's FDA compliant. I let the person choose the color and I choose the wood because most of the people that order don't have a preference for wood. The end result is a completely sealed cup that can stand up to being washed repeatedly.
 
Finished up the Kreg jig base this morning before leaving for work.
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Attached a clamp for the DC hose.
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I need to stop and get a hose coupler for it so I can just plug the shop vac into it.
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The I thought.....I made a nice base for it so I should make a nice dock to hang it on the wall.
so I dug out a piece of oak scrap from the cut off bin, a 3/4" oak dowel. Just tinkering away, lol.
I do love my shop time.
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Spent Saturday doing the final assembly and install of my entertainment center. Still need to build the base cabinet for under TV.. Getting that started today. IMG_20210308_122803265.webp
 
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