Your work is always museum quality! That blue inlay one is dynamite! Chuck
What did you do in your shop today?
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Keep it away from my wife!!!!! Looks like a Lil Mikey Banger to me!
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My shoulder surgery is coning along well enough to start dabbling around in the shop again, got out this dry roughout and trued it up. Marked out the lines for a carved spiral design. It's mulberry, probably not the greatest carving wood, but I'm going to have a go at it, I will let ya know how it goes...
Just carving a spoon in well-seasoned mulberry - not too bad. Can't wait to see the finished product. Done a couple of spiral designs - lotta work - but look good.
Barry, please post pictures of your technique and progress (for us inquiring minds and shameless copycats).
Will do, step one is in the picture above; use a large compass or trammel points (shown above). anchor one end in a peg secured in the tool rest hole in the banjo. It takes some trial and error to get the arc of the line to start and end where you want them to, adjusting the distance of the banjo and the span of the points, but once you get it, lock it down, and draw your line, move to the next index setting (in my case I'm dividing into 12 sections) and repeat...
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In addition to unpacking my new saw, I finished up a bottle opener (thanks @Tom Smart for your recommendation of them)then. When I'd first seen one this idea came to mind, and thought this would be another good way to knock some more rust off turning and finishing. A nice piece of cocobola with a bit of sapwood, finished with pure tung oil.
Nice!
Looks good.
Here's a little project I've been working on. I've been trying to figure out a use for the connecting rods and pistons I took out of my Seven during the engine rebuild, and the bathroom in the shop a friend and I have taken for our cars and storage needed a paper towel holder... so I milled some slots in a piece of aluminum plate and turned down some aluminum rod and, voila!
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Genius!!!
Love stuff like this.
Maker, Maker!!!
Off to a good start, but I really need to test to see how many it can open in a single night.
Party at Henry’s!
Does right in front of shop count?? We are heading to Florida in a few weeks and wanted to finally put roof racks on the topper. I have a bunch of parts but actually started mostly over….again. Have a small fortune in pieces and parts. Of course most of it is still packed away in my buddy’s barn. So close yet so far away.
Anyway, I always procrastinate when it comes to drilling holes in things like trucks and toppers but these gutter pieces were easy to place and mount. Nice to be doing things other than just trying to get moved in.
Anyway, I always procrastinate when it comes to drilling holes in things like trucks and toppers but these gutter pieces were easy to place and mount. Nice to be doing things other than just trying to get moved in.
Finally finished up my french cleat wall and dust collection hose switcher (plus 1 small tool holder for my brad nailer). I need to add one more reducer and fitting, and finalize my lathe dc setup (found a product I think will work better than my cheap homemade version). A fence for my DP and more tool holders for the wall are the next projects, though likely those will have to wait a few weeks.
