What did you do in your shop today?

What did I do?
I finished a little shelf for some lathe tools and mounted it almost within arms' length of the lathe.
Changed blades on bandsaw and made a few adjustments to it.
Then.....was using my grinder....and noticed a bit of 'blue-ish air' emanating from it while grinding a piece of metal....whut the....? So thought maybe just smoke from the paint??? Turned it back on....not grinding anything.....'blue-ish air' re-appears!!!! Well CRAP!!!!!!
Getting late so took it off the stand and set it outside until I can take it apart and have a look. Maybe.....it's just dirt/dust built up in there.....can I be that lucky?

Oh.....I cleaned up a bit and found 5 feet of my bench top!!!
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Tom Smart said:
Check out his YouTube channel, lots of great information to help reduce the resin learning curve.
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I've watched his videos....interesting to see what and how he does things. But.....I was surprised at some of the legs he uses. Just plain flat iron bolted on the bottom!!!!
All the work and beauty he puts into the top.....and nothing for the bottom?!?!?
But.....he gets very good money for his pieces so I guess somebody likes it.
 
scootac said:
I've watched his videos....interesting to see what and how he does things. But.....I was surprised at some of the legs he uses. Just plain flat iron bolted on the bottom!!!!
All the work and beauty he puts into the top.....and nothing for the bottom?!?!?
But.....he gets very good money for his pieces so I guess somebody likes it.
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I’ve seen him use a variety of legs, both wood and metal. He’s also made walnut legs and sells templates for them.
 
Tom Smart said:
I’ve seen him use a variety of legs, both wood and metal. He’s also made walnut legs and sells templates for them.
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If you can find his work, Kevin Desplanques out of Colorado and Arizona ( he lives in both states), has some mesmerizing sculpted leg assemblies. He pops up on Facebook and some of his work is on Etsy. Pinterest shows his chairs regularly but without the credit as to who made them.
Usually stack laminated and carved to unusual shapes.
 
My New Years resolution is to finish three projects that have been just sitting. My primary target is a 12” flower vase. A couple of days ago I filled the imperfections with turquoise. Yesterday, I noticed I overlooked as small hole so I treated the spot with shellac. Normally, I tape and then use hot glue as a barrier so the CA doesn’t spread and stain the wood outside of the treated area. The hot glue works great is a little time intensive, especially removing it. Had the idea last night to try using a Tootsie Roll as the barrier. I did a test on a piece of scrap and it worked fine.

Last time my retirement group got together a guy asked him if I would turn him a fish bat. I had some ash. Washington took part of it and is making a handle for his new Thompson tool. The rest ended of as the fish bat. Will put marine epoxy on it tomorrow.

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trc65 said:
Can't believe you wasted a Tootsie roll like that!:cry2:
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Wasted???
Why???
That blue tape looks fairly clean....peel it off when done and enjoy!
Multi-use Tootsie Roll!!!
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I have a big jar of FireballS to enjoy out there.

The candy....NOT the liquid Fireball!!!!
 
scootac said:
Then.....was using my grinder....and noticed a bit of 'blue-ish air' emanating from it while grinding a piece of metal....whut the....? So thought maybe just smoke from the paint??? Turned it back on....not grinding anything.....'blue-ish air' re-appears!!!! Well CRAP!!!!!!
Getting late so took it off the stand and set it outside until I can take it apart and have a look. Maybe.....it's just dirt/dust built up in there.....can I be that lucky?
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I have an old, smaller Baldor I use for polishing that did that to me about 6 months ago. Opened it up and found the capacitor all swole up (and stinky!). Google helped me find a cheap replacement and it was up and running again a couple weeks later. Hope yours will be a simple fix.
 
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