What did you do in your shop today?

[Mr. Peet]

I've not had that problem with the heated floor. It's pretty hard on the bottom layer or two, they tend to warp and crack more. I deal with that by making sure that the bottom boards are low quality to begin with. I think if I enclosed the stack and added a fan it would really speed things up if I was in a rush.

Depending on how long you waited before adding the fan.....Drying too fast causes cell collapse, lots of defects and frustration. Sounds like you have method that works for you. Any snow yet? We had flurries last week in the middle of a rain storm. Thought it was odd, but have seen it plenty of times, just not in October.

 

[sprucegum]

Depending on how long you waited before adding the fan.....Drying too fast causes cell collapse, lots of defects and frustration. Sounds like you have method that works for you. Any snow yet? We had flurries last week in the middle of a rain storm. Thought it was odd, but have seen it plenty of times, just not in October.

A little snow on the mountain tops, maybe a little coming for the weekend. I don't think maple is bothered much by fast drying. Oak is easily ruined by aggressive drying. Your right I'm probably not going to mess with something that's working.

 

[Sprung]

Lately I've been doing some reorganizing in the shop and getting some stuff either sold or ready to sell. I'm not shutting down or giving up on the shop, but life circumstances leave me limited in the shop in a variety of ways, so it's time to refocus my direction in the shop and not have so many different directions. At this point I have wood and tools I will never use, so it's time to downsize...

 

[Gdurfey]

The garage shop, but…well, not wood either, but finally have my high lift jack and shovel mounted. Staying in a cab this coming weekend so trying the Cherokee as a hunting vehicle. Weather does not look conducive to hunting, too warm and dry but where I am headed you have to be prepared!!




Taking fishing gear as well……

 

[Mr. Peet]

The garage shop, but…well, not wood either, but finally have my high lift jack and shovel mounted. Staying in a cab this coming weekend so trying the Cherokee as a hunting vehicle. Weather does not look conducive to hunting, too warm and dry but where I am headed you have to be prepared!!

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Taking fishing gear as well……

I see another reemergence of kids with high lift jacks mounted on their hoods. Kind of a throw back to me.

 

[SENC]

The garage shop, but…well, not wood either, but finally have my high lift jack and shovel mounted. Staying in a cab this coming weekend so trying the Cherokee as a hunting vehicle. Weather does not look conducive to hunting, too warm and dry but where I am headed you have to be prepared!!

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Taking fishing gear as well……

Here's hoping you never have to take them down!

 

[Alancw]

Not a darn thing—because daughter had her second son today. I’m a “gampa” again!

 

[Nature Man]

Not a darn thing—because daughter had her second son today. I’m a “gampa” again!

Congrats! Great day for your family!

 

[woodtickgreg]

Just a little work on the tdub. Installed a battery tender hook up, added stable to the fuel, adjusted and lubed the chain.
Easy access now.

I'll probably take it out today to run some erands around town. Beautiful fall day here around 60 degrees this afternoon. Gotta take advantage of the riding days while we have them.

 

[Gdurfey]

Here's hoping you never have to take them down!

I knew I would need them if I didn’t have them!! My thoughts exactly, let them go for a ride.

 

[Jonkou]

The plan was to cut up both into billets today. The 3” maple tested my mettle and the blade’s permanence. Gonna need another plan for the rosewood, thinking chainsaw on another day.

 

[daniscool]

The plan was to cut up both into billets today. The 3” maple tested my mettle and the blade’s permanence. Gonna need another plan for the rosewood, thinking chainsaw on another day.

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Wow. That is a large piece of rosewood. I’m sure some luthiers would be very happy if you didn’t cut it too small and left it full width full thickness for guitars.

 

[Mike Hill]

The plan was to cut up both into billets today. The 3” maple tested my mettle and the blade’s permanence. Gonna need another plan for the rosewood, thinking chainsaw on another day.

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Thinking one might need a reciprocating saw blade with bigger teeth. That one is made to go through SPF/SYP and some nails. The small teeth are to go through nails. Even the pruning ones will do a faster job!

 

[sprucegum]

Thinking one might need a reciprocating saw blade with bigger teeth. That one is made to go through SPF/SYP and some nails. The small teeth are to go through nails. Even the pruning ones will do a faster job!

Lenox makes one they call the AXE, it's primarily a demolition blade but it does have big teeth. I usually have one on hand, I don't think I ever tried one in thick hardwood.

 

[DLJeffs]

I started making something using some canary wood I got from David ( @gvwp ) and some rainbow poplar. Not sure what it is yet but it looks cool because I used almost all my hand clamps I have.

 

[Mr. Peet]

I took 14 empty spray paint containers (cans) outside and ruptured them with my peavey to get the marbles out. Had plans on doing it with the grandson but he won't be coming out this year either. Custody issues suck sometimes....Sure the wife will like adding the marbles to one of her house plants.

 

[DLJeffs]

I took 14 empty spray paint containers (cans) outside and ruptured them with my peavey to get the marbles out. Had plans on doing it with the grandson but he won't be coming out this year either. Custody issues suck sometimes....Sure the wife will like adding the marbles to one of her house plants.

Are they glass marbles? I've never opened a can up to find out.

 

[Mr. Peet]

Are they glass marbles? I've never opened a can up to find out.

Most of the time they are glass. Sometimes it will be a 'pot-metal' ball / slug. The glass is often out of round so it creates cool light effects, and makes playing marbles more challenging. Something I did with our kids. Something I did with my siblings as a kid. Assume Dad likely showed them.

 

[DLJeffs]

Got two of these things glued up. I think they're going to be box sides but who knows.

It was almost 60 degrees outside and no rain in sight so I was able to get out into the driveway. Good thing because made lots of sawdust. I already screwed up but luckily was able to fix it without too much effort. I wanted a round over on the inside edges of the canary boards. I should have rounded that corner BEFORE gluing it to the poplar. The reason is there isn't enough room to run the router bit with a zero clearance bearing. Soooo... I had to use a hand plane. I eye balled a 45 degree bevel and ran the plane full length a few times. Then took the two sharp corners off, then took those sharp corners off, etc. Finally ran a sanding block with 150 grit to smooth out the round over. Came out good enough for what ever these become.

Also, the poplar boards weren't quite the same thickness all the way along so I had areas with as much as a sixteenth of an inch above the canary. Out came the belt sander. Got that surface all flush now.

My next problem is they're just a hair too wide to use my miter saw to cut 45's in them. That means I have to use my table saw and the sled I made. Trouble is I don't think it's as accurate as my miter saw. Guess I'm going to find out.

 

[sprucegum]

I more or less finished up some dedicated fastener drawers. I have accumulated lots of packages of screws, nails, staples and such. They were scattered around the shop on various window sills, in wall cabinets, as well as other horizontal surfaces. It was getting so I was spending way too much time looking for what I knew I had somewhere. I had a 3 drawer base that held up my table saw extension in my old shop that almost fit under my miter saw station. Three deep drawers were not going to work so I did some demolition work, cut it down a little and added casters so I can pull it out to clean. I measured some of the things that I wanted to store in it and decided on 6 drawers of various sizes. I had some used 1/2" AC plywood for the drawer bottoms and used some pine salvaged from the old drawers as well as some that I milled a year ago. It's more functional than attractive but cost me almost nothing. I still need to make some pulls and organize more but I think it'll work out for me.