What did you do in your shop today?

Working the finish on a shell I don't think I've really shown here. Should have the parts to finish the drum by the end of the week. Then I shall present the Black Locust w/ ABW striped snare drum. Plus it will allow me to update my classroom thread some.
 
Cut the bearing edges and did the hardware lay out on the drum I'm working on. Short one small part, but will be able to get pics up in the next few days I think. @Kevin, too bad no FL trip I was looking forward to meeting you and having you bang on a couple of them. Some other time maybe.
 
I tucked into a big chunk of sycamore today... Cowboy hat blanks! I'll be heading over to a friend's house next weekend to have a go at my first cowboy hat!
 
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I've been working on an order the last few days, dyed/stabilized about 250 blanks, got 200 turned, engraved, polished, and starting on assembly, the first 200 should be ready to deliver by the end of tomorrow.

It's been really interesting to see how the different pieces of Hemlock take the dye, there is a huge variety in the finished product.

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Found a cl post that said "woodworking windfall" yesterday post had 2-3 pics, one was a box of ww books. Contacted the guy and met him this evening.

Ummmm, had to go home to get my truck!!! This guys fsther was a carver and marquetry artist. There must be 2500 pidces of veneer, labelled, catalogged, sorted, and bound in baseball card style plastic holders in a binder. There were also two rifle scopes, feathers, scrollsaw patterns, half carved sculptures, two dremels, several pieces of vintage camera eauipment and LOTS of other stuff. I cant believe how much I was able to get.

Heres pics of this haul unloaded into my shop.

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This afternoon I *finally* got a chance to put the final coat of paint on the walls and ceiling. After letting the space air out for a bit with the garage door open part way, I put together a set of metal/wire shelves and started unpacking wood!

Tomorrow I'll start organizing and trying to find homes for some things. I'll also start getting tools put back together. Also hope to do at least part of the wiring tomorrow.
 
Finished putting a lathe together! Finally....
Designed a 'chip curtain' to control the curlies coming off the lathe somewhat(wife likes that idea). I'll need to come up with some lighting for the new 'location' I get to turn stuff in. Right now, if it's raining and the garage door is down, it'll be a little dark.


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Made new MDF discs to sandwich the Osage and Purpleheart drum shell. Got the outside turning jig put together with the shell inside it ready to go. Plus yesterday I did a little work towards getting staves cut for 2 more shells. Texas Ebony and Blue Mahoe. Next in the outside turning jig will be the Spalted Citrus and then the Red Euc. I just seem to be picking up speed at this. The Black Locust drum is together but I need to do a little finetuning. Got most of the parts now I am just waiting on the lugs for the Cuban Mahogany w/ Cocobolo snare. Feels good!
 
Got some more organizing and unpacking done in the garage/shop. I really really need some drawers for the shop to store tools and supplies. Currently have none...

Got a wood rack up on the walls (heavy duty shelf tracks & brackets) and loaded it up. Started a little bit of the electrical work.

Then I went and got some more lumber from the guy I bought lumber from a couple weeks ago. 8/4 and 4/4 walnut and 4/4 maple. Knowing that I do not yet own a planner, he ran the maple through his planer for me. (The walnut has already been planed.) Couple of the maple boards were thinner, which will be great for box making.

He had some beautiful 8' long, 15" wide, 4/4 walnut boards. Looking for $30 for each board. Two or three of those would make for a real sweet table. Already regretting not having enough money to bring home one or two of them... If he still has any of them whenever I'm able to go back, snagging a couple of them is at the top of my list.

Now I'm already out of space on my wood rack! Gotta get some more brackets so I can get the 8/4 walnut up on the rack. Not even gonna try to get that monster piece of 13/4 osage I got last time up on the rack!
 
Well what I did today. Painted the feet on a drake and hen Pintail, feet on a drake canvasback, Did the finish work, minus the final details, on 2 whitetail bucks and finally completed the Rio Grande turkey rug. Also drilled and prepped 2 blanks for making duck calls. Oh wait also cut a section on whitetail deer antler to add to one of the duck calls. Crap no wonder my day flew by!!
 
I finally got around to getting my grinder "base" made so I could reclaim some much needed bench space (it has been sitting there unceremoniously for well over a year with a truly jury-rigged setup for my wolverine jigs). This also gets it positioned right behind my lathe, so I'll be more likely to sharpen tools as frequently as I should. Many thanks again to Keller for turning me onto these CBN wheels... they really make sharpening a snap and almost a joy.

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As mentioned earlier, I acquired a chunk of sycamore suitable for a cowboy hat, so I headed to a friends house Friday to use his lathe and get some much needed instruction on the process. I've still got a ton if sanding to do before it's finished. Here's the hat in the bending form... It's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy that I didn't blow it up.

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Got to spend a little bit of time in the garage, but not much. Got my bandsaw put together and up and running. Used it to cut some blanks for the pen blank swap. Felt real good to finally cut some wood in the new shop!

Kinda hit a wall in getting stuff unpacked. It's hard to unpack stuff when I'm lacking in places to store stuff. Tomorrow I'm thinking about making a trip to Menards and getting some stuff to build a basic bench and some drawers for storage. Tomorrow I also plan to work on the wiring and keep organizing. Maybe even finish getting the table saw assembled.
 
DKMD said:
As mentioned earlier, I acquired a chunk of sycamore suitable for a cowboy hat, so I headed to a friends house Friday to use his lathe and get some much needed instruction on the process. I've still got a ton if sanding to do before it's finished. Here's the hat in the bending form... It's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy that I didn't blow it up.

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Now this is freaking AWESOME!!!!!!! I love it.
 
Well, technically, this is from yesterday, but I did sneak it into the house this morning. It's a box for bows that I plan to give my wife for mother's day. I used some of @Mike1950 highly figured curly koa, I mean walnut. And some of his maple for the lid and dividers. This was an easy and quick build. @Brink If you ever try another box, this shouldn't take you half a year?

Jacob

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Fret440 said:
Well, technically, this is from yesterday, but I did sneak it into the house this morning. It's a box for bows that I plan to give my wife for mother's day. I used some of @Mike1950 highly figured curly koa, I mean walnut. And some of his maple for the lid and dividers. This was an easy and quick build. @Brink If you ever try another box, this shouldn't take you half a year?

Jacob

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Cool box- i like the combo......
 
DKMD said:
As mentioned earlier, I acquired a chunk of sycamore suitable for a cowboy hat, so I headed to a friends house Friday to use his lathe and get some much needed instruction on the process. I've still got a ton if sanding to do before it's finished. Here's the hat in the bending form... It's far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy that I didn't blow it up.

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Cool hat- I bet that gets a little tense as you turn the last little bit. One question- where is the picture of the chips- looks like one heullva chip makin endeavor!!!!!:scare3:
 
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