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In the shop eh. That's always exhilarating especially if you leave the doors open where y'all could get caught . . . . .
What did you do in your shop today?
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In the shop eh. That's always exhilarating especially if you leave the doors open where y'all could get caught . . . . .
Y'all?
I was alone, working on my 2015 naked woodworker calendar pics.
I was alone, working on my 2015 naked woodworker calendar pics.
Here's my output for yesterday and today. 193 pens turned and most of the finish applied. They all go under the laser tomorrow then back on the lathe for a final sanding, coat of finish, polish, and off to assembly. And this was all while waiting on customers and answering the phone. (I've fallen in love with a well sharpened skew for these blanks, The Hemlock is like cutting butter)
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You da man Colin!
Dave, that stuff looks like ivory burl! Very nice.
Well, no shop time per se today, but did a demo for one of our local clubs. Was mostly on using the Joyner pendant tool and the Excel design tool. Was fun and several turners had the tool but didn't know about the excel tool. Really makes results more consistent and repeatable, if needed.
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Got an unexpected little bit of time in the shop before work this morning. Made another pen. Got another to the point of starting the finishing process. Got a third where the blank blew up when I was down to just about final thickness. Managed to find the large chunk (though not a small sliver that is still missing) and glued it back in place and am going to see if I can save this one. No harm in trying...
Also had the little guy playing out there during much of that time, until he wanted to go back inside. He had fun playing with my scraps/cutoffs and stacking them up, etc, and watching daddy at work on the lathe!
Also had the little guy playing out there during much of that time, until he wanted to go back inside. He had fun playing with my scraps/cutoffs and stacking them up, etc, and watching daddy at work on the lathe!
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I got me some big rear end today.
Me thinks your shoulder will be sore tomorrow if that is misconstrued by the MRS...
Or his head if she has a skillet in hand....
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Brink, I thought of you when I saw this. I was at a friends over the holiday weekend in the small town of Yale, mi. I could hear and feel this tractor coming from a long ways away. A 1937 John Deer long stroke 2 cylinder hit or miss engine. It just purred like a kitten, he could idle this thing right down to almost nothing and it would just hit and miss right along, very cool. To see these old tractors is one thing, to hear them running is really something. The guy driving it was so drunk he could barely walk and talk, kinda funny. But he did slur out all the info on the tractor. It even has cast iron pistons. You cant tell by the pic but she was running. I just dig old mechanical things.
I spent my day hardening wood. I had an order due tomorrow morning for a one off item and turned out the only stabilized blank I had was too short. so I ran about 65 blanks and a bowl through my chamber throughout the day and baked them all up this evening. Now to pack the shop in the morning for an art show in Edina MN this weekend.
I'm in and out of the shop all day today - but not getting any woodworking done. Today is "regular maintenance on the vehicles day." With a piece of cardboard, my outfeed table has been converted into a staging area and is topped with tools, bottles of oil and transmission fluid, filters, etc.
Also, I'm not happy with the last lube tech who changed the oil in our car. (We had a gift card given to us for the dealership that we wanted to use up and since we were in the process of moving, I was short on time to do it myself.) Must've had a fetish with overtightening things, like drain plugs and oil filters...
Hoping to do a little woodworking later.
Also, I'm not happy with the last lube tech who changed the oil in our car. (We had a gift card given to us for the dealership that we wanted to use up and since we were in the process of moving, I was short on time to do it myself.) Must've had a fetish with overtightening things, like drain plugs and oil filters...
Hoping to do a little woodworking later.
Dang grease monkeys! 
Spent the day putting my latest Craigslist find together (after wrestling it to the basement yesterday). Now to adjust/tune it and then make some sawdust.
Sweet. They're supposed to be really nice saws even not considering the digit-saving technology. If I buy a new saw it will almost certainly be their cabinet grade saw so I can have a little peace about my wife using it. Hope to get a review from you in the tool review section after you've used it a spell.
I am stepping up from this hand-me-down Craftsman that, frankly, scared me. Moved around when doing anything of even medium size. If nothing else, the mass is a great advantage along with the additional surface work space. All I know so far from my putting it together is the fit and finish is spot on. It is solid and level. And my fingers and wife are breathing easier.
Yeah that's like going from a Ford Pinto to a Rolls Royce. Really, it's more like going from a skateboard to a Rolls. I never see them on CL and I look so you got lucky. Congrats Tom you got a really fine saw there now.
I do feel lucky. I'd been on the prowl for a table saw for quite some time. First time I saw one of these on Craigslist. I checked in with the guy as soon as I saw it, trying to hide my enthusiasm and act calm and knowledgable. Not sure I pulled that off but I've hesitated on things in the past and lost the race. Didn't even haggle a price, thought his was fair.
I cut stickers. Then I moved my haul of soft maple out of the shop and into the shed, where I sticker stacked it.
Of course, in order to move the stack of maple out of the shop and into the shed I had to clean out and organize the shed. 16x9 shed that was a mess. I cleaned it all out. Convinced someone it was time for them to get the old, non-working, long been replaced riding lawnmower out of there so that there aren't two riding lawnmowers in there, one of them just sitting there doing nothing but getting in the way. Cleaned out everything from a squirrel having taken up residence in there before we ever lived here - including his nest and a few hundred walnut shells that had been chewed into so he could get to the nut. Put a couple shelves up in there. Organized everything. Brought some stuff from the garage and put it in the shed. Carried all that maple into the shed and stacked it.
All said and done, after cleaning it out of junk and bringing some other stuff in, there is now more in the shed than there was before - but with much more room to move around and lots of extra space for future items.
And now that I've got that maple stored in a better place than in the shop, I can start looking at how I want to rearrange things out there. The layout I had started to implement just isn't working. Now I'll be adding a few more tools into the mix that take up floor space and it'll just be one big mess if I don't reconsider and change the layout.
Of course, in order to move the stack of maple out of the shop and into the shed I had to clean out and organize the shed. 16x9 shed that was a mess. I cleaned it all out. Convinced someone it was time for them to get the old, non-working, long been replaced riding lawnmower out of there so that there aren't two riding lawnmowers in there, one of them just sitting there doing nothing but getting in the way. Cleaned out everything from a squirrel having taken up residence in there before we ever lived here - including his nest and a few hundred walnut shells that had been chewed into so he could get to the nut. Put a couple shelves up in there. Organized everything. Brought some stuff from the garage and put it in the shed. Carried all that maple into the shed and stacked it.
All said and done, after cleaning it out of junk and bringing some other stuff in, there is now more in the shed than there was before - but with much more room to move around and lots of extra space for future items.
And now that I've got that maple stored in a better place than in the shop, I can start looking at how I want to rearrange things out there. The layout I had started to implement just isn't working. Now I'll be adding a few more tools into the mix that take up floor space and it'll just be one big mess if I don't reconsider and change the layout.