Friend from USA, he says it's difficult to make them smaller. It's a stencil cut with ? Plotter or ? Don't know. Maybe @robert flynt can help me
What did you do in your shop today?
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A fellow knife maker, Ernie Grospitch makes stencils called Blue Lightning Stencils. Give him a try at www.erniesknives.com
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Today working on a few odds and ends I need to get done for some deadlines-
1) A prop for the local High School drama group for their one act play (They compete with other schools around the area and the state) It's a loose interpretation of an early 19th century medical device called a tranquilizer chair. They wanted quick and rustic so I whacked out a bunch of maple 2x2's out of a slab that kept twisting every time I looked at it funny (plus the blade on the table saw is getting dull so a little burning here and there), a few other odds and ends from the woodpile, set up the dado stack to cut some grooves and some glue, screws, and a seat from a glue up that was going to be a table top before it split and bowed. I still have to make the straps for the arms, chest, and feet and the head box but that'll probably be done by the end of the week. I take on these projects pro bono as it gives me a chance to make stuff and they get much better set pieces than they would otherwise since the arts around here don't get squat for a budget.
2) Got a bunch of scales cut, Pins made, and on to some Russel Green River knife blades and the rough clean up done on the disc sander. I'll start hand shaping tomorrow to get the profiles I want and see how they go. I like these blades, Inexpensive, US made, decent steel and they hold an edge really well, a steal IMO at 8-9.00 a blade.
1) A prop for the local High School drama group for their one act play (They compete with other schools around the area and the state) It's a loose interpretation of an early 19th century medical device called a tranquilizer chair. They wanted quick and rustic so I whacked out a bunch of maple 2x2's out of a slab that kept twisting every time I looked at it funny (plus the blade on the table saw is getting dull so a little burning here and there), a few other odds and ends from the woodpile, set up the dado stack to cut some grooves and some glue, screws, and a seat from a glue up that was going to be a table top before it split and bowed. I still have to make the straps for the arms, chest, and feet and the head box but that'll probably be done by the end of the week. I take on these projects pro bono as it gives me a chance to make stuff and they get much better set pieces than they would otherwise since the arts around here don't get squat for a budget.
2) Got a bunch of scales cut, Pins made, and on to some Russel Green River knife blades and the rough clean up done on the disc sander. I'll start hand shaping tomorrow to get the profiles I want and see how they go. I like these blades, Inexpensive, US made, decent steel and they hold an edge really well, a steal IMO at 8-9.00 a blade.
So today I figured out my laser tube in my engraver has degraded to the point I cannot get reliable results. Called the company that built it and gave them a piece of my mind about the lifespan not being anywhere near what I was led to expect for the tube when I purchased it. They at least discounted the replacement tube but still a shot in the shorts with one last engraving job to do before the holidays.
On an up note, got the handles shaped, sanded, a finish applied and buffed on the rest of the Russel Green River knives I'm doing...
On an up note, got the handles shaped, sanded, a finish applied and buffed on the rest of the Russel Green River knives I'm doing...
Last night I started making new extension wings for my table saw. The stamped steel ones had to go when I upgraded the fence, and I'd been meaning to replace them for quite a while anyways. This is all just part of the process of getting the shop finally fully set back up and running. Saturday it should be nice enough to allow me to organize the lumber in the shed a little and pull out what I need for the next projects.
Here's what's been going on in my shop the last couple days, Got all the sheaths finished for the knives, started on some charging stations for a customer to be able to hide all the transformers for his electronic devices. Got the last coat of satin WOP on them and now cleaning the shop a bit.
Worked on some tea light holders using some of the maple thins I got here and some walnut. I'll put some pictures up one they're finished.
I didn't open the doors today. Set up a new router for my network. One computer was a pain. Got it all going just before supper.
I cleaned- That is what I did yesterday and the day before and... well you get the picture. Tomorrow I start installing pipe...........
So a bunch of folks askedif I was going to have my shop open today and my wife was working for 5 hours at her part time job so I opened up the shop. Of course not a single person that asked if I was going to be open stopped in but I did get a bunch of progress on a fun home decor project for my house. Ripped a bunch of 5/8 butternut to 1 1/4 strips and started framing these old fruit crate ends from the 40's and 50's. I really need more clamps but I felt good about my progress today. When I get them all framed I'll sand the frames and backs, and then pour urethane resin into the framed area to protect and preserve the labels, add a hanger on the back and Presto! nifty retro vintage stuff to hang on the walls in the kitchen at home.
Got 2 ready for heat treat. 52100. Slightly modified version of what Cody got in the Christmas swap. 3/8 " shorter and 1/4" narrower.
I wheeled two boxes into my shop this morning. Heavy ones too! New jointer was delivered by freight truck this morning right as I was heading out the door!
The downside is that I won't get to get it put together until tomorrow afternoon sometime.
At least I had a few minutes to open the boxes and peek inside. Can't wait to get it set up and run some wood through it!
The downside is that I won't get to get it put together until tomorrow afternoon sometime.
At least I had a few minutes to open the boxes and peek inside. Can't wait to get it set up and run some wood through it!
Jim Beam
WB Guru
Started a small live edge bowl of wood I have no idea what it is. Turnings are yellow-green and the dogs like to eat them. Wood is nice and hard, no tear-out and sands up real nice. Pics to follow.
I finished up a couple quick things for a local soap maker and then decided to fire up the Oneway this afternoon. Got 6 decent bowls finished ranging from 6 1/2 to 9 1/2 inches diameter, sanded to 320 and a couple coats of satin WOP applied, I think I'll spend tomorrow turning more bowls and then I can buff them all out on Friday. The Black Locust in the bottom center was rock hard and wanted to fight me every step of the way no matter how sharp my tools were. I was about one minute away from tossing it in the burn pile when I finally got a shape I liked.
I have another knife grip order to fill, so I had started cutting up a block and it started to smoke up real good. So I thought I would change the blade out. I wanted to clean it up first so I vacuumed it up, steel wooled the table, noticed the plastic throat insert was kind of chewed up, so I put in a new on, but had to trim the backside to fit the hole. But I needed to true up the blade first before I cut into it, so I adjusted the cool blocks, then fit the insert and needed to trim it a lil more. Did that, then put it in and squared up the blade to the table. That all took about 2 hours, so I put the block on the saw to cut it up again. It started smoking again....sonofa....I forgot to change the blade.
At least you're not kneeling on rice in a box....