Today I made some pens, then I switched over and made some pens. At the end of the day for variety I made a few pens. Thinking tomorrow I'll do something different and make some pens.
What did you do in your shop today?
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Colin, that sounds real boring man...why don't you change up and make some pens instead....
I think I'm going to follow Colin's lead and try something different tomorrow. Think I'll make some cutting boards. Tony
I cleaned it up. 4 of the machines went to the storage unit. The place practically echoes now.
Hopefully our potential buyer will stop by tomorrow, decide to take the place, and we can go off on vacation knowing that our house is sold and we can start seriously looking when we get back.
Hopefully our potential buyer will stop by tomorrow, decide to take the place, and we can go off on vacation knowing that our house is sold and we can start seriously looking when we get back.
Moving locally, regionally, or otherwise?
Fairly locally. Looking for a better neighborhood, a more suitable house mostly on one level if possible, room for a dedicated shop. Right now we're on 3 corners, a lot of traffic, sirens, people starting to show up on the main corner with signs looking for money. Lots of flashing lights at night because police pull people over frequently, etc. Right now we have a good opportunity to sell - cash offer, full asking price, etc - just depends on whether she likes it or not.
Amazing how much sawdust can accumulate in all the little corners. It'll be nice to have a clean slate to put a shop in. Have some ideas based on what wasn't quite right in what I have now. Of course after I do that I'll find that there are other ideas that might be better, but that's just how things go :)
Amazing how much sawdust can accumulate in all the little corners. It'll be nice to have a clean slate to put a shop in. Have some ideas based on what wasn't quite right in what I have now. Of course after I do that I'll find that there are other ideas that might be better, but that's just how things go :)
I drilled holes. Lots of holes. Prepping a bunch of pen blanks. Tomorrow, back painting the acrylic ones, drilling the wood ones, gluing a bunch of tubes in. Maybe turning a few of them.
The new-to-me drill press I picked up from Colin makes this task a whole lot easier. Previously I had to go through a nightmare of steps and using spacer blocks to drill blanks. Now I can drill for any pen kit I make, including the Vertex Click, without having to raise up the pieces, etc. It's nice to finally have a good drill press. Makes me wish I had it for the first few hundred pens I've made...
The new-to-me drill press I picked up from Colin makes this task a whole lot easier. Previously I had to go through a nightmare of steps and using spacer blocks to drill blanks. Now I can drill for any pen kit I make, including the Vertex Click, without having to raise up the pieces, etc. It's nice to finally have a good drill press. Makes me wish I had it for the first few hundred pens I've made...
Ive been cutting blanks slabs, lots about 150 the past 2 days. Some a doubbles and a lot of premium cuts.
SHANKS!!!
I only had time to make one pen before I headed out to a little bbq my buddy was having.
R.O.B. on a serria for my Aunt..
R.O.B. on a serria for my Aunt..
Sprayed some clear coat in my shade tree paint booth ..
I put the showroom back together, had to dry out my canopy (rained on us yesterday) started working on some new stamp pens with 40's-60's stamps trying some new adhesive and sealer to see if I can get a nicer glue up under the acrylic.
Nothing... again...
Not quite in my shop, but in the summer, my shop is the tailgate of my truck and sawhorses....
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I used the top rail from the deck, I had replaced with a 2x6. I have no idea who used a 1x6 for it, but it was crap. So I cut it up to 5' length and 20" widths. Srewed em together with left over deck screws and set it over the semi-stream that's on the outskirts of my yard. When it rains it's a stream, when there's no rain, there's no stream....
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I used the top rail from the deck, I had replaced with a 2x6. I have no idea who used a 1x6 for it, but it was crap. So I cut it up to 5' length and 20" widths. Srewed em together with left over deck screws and set it over the semi-stream that's on the outskirts of my yard. When it rains it's a stream, when there's no rain, there's no stream....
Absolutely nothing... Been in ND for 2 weeks now trying to get bees unloaded, spread, and situated. Fun times!!! (Imply a great deal of sarcasm there.) I arrived 16:30 hours on Wednesday 6/22, 1100 hives of bees arrived to be unloaded and set out 19:00 hrs. Then another 420 hives arrived 6/23, and another 820 arrived 6/25, and the last 420 arrived 6/26. The first half of them was already here when I got up here.
Had one load that needed empty boxes set on them upon my arrival, put 2 empties on everything typically to start out the summer, then go back and stack them up as necessary. In 9 days, we covered the load that needed empties upon my arrival, everything that arrived since I made it up here, and went back over the 6 loads that arrived before I did.
Heading back south and leaving it with them as soon as the dodge dealer gets my new ride back together. Picked up an '02 Durango SLT, 87k miles on it, in pretty decent condition, 318 ci, 4x4. Runs and drives great, needs shocks, but the Time/Alarm Control Module was out, causing the lights to flicker off and on constantly. Took me 30 seconds to diagnose the problem on Google, but Dodge wants a $120 to tell me I was right. And, wouldn't order the part out of Minneapolis to fix it until they did so. Thus instead of my vehicle being fixed, and me being on the road back to Florida this weekend, I'm stuck in Turtle Lake, ND with not a thing to do.
On a positive note, since I told them I had just bought it and was headed out on a 2000 mile trip this coming week, the service manager had them look everything over for me. Found a few cracks in the serpentine belt, few cracks in the sidewalls of the tires, but he said the tires dated to 2008. Said someone had drilled holes in the back of the headlight housings apparently to drain moisture, but that'll actually cause them to accumulate moisture quicker and shorten bulb life. He suggested I replace the headlight housings, but at $300 each new, he recommended I buy used. I'm thinking a $5 tube of high temp silicone will probably do the job nicely. Otherwise said it appeared to be in great shape! I'll know more in a week or so.
Had one load that needed empty boxes set on them upon my arrival, put 2 empties on everything typically to start out the summer, then go back and stack them up as necessary. In 9 days, we covered the load that needed empties upon my arrival, everything that arrived since I made it up here, and went back over the 6 loads that arrived before I did.
Heading back south and leaving it with them as soon as the dodge dealer gets my new ride back together. Picked up an '02 Durango SLT, 87k miles on it, in pretty decent condition, 318 ci, 4x4. Runs and drives great, needs shocks, but the Time/Alarm Control Module was out, causing the lights to flicker off and on constantly. Took me 30 seconds to diagnose the problem on Google, but Dodge wants a $120 to tell me I was right. And, wouldn't order the part out of Minneapolis to fix it until they did so. Thus instead of my vehicle being fixed, and me being on the road back to Florida this weekend, I'm stuck in Turtle Lake, ND with not a thing to do.
On a positive note, since I told them I had just bought it and was headed out on a 2000 mile trip this coming week, the service manager had them look everything over for me. Found a few cracks in the serpentine belt, few cracks in the sidewalls of the tires, but he said the tires dated to 2008. Said someone had drilled holes in the back of the headlight housings apparently to drain moisture, but that'll actually cause them to accumulate moisture quicker and shorten bulb life. He suggested I replace the headlight housings, but at $300 each new, he recommended I buy used. I'm thinking a $5 tube of high temp silicone will probably do the job nicely. Otherwise said it appeared to be in great shape! I'll know more in a week or so.
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Some people prefer bark side up, and some prefer bark side down. I see you have mixed feelings.
I prefer bark side down because the board will be crowned side up instead of cups up. Cupping means the board will hold water and won't last nearly as long. Crowning sheds water immediately. Also, bark side down offers more heartwood to the elements and less sap if the board does have sap. I also think crowning is safer because it has both sides touching the joists and remains solid unless it twists, whereas a cupped board wants to wobble which is fine for Weebles but not for Peebles, especially if Pepere & Memere have had a few too many glasses of Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes. I also think crowned boards are the less unattractive of the two.
Some people prefer bark side up, and some prefer bark side down. I see you have mixed feelings.
I prefer bark side down because the board will be crowned side up instead of cups up. Cupping means the board will hold water and won't last nearly as long. Crowning sheds water immediately. Also, bark side down offers more heartwood to the elements and less sap if the board does have sap. I also think crowning is safer because it has both sides touching the joists and remains solid unless it twists, whereas a cupped board wants to wobble which is fine for Weebles but not for Peebles, especially if Pepere & Memere have had a few too many glasses of Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes. I also think crowned boards are the less unattractive of the two.
Maybe Marc just wants to wearable for one step then wobble the next. Personally I go crown down all the way but that's just me. Tony
Tis a silly philosophy.
Maybe I am mispeaking (sp?). I put mine where they shed water off the sides, high point in the middle facing up.