And then I made a clean.
What did you do in your shop today?
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I started a paddle and a how to thread.
You are good...
Colin, you're missing a pic or two in there of what you were spinning up that would create such a mess.
How about these? And I got the chainsaw out and made some burl chunks out of some burls that had various parts needing to go into the firewood pile. (I really don't like ants in my shop)
The fourth photo, that bowl is about 14 inches diameter and about 7 1/2 deep. First two are White Oak Burl that was placed in a garbage bag, sealed and left in the sun to kill the bugs (They had ants going in and out when they were given to me) and then forgotten for a year, Whoops. The 3rd one is Cherry Burl, 16 in diameter, about 6 deep, will get a lid once it dries out and gets trued back up. Although there won't be a lot of drying needed, that piece was harvested about 20 years ago and was rock hard. fought me the whole way but I refused to throw it in the burn pile.
Nope, other burls in that pile.
Nicey Nice Tom! We need more pictures
I spent my evening using the props I was working on the other day. Tonight was opening night, we perform three more shows between now and Saturday.
Made some pieces of wood and acrylic dizzy by spinning them on the lathe.
No finish applied and no polishing done to these yet. (Except for the couple in there I've got to refinish because I went right through the finish polishing them the other day.
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No finish applied and no polishing done to these yet. (Except for the couple in there I've got to refinish because I went right through the finish polishing them the other day.
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Made a Norfolk Island Pine lamp shade this morning then tried to find my screw extractors but got sidetracked & gathered most of my drill bits up & sharpened bits on the Drill Doctor fer two hours. Then friend came by with his 13 years old son & we set him up to make a lathe turned box.
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I really need to copy those boxes on the shelves.
I applied CA to all the wood and the couple hybird cast blanks in the above picture. Tomorrow I'm hoping to do a bunch of polishing and get these all ready to assemble - and maybe even assemble some of them.
How about these? And I got the chainsaw out and made some burl chunks out of some burls that had various parts needing to go into the firewood pile. (I really don't like ants in my shop)
The fourth photo, that bowl is about 14 inches diameter and about 7 1/2 deep. First two are White Oak Burl that was placed in a garbage bag, sealed and left in the sun to kill the bugs (They had ants going in and out when they were given to me) and then forgotten for a year, Whoops. The 3rd one is Cherry Burl, 16 in diameter, about 6 deep, will get a lid once it dries out and gets trued back up.
Glad to see someone using burls in a sensible way instead of cutting them into 1" or 2" slabs!!
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They measure 45 wide, 12 high, 18 deep, There is a barrier running down the center to divide into two sides, if you wanted them up against the wall you'd obviously make them shallower, the pockets are 9 inches deep, Approx 6x6. They were made to fit the standard Metro Racks (Like food service uses) but you could scale them for any shelf. You can see that Dados were cut for all the pieces to fit into. These came with a ton of stuff I bought and were made out of OSB, glued and nailed (Lots of the nails missed too....), If I was going to make them I'd probably have used decent plywood or FBE and screwed them together in addition to glue
Here's some photos-
Son and I are in the makeshift shop right now enjoying a couple beers while I polish pen blanks. (Well, his is a root beer, being not yet 4 years old.)
I say makeshift shop because we got over 4 inches of rain last night and there's a good deal of water in the corner of the basement where my lathe lives, so I moved it to polish pens. Yeah, I probably shouldn't have moved the lathe... Bad idea when you're already in a lot of pain from a hernia.
I say makeshift shop because we got over 4 inches of rain last night and there's a good deal of water in the corner of the basement where my lathe lives, so I moved it to polish pens. Yeah, I probably shouldn't have moved the lathe... Bad idea when you're already in a lot of pain from a hernia.
That's why you should just leave the lathe in the living room.
Ok, it's settled. I'm going to have Katy haul the lathe out of the basement and into the living room for me - having the lathe in there will give me something to do while recovering from surgery.