What did you do in your shop today?

Got a little practice in with the Skew today! Was going to turn bells, walked over to the box the bell turning stock was in and there was piece of Southern Yellow Pine 2x4 about 7-8 inches long laying on top. I picked it up and started over to put it away, and said, "You know... That would make some really cool snow men!" SO, I measured my other one up, ripped the 2x4 and started turning. First two were so much fun I went and ripped another piece and cut 8 more snow man blanks out of it. (There's 1 missing in picture, searched all over for the damn thing, could not figure out where it went, came inside and it was in my shirt pocket when I took my shirt off! :blush:)

Got all done, cleaned my brush, started shutting down the lights and putting things away, walked over to put my CA and Accelerator away, (Had a void in the side of 2 blanks to fill.) and as I grabbed the CA, I looked at a scrap of Walnut that was giving me grief awhile back. And, I said...

"You know, Obama and the PC police won't harass me about bein racist for turnin all white snowmen if I do it!!"

So I did!! :lol2::rofl::sarcastic::lol::whatever:

And, then I got to thinking as you maybe should too @Tony , black snowmen might be a very popular item for me down here in the deep south.

1.) I gots lots of black folks that would probably appreciate it!
2.) I gots lots of Rednecks that would buy it as a gag gift.
3.) I can label it a Florida Snowman and sell the Sugar, Honey, Ice Tea out of it, since we only get snow here about once every 20 years!

So now... I got to turn more black snow men!

Finish is Minwax Poly-Crylic.

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Just set up a new Grizzly floor shop filtration system. 2 speed. Wow.

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Calculated it will completely cycle the air in the front shop every6 minutes.
Simple but amazingly efficient machine.
 
My wife is very understanding and is usually quite supportive of my woodworking hobby. Case in point:

Loaded up the kitchen oven a little bit ago with wood that needs a little final touch of drying before I start stabilizing it. It'll be in the oven for about the next 24 hours. The house is starting to smell a little bit like wood. Oh, and her parents are arriving in a few hours to visit for a few days.

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NYWoodturner said:
Keep us posted on how this does Mark. I have a Powermatic overhead that I'm just not that impressed with
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I ran it for a few hours today, and all of a sudden it looked like all the windows were open.
This thing is a huge monster - it really draws an amazing amount of air through it.

There's something about it being near the floor. Might have something to do with thermosyphoning.

So far I'm impressed.

Will let you know once I fill the shop with fine dust.

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Spinartist said:
No wonder your floor is so clean!
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I try to keep it that way Lee. After so many years exposed to fine dust, I can't take it anymore like I used to.

If your floor isn't like that whenever you're not working, I hope you have good respirators.

Fine dust is nasty stuff in the lungs. Cumulative can do damage.

Guess I've quit preachin' and gone to meddling'...:hi:
 
deltatango said:
Just set up a new Grizzly floor shop filtration system. 2 speed. Wow.

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Calculated it will completely cycle the air in the front shop every6 minutes.
Simple but amazingly efficient machine.
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Mark, it looks like that unit is sized appropriately for your shop and should serve you well.

You are exactly right about the dust, especially the fine stuff. Best to make sure it's taken care of - it is horrible and can do a lot of damage. I have a small shop space (13x22) and have a ceiling mounted Grizzly air cleaner that, on high, will also cycle the air in my shop in about 6 minutes. Am also revamping my dust collection to add in a cyclone separator and a 0.5 micron filter and am going to have lines run to nearly every machine so I'm without excuse on making sure a machine is hooked up before I use it. And I try to always wear a respirator. Asthma and sinus/allergy problems necessitate staying on top of it, but even without that, it's best to take care of your lungs - in the grand scheme of things, dust collection and air cleaning equipment are very cheap compared to medical bills and being down while dealing with health issues.
 
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@rocky1 now you have to decorate them. :impatient:
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Oh no Lou... Now I gots to decorate them AND their Florida cousins! :good2::cool:

Florida cousins are finished with CA. Not sure where this batch of blanks came from but they weren't pretty! Couple looked like they'd been ripped to 1 1/2" turning blank size with a chainsaw, 3 of the 5 had checks running length of the blank, so they got glued together. Was a terrific use of iffy materials honestly, but having had issues with the CA showing under the Poly-crylic on my spalted rounds, and having CA all over a few of these blanks, I figured it was easier to run a few coats of CA over them, NOT worry about polishing it to perfection, and be done with it. Wasn't too bad, only had CA finishing issues on 1 or 2 of them; rest of them, a few quick passes, hit the joints with a Q-tip, couple more quick passes, and done with the finish!


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Loaded truck with goodies & went to show in beautiful Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!!!
Norfolk (NIP) shade, Logwood/ebony/Banksia.
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NIP shade, Cypress knee/walnut
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Flame Box Elder shade (wood from @Kevin ), old metal lamp base
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NIP shade, Cypress knee/Florida mahogany.
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And everyone's favorite - Ambrosia Maple Peckermill set!!! bonnet show.webp
 
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Loaded truck with goodies & went to show in beautiful Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!!!
Norfolk (NIP) shade, Logwood/ebony/Banksia.
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NIP shade, Cypress knee/walnut
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Flame Box Elder shade (wood from @Kevin ), old metal lamp base
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NIP shade, Cypress knee/Florida mahogany.
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How was the show Lee? Tony
 
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How was the show Lee? Tony
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Only sold $359.00 today. Lots of interest in lamps. A couple is ordering a NIP shade special to go on a floor lamp they have. Sunday at shows are usually good. 80 degrees & lots of Purdy ladies walking around,:cool:
 
Sprung said:
My wife is very understanding and is usually quite supportive of my woodworking hobby. Case in point:

Loaded up the kitchen oven a little bit ago with wood that needs a little final touch of drying before I start stabilizing it. It'll be in the oven for about the next 24 hours. The house is starting to smell a little bit like wood. Oh, and her parents are arriving in a few hours to visit for a few days.

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What setting do you use for that? Bake? And what temp?
 
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