What did you do in your shop today?
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I have the first one I ever turned, I'll probably keep one or two out of this batch, 3 of them are being made form a slab of HRB I got from Kevin and I think I'll have to keep one of those. This spring will probably be the first time I hunt Turkey in over 20 years if you don't count taking one through a windshield 8 years ago.... My first run was 15 of them to see if I could get the idea figured out, they sold like hotcakes, had a guy that is very involved with NWTF play them as I worked out my skills and give advice plus all the help from folks on here. Feedback so far has been good, a couple ended up on display with collectors but of the ones getting used there were 5 turkeys called in and shot locally using one of my calls which made me happy.
What I did at home today.
Last night I saw in my medicine cabinet that I only had one Bandaid remaining. I said to myself, "I need to buy more Bandaid's".
The Universe provides!!!! Good thing I have a thumb nail that stopped the knife or might have needed a couple stitches!!! Should have turned on a light on so I could see better when using a steak knife.
Now I have no Bandaid's...
Last night I saw in my medicine cabinet that I only had one Bandaid remaining. I said to myself, "I need to buy more Bandaid's".
The Universe provides!!!! Good thing I have a thumb nail that stopped the knife or might have needed a couple stitches!!! Should have turned on a light on so I could see better when using a steak knife.
Now I have no Bandaid's...
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@Spinartist I hate to laugh at your unfortunate mishap but the whole story is kinda funny.
More casting today! Yesterday's pen blank cast was still a little sticky on top when I pulled it from the pressure pot, as were the ones I pulled out yesterday. Dumped a little catalyst on a shop towel and wiped those down, then carried everything out and set it the sun. Worked! They were all set up hard this evening. Busy Bee pen blank cast turned out perfect! Not a bubble anywhere in this cast. Cleaned the mold up, loaded it back up, and dropped another batch!
Changed the oil on the vacuum pump, since it was looking kinda milky.
Then I reached into my box of pen goodies and other goodies and grabbed a bag and pulled it out, and said we're turning this today! Easy enough, 4 Trimlines in the bag! Then I got over to my portable work table, and there were two keychain blanks laying there, and since I just got my keychains from @Bean_counter yesterday, I decided to turn them too!
Grabbed 4 chunks of stabilized Spalted Red Oak, decided I didn't want to do all the same thing, so I hit my boxes. Traded 3 of them off for a piece Masir Birch from @Mike1950 and a Red Mahogany and Camphor blank from @Blueglass .
Keychains are always fun, done with them in a flash then got off into the pen blanks.
The Masir is absolutely beautiful Mike! That is truly some wicked stuff!! Entirely too cool!!!
The Camphor about drove me nuts... oils in the wood weren't playing nice with the CA. Every time I tried to sand the finish would fall apart. Wet sanding the water was beading up on my finish, it was so oily. Unlike anything I've ever seen before. Sanded it down as clean as possible, used a worn out piece of 3000 and a shop rag to try and heat the finish up and dry it up some, began applying accelerator to set the CA every coat. It worked!! Pen is absolutely gorgeous. Color runs from pure white, to dark red when you turn it in the light.
Spalted Oak is one beautiful pen! The pictures are good, but they really don't do that one justice! Knot on top carried to the outside of the blank, it was anticipated, bark inclusion on the bottom was unexpected. It's sweet!!
Unfortunately the Red Mahogany, although showing lots of character on the outside of the blank, turned pretty mild when I got to the middle. The wife will love it anyhow.
By the numbers... Red Mahogany, Spalted Red Oak, Masir Birch, Camphor
Saved this yesterday sawing firewood. Something tells me if I can keep it together, it's going to be interesting some day!! Was kind of a gnarly fork on an oak branch, starting to spalt. Anchor sealed it last night, it soaked it up pretty good, so I scraped the end clean for pictures tonight, and recoated it... 3" x 3" x 8"
Changed the oil on the vacuum pump, since it was looking kinda milky.
Then I reached into my box of pen goodies and other goodies and grabbed a bag and pulled it out, and said we're turning this today! Easy enough, 4 Trimlines in the bag! Then I got over to my portable work table, and there were two keychain blanks laying there, and since I just got my keychains from @Bean_counter yesterday, I decided to turn them too!
Grabbed 4 chunks of stabilized Spalted Red Oak, decided I didn't want to do all the same thing, so I hit my boxes. Traded 3 of them off for a piece Masir Birch from @Mike1950 and a Red Mahogany and Camphor blank from @Blueglass .
Keychains are always fun, done with them in a flash then got off into the pen blanks.
The Masir is absolutely beautiful Mike! That is truly some wicked stuff!! Entirely too cool!!!
The Camphor about drove me nuts... oils in the wood weren't playing nice with the CA. Every time I tried to sand the finish would fall apart. Wet sanding the water was beading up on my finish, it was so oily. Unlike anything I've ever seen before. Sanded it down as clean as possible, used a worn out piece of 3000 and a shop rag to try and heat the finish up and dry it up some, began applying accelerator to set the CA every coat. It worked!! Pen is absolutely gorgeous. Color runs from pure white, to dark red when you turn it in the light.
Spalted Oak is one beautiful pen! The pictures are good, but they really don't do that one justice! Knot on top carried to the outside of the blank, it was anticipated, bark inclusion on the bottom was unexpected. It's sweet!!
Unfortunately the Red Mahogany, although showing lots of character on the outside of the blank, turned pretty mild when I got to the middle. The wife will love it anyhow.
By the numbers... Red Mahogany, Spalted Red Oak, Masir Birch, Camphor
Saved this yesterday sawing firewood. Something tells me if I can keep it together, it's going to be interesting some day!! Was kind of a gnarly fork on an oak branch, starting to spalt. Anchor sealed it last night, it soaked it up pretty good, so I scraped the end clean for pictures tonight, and recoated it... 3" x 3" x 8"
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What I did at home today.
Last night I saw in my medicine cabinet that I only had one Bandaid remaining.
The Universe provides!!!! Good thing I have a thumb nail that stopped the knife or might have needed a couple stitches!!! Should have turned on a light on so I could see better when using a steak knife. Now I have no Bandaid's...
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So uhmmm... what exactly were you doing with the steak knife in the dark, besides trying to amputate your thumbnail and use up your last bandage?
Isn't there some kind of warning about those kind of things on the label...
Don't drink and drive.
Don't drink and operate heavy equipment.
Don't drink and chase fat ugly women.
Don't drink and play with steak knives in the dark.
Don't drink and drive.
Don't drink and operate heavy equipment.
Don't drink and chase fat ugly women.
Don't drink and play with steak knives in the dark.
But the more you drink the better they look and the skinnier they get!
Made up a couple of pens from the jameson whiskey barrel stave wood.
I call these my "Fatboy slims"....
Made a Norfolk Island Pine lamp shade from piece "A" that @NYWoodturner didn't choose. Kept the center post to make a mill.
Also cut final 2 peppermills from Dade County Pine out of a clients yard that had died 3 years ago. They ordered 3 mills, 3 salt cellars, & a big natural edge bowl.
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Also cut final 2 peppermills from Dade County Pine out of a clients yard that had died 3 years ago. They ordered 3 mills, 3 salt cellars, & a big natural edge bowl.
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Got 3 pepper mills & matching salt cellars done. Will finish a big matching natural edge bowl tomorrow to complete order. Sent client photos & they want to order more!! $$$ Top of salt cellars look like agate stone!!
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Awesome group Lee, I really like the middle mill. Tony
Its my busy time so I've been in the shop everyday and still not making any headway...
On a bright note I got very very annoyed at hearing the dang vacuum pump running in my small shop.
Remebered I had a 16" paddle bit and now that problem is solved.
On a bright note I got very very annoyed at hearing the dang vacuum pump running in my small shop.
Remebered I had a 16" paddle bit and now that problem is solved.
Spent most of the day cleaning, sorting, and boxing up planes that are off to new owners. Definitely time to thin the herd on the surplus hand planes. then my wife dropped off the youngest for the last pinewood car build we'll ever do in this house as he's moving to boy scouts later in the year. Finish will be fun, he wanted to engrave on it and then make it green. he picked the art, we lasered it on and then took some alumilite dye and added to DNA and wiped on. let dry a while and a few coats of lacquer and once it dries it'll be ready to weight and assemble.
Spent about 6 hours going through boxes and putting stuff away. I had an motive - I needed to find my stabilizing chamber as I still owe Mike his knife scales. I even pulled the boxes out from under the steps to look through those even though I knew that they only had blanks in them. That involved unstacking all the arvorvitae and walnut bowl blanks. And I was correct, it wasn't in those boxes. I got about 10 boxes of stuff put up in the cupboards or on the shelves.
Still didn't find it.
There were 6 boxes over on my wife's side of the garage that I had already looked through. So I looked through them again. Still wasn't in them.
Oh, wait - there's one more box stuck in the corner with more hackberry and walnut bowl blanks stacked on top.
Yep, found it.
Finally.
So his knife scales are getting sucked under tomorrow and they'll be on their way when they're done.
*sigh*
I've already apologized in a PM but I'll do it here publicly as well. This took entirely too long to finish up this trade and I'm glad he was patient.
Still didn't find it.
There were 6 boxes over on my wife's side of the garage that I had already looked through. So I looked through them again. Still wasn't in them.
Oh, wait - there's one more box stuck in the corner with more hackberry and walnut bowl blanks stacked on top.
Yep, found it.
Finally.
So his knife scales are getting sucked under tomorrow and they'll be on their way when they're done.
*sigh*
I've already apologized in a PM but I'll do it here publicly as well. This took entirely too long to finish up this trade and I'm glad he was patient.
OK, so please excuse the cheesy music. I realized after I recorded this that I had Pandora on in the background and I don't want my first ever video to be taken down because of a violation.
Keep in mind that this is my first ever you tube video and I have a lot to learn - but I did want to give evidence that Mike's knife scales are in the process of being processed.
Keep in mind that this is my first ever you tube video and I have a lot to learn - but I did want to give evidence that Mike's knife scales are in the process of being processed.
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Ken, that's very cool, and you got the required feet in the shot! That's like a woodbarter rule, gotta have feet in the pic.
Got in the shop early and finished a couple prototype items, drove on some scary roads to make a presentation and jut got word they liked what I do and placed an order for 30,000.00 worth of stuff over the next six months with more promised. Time to figure out how to rearrange the shop to ramp up production.....