Whewee look at the grain on that puppy! Nice turn Lou!Decided to turn a little dish after work today. Learned the importance of a face shield as the bark flew off and hit me square in the center of the shield...kinda wakes you up.
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Live oak.

Sweet dish Lou! Lookin good!! Good to see you back in the shop too!

($234 if yer curious)
Had been putting up with a wandering blade on my 18 inch Parks bandsaw (aka Craftsman-- when the name was real ). So I spent a LOT of time researching for new blade guides --- hard to come by--- so I bought some Carters guides after I got over sticker shock!($234 if yer curious)
Have to say, I like'm.
Only thing to finish that project is to engineer a new blade guard.

Cant beat Carter!
Carter is in the same city I work in and is also called the "furniture city". There used to be (somewhat still is) some serious woodworking done here. Kinda a fun little woodworking factoid.


I thought they made cars there.....oh...sorry, I was thinking of Mexico.
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Hmmm... You must mean Detroit? Wrong side of the mitten!
@Tclem learned how we operate up here this same way so it might help you also.
Hold your hand up palm facing you. That's Michigan! (Well at least the lower peninsula, we will explain the UP in another class)
Ok now see your thumb? Just below that a ways is @woodtickgreg.
Go straight West (that's left in case anyone was wondering while looking at your hand @Don Ratcliff ) and go up til where your pinky meets your palm or close to.
I'm around that area...![]()
Hmmm... You must mean Detroit? Wrong side of the mitten!
@Tclem learned how we operate up here this same way so it might help you also.
Hold your hand up palm facing you. That's Michigan! (Well at least the lower peninsula, we will explain the UP in another class)
Ok now see your thumb? Just below that a ways is @woodtickgreg.
Go straight West (that's left in case anyone was wondering while looking at your hand @Don Ratcliff ) and go up til where your pinky meets your palm or close to.
I'm around that area...![]()
Which hand?
My hand....
It's always about you...