On a positive note... That's much easier to keep clean!!
What did you do in your shop today?
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Or much easier to get dirty...
True on both accounts.
Don't have a "shop"... Got a woodturning "STUDIO" ! With a studio I can add a zero onto the price tag. Instead of $20.00, $200.00!! 
Roughed out & drilled out the two most AWESOME FBEB mill blanks I got from @Mike1950 & put them in my kiln since slightly moist.
Finish cut & rubbed in shellac & 2 coats of lacquer on the two AWESOME quilted OGR (old growth Redwood -pictured) mill blanks I got from @Anthony. Made the salt mill a bit different so easier to tell apart. Still need to buff out the mill set.
Thank you gentlemen for the awesome mill blanks!!!
Oh yeah... made another lamp shade from Norfolk Island Pine too!!
Finish cut & rubbed in shellac & 2 coats of lacquer on the two AWESOME quilted OGR (old growth Redwood -pictured) mill blanks I got from @Anthony. Made the salt mill a bit different so easier to tell apart. Still need to buff out the mill set.
Thank you gentlemen for the awesome mill blanks!!!
Oh yeah... made another lamp shade from Norfolk Island Pine too!!
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That's why I'm gonna have a studio in my shop!Don't have a "shop"... Got a woodturning "STUDIO" ! With a studio I can add a zero onto the price tag. Instead of $20.00, $200.00!!
I'll be odd and eccentric to add to the artistic image. I mean I already have long hair.
When the wood shavings show up...then you will happier....
Had the day off so cut out a few bowl blanks and roughed a few out.
My sister has joined up with my dad and his old reprobates carving. She wants to carve a hat and wanted interesting grain. I broke down a Red Gum Eucalyptus log short loaded with beeswing figure. WHile I was at it I broke down enough more to break down into various sizes. Should be some really nice knife blocks and maybe a number of vase or even rolling pin blanks.
Felt good I have not done much wood related lately. Just formulating evil plans for future projects.
Felt good I have not done much wood related lately. Just formulating evil plans for future projects.
Curb wood 
Made another silly lamp shade from Norfolk Island Pine...
This one is a very nice one!!!
This one is a very nice one!!!
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Curb wood
Oh.... FRK wood. Florida Road Kill.
Looks a bit like Camphor. You wood have mentioned it if it was.
Not camphor...smooth bark.
That is a great shape! The spalting is fantastic. Cant wait to see it after some oil. I miss Cook pine already and I haven't even left.Made another silly lamp shade from Norfolk Island Pine...
This one is a very nice one!!!
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Ugly cell phone pictures, but I wasn't walking to the house after the camera... Turned another bird house for a buddy's wife. Had a few pieces of Black Palm in one of my boxes, so I decided to liven this one up a little. After pulling that out, decided it deserved something sexier than the Oak Dowel as well, so I found a little piece of Spalted Red Oak for the living quarters. Turned out really sweet, picture doesn't begin to do it justice.
Boys love to hunt, so I turned a couple squirrel calls to send them. Spalted Oak on left, Olive on right. Zip ties were iffy, don't really need them, some do/some don't, not sure who's gonna wind up with which one and figured the younger one might lose the bellows so I tied them on.
Boys love to hunt, so I turned a couple squirrel calls to send them. Spalted Oak on left, Olive on right. Zip ties were iffy, don't really need them, some do/some don't, not sure who's gonna wind up with which one and figured the younger one might lose the bellows so I tied them on.
That bird house is really cool. Love the wood choices.
Because I understand pics or it didn't happen and I ran my mouth about this stuff. This is after being coated over the whole piece with AS2.
