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All are beauties!
What did you do in your shop today?
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I put the second coat of paint on the lathe weight box. I should be able to get it bolted down tomorrow. I need to get a caulk tube of silicone, youll see why when I get it and start filling the box.
I had every intention of cleaning some today. Just couldn't get my butt to do it.....
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The recent ice storm led to some tree damage at a local golf course. I'm got a call to see if I was interested in any wood. Unfortunately, by the time I got there, a large honey locust trunk had already been buried in the container they were using to haul stuff off!
I managed to grab a few chunks of elm along with a piece of mulberry and a nice chunk of Bradford pear. Got everything slabbed and managed to rough turn one of the pear blanks before calling it quits for the day.
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What breed of hound dog is that Doc? Looks like he's about to tree something. Or should I say, stump something.
She's a mutt. A little beagle, a little Bassett, some Labrador, and some other stuff that they weren't able to figure out... literally! My wife sent off oral swabs for DNA, and 25% was "other".
Sometimes, a mutt is the best breed.
The price was right, and she is a really good dog. I forgot she's also part Australian cattle dog... whatever that is. The best part is her overbite...
Here's our mutt as we speak.
I coulda saved you the cost of the DNA test Doc! I guessed 3 out of the 4 just lookin at the picture, and figured there was some hound in there somewhere, but I'd have never guessed Catahoula.
I, um, opened a box and took the blanks out of the box. Haven't even moved them beyond that. But, here's the blanks.
Reclaimed oak with some great, tight grain. From the wood flooring of the Great Hall of Christ Church College in Oxford, England. There's some serious history from that place. Or, for the younger generation, some scenes from some of the Harry Potter movies were filmed there and the Great Hall was reproduced in a film studio as a major set for production, though it is my understanding that while some scenes were actually filmed on location there, no scenes were actually filmed inside of the actual Great Hall.
Reclaimed oak with some great, tight grain. From the wood flooring of the Great Hall of Christ Church College in Oxford, England. There's some serious history from that place. Or, for the younger generation, some scenes from some of the Harry Potter movies were filmed there and the Great Hall was reproduced in a film studio as a major set for production, though it is my understanding that while some scenes were actually filmed on location there, no scenes were actually filmed inside of the actual Great Hall.
As far as actual shop stuff today, placed orders for a bunch of supplies, paid bills, started to sketch up the design for a desk/work table using one of the setting machine bases. tomorrow I should be making sawdust.
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Can't wait to see what you come up with.
So I started the project I alluded to in my last post in this thread here- http://woodbarter.com/threads/mtuaiga-butchering-another-project.30420/#post-404207
And then this shows up at my shop for next to nothing.....
(New Home machine from the 1880's or so, probably not worth restoration as it's missing a bunch of parts but someone at some point cleaned up the wood and gave it a paint job so it'd look good sitting in a corner or something)
And then this shows up at my shop for next to nothing.....
(New Home machine from the 1880's or so, probably not worth restoration as it's missing a bunch of parts but someone at some point cleaned up the wood and gave it a paint job so it'd look good sitting in a corner or something)
Got to my woodturning studio early to clear the front room so a new hurricane glass window could be installed.
Had Jim, Herbie & Joe over fer some woodturning fun. Jim made a hollow form to use in the finishing workshop he's taking Friday at the Florida Woodturning Symposium in Eustis ,Fl.
I sanded two wood lamp shades, oiled them & applied Japan Drier.
Finished the peppermill I made in Orlando area demo I did last Saturday. Came out very nice!!!
Then I finish cut the two AWESOME FBEB salt/pepper blanks that I roughed out a couple weeks ago that I got from @Mike1950 .
Wait till you see the picts of them finished!!!
Had Jim, Herbie & Joe over fer some woodturning fun. Jim made a hollow form to use in the finishing workshop he's taking Friday at the Florida Woodturning Symposium in Eustis ,Fl.
I sanded two wood lamp shades, oiled them & applied Japan Drier.
Finished the peppermill I made in Orlando area demo I did last Saturday. Came out very nice!!!
Then I finish cut the two AWESOME FBEB salt/pepper blanks that I roughed out a couple weeks ago that I got from @Mike1950 .
Wait till you see the picts of them finished!!!
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Well as about the only thing I've been working on in the shop is. taking this old piece of hickory log I've had sitting around in the shop for at least six year. And making a pedestal for this walnut cookie to sit on.
@Allen Tomaszek After a 12 hour day pushing sleet and snow, I milled up a piece of curly American black walnut from Allen and sanded some 'Tualang' samples. Pictured, walnut natural and one piece waxed and the 'Tualang', one side finished
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