What did you do in your shop today?
- Thread starter woodtickgreg
- Start date
I tagged and bagged 32 chickens and turned 2 sets of graduation gift pens. Slim line models with the 2017 band on the pen. I don't know why they don't make a dated band for the pencil too. Makes no sense to me to have it on one and not the other.
@ripjack13 - you are supposed to shoot horses with broken legs.
More dunking of the calls. Tomorrow we start buffing.
Horses legs are glued up. Need to fill in the cracks and chips, then repaint it.
That second picture is completely inappropriate ... 
Good job Marc! You're sure to win points with that.
That second picture is completely inappropriate ...
Speaking of inappropriate. Did you see the hole in the left leg? When we shoot horses here in Texas we usually aim for the head. I can't imagine what kind of sick, twisted individual would shoot a horse in the leg like that.
That second picture is completely inappropriate ...
OOOHHH, that's his thumb!!!!!
I thought that was a healthy, happy horse!!!
I started working on a Damascus kitchen knife for my cousin. Had to flatten out the handle and file the bolsters square to the tang, very sloppy workmanship on this thing. He ordered it from poshland on Amazon.
I'm going to use Cherry Burl for the scales...
I'm going to use Cherry Burl for the scales...
Last edited:
I also started on a coffee cup from blood wood...
And here I thought all you did was hoard wood. 
I really want to see this when you get it finished.
For the last few days, I've been working on reatocking. I had a dang good holiday selling season and had almost nothing left over. Basically, I glue up boards until I get tired of it, then spend some quality time with the drum sander then RO sander. Here's what I've got done so far. Tony
Marc, you've reminded me that I need to get back to spinning up some coffee mugs.
Haven't really been in the shop the last few days except to swap out buckets in the vacuum chamber. I have stuff with clear Cactus Juice soaking, waiting to go in the oven to cure on Wednesday. Stuff soaking in turquoise/ocean blue to go in the over to cure the day after that. Today I started soaking an initial color for a specific double dyed color combo I was asked to make and I started a batch under vacuum with orange dyed Cactus Juice. I'm keeping that vacuum pump busy - the only breaks it's getting right now are to swap out what's in the vacuum chamber and to change the pump oil, then it get started back up again. I am going to have to build a couple more chambers soon to keep up!
Haven't really been in the shop the last few days except to swap out buckets in the vacuum chamber. I have stuff with clear Cactus Juice soaking, waiting to go in the oven to cure on Wednesday. Stuff soaking in turquoise/ocean blue to go in the over to cure the day after that. Today I started soaking an initial color for a specific double dyed color combo I was asked to make and I started a batch under vacuum with orange dyed Cactus Juice. I'm keeping that vacuum pump busy - the only breaks it's getting right now are to swap out what's in the vacuum chamber and to change the pump oil, then it get started back up again. I am going to have to build a couple more chambers soon to keep up!
I actually thought of you when I was putting it on the lathe. I have another cup like it I wanna take apart and surround it in wood.
How big of a hole do you drill when you make the opening?
How big of a hole do you drill when you make the opening?
I made my right arm longer than my left today. Had to pack this in
Hey man...can't you read?! It says no parking there!
It says 'No Parking Against Wall'... and nobody seems to know why lol. Technically, I can park up against the wall and touch it and still be on our property.
Well, it really depends on what insert you're using. Since you're harvesting an insert from a mug, what you need will be different that what I need.
The blanks I've been working with are blanks that haven't been fully dried, so I've been rough turning them, drying them, and then finish turning. In rough turning them I've been drilling them with a forstner bit of the diameter of the smallest end of the inserts I'm using. I think it's 2 1/8", but can't remember for certain. So, the wall is a consistent thickness while drying. Then, after it's dry and ready for finish turning, I go at it with tools to open up the inside and then finish turn the outside, etc.
I've only got one complete one so far (plus one that would have been complete, but I turned it too thin in one spot, so I cut it short and it's now a pen cup in the shop) and a handful in progress.