What did you do in your shop today?
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I'm going guess with a collet
Didn't do anything in the shop today - was away from home all day - but this did kinda jump into the back of the van and follow me home.
Almost didn't get it today. Rockler's website said it was in stock in store when I checked on Tuesday or Wednesday. Got up there today and the manager said they've been out of stock for over two months - that they got one single lathe in the previous week to take care of a 2 month old backorder for one waiting on Jet to make more, which they've recently started doing. Then he tried to sell me on the Nova Comet II, which was a lathe I had no interest in and ruled out quite some time ago. After going back and forth a bit, as I was getting ready to walk out the door to call Woodcraft to see if they might have any in stock in store (and if they'd honor Rockler's sale price), he said they hadn't finished unloading the truck yet that had come in that morning and that he'd check it on the chance that there was at least one on the truck.
Sure enough - not even 5 minutes later he's wheeling one out from the back room on a cart. Sold!
Tomorrow I plan to start work on building a stand for it. About the only thing I have in abundance in 8/4 material is walnut, so it looks like I'll be using primarily walnut in the stand build!
Almost didn't get it today. Rockler's website said it was in stock in store when I checked on Tuesday or Wednesday. Got up there today and the manager said they've been out of stock for over two months - that they got one single lathe in the previous week to take care of a 2 month old backorder for one waiting on Jet to make more, which they've recently started doing. Then he tried to sell me on the Nova Comet II, which was a lathe I had no interest in and ruled out quite some time ago. After going back and forth a bit, as I was getting ready to walk out the door to call Woodcraft to see if they might have any in stock in store (and if they'd honor Rockler's sale price), he said they hadn't finished unloading the truck yet that had come in that morning and that he'd check it on the chance that there was at least one on the truck.
Sure enough - not even 5 minutes later he's wheeling one out from the back room on a cart. Sold!
Tomorrow I plan to start work on building a stand for it. About the only thing I have in abundance in 8/4 material is walnut, so it looks like I'll be using primarily walnut in the stand build!
Yes, those are strikers, collet chuck to turn them. I'll get you a picture later today
Got all the rings for the bowl sanded flat. In the process figured out that I need to at least finish up the remote system for the dust collector as that will put it on a circuit from the new subpanel. Can't run both the drum sander and the dust collector on the same 15 amp circuit :) After making several trips out to the house breaker box I ended up turning the ambient air cleaner on high and wearing a dust mask to finish the sanding. I just have to pick up a PVC outlet box to finish the hookup. A lot more than that to finish the electrical but it looks like that's going to happen piecemeal at this point in time.
Next up: figuring out how to resaw the rings. I'm thinking a square of plywood with some of that shelf liner material to steady the ring through the bandsaw.
Next up: figuring out how to resaw the rings. I'm thinking a square of plywood with some of that shelf liner material to steady the ring through the bandsaw.
What I did in my "shop" (studio) today... I unloaded all my stuff from an eight day trip around Florida giving woodturning classes, demonstrations, visiting with Wood Barter members & friends!! Had a GREAT time!!!!!
Started building a lathe stand today. Not doing solid walnut as I said previously - was trolling @Tony and @Bean_counter in continuation from text message.
Plywood case, walnut edging, walnut for any other solid wood. Wanted to add storage under the lathe. Also building a box in the bottom of the case to fill with sand and give it some weight down low. Will have drawers on one side and shelves behind a door on the other for storage.
Top in clamps. Double layer 3/4" plywood. Should have more pics later.
Plywood case, walnut edging, walnut for any other solid wood. Wanted to add storage under the lathe. Also building a box in the bottom of the case to fill with sand and give it some weight down low. Will have drawers on one side and shelves behind a door on the other for storage.
Top in clamps. Double layer 3/4" plywood. Should have more pics later.
I said I was surprised you wasn't using bookmatched snakewood crotch burl plywood since he's too high-falutin' to use pine like a normal person! Tony
Continued to make progress. Bottom and sides together. Bottom will be filled with sand once in place and a piece will fit in there to cover it. A gew drawers and a couple shelves will fill the rest of the space.
I haven't posted much from the shop(s) lately even though we've actually been fairly busy.
First up, a BBQ grill / smoker I built for two nephews (they are brothers) who will be going to school together in the fall in College station, TX. Mary and I started that project Monday and finished it Tuesday.
Wednesday found me taking a phone call from my buddy Henry stating that he needed to build a trailer for his motorcycles. I told him it'd be easy for him to bring the material to my house rather than me try to bring my equipment to his house. Thursday morning bright and early Henry showed up with a trailer full of metal. By Thursday evening around 5 oclock, we were 95% finished with the trailer and as of Friday morning, Mary and I finished up everything but the wheel wells and paint. Henry couldn't be here Friday as he had another project to build in Katy for one of his daughter's kids. Next week we'll add the wheel wells, wood decking, winch and paint.
Friday afternoon, I began the arduous task of trying to remove the crappy wafer board side of the top of my little brother's pop-up camper. It rotted when a seal around the top came loose and let rain water in at the corner and the middle. Today I moved the trailer a little closer to the HF garage / shelter to be closer to the wood working tools. I think I am going to hate this job.
Friday evening after jacking with the camper I cleaned up the wood shop a little and cut some 3 1/2 inch by 24" x 3/4 slats ut of a slab of Ash I had. I have a cousin who was in the Navy who wants a shadow box to put his memorabilia and flag in.
This morning, I made up some firestarters with the planer shavings from the ash boards and stored them away for future use. Then I came in and finished up on my lesson for worship tomorrow. In between all that I found time to get myself into a bit of a pickle with some crazy wood swap box thing where you gotta replace pen blanks that you take from the box with pen blanks that you have laying around the house. I've got loads of pen blanks. None so pretty as those I've seen pictured that I have to replace. As such, I am planning a little foray into the Indian nations to clean up and clean out the wood shop of a certain doctor friend. I hope he appreciates the effort.
Here are a few pics of the projects for this week:
First up, a BBQ grill / smoker I built for two nephews (they are brothers) who will be going to school together in the fall in College station, TX. Mary and I started that project Monday and finished it Tuesday.
Wednesday found me taking a phone call from my buddy Henry stating that he needed to build a trailer for his motorcycles. I told him it'd be easy for him to bring the material to my house rather than me try to bring my equipment to his house. Thursday morning bright and early Henry showed up with a trailer full of metal. By Thursday evening around 5 oclock, we were 95% finished with the trailer and as of Friday morning, Mary and I finished up everything but the wheel wells and paint. Henry couldn't be here Friday as he had another project to build in Katy for one of his daughter's kids. Next week we'll add the wheel wells, wood decking, winch and paint.
Friday afternoon, I began the arduous task of trying to remove the crappy wafer board side of the top of my little brother's pop-up camper. It rotted when a seal around the top came loose and let rain water in at the corner and the middle. Today I moved the trailer a little closer to the HF garage / shelter to be closer to the wood working tools. I think I am going to hate this job.
Friday evening after jacking with the camper I cleaned up the wood shop a little and cut some 3 1/2 inch by 24" x 3/4 slats ut of a slab of Ash I had. I have a cousin who was in the Navy who wants a shadow box to put his memorabilia and flag in.
This morning, I made up some firestarters with the planer shavings from the ash boards and stored them away for future use. Then I came in and finished up on my lesson for worship tomorrow. In between all that I found time to get myself into a bit of a pickle with some crazy wood swap box thing where you gotta replace pen blanks that you take from the box with pen blanks that you have laying around the house. I've got loads of pen blanks. None so pretty as those I've seen pictured that I have to replace. As such, I am planning a little foray into the Indian nations to clean up and clean out the wood shop of a certain doctor friend. I hope he appreciates the effort.
Here are a few pics of the projects for this week:
I've been working on an angled pedestal for the credit card machine at my wife's shop. I will have to get pics tomorrow. I'm pretty proud of it, I used a lot of hand tools. I've been inspired by Brink and it will show although I lack the precision. I'm sure it took practice for him as well.
Thank you Cody. We build them to last. I have one out at my lease in far west Texas that has been sitting out in the open for nigh on 10 or 11 years now. It's still as good as the day I hauled it out there. It's twice the size of this one and has a 20 inch by 50 inch cooking chamber with a 20 x 20 firebox. Here are the other pics of this week's build.
My project.
What looks like Mango is Spalted Mahogany sap wood. The joints are bordered with cocobolo. My second attempt at hand cut dove tails. Still too sloppy for me. Especially the floor of the joint but I'm learning.