My wife knows this is my box of stuff I'm planning to sell. She hasn't seen it in a while, but saw it today and there's much more in it than the last time she saw it. Now I'm told I need to get it sold soon and that she's got ideas for the money. 
What did you do in your shop today?
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What I did in my shop today. I used a bunch of acetone.
My 86 year old buddy Herbie said I need some help here!! He was c/a gluing small black glass beads into a recess he cut in top of a woodturned box & put WAY to much c/a glue in. It spilled all over both his hands gluing two fingers together, same two fingers & thumb to the box lid.
It took 5 minutes of spraying acetone to get him loose from the box lid & another 15 minutes of soaking both hands in acetone to get all the glue off!
My 86 year old buddy Herbie said I need some help here!! He was c/a gluing small black glass beads into a recess he cut in top of a woodturned box & put WAY to much c/a glue in. It spilled all over both his hands gluing two fingers together, same two fingers & thumb to the box lid.
It took 5 minutes of spraying acetone to get him loose from the box lid & another 15 minutes of soaking both hands in acetone to get all the glue off!
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And that is why I don't have a wife!My wife knows this is my box of stuff I'm planning to sell. She hasn't seen it in a while, but saw it today and there's much more in it than the last time she saw it. Now I'm told I need to get it sold soon and that she's got ideas for the money.
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And that is why I don't have a wife!
To be fair to her, it was things I promised her that I'd buy her once I sold some blanks. It's just that I wasn't planning to try and do much selling until later in the summer!
Didn't you promise her you'd buy her a bunch of that curly Koa that resides a couple hours away from you? Lucky Katy!!!! Tony
You need some Black Locust for cutting boards Tony... that stuff is TOUGH, and it look so cool!! Makes a purty bottle stopper too!! David will be more than happy to hook you up, he just ran into another big Black Locust stash. Well not literally ran into it, but it was offered to him. You need some Red Oak to build cutting boards out of too?
This black locust that I went to get is awesome! 30" diameter logs ten feet long. Too big for me to cut and load so I'm waiting for my friend to set up his portable mill. I did bring some back from the 18 to 20" logs and cut into it yesterday. Not your normal black locust pattern. Its lighter in color with lots of figure and even birdseyes, tons of chatoyance! And no voids or insect holes. I'll have to get a picture when I'm done with the bowl. Now I just need someone with a truck to help bring it all back to the house. Like @rocky1 said, its tough. When dry its like cutting into concrete so I imagine it would make great cutting boards, just in case anyone knows someone that makes cutting boards. Maybe @Tony knows someone.
You're right, I need pictures. If I didn't have company coming today I would take them today so tomorrow. If I can remember. I'm not quite as old as Mike1950 so I should remember.
Man, if you can find me an extra day in the week to spend on getting stuff done... Or even a handful of hours...
I don't think I have shown off my fancy new thicknesser.
Just what does your fancy new thicknesser do & how do it do it?? All us woodturners want to know!!
The piece of wood gets double sided taped to the bottom. The tray sets on top of the rails. The router in the tray goes back and forth over the board as I move the tray forward a step at a time until I get to the end of the board. I reset the depth and do it again. At the end I usually run it length ways just to smooth things out. I hope that makes sense.
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got the desk moved into the house and set up.
Yes, that is exactly what Les is doing. I've seen it done countless times on large scale for slabs and wide boards, but Les is the first person I've seen do it on a small scale. It really is genius though to do it on a small scale if you don't have a planer. You could even set it up to taper the thickness of the board, if that is something you desired to do.
Also, the advantage to using this instead of a planer is that if you have a board that is twisted, cupped or bowed you can shim it and get a flat surface on one side to start out. Tony
Plus I couldn't run the angled headstock thru a planer. It works great for what I have been needing to do. It has gotten a ton of use this week.
and I have.