What are you using for glue? Epoxy?
What did you do in your shop today?
- Thread starter woodtickgreg
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Thick CA, roughed up the faces on my granite surface plate with a piece of 180 sandpaper stuck to it, glued each pair first, then flattened the meeting faces the same way and glued those. The seam looks invisible so far. We'll see in the morning how it looks when turned
I get paid bunches more since then.
Have been busy with work and sick, but did manage a little bit of time in the shop yesterday and today.
Today I ran some soft maple through the planer. Nice stock - from a 350+BF purchase I made about 3 years ago that cost me about $0.33/BF. These are the first boards I've used from that pile. I'm very pleased with this purchase of maple and most of the rest of this maple will be used in a bedroom set build I hope to start this winter, paired with curly cherry and cherry.
Cut to rough length and added to the stack of plywood pieces I cut up yesterday. Thought about going all solid hardwood on this build, but I had a full sheet of 3/4" birch veneer plywood and most of a sheet of 1/4" birch veneer plywood in the way and want to get them used up.
Next time I'm in the shop I'll run the edges of the boards across the jointer. Boards were already dead flat, so didn't need to run a face across the jointer before planing. Then I'll start cutting pieces to length and ripping into the various widths of strips I'll need.
Building this bookcase to go into my office, with some small alterations to the dimensions.
Today I ran some soft maple through the planer. Nice stock - from a 350+BF purchase I made about 3 years ago that cost me about $0.33/BF. These are the first boards I've used from that pile. I'm very pleased with this purchase of maple and most of the rest of this maple will be used in a bedroom set build I hope to start this winter, paired with curly cherry and cherry.
Cut to rough length and added to the stack of plywood pieces I cut up yesterday. Thought about going all solid hardwood on this build, but I had a full sheet of 3/4" birch veneer plywood and most of a sheet of 1/4" birch veneer plywood in the way and want to get them used up.
Next time I'm in the shop I'll run the edges of the boards across the jointer. Boards were already dead flat, so didn't need to run a face across the jointer before planing. Then I'll start cutting pieces to length and ripping into the various widths of strips I'll need.
Building this bookcase to go into my office, with some small alterations to the dimensions.
Something is going around I guess, I've been nauseous all day....
Yeah, there's been some nasty stuff going around here too. But, for me it's the fall big weather change - when it recently went from 90 and dry to 60 and wet within a couple days - combined with my wicked allergies and awful sinuses. I know exactly how this is going to go and, no matter what I do to try and avoid it, I'm staring down my fourth sinus infection of the year. Yay...
I always end up with small pieces left over from the sling shot grips, so rather than relegate them to the scrap heap, I turn them into pendants or earrings.
Spalted tamarind with jarrah inserts and matching beads.
Olive wood with jarrah inserts and matching beads.
Spalted tamarind with jarrah inserts and matching beads.
Olive wood with jarrah inserts and matching beads.
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I got a call from my friend in KW today. He wants me go with him to pick up a new mill. If this happens I will really need to figure out how to market this stuff better.With shipping big slabs will get expensive to ship. Would you guys think delivering them within a certain area at a charge would be the way to do? THere are going to be a lot of big slabs, Mahogany, Sapodilla, Buttonwood, Jamican Dogwood, spanish Lime, Tropical Almond...
Will you deliver to me Les?
If you are willing to pay the "ferry" fee I'm there asap.
You spelled Fairy wrong because it is going to take some magic for that to happen. SWMBO would not stand for it.
This is me turning off the email notification for this thread. Sorry @rocky1 @Sprung @Tony @ripjack13 I have foiled your juvenile attempts at causing me grief... 
Didn't turn on a single machine today. Spent all morning ordering materials, getting stuff staged to turn and then booked a 3 day show in November that has an entry fee of a bit over 2600.00...... That one has me a little nervous, both can I sell enough and can I turn enough to have a decent inventory.
@Don Ratcliff i think the admins can turn it back on and lockout you ability to change it
Made myself a wood hat!! It's in bending form to dry. Bottle Brush Burl.
@Blueglass are you going to do turning stock?
@Don Ratcliff i think the admins can turn it back on and lockout you ability to change it
You hush up!
Good luck Colin! I've got one at the end of October that is costing me $500 and I'm nervous as hell about making money! Tony
Yes we vhave talked about that.Probably pretty much split logs ins half for bowl blanks.