What did you do in your shop today?

Spinartist said:
:redcard: Should of called me. I got a 6mm set screw!! :scare3:
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Could you have gotten it to me by yesterday? lol. Oh well, I'll have one by tomorrow. I have a box of set screws, but no metrics in it. Makes me think I need to get an assortment of them just to have on hand.
 
Well, in spite of the fact that I didn't plan on turning more pens my wife talked me into turning some acrylic "women's" pens (Diva, Princess from PSI) and I have some other things I'm turning for the show/sale in November. So over the weekend I did 5 bracelet assistants (in Colorado they *may* have another use), 4 Diva pens, 5 Princess pens, 5 wine cork extractors, one seam ripper (3 more have tubes glued in), 1 one-handed pepper mill (and blank drilled for a second), 1 cheese knife (4 more to go), 5 bottle openers, and a bowl from the box of blanks that gave my postman a hernia.

Still don't like turning acrylics but I'll admit that they do look shiny (220, 320, 400 wet, 600 wet, Yorkshire Grit, Hampshire Sheen gloss) - not sure the HS at the end does much but the YG really does polish them up nice.

That bowl is from a nice piece of ambrosia and it turned out real nice. 14 more to go.
 
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I was trained correctly. Mama suggested something and I made sure it was done. Have a couple of antique folding tables and she thought she needed another one. I got out my tape measure and complied. One of the old one folds in the middle and the other doesn't. I copied the one that did. duh! They are actually pretty handy for setting up at a show for display. Nothing fancy - 1x spf.
 
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I was trained correctly. Mama suggested something and I made sure it was done. Have a couple of antique folding tables and she thought she needed another one. I got out my tape measure and complied. One of the old one folds in the middle and the other doesn't. I copied the one that did. duh! They are actually pretty handy for setting up at a show for display. Nothing fancy - 1x spf.
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You know Mike, a build thread in the Classroom would probably help some people out.....
 
I put up 3 LED shop lights. Scary, I can see so much better and realize that my wife was right about to much stuff everywhere....
 
I’m a big fan of my big green egg, but I couldn’t stomach ~$200 for sure tables that they sell to bolt on to it. A little scrap walnut and some aluminum from the big box store was all it took... about $10. Now I need to make a new handle because the side table is making the handle look pretty bad.

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Lou Currier said:
How did you use the aluminum?
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I bent and drilled aluminum bar stock to mount to the side of the egg(blue stripe) using bolts already on the cooker. That got bolted to two piece of aluminum angle stock(red stripes). The wood is secured with screws through the angled pieces.

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DKMD said:
I’m a big fan of my big green egg, but I couldn’t stomach ~$200 for sure tables that they sell to bolt on to it. A little scrap walnut and some aluminum from the big box store was all it took... about $10. Now I need to make a new handle because the side table is making the handle look pretty bad.

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What's the hub bub with the green egg?
 
I worked on my checkering skills some more today...
Before and after photos....

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Lou Currier said:
When you going to do the classroom segment?
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In a day or so....when i know im finally done with it.
This will be the 4th time ive had to sand it down and refinish it do to scratches, dings an stupid stuff that happens when you leave it hanging in your garage.....
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Very nice work Marc! I have a soft brass bristled brush I use for cleaning such things. Works very nicely! Not hard enough to damage the checking, yet harder than a soft nylon bristled brush. Was sold as a suede leather brush.
 
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I've got a big show next Saturday up near Dallas, putting finish on a bunch of boards that hopefully will sell! Tony
 
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