What did you do in your shop today?
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Made the most AWESOME aromatic curly Camphor box with Cherry burl insert & Malachite inlay in top!
This one is a thing of beauty!!
This one is a thing of beauty!!
Helped my son finish up his physics assignment after I packed up the shop for the show this weekend.
That don't look like it's big enough to chunk a pumpkin to me! 
Grapes...
I guess you gotta start somewhere... Then work your way up! 
It must be for" proof of principle". Scaled model.I guess you gotta start somewhere... Then work your way up!
Now we need a castle was to scale 
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It's for ping pong balls. All the kids have to shoot the same ammo. His partner in class bailed on him so he got an extension and built it at the shop. Made him do most of the work, just wouldn't let him do the table saw work. I wanted to make it shoot flaming ammo but he'd probably get expelled....
It's for ping pong balls. All the kids have to shoot the same ammo. His partner in class bailed on him so he got an extension and built it at the shop. Made him do most of the work, just wouldn't let him do the table saw work. I wanted to make it shoot flaming ammo but he'd probably get expelled....
Aim the flaming projectiles at his former partner, show him what he missed.
Worked on stuff fer 3 day show at Fairchild's Tropical Gardens in south Miami with the woodturning guild way down there.
Another super curly Camphor box with Cherry Burl insert & Malacite fill. This is one of the nicest boxes so far!! I'm really thinking about keeping it!
And I cut up a wrinkled old Camphor log so I can rough out boxes at the show. Got to rough em out & make sure wood is dry before final cutting. We'll have 5 lathes running for demo's & four 10' x 10' tents with turnings fer sale. Probly 25 turners working our booth.
South Florida Woodturners Guild has been doing this show since the early 1990's. Last year we sold about $9,600.
In 2007 it was a two day show & we did over $22,000.00 . Year before over $18,000
2008 was only $6,500
My next phone WILL have a better camera!
Another super curly Camphor box with Cherry Burl insert & Malacite fill. This is one of the nicest boxes so far!! I'm really thinking about keeping it!
And I cut up a wrinkled old Camphor log so I can rough out boxes at the show. Got to rough em out & make sure wood is dry before final cutting. We'll have 5 lathes running for demo's & four 10' x 10' tents with turnings fer sale. Probly 25 turners working our booth.
South Florida Woodturners Guild has been doing this show since the early 1990's. Last year we sold about $9,600.
In 2007 it was a two day show & we did over $22,000.00 . Year before over $18,000
2008 was only $6,500
My next phone WILL have a better camera!
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Like a beautiful woman, looks good and smells good!
Packed all my stuff, drove 130 miles or so, unloaded and set up for a huge three day show. We're down there somewhere
Good luck Colin.Packed all my stuff, drove 130 miles or so, unloaded and set up for a huge three day show. We're down there somewhere
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Packed all my stuff, drove 130 miles or so, unloaded and set up for a huge three day show. We're down there somewhere
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Good Luck Colin, hope you sell out! Tony
Good luck! Which stadium?Packed all my stuff, drove 130 miles or so, unloaded and set up for a huge three day show. We're down there somewhere
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US Bank stadium in Minneapolis. The home of the next Superbowl (either this one or the next one, I don't remember)
Looks like a great venue, Colin, well organized and I'll bet there's plenty of parking (unlike the only one I do).
After giving @Don Ratcliff a wee bit of crap about his Australian lathe, squared up a bunch of 8/4 Lumber.
Cut it all into 22" long strips with random widths.
And glued up 2 of 4 panels for some "chaotic" cutting boards ala MTM Wood (check him out at)
Clamps, you can never have too many. Anyway, eventually 4 panels will hopefully yield 3 good sized chaotic end grain boards. These will have the usual suspects of cherry, walnut and maple. Have also included smaller amounts of purple heart, sapele, bubinga, and wenge.
Cut it all into 22" long strips with random widths.
And glued up 2 of 4 panels for some "chaotic" cutting boards ala MTM Wood (check him out at)
Clamps, you can never have too many. Anyway, eventually 4 panels will hopefully yield 3 good sized chaotic end grain boards. These will have the usual suspects of cherry, walnut and maple. Have also included smaller amounts of purple heart, sapele, bubinga, and wenge.
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I can't wait to see that when you're done!!!