Those mixed together and cast in clear resin could look pretty cool!
What did you do in your shop today?
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Those mixed together and cast in clear resin could look pretty cool!
Rainbow Granola Blanks! 
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Doing nothing in my shop today but going to the Vet's Garage to help mentor woodturning and maybe process some wood into blanks if they got any over the weekend. We have a lot of veterans that come and turn periodically but there are now five or six vets that turn regularly every week, some six days a week. Its pretty awesome to watch them learn and grow their skills.
When everyone else takes a picture we get our feet in the shot, not @ripjack13 he takes a selfy with the pen out of focus. I think you have been watching Maya's Facebook page to much and picked up some bad habits.You’re not supposed to show your swap pen until after the swap
Got some more work in on my bookcase build. All the plywood pieces are together. Birch veneer plywood. Now I've started attaching the Soft Maple trim. Coming together nicely. Need more small clamps...
Finally finished re-handling the kitchen knifes in olive wood.
The blades were fine but the handles were getting a bit daggy, and so while I was at it I took the opportunity to "fatten" a couple of the handles.
Just because the blade of a knife is small there is no need to have a small handle too.
Shaped a bit of walnut.
A semi hidden tang ???
The blades were fine but the handles were getting a bit daggy, and so while I was at it I took the opportunity to "fatten" a couple of the handles.
Just because the blade of a knife is small there is no need to have a small handle too.
Shaped a bit of walnut.
A semi hidden tang ???
Went to the Vet's Garage today. I found myself having personal issues so I left early but before I left Doug gave me three 60lb bags of sand. When I got home I decided to remove the wood shelf I had built for between the lathe legs. I built a box with scrap wood I had collected last year and placed two sand bags in it, then put the old dentist cabinet back in place, moved my lathe tools to a much more accessible location and then cleaned up. I was able to add 395 pounds to my 375 pound lathe. With 670 pounds I can't wait to put a big piece of wood on it tomorrow to see if there is a difference with out of balance wood.
Actually it was yesterday, but started cleaning out the Shop. It's reached Critical Mass out there, finally have had enough. Loaded up the first batch of stuff to donate to Habitat for Humanity, make a little room out there. Tony
Speaking from experience... Start with your shelving/storage, organize as you go back together, reorganize repeatedly as you find Sugar, Honey, Ice Tea on the other side of the shop you didn't know you had. The burn barrel is cheaper, but it'd be more fun to mail all of your throw away scraps to Don and tell him it was a...
Nuclear Attack Get Away Boat Kit!
Nuclear Attack Get Away Boat Kit!
I went to St. Maries Idaho today and picked up six huge rounds of box elder (20" to 32" in diameter and ten feet long). Cut them into manageable lengths and brought home a lot, there are at least two more loads to get in the spring. Shared with a friend that helped. Got home and started processing into bowl blanks on the bandsaw in the shop only to find out that while there is a lot of red and spalting most of it is punky. So instead of cutting them into bowl blanks I cut a few into pen and larger spindle blanks that will need to be stabilized and threw the rest away. I'm hoping tomorrow I can get at least one bowl blank out of it, otherwise its all getting burned and I probably won't get the rest. Oh well, it was a fun day. Now I have to go clean the shop.....
@Woodworking Vet David that sucks. All that time for not much. Hope you enjoyed the time with your friend so it wasn't a bust.
Overall it was a good day. Using the chainsaw in the rain isn't fun but the company was good. Lots of laughs. It was a friend in St. Maries that had the wood and it had been a while since I had visited anyway. Took him a case of beer for the wood, should ask for a refund! In all fairness I only cut into two pieces, maybe I'll have luck with the others in the next day or two. Fortunately the wood I picked up on Thursday was nicer and will be put to good use.
I moved the high-A tone hole in a bagpipe practice chanter for a friend. The original hole was in tune but too high up the chanter to be comfortable for his thumb. The new hole is 3.5mm lower on the chanter and a larger diameter to make up for the longer distance from the reed. Much more comfortable under then hands now.
Boxed up six of my turnings and mailed them to friends and family that had shown interest in them. They don't know its coming, just a surprise. They'll think I'm being nice and generous but really I just need to clear out some space.
Was it a mother of pearl plug?
Nothing nearly that fancy, just some epoxy wood filler smoothed to the profile of the blackwood.
The resin in the heartwood of African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), blocks most finishes that combine with oxygen from curing. You have to use an epoxy type filler or glue, and an evaporative finish like shellac or lacquer on it.
The repair looks a little goofy, but it is completely functional.