I didn't do squat. The dust collector noise hurts my newly virgin ear hole....
What did you do in your shop today?
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On the one hand... Truly sorry to hear that Colin, you've certainly worked hard at it.
On the other... Congratulations!! Sounds like a terrific opportunity; more free time, better benefits, potential for advancement, could be a very cool deal.
On the other... Congratulations!! Sounds like a terrific opportunity; more free time, better benefits, potential for advancement, could be a very cool deal.
Trying to get a few customers into the shop today with the sunshine instead of staying home and cleaning and that hasn't worked out so well so finished up a prototype base to put vintage Singer 3/4 size machines in. Also got the opening template done for the full size ones too. We'll see if I can maybe find a market for them.... They use the original Singer cabinet hinges instead of the barrel ones from the bentwood cases as those are easier to come by. Finished with 3 coats of spray lacquer.
Didn't do much but get the wall between my shop and my wife's garage stall insulated.
Come to think of it I did start gluing/cutting for one of those toys. Decided to not buy the specialty stock (I need both 1/4 and 1/2") but resaw it instead. Not as easy as it looks when you first start - but then nothing is :) I was resawing some 4" pine and ended up with 4 18" pieces cut from 2 pieces of 3/4" stock. Ran it through the sander and ended up with about 8 inches that was unusable due to wobble and subsequent thinness. Guess maybe next time I should use a resaw fence.
Come to think of it I did start gluing/cutting for one of those toys. Decided to not buy the specialty stock (I need both 1/4 and 1/2") but resaw it instead. Not as easy as it looks when you first start - but then nothing is :) I was resawing some 4" pine and ended up with 4 18" pieces cut from 2 pieces of 3/4" stock. Ran it through the sander and ended up with about 8 inches that was unusable due to wobble and subsequent thinness. Guess maybe next time I should use a resaw fence.
I put some wood away, wood that I bought 
, granted it was only $10 worth of wood, but still, I paid for wood!
, granted it was only $10 worth of wood, but still, I paid for wood!
I picked up wood to finish a couple commissions, also found this table cheap, folks have no idea what it was @woodtickgreg might have an idea. The top was completely wrecked so I took it off and used it to make different patterns for different machines for making bases and table tops. Two are pictured but got a full set of five made to cover almost every machine Singer made before 1965.
Measured up and priced a couple of hundred board feet of Imbuia for resale. Love the smell of Imbuia.
Yesterday and today I started working on some double dyed blanks, some of them for @Steve Walker , and ran vacuum on my large chamber full of stuff to be stabilized clear.
WOO HOO!!!!!!
Atta boy Matt...
Me, I'm a hunter/gatherer right now.
Got pipe? Yup
Got base and lid material? Yup
Got fittings, gauges and lines? Yup
Waiting on gasket material? In the mail
Assembly on the horizon
Atta boy Matt...
Me, I'm a hunter/gatherer right now.
Got pipe? Yup
Got base and lid material? Yup
Got fittings, gauges and lines? Yup
Waiting on gasket material? In the mail
Assembly on the horizon
I might be setting a personal record for fastest turnaround time on stabilizing work with your items!
This weekend I'll get the blanks that are soaking in clear cured and then I plan on loading up all four chambers - big one with clear and the others with dyed resin - and getting that done by next week sometime.
Made a toothpick holder.
Man....I didn't realize I was so energizing and inspirational....
That, or you're just trying to cram this in between a couple more important projects.
That, or you're just trying to cram this in between a couple more important projects.
WOO HOO!!!!!
ATTA BOY TONY!!!!
ATTA BOY TONY!!!!
I'm just in the middle of doing a whole bunch of stabilizing and dyeing and it was easy to slip it all in right now. Minus 30-some pen blanks that went out in the mail a couple/few weeks ago, this is everything I've stabilized since the beginning of the month. Lots more to do in the coming weeks.
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I do! And man I like that black 301.
And it's a long bed to boot. I have that long bed, the mocha short bed there, and not pictured the LBOW one (light beige, oyster white for those playing along at home, and those only came in the short bed)
Sucked up 12 spiders with my dust collector, and a ton of stink bugs. Keeping my shop heated 24/7 is bringing out a bunch of multi legged creatures, all while listening to Seals & Croft
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I know about that and my solution is to set off a bug bomb ever so often in the shop. Gots rid of spiders and their webs along with a lot of other critters. Just don't have an open flame around.