I built a drawer.
What did you do in your shop today?
- Thread starter woodtickgreg
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Worked on the fire truck and made a necklace holder from a drawer front and some knobs for my wife.
Made a spindle for a chair.
Do you do the color matching as well?
No. Color matching is not something I want to do. I know a couple guys that are masters at it.
Hung up this pirate I just finished, made from a hunk of redwood driftwood I brought back from Fort Brag CA last year. I wire brushed it a bunch, but the darkwood ran deep, it's red in the middle though....
Creepy cool 
Wanted to spend the night at home with my wife and kids but had a real estate agent that needed a spindle made in a hurry so they could paint the place and get it ready for open house contact me. rush job but one they paint it white I think it'll match quite well. I'll stop by tomorrow and cut it to the correct length and install it.
Made 9 fat finials fer fence posts or sumpthin... 
At a buddy's shop in West Palm Beach, Fl.
At a buddy's shop in West Palm Beach, Fl.
Starting to find some time to get a few rough turned bowls back on the lathe. Ambrosia maple, about 16”.
Made a round bottom plate for the tailstock on my big lathe. The original rectangular plate was a major PIMA.
Always had to hold tailstock halfway on & reach underneath to align it to slide the tailstock back onto the lathe.
Now it slides on very easily!!!
Always had to hold tailstock halfway on & reach underneath to align it to slide the tailstock back onto the lathe.
Now it slides on very easily!!!
Not easy getting old....Too much time on your hands. Most guys take a cutting wheel and cut a 45 on the 2 corners that go in first. Then they take the grinder and round the step, often using a chew can or soup can as the pattern. Takes a half hour or less and leaves more meat for energy transfer.
Nice job, should just have said that...
Nice job, should just have said that...
Did some engraving
I made a tec pen. The tube is longer than normal. I put in a G2 ink refill at the customers request.
I had to drill out the clicker part where it seats at the end of the refill and then used some epoxy to get the right depth so the tip of the ink sticks out far enough. A lil bit of tedious pita but it looks good and works good. I'll make a few more just in case someone else wants one or the guy may want more. We'll see.
I had to drill out the clicker part where it seats at the end of the refill and then used some epoxy to get the right depth so the tip of the ink sticks out far enough. A lil bit of tedious pita but it looks good and works good. I'll make a few more just in case someone else wants one or the guy may want more. We'll see.
Rectangular plate was welded on ends. If I cut it I'd have two separate pieces. I had the round plate with hole laying in parts drawer. All I did was trim it half way on my mini metal lathe. Took 28 minutes...
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must be related to @Kenbo Not a speck of sawdust. Hell my shop was that clean- The day the floor was poured.....
Yeah but Tom didn't show the floor under the lathe. Ken would have taken it from across the room with no dust on the floor, before the lathe stopped spinning!
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I just realized we have an officiall @Kenbo smiley here on Wood Barter!!!
Please note...
. This guy has been sawing on this 2x4 for as long as I been here, and there ain't no damn sawdust anywhere!!! It falls and disappears. 
.I just realized we have an officiall @Kenbo smiley here on Wood Barter!!!
Please note...
. This guy has been sawing on this 2x4 for as long as I been here, and there ain't no damn sawdust anywhere!!! It falls and disappears.
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yep i am a self confessed shop slob- Had a friend over the other day- He said - ya know you could get something done in here if you just cleaned up ( coming from someone with a lot of talent but spends 90% of his talent and time on cleaning- *% on planning and almost 0% on building or making sawdust) . My answer- Yikes I just did clean up!! I use the the clean till!! Method, This is I clean till I find something I would rather do, which is usually pretty damn quick!! 
Now every once in a while the clutter even gets beyond my tolerance level 
( way beyond heart attack ground for my friend -Tom Or Ken) and I will clean till I at least take back enough floor space to have defined paths. This is the 
way and I have decided rather than fight it I will just go with the flow and more wood.......
Now every once in a while the clutter even gets beyond my tolerance level ( way beyond heart attack ground for my friend -Tom Or Ken) and I will clean till I at least take back enough floor space to have defined paths. This is the way and I have decided rather than fight it I will just go with the flow and more wood.......
This works
