What used to be crappy wood is now the latest fad. People love this stuff. Don't understand it, but I'll go with what the customer says.
What did you do in your shop today?
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Not exactly “in my shop” but, with us being snowed in and off work (base is closed), wife could not make it to a hotel so she could get to the hospital, so we finally started on the powder room conversion from wood floor to tile.
Garry, are you guys surviving the weather? Photos on TV show amazing amount of snow and stranded cars.
As of right now some of the highways are still closed due to the large number of vehicles stuck on them and the depth of the snow.
We had a state trooper killed when someone lost control and ran into him when he was out of his vehicle helping someone else.
There's a section of highway that had a 100 vehicle pileup - including 18 wheelers - not a pretty sight.
Most schools were still closed today.
Right now the sun is shining and it's about 36 degrees out so things have started melting. Which is good because the snow blower wouldn't start (turns over just fine but won't catch - of course it's been almost 2 years since I used it last) and I need to finish shoveling out the drive.
We had a state trooper killed when someone lost control and ran into him when he was out of his vehicle helping someone else.
There's a section of highway that had a 100 vehicle pileup - including 18 wheelers - not a pretty sight.
Most schools were still closed today.
Right now the sun is shining and it's about 36 degrees out so things have started melting. Which is good because the snow blower wouldn't start (turns over just fine but won't catch - of course it's been almost 2 years since I used it last) and I need to finish shoveling out the drive.
Doing okay. Base shut down for second day. Wife tried to get to town yesterday before worst but we tried too late, she couldn’t make it. Had to dig a trough through a drift to make sure she can get her car out this afternoon. I goofed and left the atv in the shop......where it is drifted in. Amazingly, did not lose power although some near us did.
Thanks Larry. Ken, glad you are okay as well. Not as warm down here, but sun is out.
Thanks Larry. Ken, glad you are okay as well. Not as warm down here, but sun is out.
Did a quick project today in anticipation of dinner tonight. Doing homemade pizza tonight (dough is proofing right now!) and I've been needing a pizza peel for a while, so I finally made one today. Went simple - walnut and maple, 1/2" thick. The large curved edge is thinned down to almost nothing.
Aren’t those pizza cutters great weapons? I regret making one for my wife.........
Aren’t those pizza cutters great weapons? I regret making one for my wife.........
So far she hasn't tried to use it against me yet. But it's only been 5 hours since I walked out of the shop with it!
It's been a busy week here at the little house on wheels in the mountains. WE've had visitors from Texas twice this week. The last two left us this morning after we delivered breakfast to the homeless down at the park. The wife has washed our clothes and put beans on to cook to freeze for later use in making breakfast burritos and is now taking a nap. Wish I could do that. I've been refilling the little green propane bottles again to help keep our people warm at night. I can get 18-20 refills from a 20 pound bottle. I had two 30 pound bottles with bad valves on them and because they were pretty old I decided against replacing the valves and decided to make one into a propane forge to assist with this new venture into knife making. We shall see what we shall see. I don't have all the parts yet but they should be easy enough to obtain soon. In the mean time, I am listening to the not so gentle snores of my lovely bride. Whodda thunk something so beautiful could make such a racket as this!?? But I am ever thankful for her anyway. LOL. I'd be in a pickle if it weren't for her and her dedication to me and our work. Shalom! - Clay
Last night I loaded up blanks into a couple vacuum chambers, intending to run vacuum on them overnight and shut it off this morning. Found that, after sitting for 6+ months unused, the cartridge in my vacuum pump had frozen. Seems to be some gunk that got in there. Picking up some lacquer thinner later (since I'm pretty much out) to clean everything and try and get it free.
After Lowe’s, Harbor Freight, Sam’s, and Walmart, had a chance to almost finish this little 4 inch high, 5.5 inch diameter alligator juniper bowl. Got the blank from Albuquerque probably 3 years ago in anticipation of bowl turning. This is the first of 3 or 4 bowl blanks I have. Nice to see my wood stock to finally start getting used. Better photos later....tried to do an undercut rim, sanded with walnut oil and letting it sit for a few days or so.
I worked on finishing a guitar... wet sanding, again.
When it comes to the word "shop" it can be used different ways as a noun or verb, etc. Depending on what we are doing and whom we are doing it for, our shop might be a wood shop, metal shop or kitchen. Yesterday I was in the kitchen shop working on slicing onions to be served as part of lunch for the homeless. I was using one of those mandolin slicer doo hicky, kitchen gizmos to slice the onions as I had more than one to slice. Of course, the onions were fairly large and as such using the gadget that grips the vegetables to slide back and forth across the knife blades was awkward to use until the onion was about half way sliced so I gripped it with my hand and forgot to move my fingers as I got closer to the end of the onion.
I've been around countless numbers of extremely dangerous power tools and heavy equipment and was a high voltage lineman for 13 years and a volunteer fireman for half a dozen years before I got into the ministry. Only had one accident of any significance through all those years... until yesterday. That mandolin, though not a power tool nor piece of heavy equipment did more damage than anything I've ever done.
So today, I was back out in the shop using my table saw, sander, to cut and glue together blanks for the pen swap. Needless to say it is a little awkward.
I've been around countless numbers of extremely dangerous power tools and heavy equipment and was a high voltage lineman for 13 years and a volunteer fireman for half a dozen years before I got into the ministry. Only had one accident of any significance through all those years... until yesterday. That mandolin, though not a power tool nor piece of heavy equipment did more damage than anything I've ever done.
So today, I was back out in the shop using my table saw, sander, to cut and glue together blanks for the pen swap. Needless to say it is a little awkward.
That looks a tad painful!
I am not ashamed to say I screamed like a little girl. LOL. Or maybe it was a little deep for a little girl scream but I did make some noise.
ouch..........i know, understatement of the year!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't been on much lately, scrambling to keep one jump ahead of the bills and try and keep the lights on in the shop until show season kicks off and I can hopefully make some money and get back to real woodworking and milling. Lately I've been parting out vintage sewing machines to make a buck or two. I can occasionally pick up an old Singer from the 40's and if I do it right there's about 150.00 in parts in one but it's a lot of screwing around to make a little coin.
Today I got to get some machine bases finished up. I just love how the colors pop when the poly hits them! One customer requested cutouts in the base for lifting instead of the handles I usually offer and since she's a nice lady and orders a base every 6 weeks or so (She rebuilds machines for a library program out in California and they keep expanding the program) I do them for her. Sharp chisels and the Millers Falls 67!
Today I got to get some machine bases finished up. I just love how the colors pop when the poly hits them! One customer requested cutouts in the base for lifting instead of the handles I usually offer and since she's a nice lady and orders a base every 6 weeks or so (She rebuilds machines for a library program out in California and they keep expanding the program) I do them for her. Sharp chisels and the Millers Falls 67!
I like that crkt knife....my favorite.