What did you do in your shop today?

[Sprung]

Getting closer to wrapping this restoration project up!

Put a couple coats of Arm-R-Seal on before I went out of town for a few days earlier this week. The base/stand is officially done. Moved it back down into the basement this morning and installed the saw on to it. Next up: new motor for it arrives on Tuesday, buy an 8" blade, make a zero clearance insert (original insert gone, ratty old hardboard was in its place), and I hope to start putting the fence together next week.

 

[ripjack13]

I made some push sticks....

 

[ripjack13]

Ripped a length off an old shelf and added it for a lip to hold a cutting board on the wall....

 

[ripjack13]

And sharpened my bandsaw blade....

 

[Tony]

And sharpened my bandsaw blade....

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Is yours carbide?

 

[ripjack13]

Is yours carbide?

Nope, not that one. Thats just a cheap powertec high carbon steel one.

 

[Tony]

Nope, not that one. Thats just a cheap powertec high carbon steel one.

How long did it take you to sharpen it?

 

[ripjack13]

Bout 15 minutes...

 

[ripjack13]

This is how I do it.

 

[barry richardson]

Spent some time on this sculptural carving thing today, getting almost to the hand sanding phase. The attachment on the die grinder is the ticket, covered in little tungsten spikes....

 

[Tom Smart]

Spent some time on this sculptural carving thing today, getting almost to the hand sanding phase. The attachment on the die grinder is the ticket, covered in little tungsten spikes....
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More wood in motion....

 

[T. Ben]

Made this for a friend yesterday

 

[Gdurfey]

This has actually taken me a few weekends to get my stabilizing process down and I can only do about 4 blanks at a time, but think I am having some success. Glad we have a pen blank swap coming up. I also discovered my first red tinting attempt didn’t have nearly enough tint in it. I also continue to work on my slab, about ready for final sanding and figuring out how to finish it.

 

[rocky1]

Don't give up hope on the dye job, it'll darken some, when you put your finish on it.

 

[kweinert]

Continued making the pull out trays for the under counter storage. Put a mighty kink in my back contorting to get the side rails installed in the cabinets :)

Helped my wife with the wood related part of her projects for the daughters for Mother's Day.

And installed the new Wolverine jig. Found out that perhaps the reason I was having some of the issues I was having with turning with steel tools was that I suck at hand sharpening. The bowl gouge looks *very* different now.

 

[rocky1]

What??? Dude my tools are sharpened perfectly!


Yeah, I think most of us do, but we don't admit it until we get a sharpening jig and figure out how bad we truly suck at it. I've seen a few other turners' tools, and mine look pretty damn good honestly. Not that they right mind you, but they look pretty damn good!!

 

[ripjack13]

I started milling up some cedar for bird houses. The wife wants some to make with our grandson.
& I'm going to try to make a log cabin looking one.

 

[ripjack13]

Then I cut up a block of mystery wood to use a base for a hand mold....

 

[ripjack13]

Then I started to finish gluing som segments for a pen blank....

 

[T. Ben]

I started milling up some cedar for bird houses. The wife wants some to make with our grandson.
& I'm going to try to make a log cabin looking one.


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I’m looking forward to seeing the log cabin.