What did you do in your shop today?
- Thread starter woodtickgreg
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We could all use a third hand!
I took some big boards and made lots of smaller boards.....
I took a nap
In between a few things in process to fill orders I took some time to work on a cabinet rebuild for myself while the glue dried (This particular Singer sewing machine cabinet is fairly hard to come by and almost always expensive when you do find one) It was given to me for the cost of shipping but so badly water damaged that all of the veneered pieces pretty much fell off. I'm rebuilding it in White oak and reusing a few Walnut pieces that were still usable for contrast.
Started getting stuff into stabilizing resin - will run vacuum tomorrow. Trying to use up material and resin - of course, doesn't help that I purchased a couple more gallons of resin! Will be some nice stuff coming out in the next couple weeks!
Made the race car pen last night,and turned the barrel for an executive pen(out of snake wood) put ca on it,ooops needs to be sanded and coated again.
awesome work!
I can hear it cracking from here!
(Snakewood loves to crack. Nearly every pen made with snakewood will crack. There are some running jokes around here about snakewood cracking. I have a snakewood pen that held up well for more than three years, then suddenly developed several cracks. Speaking of which, @Eric Rorabaugh - has it cracked yet?)
It wasn't on the 4th. I'll look tonight when I get home.
BTW - the blanks you sent me to stabilize for you started their swims through the stabilizing resin last night! They should all be at least double dyed by the time they start on their way back to you!
Hmmm.....okay. I've sent so much stuff, I don't remember what I'm supposed to have coming back. But THANK YOU!!!!
Ah just figured out what it was. Awesome
There is a small one on one end,which is why I went with caI can hear it cracking from here!
(Snakewood loves to crack. Nearly every pen made with snakewood will crack. There are some running jokes around here about snakewood cracking. I have a snakewood pen that held up well for more than three years, then suddenly developed several cracks. Speaking of which, @Eric Rorabaugh - has it cracked yet?)
@ripjack13 will explain more, he's our resident expert on exploded snaked blanks.
This is just some of what I have experienced....
I made one for Don, it lasted 3 years....
Do we need to make a snakewood hall of shame thread, wherein we can document all the different times and ways that snakewood frustrates us or breaks our wood-loving hearts? I've given up on it - I refuse to work with it anymore.
Now that would be funny....