What did you do in your shop today?

Mr. Peet said:
Power carving? Otherwise, not sure I understand...
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Yep. I have a nice foredom I've been using outside. But since its cold n wet and that darn white crap keeps showing up here, it's been sitting unused for a few months.
 
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ripjack13 said:
Yep. I have a nice fordom I've been using outside. But since its cold n wet and that darn white crap keeps showing up here, it's been sitting unused for a few months.
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Thanks, oh, by the way, I did not want any so after the 4 inches of passing flurries I sent them your way for the weekend.
 
@ripjack13 , did you convert your Grizzly dust collector to a solid filter. Friend referred me to Wynn Environmental as they make conversions. Just wondering looking at your shop and the new dust filter. Great find by the way.
 
Cut into a cottonwood log I've been hoping would spalt before it rotted. Not going to happen, but did turn this ugly blank. Tiny bit of spalting on the one edge, but that will probably disappear when final turned. Should have just thrown it away, but is a nice size for a salad bowl for everyday use if it isn't too ugly when dry. Was also good practice trying to minimize tearout...

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I had wanted to work in the shop today. But it was on the cold side out there - about 20 inside the garage - and, since I'm still recovering from being sick, my lungs couldn't handle more than a few minutes of the cold air. It's supposed to be warmer this coming week, so I am hoping to get into the shop on Sunday.

Today I did pick up some plywood for some shelves/cabinets I want to build for the shop. I also picked up an electric garage heater that will get installed and wired in when we run the sub-panel and electrical in the garage.
 
Had to work today, go grocery shopping after work too. But I did manage to get in the shop and clean up around the lathe, put some turning stuff away, and found a home for my growing collection of nova jaws in the big tool box. Cleared the top of the table saw to get ready for sawing the next project.
Lathe is ready for me when I get back to it.
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That's all I got done down there today. I hope to get some quality shop time tomorrow.
 
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Well, after "real ID" application (all morning) we did barn chores for my brother mid-day. Used his sander to clean up a few samples. They are mostly from a trade with another IWCS member in Alberta Canada. There are a few from @Texasstate , Claro, peach and Chechen burl and one from @Nubsnstubs ,mesquite root burl. Lighting is poor, one with lights one, other off. There is lemon, pear, crabapple and mayday cherry in the mix too.

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Working on why truck won’t start. 02 Chev 2500 w/diesel. Cranks fine, bled the fuel filter then tried putting on new one and bled it too...nothing. Bad fuel???
Injectors only have about 40 or 50 k on them and was running fine.:whatever:
 
@TimR
If a diesel wont start it's not getting fuel. But I bet you already know that. Might be the fuel shut off cylinoid?
 
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TimR said:
Thanks, hadn’t thought of solenoid. Time to see what’s on web for identifying and diagnose of it.
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discovered mine wouldn’t start because it was low on oil. Hadn’t been good about checking it, had not suspected an issue. My brother, a professional diesel mechanic had seem my model ford burn oil through the injectors. One of the examples he knew about ran fine , started fine, even had decent fuel mileage, but the thing burned a quart every 500 miles.

your injectors sound good, so doubt that is issue, but wanted to mention it just in case. Best wishes, I hate that feeling of being stuck.
 
Well, busy morning, barn chores, firehall breakfast, church, chores and SHOP TIME...ok, just a few hours but worth it and enjoyed.

From top left, 1. @d242 yellow birch burl, 2. @Lou Currier black mangrove, 3. @Diver Temple sweetgum burl, 4. @Nubsnstubs Fremont poplar burl, 5. @LabsRUsII kingwood, 6. spalted rubberwood,7. @Texasstate Vasticola burl 8. @vegas urban lumber Nam pallet, 9. & 10. Chamise burl, 11. Norway spruce root, 12. rubberwood with pith, 13. boonaree burl, 14. spalted sugar maple, 15. broken hill gidgee 16. quaking aspen root, 17. Norway spruce root, boxed pith and 18. blue spruce with bear claw.


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Trev, this piece is a lighter blue than shown, front and back, thank you.
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Bear claw blue spruce, have to hold it just right.
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