Finished some more pens 
What did you do in your shop today?
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Finished some more pens
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Nice pens Lou! The first revolver is my favorite.
Nice
They are all nice. You should be feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Very nice pens. Where do you get that revolver kit from?
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Only got in the shop for a little bit tonight. Not much to show, just planned some boards down to 1/2"
I didn't really spend much time in my shop, but did complete the 34 tables that I was refinishing for a new restaurant here in midtown Tucson. Then headed out to my friends welding shop to complete the tool rests I'm making for a couple WBer's. I believe it looks as good as better than ole lyle jamisons welds. But I'm not a welder. Check out the pictures.
At least this one was welded onto the mismeasured post by @Gdurfey. The others I'm making will be welded by someone who knows how to weld. I'm gonna stick to the mill and lathe when I'm at this shop. .............. Jerry (in Tucson)
At least this one was welded onto the mismeasured post by @Gdurfey. The others I'm making will be welded by someone who knows how to weld. I'm gonna stick to the mill and lathe when I'm at this shop. .............. Jerry (in Tucson)
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@Nubsnstubs . Shouldn't the rest be curved the other way. It's welded on up side down
Good observation, Lee, but this one is for me if it will work on my Oneway banjo. it definitely wouldn't work on the PM banjo. It would need a 7 3/4" post. On some of the pedestals I make on my larger stuff, I need a rest that curves opposite of most rests. I made one back about 2 years ago that has a 3 1/2" tool bar. I found it doesn't give me the reach I need. It does work pretty good between the chuck and bowl bottom when making the transition between the pedestal and bowl bottom. I simply turn it where the curve works with the transition. The bar might be too long to actually do any hard turning, especially on the end. But for removing tenons, it's sturdy enough. ............... Jerry (in Tucson)
anything to cause confusion and mayhem...…..Thanks Jerry!!!! 
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I got a new shop stool! Got it off of letgo. Needed a couple of missing screws, and all the screws tightened. It's much more stable than my old stool and it also swivels and gives me a place to put my feet when I'm scrolling still.
The old worn out wobbly stool.
new all metal sturdy stool with swivel seat.
Old and new. New one is a little more modern and industrial looking I think. Its comfy and the right height at my scroll saw.
The old one will go to the curb on trash day, someone might pick it up.
The old worn out wobbly stool.
new all metal sturdy stool with swivel seat.
Old and new. New one is a little more modern and industrial looking I think. Its comfy and the right height at my scroll saw.
The old one will go to the curb on trash day, someone might pick it up.
Actually got some woodworking done. Building new pull tab boxes for the Legion in town. Got everything ready to sand and urethane, just need to do the drawer dividers for the cash tomorrow morning.
Not today but over the weekend milled a few samples...
Top left 2 angelique, zebra wood, 2 padauk, 2 teak and American holly with flame grain. Basically woods I already had, but different cuts or grain patterns of those species I did not have.
Top left 2 angelique, zebra wood, 2 padauk, 2 teak and American holly with flame grain. Basically woods I already had, but different cuts or grain patterns of those species I did not have.
Forgive me if you've already posted it somewhere, but, where do you keep em all? In a bookcase or something? And, Does it take up a whole wall? Or, even better, the whole room full of bookcases!?
Uh oh...I'm drooling just typing this out thinking about it......mmmmm
Man I wish I had a welder....
I only have a few. Wife wants them to cover a wall, which sounds cool, but with UV exposure, would depreciate the reason for having them. At this time all my samples fit in two legal width file cabinets, each 5 drawer, 25" deep drawers. I have 60 samples per box, 3 boxes per drawer for most of the drawers. So I still have room to add. The issue is storing the wood to be processed into samples. Most needs time to season or at least acclimate. A large USPS box often results in 3-20 samples depending on the stock, rough rounds or already milled.File cabinets are in the living room. Sample trading is a thing of the past, so those 3-20 samples are often just 2 or 3 samples with blanks to hopefully back trade or sell to make the idea of collecting even logical. Basically a losing idea sine 2010. I have hundreds of trading samples in boxes from the 1990's.
My mulberry gondolas are dry now, so took the first one to the shop and got it sanded and ready for some finish.
Also got some oil on a little Apple bowl finished the other day.
Also got some oil on a little Apple bowl finished the other day.
That apple is wild looking. Really like the mulberry too.
It's a little crotch section with cracks, white rot and black staining. Was just going to toss it, but figured what the heck, might as well play with it and see how it turns out. I'll post some better pics when after I get a few more coats of oil on it.
Oh very nice. I love the color of the mulberry!