What did you do in your shop today?

Turned another handle for a round carbide chisel. Check out the figure in this walnut, cell phone probably doesn't do it justice but it's what I have right now.
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This is the end result of my last 2 afternoons in the shop. The big hollower is 32" end to end. Hollower handle is IRW from florida, beautiful figure in it.
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The hollower is actually an oops from when I was making them. I snapped a tap of in the end so I had to regrind it and start all over and made it shorter. Now it is an intermediate tool for the middle of a vessel.
 
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So I was at the shop for awhile today working on some sewing stuff. Got home about 5, was still about 70 degrees out, you're the carb apart, stated the mill for the first time in who knows how long and slabbed out a log. I'll get some more slabbed out, cut some bowl and vase blanks and start listing stuff for sale finally...

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I finished cutting some wood for Mr Peet. Walnut from French Joe Canyon about 1 mile south of Kartchner Caverns State Park near Benson, Arizona. Then 2 more pieces of Walnut that I got from Walnut Grove, Arizona, on the Hassayampa River. Also, a bunch of Fremont Cottonwood from 7 miles east of the River on Milk Creek.
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There is also one piece of Texas Ebony I got a couple years ago in Green Valley, Arizona. A better view.
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This was for the trade we did in 'What's in the mail thread'.. ........... Jerry (in Tucson)
 
Not IN but ON today— 3 things:
1. Managed to caulk/seal the flashing that I’d put on to keep water from running down the wall, been needing to do that— and it was HOT up there.
2. Treated part of the roof of main shop— had realized when doing addition that one side had many years of leaves, etc— not good for metal roof!
Used the same stuff for trailer roofs, etc (20 million trailers can’t be wrong). Stuff was like peanut butter, but my $2 walmart broom did great. Did I say it was hot?
3. I’d used repurposed sheet metal roofing/siding for the addition roof. (Ok I’m thrifty). Some of it just wouldn’t make a good joint— so I used a lot of the same sealer with my broom spreader.— just on the joints that I’d marked— Man! It was hot up there.
No pics—maybe later.
Oh and it would qualify as social distancing—nobody offered to help. Solitude was good.
 
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Yesterday I put my new used disc sander together and cleaned it up.
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Then I picked out some boards for my next project t.
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And I stared at this pile of turning blanks trying to figure out where to put it. I really need to move it to make room for machines.
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