What did you do in your shop today?
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Did you know that Texas is Short by 30 miles of being a square?????????????.......... Jerry (in Tucson)
Nice day in the shop. Let me get photos loaded and I will edit from the iPad
the speaker box is almost done. I just want to give it a spray finish and then assemble it. I won’t make a lot of these. Glad it was on sale for $20 instead of regular price. Will be okay in my office where it needs to be quiet anyway, but it would never work in the shop!!
and have 6 more of the cheese cutting boards sanded to 120. Goofed on my thinking, should not have made three out of the shorter board, so 3 are pretty small. But, they will work.
second edit: cutting board: walnut, maple, padauk, yellow heart, Purple Heart, and oak. The speaker box is maple (big leaf) and Purple Heart in the middle.
the speaker box is almost done. I just want to give it a spray finish and then assemble it. I won’t make a lot of these. Glad it was on sale for $20 instead of regular price. Will be okay in my office where it needs to be quiet anyway, but it would never work in the shop!!
and have 6 more of the cheese cutting boards sanded to 120. Goofed on my thinking, should not have made three out of the shorter board, so 3 are pretty small. But, they will work.
second edit: cutting board: walnut, maple, padauk, yellow heart, Purple Heart, and oak. The speaker box is maple (big leaf) and Purple Heart in the middle.
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Just a tip in case you haven't heard it. After your final sanding grit, dust it off really well (I use microfiber cloths), then mist them with water just enough to get the whole surface wet. Let it thoroughly dry, then hit it again with the same grit just enough to knock the grain down, don't oversand.
Prepped some boxes for a Beads of Courage drive. Still need lids then sand, glue and finish. 4.5w x 6l x 4.25h “ inside.
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Well, I just had to try this old fence post. Okay, back to ornaments and snowmen
i think there are so many checks it will just continue to fly apart.
i think there are so many checks it will just continue to fly apart.
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As usual I wasn't in the shop. But last night and today I vacuum sealed and froze a case of broccoli and a case of sugar snap peas. Love free food.
Also not really in the shop, but completed my little speaker project. Again, not very good quality sound, but nice looking for a desk.
forgot to mention in another post: I am thankful for the guy that invented the small random orbital sander!!
forgot to mention in another post: I am thankful for the guy that invented the small random orbital sander!!
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Hey experts, need some help. Completing these cheese cutting boards, I used Padauk and got some bleed over into my other strips. Tried to blow it off and wipe it off before adding oil, but looks as though I needed to clean it somehow. Any suggestions?.
I don’t have a good answer for you, Garry, other than carefully sanding it back. I’ve experienced this a few times and have always had bleed over to some degree. I’ve found the best way to keep it from happening is to not use padauk.
Could not wait, the snowmen will be practiced on tomorrow.
So very happy that the wood seems more solid than I first thought. However, I don’t have a hollowing rig yet, so what else could it be?? Am very open to suggestions, I just wanted to see if the color was what I had hoped.
I am just sanding the cookie, I think it would look cool as part of a centerpiece. Maybe drill 3 or so holes for votive candles. Then a wreath around it??
So very happy that the wood seems more solid than I first thought. However, I don’t have a hollowing rig yet, so what else could it be?? Am very open to suggestions, I just wanted to see if the color was what I had hoped.
I am just sanding the cookie, I think it would look cool as part of a centerpiece. Maybe drill 3 or so holes for votive candles. Then a wreath around it??
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Well, got impatient since I have other pieces and I cut it in half. Will work on my end grain bowl skills. I think I will make a box out of one of the other pieces. Be large, but why not?
not hollowed and just sanded to 150 so far. Just a small bit of walnut oil to see if the color was going to pop. It did.
not hollowed and just sanded to 150 so far. Just a small bit of walnut oil to see if the color was going to pop. It did.
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Hoping you would get impatient because I wanted to see this project. Wood looks interesting.
Haven't gotten much done in the shop this week, spent most of my week off re-wiring the upper level of my house. In my area having a well insulated house is crucial. Any where really it's important, but it gets pretty cold around here. We bought the house last fall and I didn't get around to the insulation. When I got up into the attic I realized that I couldn't insulate it further until I eliminated all the active knob and tube wiring that was still up there. So I set to work this week pulling wire for all the lights, switches and outlets. This old house has 9' 6" ceilings so all the walls were framed with a 8' wall then a 2' knee wall on top.....so I had to drill through 2 sets of sill /top plates to get the wire down for each run. This would have been an expensive endeavor if I had to hire it out. Glad I know how to do it. I've gone through 15 single boxes, 2 doubles, and a triple. 18 j-boxes and 500' of wire. I'm beat....time for a whiskey and a movie with my honey.
Okay, done until I get my new rest so I can use my Tail Stock Steady. Also needs a bit more sanding.......letting it rest. Incredibly happy with this find as I was just cutting this downed tree as stove wood. About 5 1/2 diameter and 3 1/2 high.
Looks great. Can we get a shot of the inside pith when you get a finish on it?
Sure will Bill. Thanks.
Garry, reminds me a lot of Norfolk Island Pine. Looks great.
Installed some small toggle clamps to my crosscut sled. They work great and will hold up to 1 1/4” thick pieces. Setup to hold on both sides of cut.
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Cleaning shop because I can’t put the new shop’s early Christmas present into the dirty space where the Grizzly was. Just couldn’t do it. After sneezing, coughing and being miserable since I got back into the shop I sprung for better dust collection. I found myself not using the Grizzly because every time I turned it on this cloud of dust would erupt from the bag. So, I went with the canister model. Plus I will increase wearing my mask; even wearing it while I was sweeping.
one gripe with Jet that is shared by one of the guys down at Woodcraft is that I ended up chasing almost every thread on the unit. Luckily I had metric taps and it really wasn’t that big of a deal but......anyway, one of those things. This model was on sale more than their standard sale discount.
one gripe with Jet that is shared by one of the guys down at Woodcraft is that I ended up chasing almost every thread on the unit. Luckily I had metric taps and it really wasn’t that big of a deal but......anyway, one of those things. This model was on sale more than their standard sale discount.
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