Steve, that's a bunch. I counted about 60. Is that about right?? Do you use a tenon or recess to hold them? ............ Jerry (in Tucson)
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That is a nice collection Steve. I checked and I have four than I need to finish turn. They have been on the shelf for years.
Therein lies the major issue, and one my wife keeps reminding me of!
I really don't know, but that's part of why I was interested in the Etsy discussion from a previous thread. Part of me would like to sell some to fund the habit, but I'm not sure if my stuff is quite worth selling just yet. Many will most definitely end up being gifts.
I've gone down this path to just learn and improve, but am now faced with a dilemma as it's obviously much faster to crank out rough turned pieces from green wood than wait for them to dry and then return them. And that's why the pile keeps growing
I haven't counted, but I have another 10 or so that are now finally dry and ready to be turned for the second time. These in the pictures are in paper bags up on a shelf in the garage, and I try to weigh them every month to month and a half.
I now use a tenon almost exclusively. I've found, for me anyway, that remounting it with a tenon and getting that trued up is much easier than with a recess. The handle on my tailstock seems to always get in the way when trying to come in directly from the tailstock side, straight in. I see a lot of people do it, but I can't seem to figure out how to position the tool to make it happen? Any suggestions? Coming in from the side on a tenon, or even at a slight angle from the tailstock side, for my dovetail jaws seems so much easier. Would love to hear what others do, and any pros or cons!
That's awesome. Makes me think of people I know who got into tying flies. They got so into it they tied way more flies than they would ever need to fish. They took to selling and giving them away. I know one or two that when their neighbors see them coming, they close the drapes, turn off the lights, and don't answer the door. It's been mentioned on here but many cities run a "bowl auction" type of thing where people buy or bid on a bowl, the proceeds go to a food bank or soup kitchen. The one here, if you buy a bowl, you get access to free soup that day, but those are ceramic / pottery bowls.
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I started selling on Etsy because it got to the point I could not give pens away any longer. Secondarily to hopefully put a few bucks into the tool fund. I'm not a power seller (like Larry @FranklinWorkshops) mostly because I'd rather make sawdust than digits. It does take a bit of time to maintain and the competition is is pretty stiff in pen selling with many selling for what looks to me to be about cost. I do sell at one local craft fair each December and that serves to reduce inventory and put another tool in the box.Therein lies the major issue, and one my wife keeps reminding me of!
I really don't know, but that's part of why I was interested in the Etsy discussion from a previous thread. Part of me would like to sell some to fund the habit, but I'm not sure if my stuff is quite worth selling just yet. Many will most definitely end up being gifts.
I've gone down this path to just learn and improve, but am now faced with a dilemma as it's obviously much faster to crank out rough turned pieces from green wood than wait for them to dry and then return them. And that's why the pile keeps growing
I haven't counted, but I have another 10 or so that are now finally dry and ready to be turned for the second time. These in the pictures are in paper bags up on a shelf in the garage, and I try to weigh them every month to month and a half.
I now use a tenon almost exclusively. I've found, for me anyway, that remounting it with a tenon and getting that trued up is much easier than with a recess. The handle on my tailstock seems to always get in the way when trying to come in directly from the tailstock side, straight in. I see a lot of people do it, but I can't seem to figure out how to position the tool to make it happen? Any suggestions? Coming in from the side on a tenon, or even at a slight angle from the tailstock side, for my dovetail jaws seems so much easier. Would love to hear what others do, and any pros or cons!
I agree with you 100% on the reason for a compression tenon. Accessibility is better and I like the finished results over the expansion process.Therein lies the major issue, and one my wife keeps reminding me of!
I really don't know, but that's part of why I was interested in the Etsy discussion from a previous thread. Part of me would like to sell some to fund the habit, but I'm not sure if my stuff is quite worth selling just yet. Many will most definitely end up being gifts.
I've gone down this path to just learn and improve, but am now faced with a dilemma as it's obviously much faster to crank out rough turned pieces from green wood than wait for them to dry and then return them. And that's why the pile keeps growing
I haven't counted, but I have another 10 or so that are now finally dry and ready to be turned for the second time. These in the pictures are in paper bags up on a shelf in the garage, and I try to weigh them every month to month and a half.
I now use a tenon almost exclusively. I've found, for me anyway, that remounting it with a tenon and getting that trued up is much easier than with a recess. The handle on my tailstock seems to always get in the way when trying to come in directly from the tailstock side, straight in. I see a lot of people do it, but I can't seem to figure out how to position the tool to make it happen? Any suggestions? Coming in from the side on a tenon, or even at a slight angle from the tailstock side, for my dovetail jaws seems so much easier. Would love to hear what others do, and any pros or cons!
My situation is similar to what Steve described. I cut and rough many more than I finish each year. Instead of bags though, I anchor seal everything and they get stacked on shelves after a couple weeks. Also use tenons on everything.
When I started, had almost no bowls to turn, and about died waiting for one to get dry enough to finish. Then I met an old guy selling bowls at a fall festival. He told me that is something almost every new Turner goes through initially. Told me to get busy that fall/ winter, drop a tree or two and rough out as many as possible. Then I'd have lots to turn the following fall. I've got in that habit and now have more bowls that are dry sitting on shelves than I can turn in a year. That doesn't stop me though from cutting more though, I'll probably rough out another 50 or more this winter.
I haven't yet saturated friends and family desire for bowls, so don't have to worry about trying to sell any, for now. What I am doing, is looking for more shelving units....
When I started, had almost no bowls to turn, and about died waiting for one to get dry enough to finish. Then I met an old guy selling bowls at a fall festival. He told me that is something almost every new Turner goes through initially. Told me to get busy that fall/ winter, drop a tree or two and rough out as many as possible. Then I'd have lots to turn the following fall. I've got in that habit and now have more bowls that are dry sitting on shelves than I can turn in a year. That doesn't stop me though from cutting more though, I'll probably rough out another 50 or more this winter.
I haven't yet saturated friends and family desire for bowls, so don't have to worry about trying to sell any, for now. What I am doing, is looking for more shelving units....
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First thing I did today in the shop was help Betty with her singer leather coblers machine.
The issue she was having was the machine had a very aggressive saw tooth pattern on the presser foot, that's what feeds the material through the machine as it sews. You can see here how it was marking the leather.
So we ordered a couple brand new feet to play around with.
My idea was to grind one smooth.
And then round over the edges.
Installed back on the machine.
First test still left a mark along one edge, this is when I rounded over the edges.
And now it is much better and not marking up the leather.
The issue she was having was the machine had a very aggressive saw tooth pattern on the presser foot, that's what feeds the material through the machine as it sews. You can see here how it was marking the leather.
So we ordered a couple brand new feet to play around with.
My idea was to grind one smooth.
And then round over the edges.
Installed back on the machine.
First test still left a mark along one edge, this is when I rounded over the edges.
And now it is much better and not marking up the leather.
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Then I tried out my new shop made grinding wheel dresser.
I marked the wheel with a sharpie all the way around so I could see where it was high and low as I dressed the wheel
Here you can see how it shows the work in progress.
And when the marks are all gone it's done. Now it runs true with much less vibration.
It work great, used very light cuts only turning the feed screw about 1/4 turn at a time and slowly moved the tool back and forth across the rest until it was no longer making contact with the wheel before I advanced it again.
I marked the wheel with a sharpie all the way around so I could see where it was high and low as I dressed the wheel
Here you can see how it shows the work in progress.
And when the marks are all gone it's done. Now it runs true with much less vibration.
It work great, used very light cuts only turning the feed screw about 1/4 turn at a time and slowly moved the tool back and forth across the rest until it was no longer making contact with the wheel before I advanced it again.
Curious on the presser foot, any worries as the smooth foot wears/burnishes/smooths itself that it won't feed?
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So since the wood shop is up and running I'm still working on the metal shop side of the workshop.i gotta get it up and fully running so I can get back to making tools again. So work continues on the grinder pedestals.
I finally found a piece of 10" light channel for my biggest grinder.
I marked it to cut some of the extra length off and cut it on my metal chop saw.
Then I marked, punched, and drilled the holes to mount it. But the bolts I had where to short so I need to pick up some of the correct length.
These 2 pedestals and all the channels will be fabbed up to make it easy to change grinders as needed. I have all the bolts, knobs, and clips that I made for this project. Next there will be layout, drilling, welding, some grinding and painting to complete my idea.
I finally found a piece of 10" light channel for my biggest grinder.
I marked it to cut some of the extra length off and cut it on my metal chop saw.
Then I marked, punched, and drilled the holes to mount it. But the bolts I had where to short so I need to pick up some of the correct length.
These 2 pedestals and all the channels will be fabbed up to make it easy to change grinders as needed. I have all the bolts, knobs, and clips that I made for this project. Next there will be layout, drilling, welding, some grinding and painting to complete my idea.
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Doesn't seem to be an issue so far, we even backed of the tension on the foot. If need be we can add a more tension to it as needed.
@woodtickgreg - Greg, sorry if I missed it, but would you happen to have a link for the single point dresser you used on the grinder setup? I think I might try to make myself one of those tools. My grinder is out of balance, and I suspect the wheels could use truing up (which would hopefully help the balance issue). It's out of balance to the point that I only use my bench grinder if there are no other options in getting the job done...
Man! Y'all sure got shiny stuff! All my stuff looks like it's been sprayed with rust and dirt....
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I dont have a link but I ordered it from MSC. It's a 1/2 × 2 Norton diamond single point.
In my shop today I:
Blew the place out with a leaf blower.
Put legs on the router table I made 4 years ago, and changed out the B&D router for a Porter Cable. Put casters on the table legs.
Destroyed a picture frame I glued up yesterday by not having it in the jig tight while cutting the spline grooves.
Cursed at the Jig and Table saw.
Repurposed a door track into a die grinder rack.
Fixed a shop light.
made holders for all my cordless tools.
Blew the place out with a leaf blower again.
Ran all the electrical cords from the grinders and sanders under the workbench to clear the workbench.
Vacuumed sawdust repeatedly.
Wiped a coating of WD40 on everything metal because humidity was 120% today and everything was wet.
There was probably more but I don't remember....
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Blew the place out with a leaf blower.
Put legs on the router table I made 4 years ago, and changed out the B&D router for a Porter Cable. Put casters on the table legs.
Destroyed a picture frame I glued up yesterday by not having it in the jig tight while cutting the spline grooves.
Cursed at the Jig and Table saw.
Repurposed a door track into a die grinder rack.
Fixed a shop light.
made holders for all my cordless tools.
Blew the place out with a leaf blower again.
Ran all the electrical cords from the grinders and sanders under the workbench to clear the workbench.
Vacuumed sawdust repeatedly.
Wiped a coating of WD40 on everything metal because humidity was 120% today and everything was wet.
There was probably more but I don't remember....
Alan
............okay @Steve in VA , my wife is on the phone said she will take row 5, column 3..............oh wait a second, she is telling me if I thought that might be too dark............how about row 5, column 7? Wait a minute and let me ask Steve as the grid system fell off when it hit the 6th row.Me: Steve is that piece on row 5, consider column 6.5 cause it is crossing column 7?
Steve: Which one?
Me: the unfinished one, it’s yellow with a smear on it. Looks about 10” in diameter.
Steve: that
?Me: no, the other one right there-
the one to the right?
Steve: oh, that one with the beauty mark?
Me:
Me: how about I just take all 3- to the left and right of the one I want.
Steve: okay then, see how easy that was.
