Actually just gloating...
but, yeah. That is some nasty focus on the first pic fo shore.
What did you do in your shop today?
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but, yeah. That is some nasty focus on the first pic fo shore.
In the shop today working on a couple of turning projects. Have my sandpaper in plastic drawers mounted on the wall. Opened up the 220 gr drawer and there is the stop bolt for the 3520B that has been missing for months. Torn the shop apart looking for it. The bolt screws in between the ways so I don't slide the banjo off accidentally and drop it on my foot. How did it get in that drawer. Going to me talking to my wife about this. I don't mess with her stuff.
She didnt touch it. It was the dang shop gremlins! I know this from several years of experience. "It's where ever you left it" is a familiar phrase right before "oh that? I didnt know what that was."
Bill, that goes in the little storage area behind the door on your 3520b tail stock. That’s where mine is, I think. Maybe I’d better go check.....
Yes Tom I agree. I keep mine in a HF magnetic dish on the head stock. Also keep a couple of Alan wrenches I use all the time and paraffin there.
I have to blame it on somebody. She is a supporter of shop activities and bought both lathes for me.
Can’t imagine how it got in that drawer.
You got paraffin that is magnetic! Link please!!
My paraffin isn’t all that magnetic but it manages to stay in the dish as long as the lathe isn’t bouncing around too much.
Ok, you just tease'n now! Definitely has some birdseye in it (some might call it something else) and it looks like maple to me. But what do I know. Beautiful piece. Is it's forever home atop the plateau or does it like to travel?Moving some stock around so I could get to the scroll saw. Thought about @Mike Hill when I grabbed this one to move it. Just wanted to sorta, well, you know, see if he could identify this board for me
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I'll be waiting to see what the obit says about cause of death!
It hasn't told me yet. It may like to ride pickup trucks,
I dont know... I haven't cleaned up any of its mates to see what figure they may have. I do however, currently have him leaned up on a piece of curly ' sassafras' unless said board changes specie when I sand into it
. I dont have my drum sander up and running at the moment.
Have not worked sassafras. How does it smell when working?
Root beer
That's what I had heard!
Need to try some of that!
It is an open pore wood like oak or ash or chestnut. Workability is around ash/chestnut. Also mildly weather resistant. Probably only have around 20 to 30 bd foot in my stash. That is a tiny batch for a wood pile of thousands of board feet. Usually stained because it's natural color tends toward a greenish tone..
@2feathers Creative Making - I would like to get in line if you are planning to move some of the curly sassafras down the road.It hasn't told me yet. It may like to ride pickup trucks,
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Curly Sassafras, yet another wood sample I lack...It hasn't told me yet. It may like to ride pickup trucks,
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I'm outside of my shop. On the steps watching the maple syrup boil. So I unwound an extension cord and got out my dremel to work on my pipe for the challenge.
