What did you do in your shop today?

I see the same looking red colored wood where I work…. Also on crates from India. I’m guessing it’s really hard?
 
woodtickgreg said:
I actually have no clue, lol. I dont use exotics very much.
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Ah. Well perhaps that is it. The provenance of the wood would argue against it (Khaya doesn't grow in India as far as I know) but since it's from a crate, the provenance is less useful since the crate could be from elsewhere originally but reused when you got it.
 
phinds said:
Ah. Well perhaps that is it. The provenance of the wood would argue against it (Khaya doesn't grow in India as far as I know) but since it's from a crate, the provenance is less useful since the crate could be from elsewhere originally but reused when you got it.
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The crate was made in India as well, if that means anything.
 
Ray D said:
I had our buyer inquire about what wood was used in their crates but I got a vague answer.
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I asked a sales man about what kind of wood was in a table once, he said Asian hardwood, lol. I guess that was a safe answer that meant I don't know. :sarcastic:
 
That was a better answer than what I got. I was told “it’s a common wood….similar to your pine tree”. Lol. ???
 
What did I do today? Hmmm, well, I looked at my new(to me) jointer and thought about either tying in the power to the table saw outlet, or adding a sub panel and rewiring the entire basement workshop.
Still undecided. I might end up doing both, option A as a temporary fix.
 
pixeltim said:
What did I do today? Hmmm, well, I looked at my new(to me) jointer and thought about either tying in the power to the table saw outlet, or adding a sub panel and rewiring the entire basement workshop.
Still undecided. I might end up doing both, option A as a temporary fix.
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I'd like to see pics of that old iron. We have a thread here somewhere on vintage American iron, or something like that.
 
Jonkou said:
Nope, here’s an abbreviated tutorial.

1. mount on waste block, true/size blank, drill hole with carbide forstner and mark reference lines

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2, turn recess

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3. turn top radius blending with recess

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4. part to finished height

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5. rough in bottom radius

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6. finish bottom radius to waste block and blend with top radius then sand to completion

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7. part off

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8. dress waste block for the next, if all goes well lose abt 1/16 so can mount 20 + blanks on a 2” block

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9. mount on chuck to finish turn and sand bottom to completion

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10. apply finish

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@ripjack13 @Tony
A mod needs to move this to its own thread for a tutorial
 
I had to re sand my coffee table top, i went to shine it up and it looked like total garbage,so i am starting over. Did have time to start my first hollow form. It's chrysanthimum root,i think,from @Byron Barker. I tried to leave a liite of the "bark" well you can see what happened. I need to finish sanding and putting finish on it.

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T. Ben said:
I had to re sand my coffee table top, i went to shine it up and it looked like total garbage,so i am starting over. Did have time to start my first hollow form. It's chrysanthimum root,i think,from @Byron Barker. I tried to leave a liite of the "bark" well you can see what happened. I need to finish sanding and putting finish on it.

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Did it have insect damage? That void is pretty surprising . I’ve never seen that before. Looks lovely regardless!
 
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