Back when trucks were used for work instead of hauling kids, groceries, and sportsballs.
What did you do in your shop today?
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They are still around,we bought my fil’s truck when he passed. Pic sucks but…… takes some getting used to a regular cab whe you’ve had an extended one for years.
FINALLY, got around to finishing some sanding blocks that I started many months ago and just left sitting around. Sanding areas are all roughtly 3" wide x 6" long. Annoyingly, I found that the rubber I ordered for the bottoms was harder than I had wanted but I went with it anyway.
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I made these. Hex wrenches for adjusting the truss rods and attaching bolt on necks. The piddely little hex wrenches they send with the truss rods are too short. So ordered longer hex wrenches from a machine tool supplier, ball head (makes it easier to find the socket with the wrench at a slight angle, reaching through the sound hole). Used Dremel to ground out a groove in two pieces of cherry and two piece of myrtle, ground off the short end of the hex wrenches so they'd wouldn't extend beyond the wood handle. Glued the pieces together using two part epoxy and sanded smooth. One for me, one for my guitar coach.
I also cut out all the pieces for a hallway table I want to make. Top and legs are ambrosia maple I got from David ( @gvwp ). It'll roughly be 44" x 14", with a single small drawer in the center. Top and 8 legs from ambrosia maple. Lower shelf and the apron made from leftover poplar I have from the printer stand I made a while ago. Have to wait for nicer weather again now.
Oh, I got a fifth of this!! Need it to make shellac for the french polish on guitar #3. Interestingly, they keep Everclear behind the counter, not out on the shelves with the rest of the booze.
I also cut out all the pieces for a hallway table I want to make. Top and legs are ambrosia maple I got from David ( @gvwp ). It'll roughly be 44" x 14", with a single small drawer in the center. Top and 8 legs from ambrosia maple. Lower shelf and the apron made from leftover poplar I have from the printer stand I made a while ago. Have to wait for nicer weather again now.
Oh, I got a fifth of this!! Need it to make shellac for the french polish on guitar #3. Interestingly, they keep Everclear behind the counter, not out on the shelves with the rest of the booze.
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Finally got my tail in gear and hung 4 sheets of drywall and started emptying boxes so I can clear floorspace. About 10 boxes worth so far.
Moved the frig from Denise’s she shed……
All the books and shelves will probably have to be reorganized, but at least the boxes are off the floor.
Moved the frig from Denise’s she shed……
All the books and shelves will probably have to be reorganized, but at least the boxes are off the floor.
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I moved the burls around AGAIN, today. Gotta get going on these soon.
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Garry, very similar wheels for sure. Thank you!
The manual swap was a breeze but transmissions seem to be much heavier than they used to be. A transmission jack was a close friend & partner thru the process.
The M5OD-R2 was a factory option so all the parts were directly interchangeable, holes were already in place and most of the hardware came with the swap parts. It took several months to acquire all of the correct parts and refurbish them. Then 2 weekends to do it. In my 30's this would have been a one weekend job. Getting the transmission input shaft the last half inch into the pilot bearing was the most difficult part.
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Well finished up the Black Jack Oak vase today put a pecan base on with bark. All pieces from dads place.
Well don’t know what happen but the last 4 pictures is from a small Burl I found at the base of an old BJOak tree. Didn’t know what it was and threw it in back of pickup. It’s about 2 1/2 inches tall. Turned and hollowed it out. Lots of coolness in it. Thought it was worth throwing on shelf, lots of character,
Edit it’s on a glue block that was removed.
Edit it’s on a glue block that was removed.
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Definitely worth putting on a shelf to admire! Love that spaghetti grain.
No idea it was a Burl. Grew up at base of tree between to roots. Thought it was a puff ball. Instead it broke free and was solid for the most part. Never seen one like it before.
Nice vase Rodney!
Turned big chunks into little chunks. Mainly needed to cut up a chunk of ABW for inserts and get a few bigger pieces of cocobolo I'd been tripping over cut to size. I do love seeing what gets revealed when processing coco. While I had the table saw setup, also processed some green hedge, a stabilized hunk of redwood burl, cleaned up an unknown stabilized burl blank, and took slices off a curly mango slab, some masur birch, and a hunk of YCB burl I've been staring at way too long.
Pics of the processing follow so I don't get scolded, but want to say I continue to be impressed with the little SawStop. One of the coco chunks was a full 3" thick, and it powered through ripping 27" lengths without bogging down a bit.
Pics of the processing follow so I don't get scolded, but want to say I continue to be impressed with the little SawStop. One of the coco chunks was a full 3" thick, and it powered through ripping 27" lengths without bogging down a bit.
Show stopping wood you cut up! Chuck
Great looking wood, but my burning question is the saw. Is that the new compact version?
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My neighbor up the street bought one of those saws and so far he loves it. He's a retired cabinet maker and pretty picky about quality. He's made an outfeed table that attaches when he needs it and a couple jigs for it.
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The contractors or the compact?
I did the same thing you did (big to small) on a big slab of buckeye. Forgot to take the "after" pics, but always shed a little tear for all that's lost in the sawdust! Love your YCB (and the rest)...still have yet to get my hands on some!
Not exactly sure. Looks identical to the one in Henry's photos though.