That is a gorgeous chunk!
What did you do in your shop today?
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Roughed out a few, will sand and finish next time. wht oak, mulberry, sapele
Started turning some pot calls. Got a couple hollowed out and started on the third one (stabilized poplar burl). When you do something REALLY stupid, it's time to quit turning for the night.
What, you're just going to leave us hanging???
No pictures. When you take a stabilized blank and completely turn through the bottom, it's time to throw it in the trash, cut your losses and take a break. I've sold every call I had and need to get some ready. Hurrying costs ya more in the long run.
I’ve got a ten year old neighbor girl who loves to be in my shop. A high wind last fall took down numerous trees in the region and I turned a quick goblet from a limb that I picked out of her yard. I never intended to keep it but the girl kept it and eventually decorated it with watercolor pencils. I was working with Aero Marine 321 epoxy on some wedded goblets so the girl’s goblet and my Coke bottle got a couple doses and some WOP. Neighbor is not using lathes or saws but has been helping with drill/driver and finishing. The other photo is a bowl blank that has been on the shelf for years. She wants to make it a bowl.
I've read a few times, "pics, or it didn't happen." I gotta believe that there's a requirement to post failures, once mentioned!
Way to get the little lady interested. Maybe she'll be a turner later in life
She will sure remember it for years. I recall being a little kid and thinking I was helping on a garage and addition built in the neighborhood.
Yes, definitely pics required!!!
Just , ya know, to help others understand what/why failure occured....so it's not repeated.
Educational opportunity, safety first and all that!
We'll try not to laugh.....out loud.
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Started rough cutting some walnut for a quilt rack.
Follow up to 9702 above. Dyed sapele, third coat of oil on end grain turned black walnut, first coat on oak and mulberry.
Nice!
What color flies do you tie?
I raise chickens and have a rooster or 10. They ain't whiting's but I bet they wouldn't fight a midnight trim of a hackle or three...
Thanks. I can use about any color, but mostly grey and grey barred, the good old Adams color.
Maybe a picture on new post of said roosters... Will see if they will cooperate with that idea.
Nice Garry. I see your tying gear laying on the desk top there. It's almost time - get on those early little black stonefly hatches right at ice out. Skinny fish but they're usually hungry.
That fly plate hanging to the left of your roll top desk, the one with all the flies in it, is kind of intriguing.
That fly plate hanging to the left of your roll top desk, the one with all the flies in it, is kind of intriguing.
A buddy of mine used to call his golden retriever over every once in awhile and trim off a little belly hair when he was tying golden stonefly patterns.
Just one more reason that Goldens are the bestest!
Had a buddy stop by today and asked me to make a handle for a wrench. Too much talk and not enough work so will continue maybe this weekend.
He was my pharmacist until he retired. We were part of a group that enjoyed playing practical Jokes on each other. It got pretty interesting. One night when I was patrolling the downtown area I saw a glow in the sky. I found that the roof of his pharmacy was on fire and had radio dispatch fire units. Dispatch call Richard at home and requested he responde to his business for a reported fire. When he learned I had called the fire in, he figured it was another joke and wasn’t going to respond. He eventually did.
He was my pharmacist until he retired. We were part of a group that enjoyed playing practical Jokes on each other. It got pretty interesting. One night when I was patrolling the downtown area I saw a glow in the sky. I found that the roof of his pharmacy was on fire and had radio dispatch fire units. Dispatch call Richard at home and requested he responde to his business for a reported fire. When he learned I had called the fire in, he figured it was another joke and wasn’t going to respond. He eventually did.
