Basket case if I had to call it.....
What did you do in your shop today?
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In March 2024, one of my turning buddies scored a couple of walnut trees down along the Yakima river. It was taxing to get this piece on the bandsaw and then on the lathe. The bottom was rough turned today.
Not in my "shop", had to mow the lawn already. But.... BIG shoutout to Briggs & Straton. My old mower, bought 1998, started up, first time, one pull. Gotta love those old Briggs & Straton engines. Too bad more things didn't run that well or with that little effort.
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Not in my shop but will be. I did get notification that my Harvey T-60 is on the way to me and should be here by next week!
Well it was done in my shop, and it does have wood on it!
That's a beauty! Been awhile since you posted your handiwork! Chuck
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How long does it take you to do a piece like that Barry?
How long does it take you to do a piece like that Barry?
Just love the composition and execution- that little bit tiny bit of regal blue violet (noble purple) and that Hermes’s orange at the left corner gives it that "je ne sais quoi". Excellent work of finding the correct back ground of variegated grays to work with the natural fauna earth tones along with the rustic wood panels which really create that “layer” of foreground, middle ground and back ground! Your masterful work needs to be seen and exhibited in the right gallery Barry @Wildthings!
Well, I do them in batches now a days instead of working one all the way through but if I had a thawed or fresh duck at 8:00 am, I could have him mounted, posed and carded by about 4:00 pm. Then give about 10 days for drying, a little finish work, glamour shots and contacting the client.
Now I batch them. For instance, I'll take 4 frozen birds out tonight to thaw overnight. The next day I'll skin them all. Then flesh them all. Wash and rinse them all four times each. Do any repairs and take notes on damage. Produce and order list for those. Package, label and refreeze them.
At a later date I'll spend a morning prepping the forms, preparing wires and injecting and posing the feet that I previously separated from the skins.
On another day I'll paint the previously injected now dry feet and the reproduction heads.
Finally, the day comes that I'll take back out the frozen prepped skin, grab the prepped form, the painted injected wired feet, painted head and of course wires for the wings, neck and attachment. Then treat the skin, dry the feathers, install wires in the wings, install prepped form in skin, reinstalled prepped feet into skin on form, sew up the incision, install head onto neck wire, insert eyes, glue skin to head, tuck the eye skin, install attachment wire to bird and then to driftwood, Then I begin preening starting with the wings after I positioning them. Pin the flight webs, then shingle the primaries, then secondaries, then the tertiaries. Next comes the coverts upper and lowers. Then I set the tails feather with silicone caulking and preen them. All of those get carded after the preening.
Let's see, did I leave anything out. Hmmmm yeah but I ain't giving up all my secrets
Well said Arn. Exactly what I was trying to acheive!!
Thanks for Taxidermy 101 Barry. I thought it would take much longer than a single day to complete one mount. You do such nice work. And I've always heard birds were the hardest things to do.
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I started a side project for a friend.
No longer a clamp holder, it's morphing into a basket box now. And my work bench is a complete cluster mess again!!
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Started prep on figuring out where the new lathe will go. It's supposed to be delivered on Tuesday! 
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What did you get?Started prep on figuring out where the new lathe will go. It's supposed to be delivered on Tuesday!
What did you get?
Harvey T60S.
Harvey T60S.
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Be sure and do a review of it when you get it.
Cleaned out the old lathe and all the other stuff! Now have an 8 x 10 space waiting. I heard it was on the truck and heading here Tuesday. Not sure if that wall will come down and move. Need to see how it fits and how long the cord is.
That is so cool, FLOOR. Been a long time since I've mine.
Does your file cabinet sit directly on the concrete? If so, step it up with a few rubber blocks. Wood blocks wick moisture, rubber will not. Having a 1/2 air space limits moisture pocketing and rusting the cabinet to the floor and rusting in general. Same with the poured wall. We have done many clean-outs and found them on wood blocks and rotted. Plywood bottoms were the worst, covered with black mold below the bottom drawer inside the cabinet. Homeowners never saw it.
Good Idea. Not sure if it will stay there. If so I will use some of the rubber mat I have or a couple hockey pucks to make feet. Going to try and make it easier to shovel out with the new setup.
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i heard the aaaaaahhaw and bells like when jesus arrives when seeing shop floor clean
there was also a warm glow of sunlight rays in the background
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