Congrats! Looks like a great practical unit! Chuck
What did you do in your shop today?
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I don't go anywhere on holidays so it's a good time to get some things done around the work bench. On days like this, when I have most of the day, I like to do a lot of cutting and shaping and rough sanding while I have all the stuff rolled out onto the driveway. That way when I only have a little time or it's a rainy day or something I can keep working on stuff inside on the bench. The hard part is remembering where I put all the pieces.
Lots of projects in progress!!!
Today was band saw practice day. I replaced the thinner blade with the wider, 3TPI blade and did some resawing. Started with some cholla slices that Jerry sent me ( @Nubsnstubs ) and those went really well. Ended up making 3 panels for future use such as box lids. Two have a tiny spline in the glue joint, one does not. Then I decided to see what else I could screw up. Some time ago Joe ( @wood128 ) sold me some chunks of citrus. We aren't sure what kind but leaning toward grapefruit. I tried once before to resaw it and it didn't go well, blade skewed off to the side, tapered irregular cut, etc. But today it went pretty well - got 4 nice even slices all around 3/8" thick. Still need a little leveling out but close enough that I know I can work with them. It's still hard, just had to not force the wood through the saw. Then the wind really picked up and blew all the saw dust into my garage so I quit and cleaned up.
Finally got so turning done. Nothing fancy at all but I modified a Penn State pencil kit to remove the center band. The instructions actually state the width of the band so I didn’t even need the calipers for that step. I had some replacement tubes the correct diameter and 10” long. Used a tubing cutter. Problem on first 2 is the flex of the long drill bit I was using. Didn’t start straight but with a slimline kit it worked out okay. On the third I used my Brad point bit, went as far as I could and then switched to the longer bit.
2 are stabilized spalted maple and the third is mesquite. Can’t remember who I got the mesquite blank from but very well may have been packing peanuts from @Bean_counter. Whoever it was, my photo does not do it justice.
2 are stabilized spalted maple and the third is mesquite. Can’t remember who I got the mesquite blank from but very well may have been packing peanuts from @Bean_counter. Whoever it was, my photo does not do it justice.
Got a start on putting in my dust collector.
Finally got back in the shop and got these roughed out.
Sweet!
Walked through it to feed the 4 cats out back.
Now for my next act…………
Finished hanging the collector. Dang this thing is big. Just for reference, that’s a 10’ ceiling. It will live in a quiet closet. The opening up high is a passive pass thru back into the shop so I don‘t suck all the AC or heat out.
Finished hanging the collector. Dang this thing is big. Just for reference, that’s a 10’ ceiling. It will live in a quiet closet. The opening up high is a passive pass thru back into the shop so I don‘t suck all the AC or heat out.
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Another twice turned off the shelf piece to experiment with Jo Sonja paints. Maple under the paint.
You need to go take a nap now?
And very unique bowl Tom ( @Tom Smart ). I'm not a big fan of painted pieces but that looks great, especially the inside.
I played around with my next experiment - so far so good.
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2 days of after the day job work. Now I have sanding and finishing ahead of me.....
Now that is production. Looks like maybe Sierra/Wall Street kits? Look great.
Sanded a trio from the other day then got side tracked by CA exercise on NIP.
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Just a little time in the shop while I listened to my Aggies get their act together and win the first game of the regionals. I always knew to prep pieces and doing so allowed me to make another quick pencil. This time in Texas Ebony. Again, my photography does not do it justice. My blank had just a little sap wood on it but with this Slimline kit it turned away.
That's a classy looking pen.
That's downright,regal - Texas style!
Got my Mom back to her apartment from the hospital Monday. Had to run down to replace the sieve towers in her O2 generator yesterday, then mow the lawn and prune the lilac (they say to prune it right after all the blossoms dry up). So today was the first day in quite some time I had absolutely no other commitments. No rain in the forecast so rolled my tools out into the driveway and made some sawdust.
Exploded view of walnut box I've been working on. Today's task was sanding and applying the first coat of poly.
Also decided to take advantage of the table saw and miter saw already being out to rough out another box. This is made from some citrus Joe ( @wood128 ) sold me in July last year. This wood is hard but I think it's going to polish up really nice so maybe just an oil finish on this one. Have to run a test maybe. Have to figure out what to make for a lid too.
Exploded view of walnut box I've been working on. Today's task was sanding and applying the first coat of poly.
Also decided to take advantage of the table saw and miter saw already being out to rough out another box. This is made from some citrus Joe ( @wood128 ) sold me in July last year. This wood is hard but I think it's going to polish up really nice so maybe just an oil finish on this one. Have to run a test maybe. Have to figure out what to make for a lid too.
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