Can you all believe that we have already finished the month of January. Well we are real close to having it finished. Wasn't it just the holiday season and New Years? Oh well time is definitely flying.

It has been raining here seems like everyday for the past two weeks. We are looking like a nice weekend with mild temperatures and good weather. I would love to get some finish on the cedar chest this weekend. It has been so humid I was a little afraid to try to spray the shellac. My DE-humidifier has been running wide open and can't seem to catch up.

So I guess that will be the main focus for me this weekend. Getting the finish on the chest and just some general cleanup in the shop as I get ready to start a run of cutting boards and other items for the craft shows that will start for me in March.

What are you guys and gals working on this weekend. Things in the shop? Working on the shop? Projects around the house, or just working on the HDL that seems to never end.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

Hey John. I wish we were in the shop this weekend. We are moving Ma up to our area, so between loading up a moving van and waiting for escrow to close on her home up here, and today is my oldest girls birthday, and we have a science experiment we still have not gotten off the ground, whew!!!!! It's going to be a busy weekend for sure. I might be able to just step into the ol shop for a brief moment to catch my sanity passing by.

I hope you all have a productive weekend makin sawdust!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops

I will be working on the 10 large picture frames for church that I started on this week. I got everything milled, cut to size, and rabbits cuts for media and backing. Yesterday I got the top cross pieces milled down from 1" to 1/2" so that the media can be slipped in from the top of the frame and I got the biscuit slots cut of the top cross pieces and side pieces. So today I will be working on doing some assembly with the 1/2" thick top cross pieces using the biscuits and the bottom 1" thick cross pieces using pocket screws. My hope is to get all the assembly done today and on Saturday as we will be tied on on Sunday for church and we have some missionary friends out from Nairobi Kenya that we will be hanging with for awhile. Monday I hope to take the frames to a friend's cabinet shop and run them all through his big 60" dual belt sander to level everything out and get ready for finishing.

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Allen Worsham
Corona, CA

allenworsham@earthlink.net

http://www.awcreationsandwoodcrafts.com

'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk' J. Vernon McGee

Gonna try to finish up a group of freedom pens for our troops. I have 20 that I got from the arsenal, the last meeting that I went to and I need to finish them and start on some pen for the Pens for Hope for cancer patients.

Wow sounds like a good friend to have with the 60 wide belt sander.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

It goes to show you it is not what you know but who you know

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Allen Worsham
Corona, CA

allenworsham@earthlink.net

http://www.awcreationsandwoodcrafts.com

'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk' J. Vernon McGee

Last coat of finish on all four little round boxes with legs this AM. Preparing walnut stock for two large (8X6X51/2) band saw boxes. All going to Japan.  

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Hey John, I will actually be working on 6 more submarine coin displays this weekend.  Four of them are being painted black and two are being stained a dark mahogany.  Then I am flying out early Sunday morning to Norfolk, VA for a school the Navy is sending me to.  That means I won't get to do any woodworking for 2 weeks, but oh well, that's what happens!  Have a great weekend!   Oh, and if you have any tips on making cutting boards?  My neighbor would like me to make her one and that will be my next project so any info would be much appreciated!  Thanks

Josh

"Aspiring Woodworker"

 cleaning my shop,  it looks like I am raising hamsters in there.  then honey do list if I have time 

Some more rolling pins!

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Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Finishing up a couple of pocket watch cases Saturday morning and headed to see Red Tails in the P.M.  Sunday going to my youngest grand-daughter's baptism.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Started building 2 drawers for the workbench I made few months before the old table saw die.  Got one made yesterday and mounted it on drawer slide.  Got another made today after all the running around errands done and repairing the tub faucet.  Tomorrow, hopefully get the second drawer mounted and 2 drawer front made and put on handles.  Sometime this weekend I'll draw up sketch for table with 4 drawers to place it between the Grizzly table saw and the work bench and get the materials for it.

Wayne E

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Wayne E

Well it's been a month or so since I've really done anything in the shop. Mostly due to this cold spell we are having. It's been pretty much anywhere from 0 to -20 degrees  and unless it real important I'm not spend the cash on heat .

I still get in my woodworking on the job at the School District. I've been building some cubbies, display cases, bathroom vanitys and counter tops.

trying to find some time to finish a prototype for a Challenge Coin holder...playing around with some old red oak I had laying around...trying fits and coming up with various ideas.....envision in-letting appropriate recesses for the coins -- of course one of them is triangular so time to sharpen the chisels......

Yesterday I got the 5 large frames glued up starting from 10am with the first one and I got the last one in the clamps at 10pm as I had to glue 1 at a time and then let them dry for about 2 hours each. The top rails are joined by glue and biscuits since they are 1/2" thick. The bottom rails are joined with glue and 3 pocket screws on each side as the material is 1" thick. On the back the 2 rabbits are for the printed media (1 1/6" wide by 1/4" deep) and for the hardboard backing (1/2" wide by 1/4" deep). When the backs are installed they will be screwed into the frames as opposed to being glued in so that down the road if they want to put some thicker media in they can remove the back as opposed to just sliding it in from the top. I was going to leave the hanging hardware to the the church as I they still did not know exactly how they were going to hang them. But while I was gluing up the frames I got a call from the Small Groups Pastor who is in charge of this project and he wants me to router out a vertical slot using a key hole bit so that they can hang them on screws mounted into the walls. That is not a problem but it would have been good to know BEFORE I glued these big frames together. So I will have to do them by hand with a plunge base and a clamped on fence as opposed to using my router table. Oh well, it will work out fine.

Here are photos of the front and back of the large frames as they came out of the clamps. The finished size is 43"x43" using 1" thick Beech with the sides and rails at 7 1/2" wide.

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Allen Worsham
Corona, CA

allenworsham@earthlink.net

http://www.awcreationsandwoodcrafts.com

'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk' J. Vernon McGee

Well gang, the missus and I just returned from viewing the movie Red Tails.  The movie is about the Tuskeegee Airman in WWII.  I highly recommend the movie.  It was well done, accurate and definately not a "chick flick".

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

I'm just back from the first showing of the year. I now will be making some cheese and cutting boards for the upcoming show. Fortunately my pe planning on Pizza peels and spatula's has paid off with having enough invnetory left on thee items. My biggest seller was end grain cheese boards which were laminated from thin stock. these are about 9" square and contain over 300 pieces. 

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Round Barn WoodCrafts, Plymouth WI
roundbarnwoodcrafts@hotmail.com

I can't imagine trying to heat the shop when it is that cold. I have a hard enough time here and I am embarrassed to even think about it when you are that cold.

I guess it is a good thing you get to do some woodworking with your job.

Richard McComas said:

Well it's been a month or so since I've really done anything in the shop. Mostly due to this cold spell we are having. It's been pretty much anywhere from 0 to -20 degrees  and unless it real important I'm not spend the cash on heat .

I still get in my woodworking on the job at the School District. I've been building some cubbies, display cases, bathroom vanitys and counter tops.

Wow, it looks like you all are really active right now. I am loving seeing the work on those challenge coin displays. Those are great guys.

Ron, Allen, John and Wayne you all have been turning out the work. Great looking projects!

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

Ron,

Tami and I just got back from seeing Red Tail. It was a good movie and we both enjoyed it. I LOVE those P51's! The sound of those Merlin engines raises the hairs on my arms.

Ron Dudelston said:

Well gang, the missus and I just returned from viewing the movie Red Tails.  The movie is about the Tuskeegee Airman in WWII.  I highly recommend the movie.  It was well done, accurate and definately not a "chick flick".

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks