Here it is another Friday, weather still hot although we did get a shower that cooled it off a bit.

 

Well I will be working for a while at my day job to start the weekend off but I hope to get to spend a good part of the day Saturday in the shop. I have the stain on my oak table and should start putting the finish on it this weekend. Can't wait to get this one ready for delivery.

 

 

I have a cedar chest that is glued and sanded. Ready to make the legs and cut the top to size and mount the hinges. Then take the hinges off and put the finish on the outside of the chest.

 

I hope to also cut out a few cutting boards and stay ahead. I have two shows coming up in the next week so I need to have some in the process.

 

I am also hoping for a little time to lay some floor tile in my downstairs bathroom and finish up a long over due remodel.

 

A full and ambitious agenda for me but this way I know I won't get bored.

 

How about you, what is on your agenda this weekend?

Woodworking or just around the house.

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

Nice table John. I see it turned out real well after the oil debacle. You sound real busy. I have a show on sunday. It is suppose to be very hot and humid. Rather have that then rain. Will try and get some pictures later of some things.

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Bob Kloes
www.bobkloes.com

Golf................................................golf........................beer..........................golf................more beer....................

 

Table turned out nice!

 

Woodworking in a few weeks though...

 

-Ace-

Nice table, I really like the clean, "Shakerest" lines.

 

For me, working on a pizza peel.

John, you might try thinning the legs down a hair next time. Not sure what they are now, but another 1/8" less all around might look even nicer. It adds a bit of lightness to the whole table. I don't like too skinny either. Just my thoughts. bob

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Bob Kloes
www.bobkloes.com

I bet I have the weirdest project.  A friend asked me to repair a wooden moose lamp that has two broken antler.  Hence, I'm re-antlering and Alaskan moose.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Not to horn in Ron, but that does sound interesting.

We are packing for a trip to IL for a family reunion. These things are always a blast. Plus, I got the OK from the boss to haul back sever hundred bf of walnut and QSWO! Found some 8/4 in both species. I'm looking forward to it, for sure.

See ya'll in about 3 weeks.

That would almost make a family reunion worthwhile.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Working day job Saturday. Church Sunday, stopping over to see Jane. Then Cindy's Queen Anne Style Table the rest of Sunday and Monday

 

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

Ron

What the heck would you use to re-glue antlers?

Is there enough room to drill for dowel?

Last question .... How do you end up with all these types of $%#@$#@ jobs?

Your heart and sympathy must be as big as your state.

One last thought ... I foresee a blog coming out of this?

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

I don't do moose blogs.  This is a carved moose and one antler was broken so that I can Titebond it.  The other one is broken off flush with the head so I sanded the OD of the antler base to 3/16" about 1/4" up the antler.  I'll drill a mating hole in the moose's head to glue it in.  I don't know how I end up with these weird jobs.  Just easy I guess.

Wayne Mahler said:

Ron

What the heck would you use to re-glue antlers?

Is there enough room to drill for dowel?

Last question .... How do you end up with all these types of $%#@$#@ jobs?

Your heart and sympathy must be as big as your state.

One last thought ... I foresee a blog coming out of this?

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Wayne Mahler

God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Ron, I would pay you a dollar if you modeled the moose antlers....

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Bob Kloes
www.bobkloes.com

That's the best offer I've had all day.  I'm retired but I'm not quite that hard up. 

 

I had to post a photo of this poor animal.  I have one side repaired and it looks like he got hit by Rich McComas' log truck on a back road in Alaska.

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Hey Ron,

They shed naturally, don't they? Maybe it was just his time.

BTW, I don't blame the owner for wanting it repaired. That's a nice piece.

Never thought of that Gene.  Its an interesting piece but mama wouldn't have it in our house.

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Very nice John, lovely color too.

I have a cabinet job for a rental home I am trying to get out the door for a customer. As a matter of fact, I need to get off of here and get out there now!!! Thanks for asking as usual,

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Ron

That is a nice looking piece. Not something that would be in my house but I really like it. Nice detail and who ever carved the animal had Patience. Can you tell if the Antlers were carved separately then added or all out of a big block of wood.

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

Yes Wayne, the antlers were carved seperately and then attached.  This has been a day fixing flora and fauna.  I did surgery on the moose and then I had to repair one of the eyeballs on "Mr Maple" that a racoon destroyed.  Mr. Maple is the maple tree in our front yard that the grandkids attached a set of eyes, a nose and a mouth to. 

 

Here's Bullwinkle after the surgery.  Tomorrow I'll trim the excess glue and sanf the area around the mend.  In my spare time I think I'll balance the national budget.

 

 

 

Just for you Wayne, here's the south end of a northbound moose

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Well I guess we are always getting ask to do strange jobs. I have a friend stop me and show me her umbrella. She had closed it in the door and broken the end off. She wanted to know if I could put a new end on it. So you know I had to give it a try, that's what we do.

 

So today I grabbed a piece of scrap maple I have in the shop and cut off a section, drilled a hole in the end to fit the cut off piece of the umbrella and turned a new handle.

 

 

Not as unusual as Ron's Moose Antlers, but a different type of request. So a broken umbrella gets a second chance.

 

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

Must be a woodworker thing.  We're suckers for a challenge

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks