Still pinch hitting for John Moody as he recovers from hand surgery.  Fall has hit the midwest with wind, rain and cooler temperatures.  I'm in the shop wrapping up a few cutting boards and trivets for an upcoming show.  So, what's on your weekend agenda?

Edited October 3, 201510 yr by Ron Dudelston

Working on a batch of coffee scoops. I'm going to have to make a trip to Supergrit for some Abranet sanding supplies. Then it's on to making some walnut bowls. I also ended up with a really nice piece of Butternut. I may try a bowl from it, too.

I have been working on getting the first batch of cutting boards completed for the Christmas Season. Yesterday I got them all (9 large boards and 18 small boards) sanded at 150 grit and today I will get them finished with 220 grit before blowing off the dust and putting on the mineral oil. Being that I am doing a bit different style than before I have to change up the process a bit in how I do things. Once I get this first batch completed then I will be able to move things along quicker.

Having breakfast with my wife before we head out to do some shopping and a few other things. 

I'm replacing some of the cabinets in the shop. When we moved here (5 years ago) what was to be my shop was basically an unfinished garage, with nothing that would make it a shop. I finished/wired/insulated the garage, but my tools were still mothballed, so i had only an RAS, tracksaw, and leftover scraps of woods to make some temporary shelves and cabinets before I moved my tools in. The "temp" items are still there....I'm starting to replace them just now.

farmers market this morning and a campfire this evening.

Making and replacing arm on dining room chair for neighbor. some signage, Christmas ornaments, old intarsia maybe cleaning shop.

Mostly lately my woodworking has been metalworking to get to woodworking.

Finishing up plans for a lathe  steady rest.  It'll be steel. Big C shape  with wheels off set from the usual Y pattern to allow my Franken Visualizer ( not built yet)  to be used

My Franken Hollower Articulated Arm  ( posted in the Turners section) needs  a little finishing.  I gotta make a Trent Bosch Visualizer type system for it.  He sells his for a gozillioin dollars and I think I can do   the same thing  for less than a hundred.    So today I made the mount that I'll weld to the tool post.

There's a dead cherry tree I gotta cut down and see if my hollower really hollows - hoping it hasn't gone to rot completely - it's been dead a while now.

 

 

 

I also processed 20 bread trays,  30 scrapers, and 5 clipboards. The clippies  also got 3 coats of urethane  and will be ready to go tomorrow. 

 

That's a pretty neat electronic gadget, but I wonder if something like this wouldn't be pretty close the same- About $6 for the 4.5v P/S and $3 for the laser and some metal rods from the Borg and homemade articulated clamps.

I've been playing with the idea of adding something to a standard carbide tipped hollowing tool.

Edited October 4, 201510 yr by lew

Gluing up some scrap pieces of oak for a small project.

Shame the friend I got the oak from won't get to see the project, he passed away the 23rd of September.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, Larry.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, Larry.

Lew,

It was a shock when I heard about Ron.

He was 56, and passed away in his sleep.

He was quite a woodworker.