Happy New Year to all of our Patriot Woodworkers! I hope that 2015 was a great year for you and that 2016 will be even better for your woodworking.

 

I took several days off from the shop. Well sorta, we cleaned up the shop and put things away from all of the last minute jobs. I couldn't stand it today as I had a project that needs to get finished so we went to the shop today and worked on this Walnut Bench.

 

The frame is all mortise and tenon joinery and today we got all of the mortises and tenons cut and fined tuned to a nice fit. We'll get it glued up in the morning and then work on another project while the glue dries.

 

Right now it is clamped in a dry fit to just check it all out. 

 

Here is a picture that inspired this project.

 

 

We also finished a Green Egg Table for an XL Egg. It got done and delivered this week.

 

 

 

 

My grandson really loved the Lego table. 

 

 

And just a small note, but ROLL TIDE!!!!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful New Year and I look forward to seeing your projects that start off this New Year!

Edited January 2, 201610 yr by John Moody

Is that a Walnut base on the large table base?  Good looking wood and a very solid base. Good work.

I just absolutely love Walnut, great looking start to a wonderful bench John. I'll tell ya, walnut you can just let is speak for itself can't ya?

Happy grandson! Awesome! I remember when our son was completely a Lego junkie, he still breaks em out now and then. This weekend is recovery time for us, we'll be taking down the Christmas decorations and moving the home around, fun fun! Have a wonderful weekend Patriot Woodworker's!

10 hours ago, Ron Altier said:

Is that a Walnut base on the large table base?  Good looking wood and a very solid base. Good work.

 

Ron, yes it is Walnut on the Bench. I think I renamed the picture wrong and called it a Walnut Table.

 

The Table with the hole cut in the top is Cedar.

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

I just absolutely love Walnut, great looking start to a wonderful bench John. I'll tell ya, walnut you can just let is speak for itself can't ya?

 

 

 

John that is so true and I love working with Walnut. I am planning a clear finish on this bench and just let the Walnut be what it is all about.

 

I'm in phase 2 of the grand daughter loft project.  Last week the 1st loft set was delivered so the shop is open and the second one is started.  The grand daughters stayed with us last night and the recipient of the bed I'm currently working on is already on me to be in the shop.  I think she wants her bed.

Nothing woodworking related for awhile as we wrap up Christmas and move into the New Year. We will be heading to Yuma, AZ next week or so for Tami's Dad's memorial service. He passed back in July while we were on our summer road trip so we had to cut it short and head straight from Indiana to Yuma. Tami and her Mom decided that since he was cremated that we should put it off until January and do it on his birthday in January. Also doing it in January will allow more of their close friends to be there as many of them are "Snow Birds" as they winter in Yuma. 

 

Today I will be going to a gun show so that I can pick up some more ammo as it is considerably cheaper there as well as a few other odds and ends that I am in need of. 

had the grand kids over.   So I kept it simple.  Made a little hand towel rack and a corner mount T paper holder for a down stairs bathroom  painted white.

 Pics of the process?

 

You are kidding right?

Two Tweenie-bopper kids with all the fidigety energy and easy boredom  of kids that age and you think I had time to take pics inbetween keeping all their digits attached and  their eyed ungouged and their pinkies un-bashed and their blood and guts inside them and not out?

Let me tell ya, two kids in the shop  together - - -  at that age - - - is work.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Cliff said:

Two Tweenie-bopper kids with all the fidigety energy and easy boredom  of kids that age and you think I had time to take pics inbetween keeping all their digits attached and  their eyed ungouged and their pinkies un-bashed and their blood and guts inside them and not out?

Let me tell ya, two kids in the shop  together - - -  at that age - - - is work.

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When I taught (10, 11 and 12th graders all at the same time), my largest class size was 27 (smallest was 20), at the end of each day I was exhausted.

this is the start to my weekends work. today I made a bunch of pens, tomorrow will be more pens and some more rolling pins.

 

10 hours ago, John Hechel said:

this is the start to my weekends work. today I made a bunch of pens, tomorrow will be more pens and some more rolling pins.

That is a wonderful line up of work there John! Nice!

On 1/2/2016 at 4:52 AM, John Moody said:

John that is so true and I love working with Walnut. I am planning a clear finish on this bench and just let the Walnut be what it is all about.

 

I think that is why Walnut forever has been the darling of the woodworker, we don't have to do much to make a wonderful piece with it, you could literally take a small walnut slab, sand it, polish it, buff it, and hang it on a wall, yer done! And it would get commented on by your visitors at each dinner party. I just love it to death. I can't wait to see your table finished, it's going to be a beaut.