With all the great weather we're having I moved the workbench outside.

Ten more beer boxes headed to the brewery

2 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

With all the great weather we're having I moved the workbench outside.

Ten more beer boxes headed to the brewery

Nice!

On the very clean bench right now?

Parts is..parts..

 

Need to work on Joinery, later today...

12 minutes ago, steven newman said:

On the very clean bench right now?

Wowsers!

On 11/14/2024 at 9:38 AM, steven newman said:

On the very clean bench right now?

Who are you, and what did  you do with Mr. Newman?

Is this a wee bit better?

And...

A full dry fit...

Currently sitting on my bench..

We have a glue-up...on a Monday, no less!

And..it even came out square!

In all 4 corners...

6 hours ago, steven newman said:

Currently sitting on my bench

You must be out of frame. I don't see you but I see the box in clamps.

been a busy couple weeks in shop off and on, pics to follow, projects, materials ect. uh oh gotta figure out why i can get pics to posts, later on. then

The only thing collecting on my workbench is dust, unfortunately,

Currently taking up space on the bench...

Missing clamps?

Ummm, not really...

I wasn't sure 'd get this done for Thanksgiving, but somehow it came together. I probably won't build another one of these, I found it to be fairly tedious working with all the small pieces (sanding, finishing, drilling all the holes) and then I tried to fill it up...that was even worse. But it's done now, and if that candy looks more like Halloween than Christmas that's because it is.

Looks good Fred, fall colors work for Thanksgiving!

Nice Fred.  Colors look fine for Thanksgiving too.  I get what you are saying about putting all those candies in place.  Put one on while knocking another off.  Geeze!!

Awesome job Fred. Agree with everyone else, looks perfect for Thanksgiving; just "redecorate" for Christmas. Finial is a perfect touch.

 

Making a couple of those was on my "to-do" list this year. Maybe next year will be the year.

Looks great Fred.  Is that walnut?

 

I made one for my grandson alternating maple and cherry.  I had the bottom engraved with my initials and the date.  Maybe (hopefully) 30 years from now, he'll look at it and think of his old Papa.

 

Where did you source the finial?  I couldn't find anything to match the threads on the rod.  Ended up with a wooden angel and a threaded insert.

 

2 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

I wasn't sure 'd get this done for Thanksgiving, but somehow it came together. I probably won't build another one of these, I found it to be fairly tedious working with all the small pieces (sanding, finishing, drilling all the holes) and then I tried to fill it up...that was even worse. But it's done now, and if that candy looks more like Halloween than Christmas that's because it is.

 

11 minutes ago, JimM said:

Looks great Fred.  Is that walnut?

 

I made one for my grandson alternating maple and cherry.  I had the bottom engraved with my initials and the date.  Maybe (hopefully) 30 years from now, he'll look at it and think of his old Papa.

 

Where did you source the finial?  I couldn't find anything to match the threads on the rod.  Ended up with a wooden angel and a threaded insert.

 

 

 

Oh, Great. Mimi just saw these...

 

Those are both awesome!

Looks great Fred.  Is that walnut?

 

I made one for my grandson alternating maple and cherry.  I had the bottom engraved with my initials and the date.  Maybe (hopefully) 30 years from now, he'll look at it and think of his old Papa.

 

Where did you source the finial?  I couldn't find anything to match the threads on the rod.  Ended up with a wooden angel and a threaded insert.

 

 

 

Yeah, it's walnut...with a fair amount of sap wood. For the finial, I turned it myself, the one on the tree is ebony, my first anything made from ebony. It has a 1/4-20 threaded in it. I did a second one (actually it was the first one) out oak to make sure i could turn one (novice turner).

Edited November 27, 20241 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

What is on my bench?

 

Bench vise is in use...this will be the lid for that box behind it....

On 11/27/2024 at 11:08 AM, JimM said:

Ended up with a wooden angel and a threaded insert.

Missed thus somehow Jim. Awesome look with the two woods. Love the angel topper. Great idea.

And kudos for signing and dating it. No doubt good memories will flow when it's placed in 30 years.