Picked these up at auction for 10. Just not up to Bandits antics yet.

 

Currently sitting on the bench..

Because the box has been moved..

 

24 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Currently sitting on the bench

Houdini...

Shape Changer?

Bench vise is both a 3rd hand and a caul......shop is smelling like warm Maple Syrup, too...

With today's beautiful weathered and needing to do a lot of sanding, I built a bench outside.

Donuts and Coffee made it a great day.

2 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

Donuts and Coffee made it a great day.

Donuts always make a day better. Haven't had a cup of coffee for 414 days if I was keeping track.

A little more sanding outside today , then into the shop where I spent the day finishing up some Chip and dip boards. The are made from Wine Barrel Stave.

54 minutes ago, frenchwwr said:

A little more sanding outside today , then into the shop where I spent the day finishing up some Chip and dip boards. The are made from Wine Barrel Stave.

Cool design!!

I used to make them with 3 brass drawer pulls to stabilize the staves but I ran out and had to come up with another way. This way makes it easy and gave me a reason to buy a lot of hole saws. I'm not making any money on these but I do have a nice collection. I've got my eye on a 5 1/2" one this week.

It might be cheaper for me to buy a couple of set of bowls all the same size but where's the fun in that.

 

 

3 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

A little more sanding outside today , then into the shop where I spent the day finishing up some Chip and dip boards. The are made from Wine Barrel Stave.

 

A creative design and repurpose Kevin; Very cool.

Wow!  I would imagine hanging on to that stave gets a bit fun with those big hole saws!

I had my concerns also, but fortunately the curve of the staves overlapped the sides of the 2 x 6 I was using to extend the bed and locked it in. 

Nice when it works out!

 

I think the drill press has bitten me and smacked me around more than any other machine over the years. 

Made the finishing touches on the Charcuterie Boards and the Chip & Dip Boards. I also got 30 new lights matched up with 30 shades.

Four days till the big show

2 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

Four days till the big show

Good luck. Hope there's a good turnout and all goes well.

Hope you do as well as those look.  Nice work!!

Looking really good, and very unique products!  Hope you do well at the show.

Bench was a bit busy...today..

twisted boards needed to be flattened out ( note the floor?)

Other boards needed to get skinnier...

Bench vise was also a 3rd hand, today..

As I had two glue-ups to get done did...

As I was working off my other bench finishing my euro board edges getting prepped for the router,...the shop cat ended up on my work bench. 

 

 

On 5/27/2025 at 8:26 PM, HARO50 said:

A friend asked if I could make her a "loom", at least that's what she called it. Basically, a long board with a series of dowels every 2" to hold the beginnings of a "bulky blanket". The "yarn" for these blankets is as big around as a finger, and is woven manually, so not really a loom in the usual sense.

Well, I finally got pics of the "loom" in use.

Using only two of the three sections.  Each loop is lifted, and a new loop fed through it from below. To finish the end, the last loop is fed from above. (IIRC!)

Showing off her creation. She's camera-shy!

Edited November 12, 2025Nov 12 by HARO50