I had primo jobs set out to begin Sunday or Monday . . . 

 

 

But had two hot ideas over the weekend. Last night fashioned a cube with pieces of a particularly tasty cast-off longleaf plank. Close to the pith, I always say, grows the nicest wood.

 

Took a new slices today. Wow, a new tarot card box is now in the works.

 

 

Also got a few bologna-thin translucent crosscut slices from a hp beam. Joined two pairs together, will cut out both into hearts. For the windows of my true love. And my girlfriend.

 

To be continued...

One corner done, 3 to go...

this oughta be interesting. signed on to see direction.

rj in az

Work in progress..

From this mess, to..

Hand plane molded base...to..back view

Front view...

A view of the front...

Busy day?

eh....could be...

 

.....

 

Set up the porch shop at dawn. Ran the c.1988 Delta a good 4+ hours. Plus cleanup.

 

Sectioned a trash-picked 4' heartpine beam, cut the rot out, got three posts 2x4 thru 3x3.  Heavy and tight-grained. Thar' pith, adjacent to, is the sweetest grain.

 

Found eastern white pine in a 4' feather-light scrap of 200 year old porch rafter ! I'll make a centerpiece plus the innards are planked for a vending table top.

 

Discovered I have a 6x10 - 2' piece of Douglas (red) fir. Heck, never seen such tight-grained and red wood. Sliced off the end quarter inch. Mmmmmm

 

And more. Got questions but need better pics. The 'scrap metal pile' yielded some definite (wood) treasures!

 

Pics of all that to come, there were still projects I did not get to. Burned through the drive belt on my TS, though. Dang, that only lasted four months !@#$

 

After I finished the grunt cutting, I made up a box of arts and crafts stuff. They are all specific projects. I'll let them collect for a while, then do all of the rough cutting at one time. The rest is hand-fitting etc.

 

Although it may be time to get that DW 8 1/4" TS for the basement . . . 

 

This piece of wood is super heavy. 14.25" x 9.25" x 2.6875" and 9.656 lbs. is this trimmed piece.

 

Could be from anywhere in the country; I cut off the perimeter to make a tray frame, pic attached, and the age and provenance is there.  Was a packing block / spacer of some sort. Three nails in it. Figure it make it 3925 lbs. per 1000 b.f., and it looks like pine of some type. Looks Rocky Mountain-ish. Any ideas?

 

I'm using this database for weights: http://www.globalwood.org/tech/tech_wood_weights.htm

 

 

 

Looks Heart Pine usedfor flooring. Virgin timber, very dense and used for flooring.

 

Heart Pine 101

Work bench is clear. Darned near ready for table assembly. Probably no shop time today. Our son's are treating Phyl to a late birthday meal at noon at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant. It's a tad over an hour's drive for us. That pretty much shoots the day. Driving in traffic wears me out. Then, there's the obligatory nap when we get home. But, tomorrow is another day. I fear table assembly will take me a week for all three of them. 

7 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Our son's are treating Phyl to a late birthday meal at noon at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant.

 

Happy Birthday to Phyl   Enjoy the day Gene, the tables will wait

10 hours ago, Gerald said:

Virgin timber, very dense

Thanks, Gerald! We have that in common. Very dense. Wish it was HP, I'd have a rare wide slab!

 

Def. not longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), that wood be too easy .  As Doc would remark about 90% of my resawing antics over the past few months, You been cleaning? Sure smells like Pine•Sol on your porch, Jim.

Within the "Building a workbench top with end-grain blocks" thread, I posted an image of a 2" block. 65 growth rings in from pith in 2"!  More heartpine images in Gallery.

 

I'm a pith man.

 

I've sent a query to a Georgia woodworker but I think this is a western tree of some variety.

 

Follows: some recent longleaf crosscut images. The card stand will probably go to Etsy or locally.

 

 

 

 

Now that the pantry is done my workbench is clear at least for a while. Ileene and I came down sick with the flu after our arrival home from the trip to San Diego and are now both Covid positive so it’s hunker down and get we’ll time. 
Paul

Waiting on glue to dry..

So I can attach the drawer's front to this box...

And wait on more glue to dry....

2 hours ago, Masonsailor said:

Now that the pantry is done my workbench is clear at least for a while. Ileene and I came down sick with the flu after our arrival home from the trip to San Diego and are now both Covid positive so it’s hunker down and get we’ll time. 
Paul

Take care of yourselves Paul. I feel your pain literally. I tested positive last night.

Wow! You're both lucky to have life partners to get you through it!

 

Guess I'll skip a life celebration beef and beer at the firehouse today 5pm. Sounds like a traditional Irish Super Spreader Event! Dad went to a funeral, a retirement party, and is planning on the 5pm shing-dig. Fingers crossed for him!

 

The ridiculous gummint edicts aside, the covid bug hasn't altered our lives much. We got the shots and boosters early on. But, even prior to that, we went about our business as usual. Of course, neither Phyl nor I, care for crowds. But, if crowds are where we want to be for some reason, we just soldier on. 

 

Well I blame my wife for my positive COVID. If she hadn't brought home a test and threatened to swab my nose if I didn't, I wouldn't have tested positive.

What's on the bench, tonight...

Just a PIP....close this up, before something flies in...

Looks great Steve !

Ditto to what AL said Bandit!