Good Monday Morning!

Good Monday Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead! Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks!

     

New members

Typically we post links to our new members pages here each week for you to welcome, but this past week we had none! Which means the Patriot Woodworkers  are slackin! Get on out there and spread the word about us, invite your friends, and grab your neighbor! You can use our convenient "Invite" feature in the navigation bar at top of our website, the icon looks like a movie ticket. Click on it and follow the prompts to invite your friends, thanks!

 

News

It's that time of year already folks! Tis the season will be upon us in no time, and with that comes our annual project in partnership with Operation Ward 57. We will adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays!

Our application has been sent, and it is under review now by Operation Ward 57, to receive our family for the 2017 Holidays. Stay tune, we'll be notified around the first week of November who our family is. For our new folks, please see the following links to find out what we do during the Christmas Season here on The Patriot Woodworker.

• Operation Ward 57 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays - 2016
• Operation Ward 57 Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays - 2016

 

UPDATE: We have our family! We have been assigned a Warrior Family for the Holidays. Just a brief run down before the official introduction, we will be providing a Christmas for a Gold Star widow and her 2 children. This is truly an honor that we have been chosen to help provide for this single mother of two, and in turn, to honor her husband who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Stay tuned, once the details of the project are ironed out, you will all be notified.

 

 

What's It

Our October "What's It" is live! Surf on over and see if you can tell us what it is through research and reference. And, win a beautiful Woodriver Hand Plane by our sponsors Woodcraft Supply!

     

Featured image of the week

A lathe for turning spirals, as commonly seen on table legs in the "Jacobean" or "Barley sugar" reproduction styles, particularly popular in the 1920s.

Cutting is done by a small rotating cutter in a tilted head. As the work revolves slowly in the lathe, a leadscrew (as for a screwcutting lathe) or in this case a rack arrangement traverses the workpiece axially, beneath the fixed cutter.

By Andy Dingley (scanner) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

Nothing new.   Still recouperating.   Long story.

Hope all are well. 

Toad, hope your recuperation is going well. If you don't mind, tell us the story.

 

We're still in Tucson. Delayed departure so we could pick up some stuff when the stores open. Plus, Phyl needs her Costco fix. 

Son tutored me on the laser engraver. Still needs some tweaking but looks like it's going to be a fun toy. Tomorrow, I'll set up an area to play with it. Makes a lot of smoke so, it needs ventilation. Can't get wifi in the shop so the back patio will be the best...for now. 

 

Man I gotta get busy!

14 minutes ago, lew said:

Man I gotta get busy!

 

We got this...

 

put up some wood window trim yesterday, that finishes off the master bath project.  nothing planned currently.  have to do a detailed plan for my wife's sewing center and work table (2 projects).  got the overall plan figured out, now i need to do take offs to figure how much lumber i'll need.  20 drawers total!  that's a lot of drawers for paint and bobbins.

Didn't have to work at the shooting range this morning so I'm in the shop. Got 7 Edge Grain Cutting Boards glued and waiting on the glue to dry.

 

 

I also got a large piece of White Oak cut for a mantle. It is 12" deep, 4 3/4" high and 65" long. Just going to hand sand it to knock off the loose splinters and leave the saw marks. Thankfully I don't have to hang it.

 

 

I also have someone coming today as soon as it stops raining to pick up the Poplar that I planed for them.

 

And this is just the start of the week.

Back to working on lathe stuff. getting ready for a show in November and thinking of Christmas.

Working on stock for a Veteran's Day holiday show.   And a nativity for church.   

6 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Toad, hope your recuperation is going well. If you don't mind, tell us the story.

 

We're still in Tucson. Delayed departure so we could pick up some stuff when the stores open. Plus, Phyl needs her Costco fix. 

Son tutored me on the laser engraver. Still needs some tweaking but looks like it's going to be a fun toy. Tomorrow, I'll set up an area to play with it. Makes a lot of smoke so, it needs ventilation. Can't get wifi in the shop so the back patio will be the best...for now. 

 

Which laser did you buy Gene?  I'm quasi in the market 

 

Went to the doctor today and it was all good news.  I went under the knife to have the urethra opened up so I could pee.  It closes up due to an enlarged prostate.  When he got in there he found a mass of tissue the size of a tennis ball in the bladder.  He said in a normal operation 15 or 16 grams of tissue are removed and that he removed 66 grams of tissue form me and I had been thinking that can't be good.  He sent it all out to be tested and the results were clear.  No cancer and a clean bill of health for me.  The best part is the operation fixed the problem and I can pee like I did when I was 20 years old.  All in all it is a great day.

 

Got the clearance to do what I please and can get back in the shop.  

I did get my furnace hung in the shop this past weekend, along with the flue. Not wired (power or thermostat) yet and no gas yet, but now I can get the attic insulated.

Deer Hunting all weekend. Not sure what this week will bring. Last weekend of deer season next weekend.

2 hours ago, Chips N Dust said:

Deer Hunting all weekend. Not sure what this week will bring. Last weekend of deer season next weekend.

I haven't got to go yet, but my son has already taken two does with his bow.

4 hours ago, HandyDan said:

 

No cancer and a clean bill of health for me.  The best part is the operation fixed the problem and I can pee like I did when I was 20 years old.  All in all it is a great day.

 

Got the clearance to do what I please and can get back in the shop.  

Now, that's fantastic news. Good to hear it. 

 

5 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Which laser did you buy Gene?  I'm quasi in the market 

Ron, it's a 1.6 watt toy I bought from Gear Best, direct from China. I bought it to experiment with. I appears to do the job but there's a couple minor things I have to work out. 

If I can make it do what I want, I'll be getting a much larger one with more capability and speed. 

Edited October 24, 20178 yr by Gene Howe

Spot on the arm? Just a cyst sort of thing...healing up, now.   Got a few block planes cleaned up.   Weather is going to be nasty all week.   Lung Function Test Thursday morning.    Same old, same old.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Ron, it's a 1.6 watt toy I bought from Gear Best, direct from China. I bought it to experiment with. I appears to do the job but there's a couple minor things I have to work out. 

If I can make it do what I want, I'll be getting a much larger one with more capability and speed. 

I'll give you a call in a week or so.

8 hours ago, steven newman said:

Spot on the arm? Just a cyst sort of thing...healing up, now.   Got a few block planes cleaned up.   Weather is going to be nasty all week.   Lung Function Test Thursday morning.    Same old, same old.

 

 

14 hours ago, HandyDan said:

 

Went to the doctor today and it was all good news.  I went under the knife to have the urethra opened up so I could pee.  It closes up due to an enlarged prostate.  When he got in there he found a mass of tissue the size of a tennis ball in the bladder.  He said in a normal operation 15 or 16 grams of tissue are removed and that he removed 66 grams of tissue form me and I had been thinking that can't be good.  He sent it all out to be tested and the results were clear.  No cancer and a clean bill of health for me.  The best part is the operation fixed the problem and I can pee like I did when I was 20 years old.  All in all it is a great day.

 

Got the clearance to do what I please and can get back in the shop.  

Good news all around, indeed.

By the end of Wednesday, I plan on being RETIRED!  And John ..... I can't resist ....... 23th? 

 

2 minutes ago, Russboyd said:

By the end of Wednesday, I plan on being RETIRED!  And John ..... I can't resist ....... 23th? 

 

Russ, retirement is pretty good.  Trust me!