I hope all of you are doing good!

 

I have been having a lot of issues with motivation and finding something constructive to do. Without that, there isn’t much sense in hanging around here. I have missed you all though. 
 

Anyhow, I do have a few things that I want to try and get done this week(end).

a few bottle stoppers one of which I may have to Re-drill and Re-glue, because the metal is looking a bit proud. 
I believe it to be spalted maple.

the little pieces are pendants that are needing completed. One is a odd color acrylic and the other I believe to be Rosewood or Cocobolo. The last piece is a bottle stopper and it I believe is apple wood or cherry. 
 

Y’all take care out there and hopefully things git back to normal soon!

Oh the square piece without metal glued to it is also maple and will be a bottle stopper. 🤣

I wish images from phones didn’t get flipped on their side. 🤔

 

 

Good to see you posting again Charles, welcome back!  I can relate to the motivation thing. The sideways images have a solution, but someone smarter (that's pretty much everyone on the forum ) than me will have to explain it.

Great to see ya here Charles!

As for the image rotation, if you are taking images by phone, and posting by phone, there is an edit function in your phone, that should contain a rotate function. What kind of of phone do you have?

Glad to see you Charles.  Looks like you have several projects going.  Tackle one of them, hopefully that might give you the motivation to tackle the next one...  We would love you see you post up one of these carried through to completion.

Edited May 14, 20205 yr by Cal

Great to see you, Charles. 

Good to hear from you Charles.  I and others have been having the blahs too.  Consider the times.  Stop in just to BS.

Hey, Charles!

 

Those pieces are lookin' good and I hope you will post them after you get them finished!

Good to see you posting again, Charles.  We've been missing you.  If you don't have enough projects, let me know.  I can forward some to you.  Pens and inside out to turn.  A couple more bandsaw boxes to make and I have some furniture to refinish.  So, if you need one, please let me know.  

Thank you everyone! 
@FIGatorwood, I have lots of pen kits and some bottle stopper hardware. What I do need, is bottle stopper wood blanks, say 2.5”x2.5”x3.5” but I don’t have any way to cut anything that size. I can’t cut anything over 2.75” thick pieces.   I just broke the last bandsaw blade I have so more are on order 😊.

 

Heya @John Morris if rotating the image is all I need to do, I can do that😊, I just need to know How Far I need to rotate it. I have an iPhone 6S Plus. 
 

to everyone else, thank you for the warm welcome back!I do plan to be in here more. I’ve said that a few times I know, and it hasn’t really worked out and that’s partly because of my motivation issues which I will work on. 😊

I also do not know how to link a person properly to a post but to @FlGatorwood (I think I just found the right way lol.) I can pay some for any blanks you send, if that is what you do. Just contact me by private message with details. 

1 hour ago, Charles Nicholls said:

What I do need, is bottle stopper wood blanks, say 2.5”x2.5”x3.5”

Any particular wood, solid wood or maybe some laminate pieces glued up?  That size sounds easy enough to make a long stick and slice down to length easy enough. I have some mahogany, maple, walnut, little bit of purple heart.  *Ever tried turning some Corian countertop?  Have lots of that stuff in all kinds of colors.  They come in 1 1/2 inch square blanks. 

The image here was the stopper head that was on the far right up top. I believe its Apple or Cherry wood. I need to fill a hole on the back side and hope That it works out and looks good, or I’ll have to cut the hardware off and get another piece. 

19 minutes ago, Gunny said:

Any particular wood, solid wood or maybe some laminate pieces glued up?  That size sounds easy enough to make a long stick and slice down to length easy enough. I have some mahogany, maple, walnut, little bit of purple heart.  *Ever tried turning some Corian countertop?  Have lots of that stuff in all kinds of colors.  They come in 1 1/2 inch square blanks. 

I have indeed turned Corian, and have a few colors but not much to match and only 1/2” thick. The wood sounds fine, and laminates fun! Thanks for the offer! Let me know how to go about paying for it, even the Corian! 😊

8 minutes ago, Charles Nicholls said:

I have indeed turned Corian, and have a few colors but not much to match and only 1/2” thick. The wood sounds fine, and laminates fun! Thanks for the offer! Let me know how to go about paying for it, even the Corian! 😊

Sent you a PM, no money just need address.  I have 6 cases of the Corian not like I will run out anytime soon.

Welcome back Charles! 

 Welcome back. I hear you loud and clear about motivation. The motivation drops as the Covid 19 things drags on. The one big positive thing is the arrival of Spring. When my motivation lags (and it does) I give a serious look at my shop. Soon I see the things I wish I would have done better. Things like small tool storage, better placement of lathe tools, reorganize this area, etc. Now my wife adds honey dos, mowing the lawn and before I know it, another day of isolation has past.

 

Hanging in there.......seems like that is what we have all been doing.