Good Monday morning!

Good Monday morning 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!

 

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The Patriot Woodworker Mid Year Community Fundraiser

In case you have not heard, we have some recipients randomly chosen to receive some fantastic items from our sponsors, please, if you were selected, PM me your shipping address, and thank you all for your support, all of you! We basically met our goal, and we won't bother anyone again until our annual Adopt A Wounded Warrior Family for Christmas project whereas 100% of your contributions go to the family we are assigned too.

Thank you!

 

 

Featured topic

Our Featured topic by @forty_caliber, not bad for a first box indeed!

 

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Featured video

This video I go back to time and time again because of it's relaxing ambiance and historical significance, just like woodworkers love to return to their roots, so do weavers. I know this is not woodworking related, but perhaps it may get one of our Patriot Woodworkers off to a relaxing and peaceful Monday

 

Recorded at Sagnlandet Lejre, Historical Archaeological Research and Communication Center, Denmark, August 2012 Land of Legends (Sagnlandet Lejre) The Land of Legends, Centre for Historical-Archaeological Research and Communication (in Danish "Sagnlandet Lejre" and formerly known as Lejre Experimental Centre) is a 106-acre (43 hectare) archaeological open-air museum situated in the Lejre Municipality, few kilometres west of Roskilde (Denmark).

 

Each summer many families spend a week of their holidays in the Iron Age village, the farm cottages and the Stone Age campsite. They dress in period costume and take on the role of peopling the reconstructed areas, while trying to live using the techniques of the past. Read More...

 

Interesting video John.  Looks like this months whatzits is being used at about the 1:07 mark...

My weekend was spent making oak shoes for the cast iron legs/feet on my work bench. In the old shop, the bench was stationary. In this shop, it needs to be mobile. I want to install lifting casters on it so, had to make wooden shoes to fit around those curved iron legs. After a little clean up today, they'll be ready for paint. Then, pics.

Next comes the top. Approximately 76X40. Two layers of oak banded 3/4 MDF. One heavy beast! Haven't decided how to treat the MDF, yet. Thinking about left over laminate flooring. Any suggestions? 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 12, 20215 yr by Gene Howe

Been commissioned to make some bowls. Also got to sand off the poly on the last bowl I made and start over.

I believe I have left myself sufficient warning to NOT put screws in this area.

 

Busy week ahead at the J.O.B.  Boss is on vacation this week.  That might cause one to think it will be an easy week, the reality is it will be even busier since I'm kind of the XO.  

 

Expecting to take delivery on a ShopSmith bandsaw tool today.  Placed an order for an Easy Chuck and a D-Way Box scraper. 

 

Split a couple more of the whatchamacallit oak chunks with the chain saw.  Have two beautiful crotch sections that will be finding their way to the lathe.  

 

It's coffee roasting day.  Setting up the roaster with some AA Kenyan single origin peaberry.  Getting down to the bottom of the 20# sack.  

 

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28 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

Getting down to the bottom of the 20# sack.  

 

That would last about 4 days around here!

any reason i cannot see the first image?  says i don't have permission to see it?

 

shopping for 2x4s later today, make some pistol target stands.

Monday?   MONDAY??    Leave it at that....been working on a lidded box.....don't want to mess it up, by working on a Monday....

2 hours ago, DAB said:

any reason i cannot see the first image?  says i don't have permission to see it?

 

 

Same here. Must be a software glitch. 

Hey, @John Morris.

27 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Same here. Must be a software glitch. 

Hey, @John Morris.

 

 

You lack required TOP Secret clearance needed.

 

Try it now.

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

Try it now.

Why do I need to fill out this form that has 237 questions?  And the essay topic?  Why wood means to me and why it changes the world?

 

Seriously

??

 

This was a design our daughter found on the web for a coffee table that she likes.  There are hairpin legs that will be attached after the finish is applied.  The top is not hinged, the tops are removed for storage access or for use as a lap desk, the tops are also interchangeable left to right.

 

I was searching for some baltic birch for this project.  No one carries it in middle Georgia.  Rockler is on the north side of Atlanta, and pretty much takes a day to make the trip up and back.  But in my searches, I discovered that my good friend @Gunny may have been holding out on me!  A small town well off the beaten path, Concord Georgia, has a tremendous wood yard.  In fact, that's what the name is, The Wood Yard.  A huge selection of domestic and exotic woods.  I guess that I was in such awe that I failed to take any pics...  I had my BIL with me and he was totally blown away by all of the highly figured and brightly colored hardwoods available.  Prices?  I cannot compare the hardwoods to anything as I haven't purchased or looked for any exotics to know, but the sheet of bb plywood I picked up would have been $80 in Atlanta, and it was $53 in Concord!!!

 

Daughter says she wants no color added, just an epoxy finish applied(!).  I've never applied epoxy before, been watching a few you tubes to see what all is involved.

 

 

@Cal, have lots of drop cloths handy. It's a messy job. 

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

@Cal, have lots of drop cloths handy. It's a messy job. 

 

+1 very messy

237 questions?  you must have gotten the short form.

 

mine are numbered, but they are not in order.  page 84, which comes before page 27, starts with Q45, then Q671, then Q30, and ends with Q1045.  this may take a while.....

 

the essay ones are the worst:  Q42:  what is the meaning of life?  and you get 3 lines to complete the answer.

 

oooh...found Q1:  what is the chief end of man?

13 hours ago, Cal said:

I discovered that my good friend @Gunny may have been holding out on me! 

 

 

Well, ya know......

 

 

Got the house finished with drylock.  All the white waterproof is applied and finish coat starts tomorrow.  Can hardly wait to get this done and get this hayfield called lawn mowed.  I can expect code enforcement to knock on my door any minute now.