7 minutes ago, Gerald said:

No outside work for a day or two. This week working outside 2-3 hours a day has wiped me out like a old mop. Worked on handles for a Fire Stix I make for shows. Worked on a prototype seam ripper today and think I am ready on this as a new product for shows.

Like to see what you did 

Gave these a try out....

Big difference?  

Yard sale find....might even have just enough of them..

 

Have porch ceiling to remove paint with a soda blaster.  Hope not to put any holes in the bead board.

 

John Morris, I have BTDT for both my parents and wife's parents.  I have lost an aunt and uncle in the past few months but did not take my time.  She had a couple of strokes and he expired from pancreatic cancer.  My wife needs much attention.  With her dementia, she keeps trying to answer the phone using the remote.  I tell her, teasingly, press the purple button.  I have no idea what to do with mental patients.  

Got a surprise today.  50 years ago, the neighbor planted English Ivy to climb this live oak tree.  The ivy vine grew to about 4 inches in diameter.  We cut it a couple years ago and today, I noticed that it had fallen from the oak tree.  It looks like wood, so I am going to harvest some to see how it works.  Will get pictures.  

Prayers out for you and your family @John Morris

 

@Fred W. Hargis Jr - You may have an Elberta, lucky you!  Elbertas are one of the later varieties to ripen, bright yellow orange inside, freestone and super sweet.  Around here we expect a good Elberta to be about the size of a softball.  Yours appear to be a bit smaller than that, but that may be due to not thinning enough in the spring.

I would love to have an Elberta in our yard, but around here it is so humid during the summer that a weekly spray schedule of all sorts of chemicals insects, molds and other pests are a necessity.

Signed:

Cal Hyer

Byron, Ga.

Peach County!

@John Morris

Saddened to hear the news.

Know all to well the helpless feeling. Take Care.

Anybody heard from @Charles Nicholls lately??

2nd turning 2 of 3.  Small oak bowl with pedestal and brass inlays.  This is my first attempt at cold casting metal powder. Any feedback would be appreciated.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Gunny said:

Anybody heard from @Charles Nicholls lately??

Recently saw a post on social medium from him. Wasn't anything personal but he is still alive!

 

He had written this a little while back-

Ok gang here is the deal, I have left the rehab/ nursing home and gone to live with family. I am still trying to get my strength back but it will take a lot of effort and time.

To those of you who I left behind, I hated doing it but really I had no choice.

I am now in Hopkinsville KY and doing ok so far.

My strength is still the priority.

One day I will get the lathe fired up again, but for the moment, I can’t. There is no room to do so.

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@forty_caliber love that brass inlay. You'll have to tell us how you did it!

Drawer #5 is IN the clamps...waiting on glue to cure..

Maybe one of these years...I might get the hang of these sort of dovetails?

Some day?

1 minute ago, lew said:

@forty_caliber love that brass inlay. You'll have to tell us how you did it!

 

• Used a dremel to remove loose material from the affected area.  
• Made a dam with duct tape on the exterior surface since this went all the way through
• Put a thin layer of the inlay material into the hole
  • Drench with thin Starbond CA glue
  • Spray with Accellerator
    • Repeat until filled above surface
• Let dry and turn.  Will cut, sand, and polish. 

For the smaller inlays that didn't go through, I used the dremel to flare the base (kind of a reverse dovetail) to lock the material in the void.

 

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@forty_caliber - That brass looks nice, where did you obtain the metal powder from?  Please post up more pics after you have applied a finish to the bowl, I suspect it will look even better!

59 minutes ago, Cal said:

@forty_caliber - That brass looks nice, where did you obtain the metal powder from?  Please post up more pics after you have applied a finish to the bowl, I suspect it will look even better!

 

I finished the bowl with carnauba wax after sanding to 800.  That's all of the finishing I'm planning to do.  The inlay material came from Amazon.   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0731GCRWR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1  It's a very fine yellow powder.  You can see some waste on the bench in a couple of the photos.

 

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2nd turning 3 of 3.  Noodle bowl made from the neighbor's oak.  Finished with Tried and True oil 

 

 

 

 

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55 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

2nd turning 3 of 3.  Noodle bowl made from the neighbor's oak.  Finished with Tried and True oil 

 

 

 

 

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Beautiful bowl! But, color me stupid- what's a noodle bowl???

3 minutes ago, lew said:

 

Beautiful bowl! But, color me stupid- what's a noodle bowl???

 

Just a reference to the style, I was trying to make....https://www.amazon.com/KOOV-Porcelain-Ramen-Bowls-Spoons/dp/B08LB3R9XG/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=noodle+bowl&qid=1629043844&sr=8-11

 

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13 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

 

Just a reference to the style, I was trying to make....https://www.amazon.com/KOOV-Porcelain-Ramen-Bowls-Spoons/dp/B08LB3R9XG/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=noodle+bowl&qid=1629043844&sr=8-11

 

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Thanks!

 

Even comes with chopsticks! I made these several years ago-

20 hours ago, lew said:

Thanks!

 

Even comes with chopsticks! I made these several years ago-

Very elegant design...deceptively simple in appearance but very difficult execution.  Well done !!!!!

 

Is that a key rather than a tenon joining the two main parts?

 

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26 minutes ago, forty_caliber said:

Is that a key rather than a tenon joining the two main parts?

Yes, it's made from some old piano key ebony and red, knife scale, fiber spacer material

37 minutes ago, lew said:

Yes, it's made from some old piano key ebony and red, knife scale, fiber spacer material

 

I know Chinese food sits heavy on the stomach but Industrial Strength Chopsticks??