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!

 

Community news

Well it's that time of year again! We have been chosen to Adopt a Family for Christmas, this has been our annual tradition since 2015 and we are so proud to be chosen for another warrior family through Operation Ward 57. Please standby for details on how you can help us raise funding for this wonderful family, we get to play Santa Clause for their kids!

 

Please click on the links below to view our past Adopted Families.

• Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2015
• Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2016
• Adopt a Gold Star Family for the Holidays 2017
• Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2018
• Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2019
• Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family for the Holidays 2020

 

Welcome new members

To view our newest members and welcome them to our digs, please see our Members Page, you can "Sort" by join date and click on their names and be taken to their profile page where you can leave a message of welcome. Thank you for making our newest folks feel welcome.

 

Featured topic

@KevTN submitted an excellent topic that turned out to be very educational for some of us. Thank you Kev!

 

 

Featured download

It's rare that a member shares a download with our community, if you would like to share a plan, a file, or even a drawing schematic, please do so at our Download department.

None this week.

 

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Featured video

One of my favorite "Trade Schools" in our nation is the "North Bennet Street School". Not only are they a first class hands on school for artisans and tradespeople, they also have a wonderful "Veterans Grant" that encourages our military veterans to enroll and learn a skill, or to tune up the skills they already have.

If we have any Bostonian's here on The Patriot Woodworker, you probably already know about this great school.

Here is a video I like, and I hope you find interesting as well, it's woodworking all the way, and demonstrates some skills that may go out of our wheelhouse. Also, this video is produced by one of my all time favorite PBS programs, "Craft in America".

 

"North Bennet Street School president Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez shows us the Violin Making and Repair program at the North Bennet Street School. Meet instructor Roman Barnas and students. The North Bennet Street School is featured in the Process episode of Craft in America, which premiered in October 2009 on PBS." Source: Craft in America YouTube channel.

 

 

Thanks so much for that North Bennett school video. A fine cabinet, chair or table is not an easy accomplishment but, making a great sounding and, beautiful stringed instrument has to be the epitome of fine woodworking. I'm in awe. So much so that I'm inspired to complete my far less intricate and, much more mundane task of shop organization. Today, we tackle the router and bit cabinet. And, later this week, the reassembly of the Jointech Shopsmith, AKA, the Frankensmith. That's the final big job to have, at least a semblance, of a working shop. The light's getting brighter!

 

Had my son here last week. Rather busy so not much time online.  Spent couple days at my Mother's getting a wall put up so I can organize tools that she wants there.

 

 

 

One of those items is a hedge trimmer.  This mount will hold that.  Color coded to match the Stihl colors.  

 

I was able to get most of the mowing done over the weekend; still need to finish up the roadsides and ditches. Sunday school & worship services yesterday.

 

Saturday I was able to watch livestream of youngest granddaughters swim meet (NCAA-D3) in Lexington, KY. The team lost but she had a pretty good day. 3rd in the 1000 freestyle and 1st in 500 freestyle. Both season best times. She was outta gas for 200 IM and 400 Free Relay.

 

A couple meetings at church this week. Change to plans to accomplish outside work next couple of days with rain now in forecast and snow by the weekend. Nowhere near ready for that.

 

Personally, I found @KevTNthread absolutely shocking

Datacenter software upgrades are winding down.  One site left over in Saudi.  VXRails are up and running.  Disk encryption routines are still running after 50 hours and may take a couple more days.  Good thing we only have to do the encryption once.  Next up permissioning and a week of training for me. 

 

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Looks like last day of 60's for awhile. Still working on yard work. Have more branches/trees down than I thought.

You guys put me to shame...

Sunny and warm here.  Going outside just because. 

Well, I got the first part of my mail box snow shield put up this morning, 2 fence posts. Go ahead, laugh.....but the county had about 1' of #2 rocks at the surface that had to be removed before I could hammer them in. I bought 2-7' chain link terminal posts (2 3/8" OD, 17 gauge) and drove them down until I had about 4' or so above the ground. To this I will fasten a piece of MDO plywood that's larger than the mailbox/newpaper box to deflect the snow. I tried this last year and it didn't work out to well. The problem was the fence posts I had used (I think), they weren't rigid enough to withstand the blast of the 10" heavy wet snow we had. So I beefed up the posts with absolutely no idea whether this will work. Plan C is to enlarge the mailbox turnout and move the box back  from the road quite a bit more.

13 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Plan C is to enlarge the mailbox turnout and move the box back  from the road quite a bit more.

 

Get a local fab shop to weld you up a heavy duty mailbox and mount it on a good sizes pole.  I did one for a friend of mine our of .25 plate when he had a problem with not only the snow but kids with baseball bats.  Cured both problems.  May not be as much as you think.  Etsy has some to choose from. 

Spent Saturday getting supplies ready for this week demoing at the MS AG Museum. Will be turning lots of tops. Working today to pay for ammo and tools. It is supposed to hit 75 here today and then start going down into the weekend.

6 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Will be turning lots of tops.

Don't forget to post some pix!

@Fred W. Hargis Jr,

Used to have that problem, but once they tore the wing plow off the truck hiting the last post I put in they seem to steer clear. 

Rehab centers...both for me..and a few planes....even got another one cleaned up....

Stanley No. 5-1/2c Jumbo Jack..Type 11...late 1930s era...with a newer Tall knob out in front.  

 

Otherwise, I am doing as little as I can get away with...even less IF they let me....after all, this IS a Monday...

 Like Dan said, just to nice out to be inside. Put some gas in the mower can because I ran it dry thinking I was done for the season. Pruned back 2 rhododendrons & cut the grass. May go out tomorrow and do the edging that I neglected this summer.

Backyard not completely mowed but almost.  I got started on the roserary box.  I have no idea about one, but she has 4 and so this box will be able to separate them and keep them untangled.  

 

Doctor week this week.  3 appointments for her and we will see our primary care next Tuesday.  I think he may prescribe Hospice.  It will be part of the discussion.  

 

Oh, John, where do we go to donate to the charity this year?  

7 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

Doctor week this week.  3 appointments for her and we will see our primary care next Tuesday.  I think he may prescribe Hospice.  It will be part of the discussion.  

 

Continued prayers out for you Steve.  Whatever problems I may have today pale in comparison.

 Holy Cow! The wifes put up with me for 38 years today. 

11 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 Holy Cow! The wifes put up with me for 38 years today. 

 

Congrats to you & the Mrs. Larry!

1 hour ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 Holy Cow! The wifes put up with me for 38 years today. 

 

It's a Christmas Miracle