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

Our Annual Christmas event is live! In case you've been living under a rock lately, you may not have noticed that we are now neck deep in our annual tradition of playing Santa Clause for a wounded warrior family.

Join us at our project page and help us, help Santa!

 

More community news

As @lew has already mentioned, we have a new sub-category forum under the Turners Forum, the category is "Ring Master Turning". And we have a "Ring Master Turning" gallery where you can show off all your Ringmaster turnings as well. To view the gallery simply navigate to the "Wood Turning" gallery, then see the sub-category for "Ring Master Turning"

 

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

@Headhunter has taken advantage of the "Ring Master Turning" forum already and showed us some fantastic alternative shapes he produced from his Ring Master.

 

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.

 

Featured link

No new links this week.

 

Featured video

A nice 6 minute video from one of my favorite YouTube channels "Northmen". It's been a long time since they created a video, this one was made just a few days ago, so the Northmen are at it again.

In this video you'll see the joinery used and how they bang it all together, very interesting.

 

"Assembly of Northmen wooden house frame. It took us two months to cut all the joinery and two days to rise it."

 

 

Cool video John.  I don't know about working that construction barefoot!

Daughter made it down for a weekend visit and helped with her entertainment center.  In between dr. appointments this week I hope I can get the construction done.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it

Just now, Cal said:

I don't know about working that construction barefoot!

 

Ya, they have some purists in there for sure, a little too pure for me as well Cal.

Hope all goes well at the doc appts!

5 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Hope all goes well at the doc appts!

 

Oh yeah, nothing going on.  Ear cleaning and hearing aid check tomorrow.  Annual physical Thursday.  I will feel violated on that one for awhile, but will get over it

Edited November 15, 20214 yr by Cal

Need to haul in and spread another ton of 1/2" river rock today for Phyl's fountain/flower garden area. Later...if I'm not to beat...back to work on the SCMS dust collection system. One of our sons wants to build a poplar and plywood vanity to be painted. He sent me a Sketchup rendering. I just sent him an extensive list of things he needs to consider, like construction method, style of door and drawer fronts, quality and type of glides and hinges...and more. I'm actually attempting to delay him till the shop is totally ready for work. OTOH, having a project waiting may focus and direct my shop completion. 

Still working on mother's battery charging station.

 

 

She requested a holder for her Ryobi weed eater.  I color matched it. 

 

What day did you say?

 

@John Morris  Thanks for adding the gallery sub topic!

Survived the Friday outings and the miserable damp cold and snow over the weekend. Still have some big items to unload from the truck.

Purdue embarrassed themselves on National TV; Granddaughter had another good swim weekend in Ohio, 2nd in both the 400 & 800 Freestyle which I watched via livestream

Attended on-line church services yesterday since my wife has been home ill beginning Friday; I'm also doing double duty cooking, laundry, and the like.

Weather forecast is not promising for much outside work this week and since the climate controls any "shop" work, little will accomplished there either.

Cold weather setting in.  More shop time is inevitable.  Made a box yesterday.  See Turning Forum for more details.

 

 Hey @steven newman, I need to borrow the one celled Sketch Up.

 

Have to go through my scrap pile and come up with a laptop stand that will fit the center console of the Pilot.

Need to have it hold a laptop, and a small monitor above it so's I can read the "Service Manual" and use the "Honda Diagnostic Software" at the same time. 

Tried using two windows, but on a 12.1" screen these old eyes  need a microscope to make out what's being displayed. 

Well Howdy Y'all!  More of the same at the J.O.B. this week.  Datacenter software updates completed last Friday afternoon.  Can't say I'm sorry to see that project finished.  It's always a grind. 

 

Work planned on the VXRails, they are up and running, damned impressive technology, and still need a few odds and ends before I turn them loose in production.  From here it's pretty much bolting stuff on. 

 

Didn't make it out to the shop over the weekend, broken door and all.  At least it's in a state where I can keep it locked, don't want to find myself in a situation where I have to stand guard duty over a stuck open door.

 

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3 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Survived the Friday outings and the miserable damp cold and snow over the weekend. Still have some big items to unload from the truck.

Purdue embarrassed themselves on National TV; Granddaughter had another good swim weekend in Ohio, 2nd in both the 400 & 800 Freestyle which I watched via livestream

Attended on-line church services yesterday since my wife has been home ill beginning Friday; I'm also doing double duty cooking, laundry, and the like.

Weather forecast is not promising for much outside work this week and since the climate controls any "shop" work, little will accomplished there either.

 

 

$115 @ homedepot online. This one goes in my Mother's shop.

 

1 hour ago, Gunny said:

 

$115 @ homedepot online. This one goes in my Mother's shop.

 

Not likely. I'd have to put sealed, severe duty, high speed bearings in the service meter.

Probably should have taken that job when it was offered in Griffin 25 years ago perhaps?

8 hours ago, Gunny said:

She requested a holder for her Ryobi weed eater.  I color matched it. 

Darned if you didn't and quite well I must say.

Shhhh...I was trying to let Monday slip on by me....

 

 

Roofing crew got here about 1000hrs this morning...may have been waiting on the 1" of white crap to melt off the roof.  

 

Almost done with the Mitre Box rehab..

May try tomorrow to sharpen that DULL saw that came with it....

Love that video and wondered about the barefoot workers. But those mallets and then the guys holding at the head; now that makes the job harder , doesn't it?

 

forgot to add had a tremendous week at the AG and now to restock. Working this afternoon and tomorrow will slow that down

Edited November 15, 20214 yr by Gerald

2 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Not likely. I'd have to put sealed, severe duty, high speed bearings in the service meter.

Probably should have taken that job when it was offered in Griffin 25 years ago perhaps?

 

I use jumper cables myself. That meter looked like it needed a rest.

 

Thoughts @Artie

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