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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MWTCA What's It

As promised last week, our MWTCA "What's It" has returned from a four month vacation. Please see the topics at the following pages, and give it your best shot, just what the heck are these items!

• January MWTCA What's It
• February MWTCA What's It

 

House Cleaning

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If you click on each gallery category you'll see our suggested method for uploading images, I'd like to see it become law, there are many reasons why an actual title to the image is beneficial to our community.

 

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Please consider these suggestions while uploading your images.

 

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The Management

 

 

Featured Topic

 

Featured Image

Looks like Morris chairs were all the rage in this 1922 college woodworking class.

Woodworking Class and "By-Products" at East Texas State Normal College (Texas A&M today). 1922 "Locust" year book.

Attribution: East Texas State Normal College, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

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Check out this Thin Rip Table Saw Jig by Woodcraft's Wood River lineup. And the price is right too!

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Typical weekend except grandsons being here for two nights. They're pretty low maintenance except for feeding time. Boy can those two boys eat.

 

Some domestic duties this week and lots of road trips. PU youngest grandson today from music practice after school. Youngest granddaughter has 21st birthday tomorrow. Not sure how that happened. Three evenings this week I'll be at church for various meetings/ events. Other two evenings, oldest grandson has wrestling meets. Haircut and a few errands Wed AM in Boilertown. May attempt some yard work during down times.

Off to the hospital to get Marie another MRI, this time her hip. On the plus side, much of her back pain has been relieved, then she developed a new one in here groin...so this trip is needed. Looks like a nice week until Thursday, I had a couple of rifles worked on (had the triggers replaced) maybe I'll get a chance to take them to the range for a little shooting.

Monday?   Leave it at that....

 

23 FEB 2024, and 24 FEB 2024....L-N will be at Lost Arts Press in Covington, KY. 

Trying to decide whether to go there....2nd exit across the Bridge over the Ohio River...Hmmmm

One of the pitfalls of being the new guy at the local turners club, got some blanks/materials prepped for a demo at the next meeting. Still agonizing over the rolling pin workshop.  Need to get back to finishing more of @Gerald's Friendship Bowls.

Just wondering about the "Featured image". How did that guy in the middle of the back row get in without a tie????

Aside from that, will be working on an upgrade to my router table so I can get back to the cutting boards.

13 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Just wondering about the "Featured image". How did that guy in the middle of the back row get in without a tie????

He had one, got caught in the lathe right before the picture.

Had to get new phone this weekend. What a PITA.

Monday 

 Think I'll pass. 

years ago i bought a thin rip jig, pretty useful item for making thin stock and not having the work get trapped between the blade and the fence.

 

then i got a new rip fence from Incra, which has positive locks every 1/32", and you can adjust the settings with a dial wheel to as fine as 0.001 (half turn is a 1/64" increment). and then i discovered that my thin rip jig was no longer useful, as the stock would be different, random widths, and not always a multiple of 1/32".  so it sits getting dusty.

attempt #2 to fix this chair.  couldn't get the first patch to color match well enough, so out with the oak, in with the teak or mahogany. some red mahogany stain got it very close.  will trim down to match the profile another day.

Looks mighty good from here!

Went to PT this AM and then to Dr in afternoon. Diagnosis aspiration pneumonia . Now I am out of it , worn out for the day. 

 

Learned something new at PT. I have a bruise on my thigh almost the full length up from the knee and it is a dark purple. She taped it with sports tape with all those little fingers. What this does is like lifting the skin to allow blood to flow and heal faster.  

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

She taped it with sports tape with all those little fingers. What this does is like lifting the skin to allow blood to flow and heal faster.  

They did the same thing for Mimi

2 hours ago, Gerald said:

Went to PT this AM and then to Dr in afternoon. Diagnosis aspiration pneumonia . Now I am out of it , worn out for the day. 

 

Learned something new at PT. I have a bruise on my thigh almost the full length up from the knee and it is a dark purple. She taped it with sports tape with all those little fingers. What this does is like lifting the skin to allow blood to flow and heal faster.  

Prayers to you Gerald for your on-going recovery. Sorry to hear about the pneumonia. Take care.

Echo Dave's thoughts...take care and wish you the best.

Prayers out for you Gerald for a speedy recovery.

Get well fast, Gerald. 

Prayers for a quick healing, Gerald!

Thanks for thew prayers folks. Cough has subsided and feeling a bit more animated today. I even took a short tour of the shop while the wife was out. Started on home PT also and yes it is going to be a journey. I am finding so many project ideas I will need to start a notebook, well maybe put list on phone.