Good Monday Morning Patriot Woodworkers! May 12, 2025

[John Morris]

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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Have a wonderful week ahead folks, and remember, as the wise old sage Ralph Jones used to say, "keep your hands at least 6" away from the table saw blade while operating!" Be safe!

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

It was a productive weekend for me, all things considered. I finished redoing my lumber storage and managed to get the melons, tomatoes and some corn planted in the garden. While i still have a ton of yard stuff to do, it looks like rain this week so I might get back to my displays for the women's quarters I've been trying to work on.

[lew]

Got the garden veggies in the ground. Need to run to Lowes for another pack of Cilantro seeds to replace the one that was empty when I opened it. Pool setup next. Than sycamore will be spalted by the time I get around to getting it

[Gunny]

Been busy getting new roll cart organized for use.  Harbor Freight had these on sale from $599 down to $470.

 

 

[Gunny]

Custom spring loaded pliers holder.

 

 

 

[Gunny]

For those with a lot of sockets 

 

[JWD]

Totally unproductive weekend for me.  Driving back from Flagstaff all day Saturday and recovering from the drive and doing some house cleaning Sunday.

 

After driving past the Petrified Forest, I found the Petrified Lumberyard in Holbrook  

 

Closer to the Petrified Forest, I saw a really nice big bandsaw:

Probably could have walked up to the gate to take the picture, but I figure don't go past the sign is a good rule of thumb.  In that bandsaw is a big chunk of petrified wood, but the whole place had a very overgrown and abandoned look so I'm not sure it was still in use.

 

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

How about that, I would have never thought you could saw petrified wood.

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, Gunny said:

Been busy

Gunny, how the heck you been man!

[Gunny]

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

Gunny, how the heck you been man!

Pretty busy at my work. Been through a metric ton of training classes.  Generally my work day is a blur of activity.

[lew]

2 hours ago, JWD said:

Totally unproductive weekend for me.  Driving back from Flagstaff all day Saturday and recovering from the drive and doing some house cleaning Sunday.

 

After driving past the Petrified Forest, I found the Petrified Lumberyard in Holbrook  

 

Closer to the Petrified Forest, I saw a really nice big bandsaw:

Probably could have walked up to the gate to take the picture, but I figure don't go past the sign is a good rule of thumb.  In that bandsaw is a big chunk of petrified wood, but the whole place had a very overgrown and abandoned look so I'm not sure it was still in use.

 

 

 

Now there's a coincidence! That's where I buy my manzanita roots from- Jim Gray's Petrified Wood Company.

[JWD]

8 minutes ago, lew said:

 

 

Now there's a coincidence! That's where I buy my manzanita roots from- Jim Gray's Petrified Wood Company.

 

Lots of manzanita nearby Holbrook, an hour or two drive over to south of Flagstaff or down over the Mogollon Rim where you start finding it.  I don't remember seeing any up on the flats where Holbrook is, but it might be there too.  Arizona is lousy with the stuff!

 

I even find a tiny bit of petrified wood over near my house in NM - all small stuff compared to AZ but still pretty cool.

[kmealy]

4 hours ago, Gunny said:

For those with a lot of sockets 

 

looks like you might be missing the 10 mm one?

 

[Larry Buskirk]

Got all mowers working, so mowing, planting, and trying to figure out where to fit the waterfall/pond in. 

[John Morris]

2 hours ago, Gunny said:

Pretty busy at my work. Been through a metric ton of training classes.  Generally my work day is a blur of activity.

Work smurk, who needs work!

The Patriot Woodworker Needs You!

[steven newman]

May 13th, BTW..

 

Shop time was just hanging tools in the Tool Cabinet...

Went to have that Left Elbow "Zapped" & Probed...

 

DMV to buy new tags for the Chevy...since Wednesday is my Birthday....

 

Just another Monday...

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

3 minutes ago, steven newman said:

May 13th, BTW..

 

Morris and his calendars (or lack of)!

[John Morris]

6 minutes ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

 

Morris and his calendars (or lack of)!

What the frick! Thanks Fred, you the only one that caught it! Or at least the only one that let me know!

[John Morris]

11 minutes ago, steven newman said:

May 13th, BTW..

 

Just saw this one too, thank Steve!

[John Morris]

Wait, today is the 12th! Not the 13th