Good Monday Morning Patriot Woodworkers! August 25, 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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@FrederickH has a big ol burl!

 

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Woodcraft project for making an epoxy and wood handled knife, pretty awesome.

 

[HARO50]

Only four more months until Christmas! Time to clean up the garage and get the snow blower ready to go. May wax up the snow shovels too.

[John Morris]

16 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Only four more months until Christmas! Time to clean up the garage and get the snow blower ready to go. May wax up the snow shovels too.

Gosh is still seems we just finished last Christmas!

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

34 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Gosh is still seems we just finished last Christmas!

Most of the rest of us took our lights down months ago, John.

[Grandpadave52]

Finished all the mowing yet again; it's been a challenging summer to keep up with the yard. Did a little more woodworking aka turning wood into mulch.

 

A little over 1/2 finished replacing front brake pads, calipers, rotors and ABS sensors on granddaughters car. Slow resuming on it this morning since it was 48° to start today. I'll finish that, then change oil/filter, grease front end plus a few other maintenance items today.

 

Errands, weedeating, more mulch making, some much needed outside maintenance as well as lawn equipment maintenance on tap for the week since we're enjoying some early fall like weather. I might even smuggle some donuts onto the premises.

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

The end of summer draws near, I tilled the corn under last week. The tomatoes, peppers and melons are still producing so they are safe for the moment. It's so dry I don't need to mow but may do so anyway later this week in prep for Labor day. I did get some range time in last week, and hope to do some more shooting this week. In the shop I'm in need of a new TV stand for our bedroom, and I'm tinkering with a different kind of box (if you can call it that) on the lathe.

[John Morris]

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Most of the rest of us took our lights down months ago, John.

Well you just nailed my neighborhood.

[HandyDan]

[lew]

Not much happening around here. Supposed to cool and less humid for awhile. Just sorta waiting for the next "emergency" to ring the doorbell.

[steven newman]

Hmmm..Donations made at The Lutheran's Thrift Store.....planks 6,7, and 8 have been cut and ripped..Heathens have been fed..have taken me pills...am not sitting around and doing as little as I can get away with....Monday...Meh...Might haul a load to the fire pit, IF I get motivated enough..

[HARO50]

There will be no lawn mowed around here for a while! The dry-as-a-toot summer has resulted in an over-abundance of yellowjackets, those burrowing little spawns of Satan. Got stung by one about 2 or 3 weeks ago, and I don't really want a repeat of that. The neighbour got stung yesterday, took a blowtorch to them but they're still there. So far I've killed off three nests, but two are still active. The mowing may have to wait until December! Maybe sooner, if I can build a small tactical nuclear device.

[lew]

44 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

There will be no lawn mowed around here for a while! The dry-as-a-toot summer has resulted in an over-abundance of yellowjackets, those burrowing little spawns of Satan. Got stung by one about 2 or 3 weeks ago, and I don't really want a repeat of that. The neighbour got stung yesterday, took a blowtorch to them but they're still there. So far I've killed off three nests, but two are still active. The mowing may have to wait until December! Maybe sooner, if I can build a small tactical nuclear device.

 

Get yourself a couple of those oil fired "Tiki Lamps". Wait till dusk and light them. Set them near the nest entrance. Smack the entrance with a shovel. Run like you are about to have explosive diarrhea!  The bees will fly out, see the light and fly towards it- burning off their wings. Just don't walk barefoot in the area for a day or so. 

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

John, I don't know if they are available in Canada, but those Yellow Jacket traps really work well. I had a nest i couldn't seem to get rid of, I ran over it with the mower and must have got stung 4-5 times. I put up one of these and had it cleared out in about 2 weeks. I used to mark their spot with a flag and go out after dark and pour some flammable liquid in the hole and light it. I gave that up for environmental reasons, but it did kill the nest.

Edited August 25 by Fred W. Hargis Jr

[John Morris]

We've had a horrible Wasp season here in So Cal, they are nesting all over the place in our eaves, the ground the bushes. They are tough as nails too, one was sitting on my garage floor yesterday, I stepped on that sucker three times, the danged thing brushed itself off and flew straight up, looked at me and flew off. He's probably got my face remembered now and he's planning on something.

[HARO50]

1 hour ago, lew said:

Run like you are about to have explosive diarrhea! 

I do that every time I spray the little b@4tards, Lew. Guerilla warfare!

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Yellow Jacket traps

Never heard of them, Fred. I'll see if I can find a dozen or so. Thanks.

[HARO50]

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

He's probably got my face remembered now and he's planning on something.

Be afwaid, John, be vewy, vewy afwaid!

[Bubba]

I haven't done any woodwork in the shop/garage for some time. It has been just too hot, no AC. But this weekend I had an idea to make

something for the house so I broke out the scroll saw.

My back bathroom has somewhat of a nautical theme.

 

The shower curtain has a nautilus shell design.

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As seen in the picture below there is a large sand dollar framed, as seen in the mirror some flying seagulls and a nautical looking world map.

 

 

So I wanted to extend the nautical theme to the front bathroom so I made a nautical themed wall hanging.

 

 

ARG!!!

 

 

[John Morris]

@Bubba, POOP DECK! LOL!

 

Dang, we really need our emoticons back don't we?

[steven newman]

Simple Trap:  

Mountain Dew bottle, leave about 1/2" in the bottom once the trap has been assembled..

Right where the bottle flares out, right above the top of the Label...cut there to remove the top of the bottle

 

Then add the sugar water/Mountain Dew....stuff the top down into the bottle threaded end first...

 

Set the trap out near a nest....let it sit overnight...and it should be FULL of Yellow Jackets.....

Dump the trap, build a new one...and let it go to work....

 

Yellow Jackets can't fly in or out, and once they crawl inside...they land in the water and drown..

[HARO50]

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

Dang, we really need our emoticons back don't we?

My thoyght, precisely. Just the old basics.