Todays shop time.

[dragoneggs]

It probably took an hour to get things figured out. After that it went pretty quick. You glue up an octagon with triangles then cut it into pieces and glue back together. View attachment 532102View attachment 532107

I was just going to ask you to post a pic of the end. Looks great. I might file this one away. I have a fair bit of walnut and ash/oak scrap I could use. :thumbsup:

 

[4570Man]

I later decided there's no need for triangles that meet in the center and changed to trapezoids that leave the center hollow. The advantage is a larger diameter pin with the same stock thickness.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I sharpened chainsaw chains today... I've been getting behind on that job, but now that the cold is here, I managed to get most of them done...

In the past, owning my own custom furniture/cabinet shop, I made truck loads of things to sell, cutting boards, rolling pins, hutches, pie safes and about everything else...

Here's a book matched and quarter sawn oak hutch,

One of my best money makers was sewing tables, but what I enjoyed making most, was making mantle clocks, like this one,

It's been some time since I made one, so one of these days I'm going to make a few more...

SR

 

[dragoneggs]

I later decided there's no need for triangles that meet in the center and changed to trapezoids that leave the center hollow. The advantage is a larger diameter pin with the same stock thickness. View attachment 532113

Ha, I am on the same page as we speak! I was just sketching out a diameter using 3/4 stock on hand to see what it would yield. Your timing is perfect.

 

[mapper]

Same problem here. I could make more money at McDonald's unless something drastic changed. Here's the start of a rolling pin I'm making. View attachment 532100

How many hours into cutting and glueing up the blank? It's going to be someone's treasure!

 

[4570Man]

How many hours into cutting and glueing up the blank? It's going to be someone's treasure!

I'd say after the second one about an hour each. That's before turning it and making handles.

 

[4570Man]

Here's the process. Most people don't release how little glueing is actually done in this kind of work.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Here's the process. Most people don't release how little glueing is actually done in this kind of work. View attachment 532144View attachment 532145View attachment 532146View attachment 532147View attachment 532149

4750, I’m curious to see how you clamp your initial glue-up? Can you share? Nice project!

 

[lostcreekranch]

I sharpened chainsaw chains today... I've been getting behind on that job, but now that the cold is here, I managed to get most of them done...

In the past, owning my own custom furniture/cabinet shop, I made truck loads of things to sell, cutting boards, rolling pins, hutches, pie safes and about everything else...

Here's a book matched and quarter sawn oak hutch,

One of my best money makers was sewing tables, but what I enjoyed making most, was making mantle clocks, like this one,

It's been some time since I made one, so one of these days I'm going to make a few more...

SR

Rob, your hutch must be, at a minimum, 20 stories high compared to your tractors.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Now you know why I don't list all of my tractors in my signature!

SR

 

[4570Man]

4750, I’m curious to see how you clamp your initial glue-up? Can you share? Nice project!

Tape.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Tape. View attachment 532182

Great, thanks. We’re all anxious to see a finished rolling pin.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Now you know why I don't list all of my tractors in my signature!

SR

Nice collection! What scale are they?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

1/64th scale...

Anyway, I spent a few hours in my shop today building a shelf unit for my pantry... It will clean up and organize it a bit.

I built it out of some "mis-cuts" off the BSM, I always set them aside, just for a job like this.

SR

 

[4570Man]

I turned 2 more pieces tonight. The maple piece would have had a nicer profile if it had 1" off the bottom but it was rough turned too deep for that. Anyway most non wood turners don't notice profile or wall thickness unless it's awful. It's pretty satisfying pulling nice curly shavings off dry wood.

 

[Oldpath05]

I once had a neighbor 35 years ago when I worked in the woods, he made these bowls out of wood. One day while bringing out wood with a skidder I saw a big 2'-ish burl on a side of a tree, after work I went back in and cut it down, of course the boss had to ask what I was doing, told him my neighbor buys these burls, ok he said.

Next day I come to the job site and the boss ask what I got for that burl, I said $150.00, he goes WHAT!!, he was thinking like I was, $10-$20.00, and yes I thought I did alright since I was only getting $5.30/hr. Well he told his boss and that was the end of that, a message came down to all 5 of us, from now on ALL burls will be turned into the company, it was a small sawmill company with it's own wood harvesting crew, I no longer cared looking for tree burls while on the job after that, and that sawmill co is long gone now and so isn't that bowl turning neighbor.

 

[4570Man]

Here's a cherry burl I found. I haven't turned it yet to see what it looks like.

 

[Oldpath05]

These bowl post got me to watch a youtube video on how to make a bowl>>> Woodturning Big Cherry Burl / Epoxy - YouTube Must be relaxing making shavings and a cereal bowl at the same time.

 

[4570Man]

I turned the rolling pins. I still need to make handles.

 

[dragoneggs]

I turned the rolling pins. I still need to make handles. View attachment 532587View attachment 532588View attachment 532589View attachment 532590

I like the 'twisted' one.