Todays shop time.

[dragoneggs]

I ran across a 46" square piece of 1" thick aluminum that I bolted to the top of two of the HF Titan work benches. Thought that it would be a decent surface for tacking up fab projects. I plan on drilling and tapping holes in the aluminum for fixtures and bench top tools. Will add some shelves between the two cabinets and fixing a 4x4 electrical box extension cord to the side somewhere. The vise is held down with 4-3/8" bolts threaded into the plate.

That is a cool surface. Nice find and repurpose!

 

[sixdogs]

4570man--Do you have a business and sell bowls commercially or just a fun thing?

 

[4570Man]

4570man--Do you have a business and sell bowls commercially or just a fun thing?

I sell a few cutting boards and take a few other commissioned builds but the wood turning and woodworking as a whole is only a hobby.

 

[daugen]

I ran across a 46" square piece of 1" thick aluminum that I bolted to the top of two of the HF Titan work benches. Thought that it would be a decent surface for tacking up fab projects. I plan on drilling and tapping holes in the aluminum for fixtures and bench top tools. Will add some shelves between the two cabinets and fixing a 4x4 electrical box extension cord to the side somewhere. The vise is held down with 4-3/8" bolts threaded into the plate.

nicely done. Let us know over time how durable the surface is. What do you have to do to maintain that finish?
That is one big chunk of aluminum. Very impressive. Is there a grade number for that aluminum, an alloy of some kind or
pure aluminum? Aluminum can be soft or extremely hard. Guessing you have the latter.

 

[4570Man]

I finished building a wood stove I started over a year ago.

 

[Big Barn]

I finished building a wood stove I started over a year ago. View attachment 587587View attachment 587588

Nice!



For your shop?

 

[4570Man]

No my woodlot is in the city limits and they don’t take kindly to burning debris in an open fire. When I started the project a year ago I intended on converting the wood splitter to electric and moving it inside but I doubt I’ll do that now, so it’ll just be used to burn splinters and warm up by.

 

[sixdogs]

I finished building a wood stove I started over a year ago. View attachment 587587View attachment 587588

Very creative.
I know you're just burning small stuff with it but would the door warp if the stove got really hot?

 

[4570Man]

It’s 3/8 thick but I hope not.

 

[4570Man]

I was cutting some strips for a table top and hit 2 different bullets in the woods. Luckily the soft lead didn’t hurt the blade/knifes. And this was the trial run of my new to me Oneida cyclone dust collector. Here’s how the filter looked after sucking three 30 gallon barrels of chips. I’ll be interested to see what happens with it and the drum sander but so far I’m impressed.

 

[Threepoint]

Beautiful wood! Ambrosia Maple?

 

[4570Man]

Yes. It all came from a tree on a flip house I had a couple years ago. Here’s 2 other tops I made from it. The second table is a makeup table I gave my sister for Christmas.

 

[Threepoint]

Very nice! Have you turned any bowls and vases from it also? The complexity of the pattern is especially enhanced by the curves. :thumbsup:

 

[4570Man]

No I sawed the whole trunk log and there was no figure in the top of the tree. It went to firewood. The best figure is at the bottom of the tree. Here’s some bowls I turned for a smaller trees that had even more color. And again there was only about 8’ that was nice with the bottom 4’ being a lot nicer.

 

[sixdogs]

Beautiful wood! Ambrosia Maple?

No I sawed the whole trunk log and there was no figure in the top of the tree. It went to firewood. The best figure is at the bottom of the tree. Here’s some bowls I turned for a smaller trees that had even more color. And again there was only about 8’ that was nice with the bottom 4’ being a lot nicer.View attachment 588843View attachment 588844

It is spalted as well? That's a neat looking figure.
Good workmanship.

 

[4570Man]

It is spalted as well? That's a neat looking figure.
Good workmanship.

Maybe a little. There’s a very fine line between spalted maple and worm food. Sure if you were dedicated you could epoxy soak it and use some of the overly spalted stuff but I’ve never went through that expense and trouble. Here’s a piece that’s got quite a bit of spalting but I haven’t done anything with it yet.

 

[Big Barn]

Some of you may have seen a few of these pics in my “Hooker-Bender-Weekend” thread.

Problem:



Solution:





Moving Day:



Result:

 

[dragoneggs]

Professional... to say the least! :thumbsup:

 

[Big Barn]

Thanks, Mark!

 

[Wakey]

I'd love to do that in my barn but I'd need another barn first!

Looks awesome, nice job.