Sounds like shop in school was an East Coast thing. I took the Vocational course in my high school-printing,drafting,electric,wood shop,and metal.Quote:
Originally Posted by zteknik
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Sounds like shop in school was an East Coast thing. I took the Vocational course in my high school-printing,drafting,electric,wood shop,and metal.Quote:
Originally Posted by zteknik
Could be, wish they had more availability of "skills" in school nowadays.Quote:
Originally Posted by StagLefty
Really nice work on the pens.
You should try some birds eye maple and locust. The wood makes some really awesome pens.
I used to dig up mesquite stumps and where the trunk meets the roots is some really cool figured wood, wood is hard as hell but makes unbelievable looking pens.
Nice Pens!
Made a few recently myself. Bought a small wood lathe off craigslist cheap and it came with some upgrades/pen tools.
I've got a nearly endless supply of small hardwood scraps from pop's wood shop.
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Also from the Non Wood lathe, a few tops of varying sizes/styles. Going more for length of spin than looks. I think my record is 5:40 seconds so far.
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That's crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnihcraes
I hadn't even thought about making tops with the metal lathe. might have to try that now.
Thanks fellas. And nice pens yourself gnihcraes ! Nice work on the metal tops too. I'd like to try the Birdseye , I also need to get a buckeye burl pen made. I've also made a few wine stoppers with maple burl.
top pen is acrylic , other two are stained oak.
Nice! I have a wine stopper to try. I need to setup a dust collector before I do much more turning.
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Ugggghhhh , your telling me ! It's very easy to wonder where it all comes from ! I swear the "turnings"? From the acrylic blanks gets in everything , I wish I could have a dust collection setup but all my stuff gets moved around constantly. I don't have a spot to leave it setup. Very frustrating when it takes you longer to move/setup and clean up than the actual project itself.
A friend of mine said she lost a bunch of branches from her elm tree after this last storm, some measuring up to 4 inches in diameter. She didn't know what to do with the wood since she doesn't have a wood-burning fireplace so I had suggested letting the wood dry out and then cutting some cross sections for use as trivets and coasters but I was also thinking woodworkers might be interested in it for making peppermills, candlesticks, and such. Am I wrong about that? If I'm right, are there any tips on what she should do in terms of curing or drying the wood properly?
Yes...yes you do. LOL. If you ever end up needing help moving your shop or cleaning your current one, I'll be glad to help.Quote:
Originally Posted by gnihcraes