Watcha Makin'?

[Tom K]

I'm just a hack when it comes to forging.  I would love to have your skills and knowledge about the craft.

Ha! I'm just a hack for sure. Maybe the picture make stuff look better then they are? I didn't get started until a few years ago. I spent a little time in the forge in '19-'20, then life got in the way the last 2 years and I haven't gotten out there much. Now that the wood shop is done I hope to spend more time in both shops this year.
A couple more pictures I found of some hooks.


 

 

 

 
I made this table for my wife 2 years ago. I have an idea floating around in my head for a similar style coffee table with a piece of metal "art' on the ends.


 

[Hilltop366]

Engine cover for a SpaceX booster???

I was thinking a round pool table.

[21incher]

Engine cover for a SpaceX booster???

 

And I thought it was a helipad for the roof of your fish camp

[Old Greenhorn]

I think it's a round tuit. ;D

[newoodguy78]

 

 

 
Needed a new door for the store going from the kitchen to the showroom. Got a little creative. 

[Old Greenhorn]

How did you do that? Laser? Woodburner? Neat. Looks like you got a good deal on a large box of carriage bolts! :D

[newoodguy78]

A laser is way above my pay grade. I cut it out with my jigsaw then sanded and or filed the sharp edges down. Certainly had to be careful some of the petals depending on where they are are quite delicate. I have a piece of lexan that will go on either side to help protect it. 
Yeah I'm not a big fan of carriage bolts but they do have their place. Figured I'd use up as many as I could  :D

[Walnut Beast]

Looks great 👍! Get a picture when it's in place also

[tule peak timber]

Doing a suite of Redwood tops to a width spec. We do this by taking out pie shaped pieces from the center of wider slabs and reasonably match the grain up again at glue up. Also, more fake timber posts this week.  

 

 

 

 

[Larry]

One of those projects that got started but never finished.  Picked up a Rockwell/Delta 6 X 48" combination sander for near nothing.  It would be a huge upgrade over my Grizzly but needed lots of work.  Stripped it completely down, installed new bearings, sandblasted, and gave it new paint.



Than it sat.....I have a great Oakley edge sander and a Delta disc sander so I wasn't really motivated.

Thought it about time and I can finish it while its still cold out.  Pulled a new old stock 3-phase Marathon motor out of my rat hole.  I had a spare Teco VFD to power it.  My thought is combination sanders run the disc far to fast while the belt is on the slow side.  The VFD will give me variable speed to meet the requirements.  Pulled the motor end bells to check the bearing grease.  Hooked up the VFD and it all works.



One can say that the dust collection on these old machines did not SUCK.  I going to fab up something tomorrow.  Have to figure out how to mount the VFD than get this thing back in production.

 

[Don P]

I was cleaning up the other day and pulled down a box, I couldn't remember what was in it. The snake is still awol  :D
Receipt and all, it was a gallon of epoxy wood filler from '03, I had used about half on a log home resto job and forgotten about it. I was about to chuck it and, like old milk, I had to stick my face in it and see what had grown. The stuff was pliable. I kneaded up a handful and then figured I might as well do something useful with it. Looking around...  I'm probably not a bladesmith but I made a new old keyhole saw  :D
Left it overnight in the same unheated barn it has been in all these years, and it set up, 20 year old filled epoxy, I'm amazed.


 

[Hilltop366]

Not sure if it is as good as half a roll of duct tape but it should do the job.  ;D

[21incher]

A. Simple Croc rack. Discovered my wife was addicted to Crocs we have a tiny master closet so made use of the last remaining space. 

My Wife Is Addicted To Crocks, Bringing Them Out From Under The Bed - YouTube

[newoodguy78]

 

 

 
Got it installed 

[Old Greenhorn]

I can't believe I am saying this but the painted side looks really nice! The natural side, of course looks better, but that paint really pops out the rosette! Nicely done!

[Walnut Beast]

Nice job! Looks great installed! 

[newoodguy78]

Yeah it bothered me to paint that nice looking wood but was pleasantly surprised with the end result. Being a commercial kitchen I wasn't exactly sure if the natural finish would satisfy the health inspector or not and didn't really care to find out. The customers and the boss are enjoying it so I'll take it as a win. 

[Crusarius]

I agree with OGH. beautiful work nicely done. 

[21incher]

Beautiful work. Can't wait to see the knob set you chose.

[Don P]

I figured that was the reason for the paint and it looks good. I think smooth and non porous is fine back of house, poly should work just as well as paint.

[newoodguy78]

Beautiful work. Can't wait to see the knob set you chose.

This door isn't going to get a lock set or handles, even though I'd like a nice wrought iron or twisted bittersweet branch handles on it. The oval cutout is the handle. The door is hung on double action saloon style hinges. They are constantly pushing bakery racks and produce carts back and forth and anything sticking out will catch the racks. The center of the batter board is set at the handles of the carts to hopefully take the brunt of the abuse from being used. 

[doc henderson]

still working and progressing on the ERC cookie tables.  Dallas brought some stuff from a bow bear hunt he did back in 2013.  will add these to the void and epoxy areas.



 

 



  

 

[doc henderson]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[doc henderson]

he initially did not want to put anything in there as he thought it would not be seen.  now I may convince him to do some led underlighting.  we can drill in from the under side.   ;)   8)  

the first few pics are after sanding the globby rough pour off and then doing multiple thick table top epoxy pours.  as I learned from the Wiard of Crap (WOC)  @tule peak timber we will do thin layers of table top epoxy, sand and repeat, not a quarter inch thick layer all at once that make cedar look like a cheap souvenir at a truck stop in western Kansas.

[thecfarm]

POP!!!!