Whata ya do in a blizzard?

[Larry]

Wow, your in production.  I like the ones with the moon....or is it the sun? :D

[customsawyer]

My eyes crossed just looking at those and trying to follow the lines. Nice work.

[doc henderson]

how thick are they and do you do the edge on a shaper?  can you give any detail on the design?   i.e. does the pattern repeat, and do you use cutoff from one board, on the next?  it looks tight.  do you cut curves on a band saw?  otherwise, no questions.

[metalspinner]

It's all bandsaw cut. Sharp blade, steady tempo and smooth feed. 
The stack cutting process keeps generating the next board. Trying to keep the proper mountain perspective gets tricky along the way if that's what I'm after. At some point, though, all perspective is lost and the pieces becomes abstract. I have a mountain of abstracts to deal with. 

Other than sanding, most of my time is looking for - and at - boards for placement and orientation. 

Yes, Larry, those are moons. 😄 Birdseye maple moons. 

Doc, they start out as 8/4 lumber. But after each glue up, I send them through the planer so the pieces eventually end up just shy of 1 3/8". Which actually helps to reduce the weight. But there is still enough heft to feel good  in the hand. 
I've not made any with 4/4. But I suspect it would finish out about 5/8" if your super careful with glue-ups. 

The edge treatment is a big, vertical router bit. I want a shaper really bad.  There is just too much vibration in the router table. 

[doc henderson]

can you describe the "stack cutting method"?  I do not plan on making anything identical but looks like a great concept to understand.  I assume cutting two boards at a time, one on top of the other, so the cut is a fit even if you stray off the line.  

[doc henderson]

how many species, and how do you inlay the moon/maple?

[metalspinner]

Yea, that's it, doc. Two boards cut at the same time. Any drift from your line is ok. Just keep smooth and steady. 
The moon is just a drilled hole and tapered plug. I turn the plugs 1/4" thick on my machine lathe with a 1 degree taper. 
That moon detail was an afterthought and emergency repair on the first board I made like this. While cutting the juice groove , the router slipped on me and I went astray. That's when the "plug" idea came to me. 

All the "moon" boards will sell first guaranteed. Even with the up charge. In fact, I don't even know why I offer them without the moon. But a maple sky with a maple moon,  doesn't look right. 

[doc henderson]

so, the moon is only on one side, and I guess you can flip it over if you are trying to sleep!  

[Magicman]

 

 
It's obvious that PatD and I need to stop by for another visit. 

[metalspinner]

Anytime, Magicman!"

[doc henderson]

 

 

 

 

some solid wood action for a charity auction.  Dr. Hagley the cardiologist @Cardiodoc helped.  I am happy to do these.  a few years back I did the cedar corn hole game, and it took weeks.

[metalspinner]

  Figured walnut??

[doc henderson]

yes and pear, and ERC of course.  some quilting in the walnut.  i have another one in progress with many colors from a stump that was to be firewood.  



 

 

also had medicinal IPA in a coozie I got at the last Pig roast, from a new good friend and his wife.

[Larry]

Six inches of new snow on the ground this morning.  Spent the day in the shop with these two characters.






Got another stool glued up and ready to finish.






After that plowed the driveway and shoveled the sidewalks (twice).

Had a request for a couple of French rolling pins so I turned them plus another two.  They don't sell for much, $20 each, but I can make about 5 or 6 an hour and they use up left over wood.

[WDH]

They look pretty stressed out about it  :D.  

[firefighter ontheside]

The only thing I did in my shop during the snow storm was go in there to get beer and a yard stick to measure the snow.

[aigheadish]

I'm in the boat of not going into the shop as well. I've got projects but not much motivation to go out and spend money heating the place. It's the weekend now, though, so maybe I'll get out there some. 

I need to convince myself to climb up into the rafters to finish the insulation, but boy is that a miserable job. I keep meaning to buy a couple throwaway coveralls so I don't drag fiberglass all over the place too. If I'm dumb, and I likely am, I'll wait until it's unreasonably hot to go up and finish, so you know, it'll be 20 degrees warmer when I'm 12 feet up in the roof. 

Larry, your stools look great! 

Metalspinner, Doc, your boards look amazing. 

I don't know where the energy you guys have comes from... I wish I had about 10% of it.

[beenthere]

Don't  like the fiberglass itch either.

For cheap suit, google:
Tyvek Disposable Suit

[SwampDonkey]

I don't even want to breath fibreglass insulation let alone swim in it. If making you cough isn't a bad sign. ;D

[dogone]

   What to do in a blizzard??  STAY HOME. We had a day long blizzard here in Saskatchewan a few days ago.Along with the hundreds who spent a long time stuck in their vehicles one died.
    A man on a tractor went to clear a road in zero visibility. He got stuck , left his running tractor to walk home. Took two days to find his body. It happens every year or so. One person made it about ten miles from his vehicle in a blizzard. A farmer found his body in his pasture the next spring. This was only 20 miles from me and five years back.
    These were unfortunate deaths but it is difficult to educate some folks.

[aigheadish]

@beenthere that's exactly what I'm looking for. I need to also find some kind of mask I can breathe in and not breathe in the fibers. I've got a normal dust mask but I couldn't breathe very well in it so I went the dumb route and just tried to hold my breath as much as I could. I know that isn't good but neither is passing out whilst walking on ceiling trusses. 

[alan gage]

@beenthere that's exactly what I'm looking for. I need to also find some kind of mask I can breathe in and not breathe in the fibers. I've got a normal dust mask but I couldn't breathe very well in it so I went the dumb route and just tried to hold my breath as much as I could. I know that isn't good but neither is passing out whilst walking on ceiling trusses.

Get a respirator. The hardware store will have them. Work great. I never bother with the masks anymore. It's not always the most comfortable thing to wear but they work great. 
Alan

[doc henderson]

for ceiling insulation, if they are bats with vapor barrier, I work from below on the paper side of the insulation.  

[HemlockKing]

  What to do in a blizzard??  STAY HOME.

...or pull out the elan 340 TWIN(snowmobile) crank a few beers and go for a RIP! ...obviously stay near home   but dang blizzards are fun and bring out the same feeling I got as a kid when they arrive.

[Andries]

Here's a recent Canadian story about what you should do during a blizzard.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6339703 
Tellin' ya, old guys RULE.