Watcha Makin'?

[Walnut Beast]

I agree Larry! I'm sure I've had a few chuckles from the big boys that are running their systems all day when they seen this little container 😂. 

[doc henderson]

or mount a top bag from a dust collector to let the filtered air out.  and a cyclone sounds good too.

[Bruno of NH]

 

 

 

 
I thought I had posted a picture of this project here, this is a Red Elm desk top I built for our daughter. It's now installed in Manhattan where she is starting medical school.    Just a picture of  the joined slabs and the desk we put together this morning.   The last picture is the view out the window beside her desk.  She helped me pick out the wood, and finish the desk top and shelf.. It's been a busy couple days. I had hoped to squeeze a visit with Tom in this trip but we came from the New Jersey side and didn't budget enough time. Yes i feel a bit like a fish out of water in the city here.

My daughter has lived in NYC for 12 years . Her Dad's hasn't made a vist.
I'm not built for it  :D

[21incher]

That setup would create one heck of an inferno should a friction static electricity spark occur. I would drop a ground chain from the plastic tub just to try avoiding any chance of that.

[Nebraska]

Bruno, I will  come back and see her, but I won't drive it again  unless I absolutely have too.  I feel just a bit claustrophobic compared to what I am used to... ;) 

[Walnut Beast]

That setup would create one heck of an inferno should a friction static electricity spark occur. I would drop a ground chain from the plastic tub just to try avoiding any chance of that.

I had wondered about that! Better do that. Don't need a static bomb 💣. We will see how the screen top works like I had originally planned. 

[firefighter ontheside]

  ;) :D ;D  I knew my feet were in the picture.  I guess I wanted you guys to see my size 11's.

[Larry]

Tops......hypersonic tops......classified secret designs.






Maybe they will distract some kid from their phone for a couple of minutes. :D

[Walnut Beast]

Larry I love the craftsmanship you do on everything!!!!!

[caveman]

Excellent top.  I would be distracted for hours.

[Bruno of NH]

Bruno, I will  come back and see her, but I won't drive it again  unless I absolutely have too.  I feel just a bit claustrophobic compared to what I am used to... ;)

I have developed a bad case of anxiety as time goes on.
I much rather stay at home if I can .

[Tom King]

Gorgeous piece!  I'm glad all those people like to live in cities.

[Old Greenhorn]

Well I ain't makin' nuttin' .....yet. But I am fixing to and I went and picked up a mess of stuff for the build that I ordered back in June or so. Can anybody guess where I went?
Hint:


 

 A 5 hour driving loop in CT traffic, but saved a bunch of shipping cost and got to visit with the crew there. Now I gotta get to work.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Do you go south to pick up 84, or do you cut over some other way? 

Don't you love driving in Connecticut? :D

[Old Greenhorn]

OH sure! The Constipation state is my third favoritist place to drive, next to downtown Boston at rush hour when they change the direction of one way streets (twice a day), or DC where you need to make a left turn out of the circle. ;D
 I left at 5:30am and got in and out as best I could, it wasn't bad. Know your enemy, I always say and have a plan. :D Headed home by 9am.
 Yeah, I take the thruway to 84, then straight over. I dodged a bullet or three because I timed it right. Coming back I saw a 5 mile backup going the other way. Timing is everything.

[Crusarius]

84 is not a highway its a parking lot with funny stripes!!!!!!

I usually go through mass its so much easier than dealing with the always stopped on 84.

[Old Greenhorn]

Yeah, that's not an option for me unless I am trying to use a lot of extra gas and time. There is no way to get to a place in the middle of CT without driving in CT.
 My only other choice is taking mostly 2 lanes country roads, which can be a very nice drive, but take longer and more attention. I timed it so that I averaged 72 MPH and my gas mileage hung around 19.4 mpg. It just makes for a long morning, that's all. Worth it for the visit to Logrite, in any event, but I will try to keep that limited to around 2-3 times a year when I have worthwhile business as this was.

[Texas Ranger]

Massachusetts must be hard up for cash.  Received a transit bill for $2.95 for a toll road there, had my wife's car license number and her/my address. After 2 or 3 hours of trying to figure out that yankee website of theirs I had a chat with a gentleman that declared he would put in a disputed claim.  Interesting, car has never been out of Texas in over 3 years, much less Mass., he claimed miss read plate.

I explained to him that in our 80's we had no desire to drive to Massachusetts.

[doc henderson]

 

 

made for @Cardiodoc wife by @Jim Thomas with erc and western cedar (cut up beam).

[kantuckid]

Massachusetts must be hard up for cash.  Received a transit bill for $2.95 for a toll road there, had my wife's car license number and her/my address. After 2 or 3 hours of trying to figure out that yankee website of theirs I had a chat with a gentleman that declared he would put in a disputed claim.  Interesting, car has never been out of Texas in over 3 years, much less Mass., he claimed miss read plate.

I explained to him that in our 80's we had no desire to drive to Massachusetts.

As I made my way around Austin, TX in years past, enroute to Mexico, I'd take one of those Texas side routes that were labeled read your license plate/get a bill and I'd kick my bike up to a hundred or so when I saw the camera and never paid one yet. :D 
CT is a confusing state as your driving along think wow, what a woodsy, scenic place then anywhere you get off it's wall to wall people and cars-cept for that one rural corner of the entire state.  

[Old Greenhorn]

.....
CT is a confusing state as your driving along think wow, what a woodsy, scenic place then anywhere you get off it's wall to wall people and cars-cept for that one rural corner of the entire state.  

Gee, I dunno if I can concur with this. Being in the neighboring state I have had a lot of interaction with that state over my lifetime. In fact I am even willing to admit I have family there (there, I said it.  :D). I have done business with a company in a large (new) Industrial park about halfway between Hartford and Springfield and they are surrounded by either working or newly converted tobacco farms, sheds everywhere.
 When I went to LogRite yesterday, I was driving along 84 seeing urban areas, but as soon as I got off the exit, I found myself in a heavily wooded area with nice homes and some space. One of my cousins use to live on an estate of 15 acres, another had 5 or so, which is not 'out in the boonies' by any means, but still very pleasant living. I am sure their real estate prices and property taxes will reflect land values though. Those home sites were purchased back in the late 50's and early 60's and the communities grew up around them. Buying there now would be, um, prohibitive for most folks.
 In fairness I will say, it is the ONLY place I have ever been stuck in bumper to bumper stopped traffic at 3am. I thought I was being smart by scheduling my drive to Boston in the wee hours. Who knew they would be doing construction work at that hour... in January. :D

[WV Sawmiller]

 

More pictures of projects from the amateur crowd. I'm going to a Lumberjack show next month at Twin Falls State park and taking some benches and decided to make some more of my super secret design bluebird boxes. They are what I use my scrap lumber for. A 1"X 6" X 10" scrap will make the front, a couple of 1" X 6" X 12" pieces will make the sides and I use a longer 1X6 for the back and drill 2 holes in the bottom to nail or screw to a post. The top is a 1" X12" X 12" board with 4 short sticker pieces to make a cap that slips over the top. Each top is custom fitted as each box is slightly different in sized. I cut the corners off the bottom piece for better ventilation. Each box uses 18 - 2" screws for construction and 2 for mounting, if desired. The top slips right off for cleaning. the hole is 1.5" and I also score a little "ladder" under the opening inside to help the baby bluebirds climb out. I've raised 3 clutches in 2 boxes here at the house so far this year and they may raise another one or two before the summer ends. They are not fancy but very natural and they work very well. One customer bought 4 last year and a week later when he saw me again he said 3 already had birds using them.


I also had some scrap 1X8 walnut boards from a log I cut a week or so. A lot was splitting and such so I planed smooth and made crates sized for a dozen quart fruit jars (12" X 16" X 8" inside dimensions). The walnut and poplar lath pieces I used for sides and bottom go very well together. I use 1.5" ringed dry wall nails for fasteners. These are handy for all kind of projects around the shop or home and I hope to sell a few more.

 Where they are sitting is my "shop" built on to the outside of my lumber storage pole barn. No heat, no A/C, no clean room, no real cover from the rain or sun. I do have a power outlet on the back of the locust upright shown. I work with what I have.

[Wlmedley]

Howard your shop sounds like mine.l have a roof but no walls. I like working outside,I have good ventilation and good lighting as long as it's daytime 🙂

[WV Sawmiller]

  Yeah, behind and beside me is a raised bed planter I use to augment my sawhorses and to hold an assortment of fasteners and tools in use like hammers, tapes, squares, etc. I alternate moving a drill press and planer on the table where the birdhouses and crates are displayed. I stand things up against the upright to get a square surface when needed. The white feed bags shown are full of planer shavings and cut off board ends I use for kindling and fire starter. On the back side of the upright are a couple of long magnets with drill bits, chucks, etc. which keeps them right there where I need them. A half inch drill is hanging on a nail by a D handle on the back side of the upright. I can drag out the table saw in the background when needed to reach the power plug.

[aigheadish]

I finally got on a solution for the router and cutting board/chopping block thing for my sister. I ended up going with a table router, very simple, but I already have several fixes that'll need worked out. The top is huge, I think 36x48 and it'll now be a hassle to store. It seems to be working for my use of hogging out the bottom of this thing. I think I need to put an inch deep hole in this thing, though should probably check that. 



 



 

I also picked up a HF dust collector. I got a 20% discount due to the box being smashed open but it seems to work well!