Watcha Makin'?

Larry · December 09, 2022, 09:28:55 PM

Finished off ornaments for the year. About 60 total. Gifts, a couple to a charity auction, and a few to sell.

Cranked out a couple of round boxes for gifts. I've made a bunch of these over the years but they suck the time.

Hank helped me put some finish on the little workbench I've been making.

Started a Arts and Crafts book case tonight.

A couple of other small but rush projects...a full week for this old guy.

firefighter ontheside · December 10, 2022, 08:06:38 AM

I got the last coat put on the last door 30 minutes before I left for KC for the weekend. We will see how bad they get stuck to what they are sitting on when I get home Sunday. I kind of pushed the envelope for time between coats and turning them over to paint the other side.

firefighter ontheside · December 15, 2022, 05:54:41 PM

I feel like I've been working on this project since September. Oh, wait I HAVE been working on this since September. It didn't help that Liam decided to break his nose and have a concussion in October. Today, my dad came with me to help me install them and one of my coworkers came to help me carry them into the house. I'm happy with how they turned out. I had been a little worried about all the doors. They fit perfectly and installing went very smoothly. These are 24" deep, 34" wide and 94" tall. Customer wants me to come back at a later date to install some shelves that slide out on full extension slides. Getting these out of the garage means I got my truck into the garage for the first time in 6 months, just in time for winter.

21incher · December 15, 2022, 08:09:46 PM

A little Wild Cherry Slab mini charcuterie board. Had the slab laying around for years looking for a project.

Back side

Love the cherry sapwood color.

doc henderson · December 15, 2022, 09:37:38 PM

Neighbors wanting some boards, for the family from a sentimental tree from the front yard, from the parents who both passed this past year. It is pine but is their tree.

TroyC · December 15, 2022, 10:02:20 PM

The big pine I cut last week has that same sort of stain.

doc henderson · December 15, 2022, 10:06:48 PM

this tree was starting to have some brown needles the past year, so it was taken down. Gary and shanon live across the street in what was his parents' home. so, I was also friends with the parents 20 years my senior and now passed on. blue stain or "denim pine".

bigblockyeti · December 15, 2022, 10:13:24 PM

Is that an Ichthys on a frat paddle or?

doc henderson · December 15, 2022, 10:18:29 PM

they wanted that logo. I thought the fish was mostly catholic, but they said no it is a Christian fish, with a cross. and of course, they had pictures of the shape of the board. they are nice but it had to be very close to the same shape, length, thickness and width.

Larry · December 16, 2022, 09:34:04 PM

Fridays project. I have 24 M&T joints to cut on a Arts & Crafts bookcase. Thought I would cut the smaller mortises with my router. Made a jig which seems to work well so far.

The clamp on the left worked, but not good. Slow and unless really tight the work slipped. So....I came up with the rubber band eccentric clamp on the right. Its really fast and works great!

This is a work in progress and I have several changes to make. Once I'm happy with it I'll make a jig for the tenons although it could easily be used with loose tenons.

doc henderson · December 17, 2022, 06:55:26 PM

got 5 charcuterie boards done in pine. Their tree. Gary picked them up and will apply the oil himself.

fun at the scout lock in. the board was a hit. Each member was given a challenge coin from our EMS system. yes that is sliced spam, cheese and King Hawaiian rolls.

Walnut Beast · December 17, 2022, 08:17:36 PM

Awesome!! Looks fantastic 👍

beenthere · December 17, 2022, 08:34:28 PM

Looks like a great snack on that board. Add some herring in wine sauce to make it complete. digin_2

Old Greenhorn · December 17, 2022, 08:53:14 PM

Doc, those pine ~~charcuery~~ ~~churcucery~~ ~~charddany~~ cheese boards look to me like a traditional bread board used for slicing standard bread loaves. They used to be popular before sliced bread became the next best thing. Pretty cool I think no matter what you call them. I like the blue stain effects on those.

doc henderson · December 18, 2022, 05:28:09 PM

they can do with what they will. yes the spread was fancy, with low sodium spam, and the bey best great value cheese slices. no one went hungry. we did splurge on the kings Hawaiian rolls. to go with the spam. I love the "live edge" board for the troop. it is so live, I think I could sense CO2 being converted to O2. cypress wood.

DWyatt · December 19, 2022, 09:56:13 AM

@doc henderson when I was growing up, those were called paddles, not charcuterie boards:D

doc henderson · December 19, 2022, 10:47:38 AM

Next, we will be eating snacks off my fathers belt!

aigheadish · December 19, 2022, 02:12:33 PM

DWyatt- that's certainly what I got a handful of times when I was a kid.

firefighter ontheside · December 19, 2022, 04:38:01 PM

I didn't make this bowl. I had saved a small walnut burl a while back, but didn't have anything to do with it. Then a buddy who turns brought an osage orange log over to mill. When he was leaving I told him to take the piece of walnut with the burl. He turned this bowl for me with it. Very neat. Cindy asked me to make something for her employee who is retiring this year, so I made this little charc board.