I made a small coffee bistro table with the Starbucks logo. Skills practiced: Vector logo tonkering, Shaper Tools cnc, epoxy inlay, underbevel on the top to lighten the top heft. Maple top with some birdseye and quilting surprises. Sprayed with satin water-based polyurethane.
I replaced a plastic table saw handle with something nicer to look at and with a larger grip.
I made a new larger lathe woodturning tool holder rack for the wall as I’ve outgrown the old one. This one holds 24 tools and is a little nicer than my old one. Solid birch, 3 feet long.
Butternut, I think. Texturized rim then painted with Speedball India ink. Finished with Shellawax which I won’t use anytime soon.
I upgraded my General 350 tablesaw fence by removing the two side plywood/formica sides and putting on two aluminum extrusions. I wanted both sides done because sometimes I use the fence on the other side of the blade since it’s right tilting. Woodhaven is the brand. My fence didn’t come with slots like the Sawstop has so I had to get those side/bottom slots milled to accept the bolts and have access holes. Naturally I didn’t want to try this on my only fence so I got a used one to play with. Same exact one.
I turned my first bowl from a piece of well dried wood I picked up from an estate sale. Not sure what kind of wood it is, possibly cedar.
I think it turned out excellent for my first bowl.
I made this wall mount that also lifts off the wall to be a stand for my kumiko cutting blocks for when I’m using them. It’s nice to have them seen and also out of the way.
I made another wall mounted tool holder to declutter my bench. This one holds my @leevalleytools Veritas bar gauge set and my beam compass with all their related extension rods and different tips. This took a while for me to think of a logical way to hold everything.
I’ve finished the first full sized dummy since the last pine mock up short version. Solid ash, the main trunk is 80lb without any arms or leg.
It has a wall mount and the bottom has a 4×4” hole to sit on a floor stand.
Well that was interesting. I’m playing with a @leevalleytools Veritas 32mm cabinet system jig to drill shelf holes in a shop cabinet I’m building. It works well but I find I’m getting chips in the melamine when drilling holes. Maybe I should have put blue tape where the holes are going to a brad point bit. I’m only using it to drill the shelf holes not the construction dowel holes for now.
