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@CrealCritter - Getting back into this thread as we get back into working with our sawmill. Haven't been back through the thread, but do you have experience making cutting boards? We were extremely blessed with two big Black Walnut logs and we're making our cabin door, maybe a table or two, and hopefully a handful of cutting boards. I hear mineral oil is good to finish with, maybe a bit of beeswax added? We were finally able to invest in a planer so I am really stoked to see what comes of it. Also, the logs are so massive we are expecting to have leftovers even after that- any ideas for one or two inch thick pieces, not too wide? These monsters were over 20" wide in places, so we will have some excess when we cut it up to foot wide for it to fit in planer. Thought of putting some 1 inch up for maybe jewelry boxes?
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These were just for fun & dreaming of the day when I'll have enough animal husbandry skills to raise our own livestock.
They sat in the shop for months. My wife came out to the shop and seen them, snatched them up and put in the kitchen window.
We are so far out in the country we don't see a need for curtains.
They sat in the shop for months. My wife came out to the shop and seen them, snatched them up and put in the kitchen window.
We are so far out in the country we don't see a need for curtains.
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My next commission.a coffin bookcase...the one pictured is 3 foot tall the customer wants it 7 foot tall and made out of natural finished cherry instead of plywood finished black.
Kind of morbid but hey what the heck - I'm not scared -:lol
Kind of morbid but hey what the heck - I'm not scared -:lol
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Ok one more for the night... Sawmill art sometimes you can get the craziest looking stuff out of a log. If you just think about what might be hiding in there and imagine how to get it out
Sawmill book matched boards. No body likes knots but you might want to rethink that - what do you see?
Found this piece of figured hard maple while cleaning up around the sawmill.
This is perhaps one of the coolest pictures I ever took while cruising for timber out back of my house here in southern IL. What a beautiful boy he is.
Then there's wild turkeys at the end of my driveway that I had to get out of the truck and yell at in order to get them to move out of the way. Really nothing to do with wood working other than one day I'm going to scroll saw out this picture on a thin piece of wood and frame it. Lots of dinners standing right there -:lol
Sawmill book matched boards. No body likes knots but you might want to rethink that - what do you see?
Found this piece of figured hard maple while cleaning up around the sawmill.
This is perhaps one of the coolest pictures I ever took while cruising for timber out back of my house here in southern IL. What a beautiful boy he is.
Then there's wild turkeys at the end of my driveway that I had to get out of the truck and yell at in order to get them to move out of the way. Really nothing to do with wood working other than one day I'm going to scroll saw out this picture on a thin piece of wood and frame it. Lots of dinners standing right there -:lol
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Side note: I went to look at a rental house in a nearby town and the landlord's wood carving workshop was just across the road. It reminded me of you and your wood work He made the doors. The walls are very old! He told us the building used to be a slaughter yard, many years ago.
He made the doors. The walls are very old! He told us the building used to be a slaughter yard, many years ago.- Thread starter
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Scroll saw "art". Funny I can't draw a decent picture but I can cut on the lines with my scroll saw.
It's a thin piece of 1/8" birch plywood over top of black felt and mounted in a red oak picture frame which I also made.
The picture is of my youngest daughter and our old family dog. I have this hanging on the wall in my office. Look at it occasionally to bring back memories.
It's a thin piece of 1/8" birch plywood over top of black felt and mounted in a red oak picture frame which I also made.
The picture is of my youngest daughter and our old family dog. I have this hanging on the wall in my office. Look at it occasionally to bring back memories.
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Crealbilly, do you feel like taking some pics of your workspace and posting them? I for one would like to see where you craft this great stuff.
Don’t worry about messy… I’ve noticed that most of the truly utilised workshops are messy, and most kind of rarely get really tidied up.
I posted some pics of my fragmented, spread-out situation(s). Shown in pics here, though a few minor details have changed since I posted the pics. Check pages 1 & 3 in this old thread:
https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/doc_gonzos-man-cave.11491/
Don’t worry about messy… I’ve noticed that most of the truly utilised workshops are messy, and most kind of rarely get really tidied up.
I posted some pics of my fragmented, spread-out situation(s). Shown in pics here, though a few minor details have changed since I posted the pics. Check pages 1 & 3 in this old thread:
https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/doc_gonzos-man-cave.11491/
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So what happens when you cross a guy with a electronic engineering degree, who likes to woodwork and also loves music? Well a freaking mess that's what!
The veggie hauler is getting and new under seat sawmill lumber red maple speaker box. All these angles are driving me batty... there are no 90 degree angles - geeze thanks Chevy.
Anyways, work in progress - it's been a while since I did anything big like this. But I think I'm over the hard parts, just a top and face, sanding and finish left to do. Then I load it with speakers and hook it up.
The veggie hauler is getting and new under seat sawmill lumber red maple speaker box. All these angles are driving me batty... there are no 90 degree angles - geeze thanks Chevy.
Anyways, work in progress - it's been a while since I did anything big like this. But I think I'm over the hard parts, just a top and face, sanding and finish left to do. Then I load it with speakers and hook it up.
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