I debated whether to post this since I can't provide any details, but I got an early Christmas present last Friday.
Many of you know I licensed my box joint jig design (should be out sometime next month) and that I probably do as much or more tinkering than I do woodworking. Well I haven't...
Got an Alaskan sawmill last week and it's pretty cool with my Huskey 55 Rancher but bogged down some. My Huskey 395 XP should be in tomorrow. Going to make some more slabs soon.
Thursday (March 17th) is St Patrick's Day. Since I won't be here, but in Savannah GA with about 500,000 other Irish watching the parade, let me say it now - Happy St Patrick's Day! I'm not actually Irish, but I'm IBM (Irish by Marriage.)
Its been too long since the Western part of the state had a NCWW gathering! Of course any NCWW'er is always welcome!
Check your calendars and see if you might be available Saturday April 2nd.
It seems as many people like trying to gather on Saturday as hate it so let me know.
I'm thinking...
Mshel and I exchanged gifts today. When I unwrapped my gift I saw a beautiful box.
I knew what would be inside before I opened it. A few years ago when I was visiting Mike at his shop he opened a drawer and took out a really nice box. When he opened the box I saw it was custom fit to hold his...
Yeah, so the story is that either they got my message wrong or they just didn't load my band saw on the truck this morning. They can guarantee that it will be on the tuck for delivery tomorrow. Between 9AM and 3PM. Nice long woindow there guys! Glad I have nothing to do except re-arrange the...
LOL, Grizzly sent the riser kit to my new bandsaw via UPS Ground and it arrived today! Yay! I also picked up a Woodslicer (1/2" x 105") on Friday in Atlanta. The bandsaw itself will be here tomorrow sometime! YES!!!!!
It took a drive to Atlanta, more Home Depot's and Lowes than I care to count, and a very understanding wife, but I have managed to collect the following:
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Delta Bandsaw $150
Rigid Drillpress $150
Rigid Jointer $199
Rigid Granite Top Tablesaw (not seen in pic) $299...
This is a Christmas present to myself. I was planning on buying this saw in the spring, but went ahead and got it when they put them on sale for $300.00 off until the end of the year. This bandsw is built like a tank. It weighed 667 pounds in the crate it came in. I got my nephew to help me push...
Here is a 11” platter I turned on Sunday. It’s made from Sapele, the band around the rim is hand stippled and finished with General finishes seal-a-cell.
The base is the interesting part; it is a multi axis design, one center axis and 3 off center axes.
This throws the 2” thick blank off...
Well the story kind of goes like this...........
She forgot last year,,,,shhhhh I didn't say that!!!!:crossedlips::crossedlips:
No I didn't, and I will deny that I told anyone.:help:
Ordered this baby Saturday afternoon and picked it up at the terminal this afternoon. (Talk about fast)
Here...
Here is my latest, I usually keep the new bowls I turn for at least a month to make sure that there are no issues with movement of the wood. I was hurried a little with this one though, The owner of the Barton Hill hotel emailed me with news that one of the bowls I had on display sold for...
Yup, I made it in plenty of time. I got ticket #3 of 12 at the Sandy Springs, GA Rockler and when the doors opened at 7:00, this became mine:
More later (probably late tomorrow or Sunday) as I am still visiting. "Papa Louis" and I just managed to sneak out for a few minutes to try it out on...
I have two books on early American furniture available for the asking. I live in Cary and work in downtown Durham so there are a couple options for pickup. I have included the ISBN so you can see what they are in more detail
Construction of American Treasures ISBN 0-486-23056-2
Measured...
I will close the voting on the Calendar at 6:00AM on Sat 6/20 The visit rate goes way doen on Sat.s and this will give me 2 extra days to compose the calendar. Right now we 6x pre-orders. Please if you are going to buy a calendar, now is the time. If we get the total over 100, it will give more...
You may now order your 2009 NCWWI Calendars. This is the beginning of the "early order" stage. If you order now, you WILL get your calendars from the first and guaranteed production run at a price of $16.50 per cal.
Please note that a link to the order page is now on the Horiz menu
I had the pleasure of meeting Rod, lrb150 today just outside of Mocksville on his way back up or down the mountain, not sure which. I got some cedar, cherry, and some walnut from him. For those of you that are going to the Santa run Saturday I think you will be well pleased. And of course...
So I have been on the lookout for a Biscuit Joiner for a couple of months now.
I had pretty much settled on a Dewalt or Porter Cable.
I was just waiting for that deal.
Well, the deal came through.
The BORG cleared out the Dewalt DW682K a couple of months ago.
They got down to under 100.00 but...
A beautiful thing happens to when you tell the LOYL how much you want certain tools ... it sinks in!
While she was on a trip to Waxhaw to get something done for me, the person she was visiting offered up a Performax drum sander at a great price ... so she got it! What a great woman!
You could...