Can I have it Tomorrow?

I just got a request on Monday to create a round ornament for the artist son of my wife's boss.  My wife needed to deliver it on Wendsday, so I had one hour Monday night and two hours onTuesday. I hate rush jobs since I don't get paid anyway.

The wood had a WP on it in crayon, so I'm thinking it might be white pine? It turned easily, but I did have some minor tearout, which sanded out easily. The globe is 3" diameter, and I think the finalies. are Myrtle wood. I used no finish on it. I hollowed it out through a 3/4" hole in the end to about 3/16" thick.

Enjoy, and be careful of the Holidays.

Keeping it Warm

Now that Fall has hit and the temperatue has dropped off, the heater has failed. It was a 4000 watt 240 V heater that I rarely turned on high enough to pass the bottom 10% of its range. It was used and free to me, so I wasn't out much. I checked on line and that model is no longer available. What failed was the power switch, which I could not remove, nor did I expect to find a replacement as it included a separate circuit for the heater.

I picked up the following heater as the replacement from HD, same brand, but a newer model.

It seems to be working fine, and no rewiring the plug as the outlet let 20 or 30 amp plugs work.

Note that I mounted the brackets at a slight angle to keep the heat bouncing around the room instead of straight across and back.

Enjoy, and keep your fingers warm

Sandpaper Shelves

Here are pictures of a sandpaper storage unit I made in an effort to get the shop more organized. The first shot shows the base box. The sides are 3/4" MDF with 1/2" plywood for the top and bottom. The slots are 3/8" deep and cut in 2 passes to make them so a hardboard will slide in them.

Total height is 18", 13.5" across. I added a piece of 1/4" ply for the back. After that I cut several hardboard boards for shelves and hung it using a French cleat.

Here it loaded and hung. I'm still debating about adding a door.

Enjoy, and be careful of the splinters.

Cleaning Up

IIt's been a while since I moved into the shop and it was time to clean and rearrange. There were things I didn't like and some of these made it less user friendly.

I started the day by pulling out any item that sat on the floor, including all of the anti-fatigue mats. Then I took apart the table I had placed behind the table saw. Another place I gained space was removing all of the buckets of scrap destined for the fireplace.

I then moved the table saw so the front right corner was in the center of the room. At the end I placed the jointer, while moving the router table to square off that edge. I decided to place the thickness sander behind the table saw as it is probably the easiest tool to move when necessary.

The picture shows where other items have landed, including the carving bench in front of one window and my work bench in front of the other. I brought all of the mats back in and I ended up with a path around the machines.

I'm still putting things away, and figuring out what I need for better storage.

Some stuff hasn't moved, but that is mostly the stored wood. I also moved my heater to hit the path and not at the tables themselves.

I need to clean the work bench and make some proper storage underneath it.

So, for now, enjoy and watch out for the spiders.