2020---->What did ya do today?

[wood carver 2]

I’m off work for two weeks. I had a sore throat so now I have to be isolated. Lots of time to catch up on projects around the house.
Today I was working on a flip cart that will hold two belt sanders and organize the belts and other bits. This is part of my longer term project to clean up and organize my small shop.
Dave.

[kennym]

Here’s the scrappy lams...

Bocote back / osage belly

See why I don't throw thin lam blanks out?

[ztontonz]

Nice lams Kenny!

[Flem]

My scraps should be so nice! Those woods look good together

[Crooked Stic]

I got some stable maple for my next riser. I had 1/2 gallon of green and half a gallon of black left over so I mixed them. The result is pretty close to Bear green futherwood. And a pretty nice scarf joint.

[kennym]

And my riser plan for those lams , hope this works out !

[Crooked Stic]

That will look good when the sage changes colors.

[buddyb]

Is that Osage in the riser as well?

[kennym]

Yep, tryin to keep it fashionable with matchin outfit...

[wood carver 2]

Since I was told to stay home for two weeks after getting a cold, I had time to start catching up on things I wanted to do. Today I finished helping my Dad to change out the worn out hinges in the kitchen. ( pita ) 😊
Then I was able to get some work done on on of my projects.

My new sanding station.  It’s 90% done. I’m just waiting on some toggle clamps to be delivered for it. And it needs a bit of tweaking.
Dave.

[Shredd]

Wow...  Does that thing flip??   Cool Beans...

[wood carver 2]

It’s a space saver for a small shop.
Dave.

[monterey]

Just cooked this little pink bow.  Pulling the tape was a little nerve wracking.  When the lay up was finished, there lay one of the pressure strips.    so, cut that end loose and put the strip in and wrapped it up again!  Luckily all was well except for a little bit of squiggle at  mid limb.  I was a little nervous about using the topless hose on such a narrow layup so it was done with rubber bands.

I used Jess Stuart's split lam method to get 1" cores.  Glass is 1.5" Bear Paw cut to one inch wide.  Got most of the boogers off so now to figure a limb profile.

Maple core, pink lams and bocote riser from a piece found on the floor.

btw, this is the riser that i posted recently that was dropped on the floor and chipped.  You all suggested super glue and it worked.   Survived the feathering process  nicely.

Here's a little experiment with this layup.   The veneers are so thin that scarf joints didn't work.   So i put a patch across it made of onion skin paper  .002 thick and super glued it.   I could've turned it to the inside but wanted to see what it looks like.   Overlay should hide it.

[monterey]

Double pictured!  Meant to use this one. 

[buddyb]

looks good so far 

[Flem]

What kind of wood is that Mike? Looks nice

[monterey]

That's dyed Koto wood.  Only .019".  Very delicate.   I can get it thicker but not in the pink.  Gotta be pink for a granddaughter.   The thicker stuff is Swiss Sycamore.

I get it from here.   https://www.dyed-veneer.com/Products-s/136.htm

[ztontonz]

Looking nice Monterey.
Well done with the onion skin paper. I already thought of doing something like that. Was thinking about using mesh to allow the epoxy to go through more easily. But never thought of using paper.

Thanks

[monterey]

The paper is delicate.   Would like to come up with another solution.   I did the same thing to the cores on the back even though they are .060.

[Crooked Stic]

So did the smooth on saturate the onion paper??