Lets have some activity on this conference

[DickLaxt 2]

Things sure have slowed down around here.

Dickie
A joker in the deck of life

[mogebier]

>Things sure have slowed down around here.
>
Maybe our belts are getting worn, so we don't have the rpm anymore :)

[DickLaxt 2]

BOY NOW THATS A TRUISM

Dickie
A joker in the deck of life

[Bill G]

Dick, things must be reeallly slow for you to clone yourself! Is that so you can answer back when you talk to yourself? Personally I have been trying to leave some bandwidth for pictures from he who shall not be named! }> Think we'll ever see them?

Bill

[DickLaxt 2]

I don't really think so but you never know,beter hold it open.

Dickie
A joker in the deck of life

[DaveZ]

Yeah I'm waiting too! ;)

My story,

Faceplate 1- Nat edge ambrosia maple, I christened it with this new sanding sealer, what a mistake. I sanded some off, got disgusted and set it aside.

Faceplate 2 - Nat edge Ash, big no problems but when sanded out, just off center on the inside there is a square patch of bright white that looks like none of the other wood on the bowl. It don't look natural, looks like a goof. And it really looks bad under that Clear Deft Finish, really bad. So, I sanded some off, got disgusted and set it aside, and then sanded all down, recut the interior and it still looked like crap. So I hit it with an aniline dye, 50% red mahog/50% red maple, and there it sits

Faceplate 3- Maple crotch lidded bowl, only I muffed the lid ;) so now, it's a short vase. This one's in reach of being finished, right after I make a jam chuck

Faceplate 4- See the willow thread, seems like 3 weeks ago I started cutting on this bowl. Wet stuff, still wet. I've trued this bowl 10 times, at about 3/4" thick I'm starting to think the bear ate me, it's gotta good crack goin on the bottom, might be fatal. But with that in mind, I did what any wood bo...errr would be turner would do and slapped a 40 grit pad on the 5" ROS and went to town. That cured it and after sanding up a couple of grits I hit it with the Deft and it sucked it up BIG! Sluuuuurp, gone, but it seems to have helped, I'll check it in a day or two as if it matters, can't cut it anymore.

Faceplate 5- It's doin the glue up thing on white ash.

So I either gotta get moving, order more faceplates, find and use my spur center or devise a few projects that I can half finish using my chucks.

[Kendemp]

"but I am jumping in with both of my big fat "wood be" bowl turnin' feet"

You crack me up, Bill :)

Ken

[Sonny Edmonds]

Cracks me up too.
But I think and hope that tick has been removed.

As for activity, Dick, I'll have you know my weekend "plans" went to chit. No engine pulled. So 4 sheets of MDF became 320 L Ft. of 4 1/4" baseboard molding in 100 degrees of dripping sweat. For Chris' new (previously owned) house.
But he was more pooped then me at the end. }>
(Gotta work them youngins hard, you know?) :7
I did turn and look at the lathes several times.
Does that count as "turnin"? :P

:D

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[DickLaxt 2]

Well I guess that qualifies as being activity from behind the scenes
rotfflmfao





Dickie
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