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IT’S ALIVE!! Restoring an old nose auger
Picked this up in Ruckersville VA a few weeks ago… Looked like it has enough metal to grind down to under the pits. I was right Almost 1 3/4″ across. Careful use of belt Sander outside then a drill mounted drum on the inside. Touch up the tip with the Dremel rotary tool. Not easy…
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Raisin Wood
A new wood for me. Raisin Wood, Asian in origin, this very slow growth piece came to me from the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia PA. Like most of my unusual wood. Varied brown heartwood with a hint of red in it. Cream coloured sapwood. Bark looks like shagbark hickory. This specimen has very tight growth…
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Weekend Antique Shop Finds
Went to visit inlaws in Ruckersville VA last weekend. Fiber Fest on Saturday. Antique hunting on Sunday They gave me a discount on the barn boring machine that I couldn’t refuse. And I got a 1 1/2″ nose auger. Go make something.
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Snails
This morning at the wildlife refuge: snails About the diameter of a quarter ( coin), at eye lvl when I parked my car. Be well, go make something
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The Green Wood Wright’s Fest
Hi all First day at the Green Wood Wright’s Fest in NC. The gate Some plants that I don’t recognize. A really big spoon gouge. Go make something
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Wild Peas
Walking from my car to the visitors center I identified 3 varieties of wild legumes/peas Slightly different (and yet the same) leaves, different sized flowers, different pods. Be well
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Slabz
First slabz cut with new Granberg Alaskan Sawmill Go make something PS these are for sale at Ft Mifflin, contact me for more info
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Making Wooden Screws 1
Wooden Screws, wood threading, screw making etc has been a bane of my woodworking career for as long as I can remember. Way way back at my beginning, I bought a couple of “ordinary” (cheaper) taps and screw boxes (the die of wood threading) expecting ordinary results. The threads broke off, or the cutters broke,…
The Broken Tradition
my musings on woodworking and other things I do.
