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Lidded Bowl

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I'm finishing up the two mesquite slabs that I got from john at the saw mill and these pieces said they wanted to be a candy dish so I turned them into a lidded bowl that can be used as a candy dish.
It is 6 1/2” and 3” high and finished with Danish oil and buffed and waxed for a natural look. I could not get away from the sap wood without really turning it a lot smaller so I planned it into the bottom.Cheers, Jim

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Hickory & Walnut Trestle-Style Dining Table

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I finished my dining room table that has been in the works for several years now!
My goal was to complete the table in time to celebrate Christmas with my family gather around it, and that goal was met. We hauled in the table on Christmas day and some of us (I have a larger family) were able to gather around it. I'm pleased with the results overall, even though there are a few minor flaws. My family likes it a lot, and that is worth more than my opinion!Some of the details of the table:-Hickory construction with Walnut slats and pegs for accent
-German metal equalizer table slides (Pottker brand)
-Table is 6' without leaves, and 8' with the two leaves added in
-From the first drafting of plans to completion was 3+ years
-Finish schedule is 1 coat of danish oil, followed by 3 coats of wiped on Arm R Seal poly (4 coats on the top surface)
-6 dining room chairs will need to be built next! See the design they will follow in this project: https://www.lumberjocks.com/projects/254274For more details of my table build, I did a blog series:
https://www.lumberjocks.com/PPK/blog/129606And finally, here are a few more (very non-professional and messy house) photos of the finished table:

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Octopus Automata

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This is a simple, very easy to make Octopus Automata that I made for my daughter this Christmas.The wood for the octopus came from a wine crate and is 3/8” thick.
The dowels are 1/4” and the cams were cut from 1/4 poplar using a whole saw.
(I plugged the center hole and then drilled a new 1/4” hole off centered to create the cam.The action is really smooth since the tentacles naturally want to ride along the cams because of their angle.Painted with craft store acrylics and then finished with a clear gloss acrylic spray coat.You can see in one of the pictures that his body is hollow. Originally he was going to have eyes that blink but that will be in version 2.0Here is a short video of him (her?) in action

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