The Woodshop Shed

wooden mack dump truck model

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hand made from scratch , 100 hours from start to finish ,made out of cedar,poplar,pine,manzanita 16'' long 5''wide 6''tall

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Greene and Greene Frame- pyrography

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Wood burning of a pic taken during a hike at Rocky Fork State Park in TN. As the pyrography project neared completion I decided to make a frame ( vs store bought) to match. Decided on this Greene and Greene design I saw in Robert Lang's article in Popular Woodworking, adjusting the dimensions to fit the 8-1/2×11 wood burning. The wood is a reclaimed joist from a 1950s craftsman home my wife and I bought and rebuilt as a home for her dad. You can see one of the old nail holes in the top stile. I think it's oak, but as much as I like to build, admittedly my wood knowledge is lacking. Mortise and tenon construction with a bit of a deviation from the article as the radii were formed on the router table. For the square pegs, some scrap ?, fit in drilled and chiseled mortises as I haven't mastered my mortiser. Sanded to 320, a light coat of dark walnut danish oil followed by 2 coats of amber shellac rubbed on and the a couple coats of paste wax.Thanks for looking

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Another Little Nip - OR -

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Little Nip's taller, younger, better-looking brother.Another pen blank bites the dust. This is Cocobolo. Wonderful stuff, Cocobolo.To the shape of the bowl.An added feature for the neck.Then, sanding. (This piece had to finished in stages, of course, because it'll have a thin stem.) I took these photos along the way, just in case it broke. I'd at least get a Woe is Me. Blog out of it. Sorry. Maybe later.I sanded 320 through 600, first.On to the Micromesh, through 12000.I then sealed it with a couple coats of Shellac.On to the Acks Abrasive Paste.And finished off with a few coats of Acks Polishing Paste.That's all the photos. But, there are more words. Sorry.I turned the stem down to what I figured should be about the mid-point and went through the finishing process on that, after adding that little middle-of-stem feature.Then, I turned the lower half of the stem and the base, and finished that.I went in with my parting tool til it started wiggling, then went in with my gent saw. I always turn a little concavity in the bottom of a Thing I'm about to part off. This, naturally, left a little nib that wouldn't allow the Thing to stand up. I worried that away with a knife, a carving tool, and a pound of flesh.Thank you. And, I apologize.

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