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Brass, Silver, and Wood

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Brass, Silver, and WoodMy brother, a lifelong trumpet player, suggested this project. Like most brass players, he has accumulated quite a collection of mouthpieces and needed a way to organize them. I play the euphonium ( think baby tuba) and have the same problem.
Both racks were made from repurposed wood. The trumpet rack is made from p piece of nicely figured cherry salvaged from a pallet by my neighbor. The euphonium mouthpiece rack is from a piece of ash firewood. It is mounted on a piece of cherry with a walnut accent. The ash was killed by Emerald Ash Borer and shows great color and boring holes.
The final finish is wipe-on poly and wax.



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Systainer tote and MFT worktable (post)

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Systainer tote and MFT worktable (post)Systainer tote and MFT worktable
SYS-MaFe.Time for another project that was made out of joy, not need, but with a specific purpose in mind and the create as you go approach to the project, no drawings, no final idea, just loose thoughts.The criteria was, that it could function as:
A tool tote / caddy.
A MFT compatible workbench, that could rest or connect on top of the systainers, so it could function as a low and high work surface.
A sawhorse.
A step stool or as small stool for a rest.
That it could be stored inside a systainer during transport.
That everyone should be able to make it easy and cheap.
Well and that it was also a joy to look at.
This post is from the blog: https://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/131899
Pictures:
1. Systainer tote work table.
2. Ready to route as a on site work table.
3. Tote / caddy use.
4. On the MFT3 as table top table.
5. For 90 cuts.
6. Making the SYS-MaFe.

I look forward to bring this to my allotment, for around the house projects, but even more to come and help my daughter, or work in my apartment, with a little portable workshop.Hope it can be to some inspiration, or even better make life more easy, when working on site.Best thoughts,MaFe



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Misc Turned Firewood 2020

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Misc Turned Firewood 2020I thought that I would finally post some of the things I have turned over the last year or so. These are some of my favorites. I'm always looking for interesting things to try or sometimes it just evolves based upon the chunk of firewood I mount on the lathe.1: Spalted Sycamore bowls a from a log a friend down in Austin collected for me. It sat around for a while before I was able to get it from him and the results of my sloth were pretty stunning.
2: Eastern Red Cedar bowl from a chunk of wood from LJ Duckmilk
3: 2 Bradford pear bowls from a large crotch. The bark inclusion and gap is filled with epoxy with a mica dye.
4: Arizona ash sphere and small platter made from the end that was mounted in the chuck. AA has a reputation as a trash tree but I have been pretty impressed with the quality of the wood I've gotten from this particular log.
5: Bradford pear hollow form from a 3-way fork with ebonized BP finial. I love the way that the bark on BP machines and polishes smooth.
6: Tiny Cedar vase sitting on live oak live edge “bowl”. The bowl was turned from this piece I sliced off a log when cutting some boards on my bandsaw. I was experimenting to see if I could turn this into a bowl.
Instead of creating another posting, here are a few more experimentsEastern red cedar box
Ash Cedar Orb
Inception top (still spinning)
Heart rotted oak
Silver maple. Loose knot was filled with epoxy and dye

Ringmaster plywood orb.
Bradford pear hollow form. Experimented with coloring with Transtint dye. (I guess I forgot to take a picture with the ebonized finial I made for it.

Mesquite

Mesquite with Turquoise inlay

Bottom of the same bowl (with one of my favorite beers)
Time to go finish my beer.



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