The Woodshop Shed

Bowling League Receipt

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I finally got time to work on the glue up blank that George (Woodmaster1) sent me. He had sent a great bowl and pen, and also a smaller glued up blank that matches the bowl he finished. (4th picture)I had never turned a segmented bowl before, it acted differently. Maybe because all the faces were side grain, or the glue acted as a lubricant. It was very easy and faster than usual to sand to a polish.Thanks George!

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Planter Renovation

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Friends from the village asked me if I could repair a couple of planters that were falling to bits. As usual, I forgot to take a 'before' picture, so can only show the finished result. The second picture, however, includes the 5-inch pieces cut off the bottom of each leg and does show how rotten they were. The bottom rails were in a similar state, with one missing completely and the side boards hanging loose. I initially thought that I could just move the rails up after shortening the legs to remove the rotten areas, but of course as the shape is tapered, the rails were then too short, so I had to make all eight new ones. Again because of the taper, I could just about prise the side boards out of the top of the frame without dismantling completely, but it was a struggle to get them free for shortening on my bandsaw.
I did intend to use dominoes to fix the new rails, but the Domino tool was too large to go in the gap between the legs, so I resorted to pocket hole screws. Even then I had to shorten the star-shaped driver bit to get that in. After repainting with garden paint – three coats on the new wood – I added some nail-on nylon feet to the bottoms of the legs to reduce water take-up, so perhaps it might take longer for the repaired planters to need renovation again.

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Some more crosses

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I haven't had much time in the shop and so these are a few crosses that I've been able to complete over the last month or so. I have done so many frames that I have many, many corners and decided to try to put them together into a project. Those two crosses are corner pieces arranged/glued on aspen (I think) and walnut. I then cut them out at the bandsaw.

The other simple design is walnut on maple (at least I think it is maple). All finished with Odie's Oil.

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