Woodworking Hunt Talkers?

[BrentD]

Aaaahhhh....you want a tool....I've always wanted a kegerator for the garage/shop...

I have a dedicated beer fridge (like a dorm fridge back in the day) in my shop. Highly recommend. Has lot of lemonade/tea as well for until the tools are shutdown for the day.

Buying tools for a tool guy is always tough and requires some snooping to see what he already has. Good sets of carving tools and chisels maybe, but he probably has something.

 

[Nick87]

There's definitely already a dedicated beer fridge for God sakes we're related.

 

[Nick87]

Nick, are you considering a tool? Oscillating spindle sander is a great addition if he doesn't have one in his shop. My daughter gave me one for Christmas last year. Mine can also be switched to oscillating tabletop bench sander. She bought me a cheap variety but I think the good ones (Rigid brand) are around $250 at Home Depot.

Gonna picked one up tomorrow, thanks again.

 

[Indianajoe]

this is a cherry desk I made for my wife. I cut the tree down and milled it myself several years ago.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Well well...I think that might just be a winner. I'll see if I can't get one or two of my sisters to go in on it with me. Looks the the good one at home depot is $270. Might as well get that one I'm a big believer in buy once cry once. That said how is your cheaper one? Thanks btw.

It's working okay. I haven't had a chance to use it a lot ... so far. I was crippled up last year till gall bladder and hernia taken care of. I use it to finish up the curves on plaques I make for taxidermy work. We usually order walnut and oak plaques because I can't even buy the wood that cheap. Some clients want barnboard so I make those. Rigid has a good reputation for product support. I have their portable contractor table saw and love it. Twelve years old and heavily used with no problems. I'm sure he'll be pleased with that tool. Glad to help.

 

[OntarioHunter]

Beer fridge in a woodworking shop? Hmmm. Make sure health insurance is paid up.

 

[ID_deerslayer]

I have been keeping busy lately with custom cutting boards, epoxy work, and a table here and there. hoping to refinish a butcher block over the winter that I picked up this summer.

 

[Kaitum]

this is a cherry desk I made for my wife. I cut the tree down and milled it myself several years ago.

Outstanding! I'm just starting a similar desk for my wife out of black walnut.

 

[Kaitum]

I have a bunch of wine barrel staves and ends from another project. Decided to make a table out of some. Color on the wood is what the red wine left behind. Those curved and tapered pieces of wood are a PITA to join properly.

 

[TheBenHoyle]

So I need a stand up desk and my neighbor needed to get rid of a 12' 2"x12", so I cut it down to 4', edge glued it and made breadboard ends out of some beetle-kill pine I bought from a saw mill in the Black Hills of South Dakota.




I am super excited about how it turned out and I can't wait to start using it. Only problem is that the standing desk leg mechanism I could have bought 3 weeks ago is now out of stock...

 

[Mallardsx2]

 

[Flatbrimmer]

We build a house a week, I got tired of my phone being filled with pictures of finished houses like 5 years ago, but I have a couple quick snapshots still buried in my phone.
The camper we got for $300 from a tow yard. I gutted the old rotten walls and insulation, dumpster dove at work for scrap insulation and filled the walls really well with Free scraps and paid the $60 a sheet for cdx plywood. This is after two weekends, the whole thing has been gone over now, from new flooring tile removed the whole shower and sink from the bathroom to have more room, to new handles on the drawers. Even punched our own new ViN and had to get it checked off by the PD. So that’s a 2020 TERRY!

A coworker and buddy of mine died in a car accident right in front of me on a payday in July of 2020. I’m still bothered how few pictures I have of him. I try to take quick pics of the buds when we’re having a good day at work. You never know when that’s the only way you’ll see them again.
RIP James “Silky” Wilkie.

 

[BenP]

A few things I've made over the years.
Several miniature ducks and decoys as well.




Here are some tongue depressor carvings.


Short kid problems.

 

[TheBenHoyle]

A few things I've made over the years.
Several miniature ducks and decoys as well.
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Here are some tongue depressor carvings.
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Short kid problems.
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those tongue depressor carvings are probably the coolest thing I have ever seen.

 

[Mallardsx2]

I built this case several years back. It is VERY heavy.







I built our coffee table also. Found those moose sheds lying 3 feet apart.

 

[BenP]

those tongue depressor carvings are probably the coolest thing I have ever seen.

Thank you. My favorite tongue depressor creation was a f-14 and a p-38 lightning but haven't taken pictures of that one yet.

 

[Indianajoe]

A few things I've made over the years.
Several miniature ducks and decoys as well.
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Here are some tongue depressor carvings.
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Short kid problems.
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some very nice work.

 

[slatebuilder]

My wife and I did 2 poplar and 2 oak epoxy top tables this week.

 

[TheBenHoyle]

I finally made the plaque to mount my 2020 buck.

You can read about that hunt and see the steps I took to make the plaque here

Ben's 2020 Semi-live hunt log

I just confirmed that I will be going out on Saturday for some late season archery hunting in that little stand of woods I have been hunting the last 2 seasons. I should have northwest winds at 10 mph and it should be partly sunny after a Friday evening and overnight snow/rain. Looking forward...

www.hunttalk.com

I started with this



And this



And I ended up with this



The cherry wood came from a downed branch right near where I shot the buck.

 

[BenP]

Finished up this hickory bow and arrows for my 9 year old. All he wants to do is go out side and shoot it now.