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Jim King
01-25-2010, 12:23 PM
As I mentioned above in a post about tropical logging in general woodworking I have been doing some short stories about several things here in the Amazon.

Here are a couple about wood turning Amazonian style that are not so serious as the logging story above.

Again I hope you enjoy them.

http:/www. woodworkerssource.com/blog/?p=1181

http:/www. woodworkerssource.com/blog/?p=1242

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Thom Sturgill
01-25-2010, 12:34 PM
Love the inside out pieces, keep up the good work.
charlie knighton
01-25-2010, 12:49 PM
i use my band saw for odds and ends, your table saw skill gives me shivers, but heh if it works for you, no problemo:D

i like the ear muffs for Ricky :D

pretty wood, enjoy
Bernie Weishapl
01-25-2010, 2:41 PM
Thanks for sharing Jim. Awesome pictures and pieces.
Ray Bell
01-25-2010, 3:12 PM
This is simply amazing to me. Considering all of the money we spend on lathes, tools, sharpeners, gadgets, widgets, sanders, and finishes.

Beautiful work!
Brian Effinger
01-25-2010, 4:55 PM
Those are both very interesting Jim, as is your more serious thread. Thank you. Every time you post, I learn something new. :)

Brian
alex carey
01-25-2010, 5:26 PM
it's amazing what good work people can do with a little bit of ingenuity.
Don McClure
01-25-2010, 5:52 PM
I have spent time in Iquitos and up and down the Amazon river from there. What great woods they have available...and we complain about our tools!
Jim King
01-25-2010, 7:00 PM
Don:

When were you here ??

Jim
Ray Bell
01-25-2010, 7:20 PM
it's amazing what good work people can do with a little bit of ingenuity.

Workmanship, ingenuity, and without the sometimes annoying oversight of OSHA, and all the other safety do-gooders. If these folks had been around at the advent of the table saw we would all be using rubber blades.
Scott Conners
01-26-2010, 12:28 AM
Really cool! You have such beautiful woods, I'm glad you're showing them off and identifying them!
Don McClure
01-26-2010, 8:45 AM
I was there 4 times (2000-2006) doing short term mission trips with my church. Visited one of the large saw mills and wow!
Matt Ranum
01-26-2010, 10:07 AM
Like my Dad always said, "expensive tools don't make the craftsman". This is evidence of that.

I had always wondered about trying automotive rubbing compound for a very fine polish on wood but was afraid of adding something that a finish wouldn't adhere to. Evidently its fine with poly?

Been wanting to try and build some of my own tools(mainly because I'm just cheap) and this really makes me want to.

Beautiful stuff and thanks for sharing.
Jim King
01-26-2010, 10:08 AM
Don:

In 2006 you probably ate at the Yellow Rose of Texas restaurant on one of the tables I built for him.



http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=41448&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1151172412 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=41448&d=1151172412)
Jim King
01-26-2010, 10:14 AM
I had always wondered about trying automotive rubbing compound for a very fine polish on wood but was afraid of adding something that a finish wouldn't adhere to. Evidently its fine with poly?



Matt:

I donīt know if I am understanding your statement but to be sure I use the buffing compound after the poly is applird and very dry.
Matt Ranum
01-26-2010, 10:41 AM
Matt:

I donīt know if I am understanding your statement but to be sure I use the buffing compound after the poly is applird and very dry.

Originally I thought of its use on plain wood sort of like a EEE polish before a finish, but I can see where it would make a beautiful polish over the poly.