Visit to the wood guy

[Jerry Lawrence]

Went to see 'the wood guy' today, got some padauk, pao amarillo, bocote, wenge, purple heart, cocobolo and a little maple just to keep it local ;)
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Plus a few boards I cut into strips before I thought to take pictures:
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Which somehow all came up to over $600! But I did get him to throw in a few bits from the scrap bin for free...
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So, after cutting strips of all that colorful wood, what do you do with the sawdust? Easy, give it to the kids and tell them to be creative!
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[Jerry Lawrence]

But then, what do you do with all those stips?
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Hmmm...they seem to be out of order...
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Only one thing to do now. All glued up and no place to go!
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[Jerry Lawrence]

And a few of the small basement shop..
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[Carl Beckett]

But then, what do you do with all those stips?
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Hmmm...they seem to be out of order...
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Only one thing to do now. All glued up and no place to go!
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Thats a lot of glue you got there....... lol

[Kurt Cady]

Thats a lot of glue you got there....... lol
What are you making?!?

[Jerry Lawrence]

Carl, yup, that's a lot of glue. About a half gallon of titebond II, rolled onto one side of each of the 91 pieces of wood in that rack. Better too much than not enough I figure!
Kurt, nothing too exciting really. The whole big rack (15" X 48" X 2") is going to be cut up into little pieces for pen blanks, keychains, box base frames etc.
Here are some more progress pics:

Now the glue is dry:
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Next, scrape and send it through the planer, comes out looking just like the pic of before it was glued!
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Cut it in half at a 45 degree angle for easier handling...
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Then cut it up!
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And cut some more, then lay 'em all together just cuz it looks cool.
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Ok, done playing, time to cut the strips into short pieces for drilling
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All that work just to end up with a few (hundred) tiny little items, and they're not even done yet!

[Carl Beckett]

Fun! Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[Jerry Lawrence]

Well, after all that build up, the finished products seem like a let down..lol, but here are a couple examples...
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The first pic will be keychains when I get the end pieces. The second is a crochet hook handle that my sister asked me to make. Apparently it makes crocheting easier for people with arthritis.