Creeker's Past Week's Accomplishments

[Dennis Peacock]

19 Mar 2018

Greetings,
The good news is that I came off oncall duty this morning and it wasn't a terrible weekend of work. :)

I finished the chair repair work and learned that I'm only "fair" at remaking somebody else's design work. :) I matched the color as best I could and learned that trying to match a 70 year old finish color is next to impossible...so I got it close and called it good. I helped the LOML finish up a chair re-upholstery project she was working on and it turned out really good. That woman has some serious sewing skills.! My youngest son turned 21 yesterday and we also celebrated my MIL's birthday as well. It was a good week and weekend for me and I'm really happy to finish up all this chair repair stuff. Maybe my attitude wasn't the best at this project...maybe because my confidence level wasn't where it should have been, but I did learn a few things on the project and I'm not sure I'll ever take on another chair repair project like this and if I ever do? It will be priced to reflect my pain level. :D

That's it for me, so what did YOU do over the past week?

Best of weeks to you all!

[Jim Becker]

This past week has been slightly different in that I traveled for CNC training in Georgia and then moved on to visit with the 'rents in central Florida for a couple days since I was so far south. Of course, that means I'll be enjoying the interesting weather on the way home. :) The training was uber-excellent and taught by 'Creeker Gary Campbell. He's an amazing presenter and I recommend that if you have the opportunity to attend training or seminars he's involved in, do so. You will learn a lot and enjoy it at the same time.

I'll be working to finish up the little bit of ceiling work I have remaining in my shop, get things cleaned up and then get back on a couple small commissions that I want to complete before the CNC machine arrives if at all possible.

[Mike Ontko]

Made it a little further along in the barn wood/pallet wood bed project. All of the joinery for the head and foot board frames is finished. All that's left is to build up the panels (3/8" ACX sandwiched on either side of a simple frame, and then covered with a paneling of matching veneers made from the same rough cut red oak). It's still in a rough state though, a little beat up from all of the handling and fine tuning all of the fitted connections. Once it's all together, I'll touch up and restain parts where the clean wood has become exposed before putting on the final finish (Daly's matte finish polyurethane).

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[Jay Larson]

Nothing much to report this weekend. Did some more framing in the basement remodel. Ended up changing a location of a wall and a door. It wasn't framed up yet, but just laying out the studs, I didn't like the flow.
Got my car hauler trainer out for a friend to use. Since I don't have enough space, and have to keep everything indoors, I keep my Jeep on top on the trailer in my outbuilding. So it is a bit of a Hokey Pokey to get everything out.

[Jacob Mac]

Took a straight forward install of a cyclone and turned it into a disaster by 1 part carelessness, 1 part bad luck, and 1 part getting frustrated and not using my head. Otherwise it was a great weekend.

[Carlos Alvarez]

Nearly done with a whole new dust collection system and a few other shop upgrades and cleanup.

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[Jim Becker]

Nice job, Carlos...the fridge next to the table saw is a very nice touch, too. :) :D

[Charlie Jones]

I cleaned on the yard most of Saturday. I did get a new table saw insert finished. I set up my horizontal mortiser to cut the lock mortise on the box I am working on. That's as far as I got. We had a great church service on Sunday. Afterword we went and saw the movie " I can only imagine" I highly recommend it.

[Carlos Alvarez]

Nice job, Carlos...the fridge next to the table saw is a very nice touch, too. :) :D

It's how I lure helpers over. Apparently this weekend we drank just the right amount, as this is what it looks like this morning...

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[Mike Ontko]

Nice job, Carlos...the fridge next to the table saw is a very nice touch, too. :) :D

I'm guessing lower temperatures help to keep the saw blades sharp longer? ;)

[Mike Ontko]

It's how I lure helpers over. Apparently this weekend we drank just the right amount, as this is what it looks like this morning...

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That sounds like a good incentive system. Time to make some more!

[John K Jordan]

...and it wasn't a terrible weekend of work. :)
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That says a lot!

Grandsons were here half the week, had the very first roasted hot dogs on a real fire. ("This is the BEST hot dog I ever had!!") The next day we scooped some water from the pond behind the barn. I got out some of the microscopes (how many microscopes are too many?) and we examined the microscopic swimmers zipping around. We also looked through a bunch of prepared slides: honeybee's foot, mosquito, various insect eggs, peacock feather, the cells in various plants, red blood cells, spinal cord, etc. He didn't ask about the TV, iPad, or Nintendo for at least two hours! (Ol' grandpa ain't much for 'lowing screen time.)

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Cut some more turning blocks and bowl blanks. This one is 10" dia x 7" high ambrosia maple.

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Sawed up some more cedar. I had to do a lot of trimming on this big log just to make it fit on the mill. It's bad in the middle but I sure got a lot of boards around the sides. The cant is a LOT more manageable when cut down to 10x10! This wood is for siding on the peacock house.

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And as part of my Lovely Bride's inside and outside remodeling, I got to play in the dirt to put in a landing to a new brick porch to the laundry room. With the forms, gravel, finished it's almost ready to pour the concrete. I'll build the steps from 4" white oak slabs cut on the sawmill.

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I'm ready to rest this week. Wait, found my to-do list. Rats. :)

JKJ

[Mark Arnold]

I normally lurk, but this dresser was a three month project for my daughter and son-in-law and came out just the way she wanted it, so I thought I'd post it. Replaced 2 separate dressers with this single one (72"w x 42"h x 20"d). Learned how to use my Leigh jig (finally) and dovetailed the 9 drawers. It's maple with a water based dye stain, a coat of shellac and 3 coats of hand rubbed poly.
Thank for the opportunity to show it off or should I say letting my granddaughter show it off.
Mark
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[Carlos Alvarez]

I normally lurk, but this dresser was a three month project for my daughter and son-in-law and came out just the way she wanted it, so I thought I'd post it. Replaced 2 separate dressers with this single one (72"w x 42"h x 20"d). Learned how to use my Leigh jig (finally) and dovetailed the 9 drawers. It's maple with a water based dye stain, a coat of shellac and 3 coats of hand rubbed poly.
Thank for the opportunity to show it off or should I say letting my granddaughter show it off.
Mark
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I like that a lot. I'm not a fan of overly ornate or complicated edges and features. The simple bevels look great, clean, and show off the grain well.

[John K Jordan]

Wow, nice job! I'll bet the granddaughter has been putting stuff in the drawers for "testing"!

JKJ


I normally lurk, but this dresser was a three month project for my daughter and son-in-law and came out just the way she wanted it, so I thought I'd post it. Replaced 2 separate dressers with this single one (72"w x 42"h x 20"d). Learned how to use my Leigh jig (finally) and dovetailed the 9 drawers. It's maple with a water based dye stain, a coat of shellac and 3 coats of hand rubbed poly.
Thank for the opportunity to show it off or should I say letting my granddaughter show it off.
Mark
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[Mel Fulks]

The Princess likes it ...so I like it. My preference is usually for "single wide " chests, but the color and big bevels give it nice country craft warmth.

[Rod Sheridan]

John, I'm reading your post and looking at the photographs thinking, "man, that's one tough guy outside in March in a T shirt running a backhoe", then I looked at your location........LOL......I'm such an idiot sometimes.

Wonderful to see doing some interesting stuff with your grandchildren that doesn't involve a screen....Rod.

[John K Jordan]

John, I'm reading your post and looking at the photographs thinking, "man, that's one tough guy outside in March in a T shirt running a backhoe", then I looked at your location........LOL......I'm such an idiot sometimes. Wonderful to see doing some interesting stuff with your grandchildren that doesn't involve a screen....Rod.

Ha, I'm an idiot most of the time! I though yesterday I should start writing down the dumb things I do. This was right after I forgot and left the mama and baby llama in the stall for feeding too long, just long enough for them to give up waiting and create a stall-cleaning opportunity.

In the 60's most days now. Blueberries and fruit trees are budding, flowers everywhere, I mowed grass twice already, once at 7pm last night, again in a T shirt! I'll bet you frozen tundra dwellers are feeling sorry for me.


BTW, I wish everyone would at least put their general location in their profile - it helps in lots of ways!

JKJ

[Fred Falgiano]

Got some tools from my father-in-law who is moving from the farm to the suburbs. He didn’t have many cheap or new tools, if you know what I mean.

Also built a jewelry box for my Goddaughter’s first communion gift.

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[Joe Mioux]

Continued to re-organize the garage/shop and cleaned the j/p FS30. It has been unused for a long time and was in need of cleaning.