Thread: What are you working on?

Very nice grinder, looking good

Hacked this off a tree yesterday for future use. Its a box elder tree that's going to be cut up for fire wood very shortly at a friends farm. Hopefully I can score some more hunks. Most of this burl is already dry but ill rough turn it on the lathe, wrap it up, and stick it away for a while until its completely dry.



Another project I started today is a Yarn bowl for my cousins wife. I had a big hunk of firewood I got from the same friends farm, which he and I had no clue to what species of wood it was. It's very yellow on the inside, but from age, the outside has turned a dark brown.



Thought it was an Ash of some sort, but after I got it on the lathe and started to see more of it, turned out to be Osage Orange. I didn't think there was much of these trees growing up here in Canada but apparently there are a few. I was very shocked and happy when I discovered this. Of course, I got this piece of wood back in the late summer, and my friend has burned the rest he had. ( which was a ton!!) Makes me very sad. But, good thing about Osage Orange is it produces some of the highest BTU levels of any wood being burned. I do have another piece, so that makes me a bit more happy.



Just the start of it so far.

Here is what I have done on the razor I am currently working on. Now for finish grinding.

Zebrano wood ?

Originally Posted by Gipson

Zebrano wood ?

I believe so.

Had to clean my workbench today from my wife...


_DSC4404 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr


But a clean workspace is a productive workspace

_DSC4405 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr


So I finished my kamisori/file/razor. All it needs is a small buffing on the outside edges of the handle.
Size is 8/8 with a 1/4 hollow grind.


sized_DSC4415 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr


sized_DSC4412 by Remco van de Sanden, on Flickr

Difficult to photograph correctly

Turning this



Into these.




It's been a very productive day for me!

A clean workspace?? surley you jest) my shop is always a mess.

Originally Posted by bdcoffey

Here is what I have done on the razor I am currently working on. Now for finish grinding.

I really like those scales

Finished up the yarn bowl today. I think it turned out quite nice. Had to use quite a bit of CA to fill in many different cracks and splits. Makes for a piece with lots of character that's for sure. Finished it up with a few coats of wax, and finished by cutting in the yarn slot. What a beautiful piece of wood this turned out to be. And to think, most of that wood got burned....... such is life.