Monday, November 11, 2019

Noodle Soup

Somedays, nothing hits the spot like a hot bowl of Noodle soup.  I needed to upgrade my bowl with some accessories.

First - Check out the AMAZING Bowl cozy that Callie May made for her pa!!   Beautiful craftsmanship!!!  (and the color is super!)

Noodles were hot an delicious, and I was able to get them back to my desk without BURNING MY FINGERS OFF !!!  THANKS CALLIE !!!

Second - I made a walnut lid for the bowl on the lathe - this way the noodles stay hot longer, and less likely to slosh out. 

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Vintage Bed Restore - 2

Finally have the veneer glued down, used Bondo to fill the gouges and rough spots, and getting some primer sprayed on.
 
BTW; my 'Spray Booth" is actually a bunch of plastic hung in the garage.  Kind of a pain to put up - takes about an hour to set up.
Home made paint booth

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Tiki Hive

No real reason why . . . but had to make a Tiki Hive.

Colony of Carniolans in it, busy making honey!

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Vintage Bed restore

I am working on putting back together a vintage bed frame.  The veneer is badly damaged.  The plan is to repair what I can, and paint it white.  This bed was owned by Grandparents or Great Grandparents, and will be used by Grand kids. . . 5 or 6 generations of use there.

The first step is to replace the previous repair of a broken foot post.  Not perfect, but my first attempt at trying to replicate anything on the lathe.

Originals Left Side

Repair (removed) and replacement attached
 

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Kiln Adventure - Chapter 2

During the initial move process for the kiln, I tweaked the original stand out of alignment.  I am not sure it is repairable.  Looks Pretty bad.  You can even see it in the background of the earlier photo of the Prius.



So, I decided to make a replacement.  While I am at it, I considered adding wheels, so I can move the kiln around the garage, , , , I mean the Old Raven Workshop.  So utilizing some salvaged bed frame (always a great day when I can score some curbside bed frame - "Po' man's angle iron" !) and some casters from Bo, I put together this stand.


 I am not sure how well the wheels will hold up to the heat.  they are hard rubber, and are not directly under the kiln.  If I find they are melting, I may have to replace with steel, but for now, it sure makes it easy to move the kiln around.  I also hade a spare can of cool purple spray paint. 



Kinda looks like R2D2 a little bit.


Now to get some power lined up.  (that might be a couple of months yet)

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Epoxy Floor

Sprayed the walls and ceiling white, and put Epoxy floor coat down in the laundry room.



 

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Saturday, January 19, 2019

Golf Club Coat Hook

I have been planning on making one of these for a long time.  I suspect they will be better seller than the 'shift knob' coat hooks I made (which are all sold now.)   :)





https://www.etsy.com/listing/676403397/golf-club-coat-rack-coat-hooks?ref=shop_home_active_1