busy day yesterday

i managed to get a little woodworking in yesterday. the temps were in the mid 30's, and it was almost like spingtime. i planed down a sample board of brazilian cherry, to test a finish idea for the friend of mine's side table, and it turned out pretty good. one coat of blo to pop the grain, and 3 coats of satin finish poly. then i went on to cut the ash, hickory, and cherry boards i had picked up for candle holder blanks. i glued them up last night, and i hope to have them all cut into holders tomorrow. then i took an ugly duckling board of walnut that i had, and rendered it down into pen blanks, 63 of them (i guess i won't run out for a while). about a third of them have really wild figuring to them, and should make some nice pens.

Yep, lots of sawdust making happening there!

Hey Dan seeing as though you are making more stock did you get cleaned out at Xmas with your sales?

nope. i just figured i'd rather have the blanks in hand, just in case...

Sounds like a productive day, both for the shop and your mental health!!

bout time you did some work.

wooooooohooooooooo, got my ok, Im going out to start wood selection and jointing/planing for a small project in around 10 minutes.....wooooooohooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!