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gotta love those panel clamps, I have a couple sets of them but installed them on unistrut (steel u-channel)

do you have anything that will encourage fox spirits to come to my shop and help me build stuff out of wood - if they can do some light blacksmith work that would be good too but I would have to get a forge so I dunno if that's in the cards

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Putting one of those DIY minisplits in my shop was the best decision I ever made. Wearing long johns and freezing my little toes off to do a bit of lathe in 13 degrees isn’t a good time. Hopefully you have a space heater pointed directly at you at least!

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Mostly it's who was an abusive, belligerent drunk who pissed all over the paintings. (spoiler: all of them)

I am a slack jawed yokel and all of my art history knowledge comes via osmosis from my wife (art ed and museum background).

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

100 bonus points for using white epoxy, it's so milky

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Progress on the Japanese-style laminated knives. 5 different species of wood used here - ironwood, manzanita, walnut, ribbonwood, and boxelder (maple). Putting a wooden knife into a sharpening jig has to be one of the goofiest things I've ever done

sharpening a wooden knife in a kitchen knife jig

marking and chopping the mortise for the handle

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Update on this guy with the first coat of oil on. I decided to do a single bevel aka chisel edge on this one. I’m not happy with the edge yet - it’s chipping out a bit when I sharpen it, so I may need to adjust the angle. The next one will have a double bevel. #woodworking

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Yeah I cut straight slots, my assortment of chisels is always changing so I wanted to make it generic - the spacing is even and all the slots are the same size. I put leather strips on the bottom row to keep them from wiggling around, I need to do the same for the top.

Good stuff! I went with a similar design, but added a taper since most of my chisels have a tapered ferule.

Handles will be all wood too, though I'll mimic that style and use walnut where the metal is

Same! I'm hoping I can hone it to a point where I can make a clean slice in a piece of paper. I found some guys making these on Youtube that were able to cut cucumbers and things like that so I think a somewhat functional edge should be possible.

Here are a couple in more of a western style, with a solid ironwood blade and ribbonwood for the handles

blocking out the knife scales from ribbonwood burl

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I've laminated some thin pieces of ironwood and manzanita to create my own plywood, mimicking how hard and soft steel is used to forge Japanese knives. When I shape the bevel you'll be able to see the inner layer better.

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I'm attempting to make some knives entirely out of wood. I'm using super hard, tight-grained wood as an experiment to see how sharp of an edge I can get. Of course, it won't stay sharp like metal but it should be a fun experiment. The first set will be Japanese style with separate handles.

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Yeah, if you have a copy of TB4, the upgrade discount stacks with the current black friday sale!

Awesome! I hadn't seen him for a few months so I was getting worried, but now he's back almost every night. He must have been on vacation (or maybe it's a new fox).

Steph 'Anuxi' Everett @anuxinamoon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

He's a good lad. I've gotten the best photos when he's having a midday nap - he's half awake, docile, and just kind of goofs around for a bit.

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Animal dander is in the air you breathe. You can’t wash it out of your lungs. People with severe pet allergies generally don't build immunity through exposure to the allergen, if you do, you likely have mild allergies.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The boxelder came from this section of the root, I dug out as much as I could and got in there with a chainsaw with a carbide chain. This section had the best figure of the tree, if I had the means to pull the root ball out I would have but it was too big for me to manage.

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Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Not a root ball per se but the previous owner left a bunch of Russian olive logs on the property, some had really nice burl and I got a few great blanks from that. Alder probably turns nicely, cedar might be a bit tricky due to how soft it is.

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I wasn't sure if I should try to fill all the voids in this one with epoxy or leave it all natural. Going to go natural, hopefully, it's strong enough to survive the hollowing with these holes and cracks

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Making a lil vase guy from some boxelder root burl. Next we’ll see if I can hollow it out without it exploding. #woodworking #turning #lathe

roughing out a vase form from boxelder on the lathe

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Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Neat, it's a little over exposed though - try turning the exposure compensation down a stop or too, you should get more distinct light trails that way

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Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

ps: the solo stove 1000 degree thing works if you want to make Trader Joe's Kalbi and have it taste like you got it from a good Korean restaurant

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Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Yes - cooking a steak went from get whatever cut of meat at the supermarket and throw it on a gas grill and hope for the best to suis vide ribeye for 4 hours at just under medium rare and then heat up a solo stove with cherry wood to approximately 1000 degrees and sear on both sides for 30 seconds

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also thinking about laminating some thin strips a la Japanese steel, to look cool mostly but it would probably help with stability too

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Yeah, I imagine the brittleness of the wood will be the biggest problem. I wonder if I start with a very hard wood and stabilize it with cactus juice how tough of an edge I could make. This idea is lodged in my brain now I gotta try

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That's a lot of fun. Cherry and walnut? I wonder how sharp of an edge you could get on one of these if you made it with a super hard and tight-grained wood. Maybe boxwood or lignum vitae.

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I would suggest something in the 4000-8000 range. I like Shapton Glass stones as you don’t need to soak them, just put on about as much water as you use for the diamond plates.

Looks good, I would consider adding some kind of waterstone or natural stone for the final grit. Diamond stones leave relatively large scratches because the grit doesn’t break down as you use them. The strop will remove the burr but you’ll still have relatively large scratches from the 1200 plate.

those are some nice rails and stiles

Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Oh hi, is this where we post our fox photos?

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Joe Wilson @joewilsoneq.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

it's a Bob's Burgers spinoff now