pyromedic602's Blog at LumberJocks.com http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:27:29 GMT I'm Back http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/7193 Hello everyone. I am sure I have mot been missed but I have been having some technical difficulty. I was attempting to reconfigure an external harddrive a while back and crashed my computer. I have that computer in the shop now but it give the wife the incentive to gat a new computer since she is starting Grad School and needed one because all her classes are online. I have also had a mishap at work and messed up my knee again, I will be out of commission at work for a while so I should have plenty of time to catch back up. I know it will take a long time to catch up on the last month, I will probably only hit the high points. I have said all thi to just basically say great to be back and that I missed you all.

]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:27:29 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/7193 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 Nashville Woodworking Show http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/6734 I had the chance to go to the Wood Show in Nashville on Friday with Adrian. While I was there I looked around and drooled excessivly over a lot of the products on display. I then got in a long drawn out negotiation with one of the owners of the local WoodCraft over some equipment. We finally came to an agreement on the price and with the approval of my wife I purchased a Steel City mini lathe and a Portor Cable 895 router with a thru table micro adjuster I also had them throw in a 100 pk of pen blanks for FREE. I then went to another booth and purchased a new skew chisle and 3/8 gouge to use with my new toy. Grand total of all purchases was less that $500. I loaded up and went ome basking in the glow of my recent gifts. Once at the house I was looking at my receipts and noticed that WoodCraft had mistakenly on charged my account $74 for the lathe and router. I was in a minor ethical debate with myself at this time, keep my shut and try to live with myself and an extraordinary deal or go back to the show on Sunday and point out the mistake and correct it. I opted to go back on sunday and let them know of the mistake for which they were very grateful. My sun let there booth with a new LED flashlight and left feeling good about myself although with a much lighter wallet. Sorry no pictures to show off my purchase that will have to wait until after christmas when my wife opens her present. I did have to agree to let her wrap the router set. Oh well. I will definetly be surprised when I open my gift.

]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:28:18 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/6734 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 My First Pen http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/6365 I went to the local WoodCraft today to look around and watch a demo of the saw stop. I found out that they were having a workshop where you could turn pens that they were sending to deserving soldiers overseas. I decided to give it a try and with the help of a patient and talented instructor I was able to turn out this pen. They offered to allow me to keep it since it was my first but I decided to let it go to the soldiers and I would settle for this cell phone pic and the meory of turning my first pen. OH YEAH almost forgot I am hooked and left woodcraft with a starter kit and plan on making several for Christmas. Shhhhh. don’t tell anyone in my family they dont know. lol

]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:57:55 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/6365 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 Been Awile http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/5743 I have unfortunatly been away from luberjocks for a while. I have had some personal issues going on and have been very busy taking care of them. You may like to know that all is well now and I am getting to a point to where I can finally start getting back in my shop. I have also recently had the plesure of meeting a fellow lumberjock. Greg3G it nice to meet you and I am looking forward to your return trip next month. I will unfortunantly be away from lumberjocks again for about two weeks starting september 5 I leave for a mission trip in mexico with a couple of local churches. I will be helping add on to a church there and repairing some of their elctrical work. So any all prayers will be appreciated fr a safe and successful trip. Thanks to all. Hope to be back in full swing soon.

]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:29:29 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/5743 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 Wood Score http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4890 Today I was called and asked if wanted some wood, so obviously I said yeah! I then inquired as t the type of wood and was told it was oak. I was going to have to drive to the guys house approx. 1-1 1/2 hours away so I then asked how much to make sure it was worth the drive and advised that he had a trailer load all around 10 foot long and around 12 inches wide. I hooked up the trailer jumped in the truck and off I went. I got there and sure enough he had a trailer load and said he had more if I wanted it to. Unfortunantly it was all veneer. I now have enough oak veneer to last me a life time. If any is interested in any let me know. It is all stacked as it was cut from the tree so the grain patters are easy to match. I will make the price right to any interesed. It vary depending on shipping cost amount etc.

]]> Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:14:16 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4890 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 Workshop Update http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4709 Hello everyone hope this blog finds you all well and happy. I am just writing to update on the progress of my new shop. I have been busy setting up have come a long ways but have a long ways t go. I am at least able to make some saw dust now, I am going to attempt to add some pictures now I am not sure what I am doing but will try. This shows the lumber racks that I have built still need to add a sheet goods storage area to the left in the picture. Here is a shot of the band saw and ras that I have refered to in a previous blog. The RAS works well but needs a new table and better blade. The band saw will have to be totally refurbed. This is a picture of my router table that I purchased for a much smaller shop where it had to fold up and disappear. It works quite well for what it is will build a better one in the future, you also see both of my dust collectors. The larger one was given to me after a friend shop got hit in a tornado and he decided he didnt want it any longer, needs minor work nothing major. The wood shelfs in the picture was actually my very first project still standing so must have gotten them right. This is a shot of my second project. a work bench made of 3/4 mdf to serve as a work bench. I also built it so that I slide my bench to tools onto different runners and there beds would sit flush with the top of the bech also have a plane panel to slide into place for a solid workbench/ assembly table. This is a shot of my sharpening / scroll saw station along with my charging station with some storage built in to both. Oh yea! it also holds my shop stereo, can’t do without that. lol. this is the final picture. It is of some wood that I have diminsioned for a planner cabinet that I am building. I will post a picture of the finished project. It is also my first attempt at mortise and tennon joints. Hope you enjoyed the shop tour hope to have more in the future as I change and continue to improve uppon the shop. thaks for reading and any comments or sugestions are welcome.

I noticed that some pictures got cut off. Sorry will try to do better next time. Also just a little note all the pictures were taken at night with nothing but my shop lights no flash involved.

]]> Tue, 20 May 2008 02:33:35 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4709 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 Glorious Day!!!!!!!! http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4518 Hey everybody just giving you an update on shop progress. Got my electric turned on today. YEAH I now have lights and the ability to run my tools. I still am unpacking some of the tools and trying to determine how I want the shop layed out. Nothing seems to work where I put it. I may just have to settle for now and work in there for a while to get a better feel of how I want the work to progress so I lay it out properly. Oh Well at least I now have lights. until next time. Any comments or suggestions on work flow is welcome.

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 03:10:49 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4518 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 My Son. http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4459 Hello everyone. I have been gone for a few days due to being in the hospital with my son. I have always cherished the time I get to spend with him but the last few days have been slightly different. He will typically want to play with daddy but let mommy rock him or lay down with him when it is time to sleep. While in the hospital he wanted nothing to do with his mommy or nana, all he wanted was to be eld by his daddy. I can not explain how this made me feel. I would have changed places with him in a instant as would most parents but the fact that he wanted only me was an amazing feeling. Twist of faith I have changed places with him he is feeling much better and running and playing and I am the one laying in bed with a fever and aches. Unfortunatly he ran in to the bed room this morning and the first words out of his mouth was shop daddy lets go to shop. I had to tell him no and stay in bed just being thankful he feels better even if it meant that I cought he illness. Cant wait until I feel better so that when as again I can say LET”S GO.

]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:16:36 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4459 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 Workshop Pogres Update http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4418 Moved my tools into the shop today and picked up the band saw and radial arm saw on Saturday. Was a little disappointed when I saw them. They had been poorly stored and now need some refurb. Nothing to major a little paint on the cabinets, new table on RAS, remove some surface rust on cast iron table, lots of fun ahead. Unfortunatly the electric company still has not hooked up my power yet, not sure when that will happen, all I know is that I am on the list. I have/will post new pictures under my workshop link.

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:22:00 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4418 pyromedic602 pyromedic602 Good News, Bad News http://lumberjocks.com/pyromedic602/blog/4289 I had my final electrical inspection on my shop today and passed, just received one suggested change. that was the good news. The bad news is that I will not be able to have the electric hooked up until the end of the month, this really sucks eggs but what can you do. I will start moving my equipment into the shop this weekend and will be going to Knoxville TN. to pick up a band saw and radial arm saw that has been given to me by a family member who bought but never used them. Hope to have some updated shots of the shop posted soon with progress reports on setup and dust collection as it progresses. Pleas wish me luck in the move and pray I don’t pull mine or the wifes hair out in the process. Until my next posting, keep making sawdust because I’m still dreaming of it.

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