rikkor's Blog at LumberJocks.com http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:37:05 GMT Announcement! http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/7926 As of 10:51 AM, CDT, I am no longer tired, I am retired. Today was my last day on the job. I hope now to have more time to spend in the shop (and here, of course).

Oh the projects!!!

]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:37:05 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/7926 rikkor rikkor Easter Eggs http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/3787 I made a bottle stopper out of Tulipwood.
Bottle stopper

My wife liked it and suggested I make some Easter eggs for our two nephews who are also God-children. Never to turn down an authorized trip to the shop, I agreed. First was to get some Tulipwood and cut roughly to length.
Tulipwood block

Then I chucked it up…
in chuck square

...turned a tenon…
Tenon

...reversed it…
in chuck

...roughed the egg shape…
egg roughed

...turned off the end…
end finished

...and asked The Boss if the egg in an “egg cup” was acceptable. Well, no.
egg cup

I didn’t know how to proceed from there. I put it out and a fellow Jock (I am terribly sorry I forgot who, ‘cause I’d love to credit him) linked me to a site with some rather detailed instructions.

I got a chunk of Southern Yellow Pine…
SYP

...and turned a jam chuck.
Jam side

Jam top

Here it is toward the end of the process. (I missed the pictures of doing the tenon end removal)
Finishing

A couple of shots of the finished eggs.
eggs

eggs

]]> Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:57:40 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/3787 rikkor rikkor 2 x 4 Challenge: I'm done (I'm finished) http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/3209 Ok, it’s over. I was unable to pull off my project. I was making a full-scale soprano ukulele. 2×4 material does not bend without splitting, cracking and scorching. I enclose the following picture of the neck just to show I was serious. It was fun, at least the parts that were not frustrating. Good luck to all who are in the contest for the prize. Stewart, I wish I could vote for your chair.

Uke neck

]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:05:11 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/3209 rikkor rikkor My Winter Awards 2008 entry http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/2851 Not much of a first entry, but I got my 2×4 today. I darned near grabbed a ten footer by mistake, but it looked too long. Wanting to strictly adhere to the rules I replaced it with a standard stud. I won’t get much done before Christmas as we are having 16 guests and the Boss and I are in a cleaning frenzy. I get dirty looks everytime I sit down for a minute.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:51:58 GMT http://lumberjocks.com/rikkor/blog/2851 rikkor rikkor