This week I have been bopping about on the place, doing different things, but never journaling any of them. So here’s a quick recap! One of the best parts of…
Dispatches From The Farm
It’s Going To Rain, And Other Musings
We live sort of center of this map above, and that big blob of rain is headed right for us. It is 43 out right now, so there is no…
Today’s Turn
Today I hardly saw the lathe till evening. I spent the morning with out oldest loading firewood at the dump, then we came home, unloaded it, and split it all…
Today A Whistle
This afternoon I turned and made a noisy whistle. Some people won’t be thanking me at Christmas.
Today In The Shop
I turned today. I tried a bobbin lace bobbin, but I don’t have quite fine enough tools to do something as small as those need to be. Afterwards I tried…
Today I Turned Two Shop Mallets
Yesterday’s turn from the maple went great, but hollowing it out was terrible. It was such a hard piece of wood! So I decided that if I was going to…
Today’s Turn
We did some cleaning chores in the house this morning, and I did not get started in the shop till after lunch. Turn a bit of maple, I thought. It…
Next Turnings
I did some more turnings today. I wanted to try tops out, and a finial, and that’s what I did. The tops are not great. I can get the short…
And So It begins…
Here is the first actual project I turned on the lathe. It is a yarn bowl. I will do another and put the squiggly gap in it when I have…
The New Odyssey
I turned 50 this year. What a year! It’s been a great half century! One does look at that, and think, “goodness, have I been alive for so long? I…