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Spent little time in the shed this year.

Made this pen out of my secret Santa blank from @Lefley so I hope it does him proud, it will have a good place to display in our home.

Yellow Cedar Burr
Sanded to 600 grit
Sanding sealer
5 coats of CA (Thin)

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Spent little time in the shed this year.

Made this pen out of my secret Santa blank from @Lefley so I hope it does him proud, it will have a good place to display in our home.

Yellow Cedar Burr
Sanded to 600 grit
Sanding sealer
5 coats of CA (Thin)

Photo's are awful.

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Very nice. You did an awesome job! It’s pretty bad when you got to turn your own present, lol. 😂 I’m going to have to start turning some pens. I’ve only made one in my life,
 
I envy your talent. Not my style but I appreciate the skill involved. BTW is that a glue gun? ( I know....hat, coat.....)
ha ha brilliant, a glue gun yes, why not, originally it was whipped pink honey but glue gun is more apt in this forum 😂 👍
 
This isn't really woodwork, but it's for woodwork so I thought I'd post it on here in case anyone's interested...

My vacuum cleaner has a power-tool socket on it that detects when a connected power tool starts up and causes the vacuum cleaner to start automatically (and then stop automatically when the power tool stops). I find it a really nice feature as the vacuum cleaner noise stops when the tool noise stops so you can have some peace and quiet between cuts. The problem I have with it is that it (obviously) doesn't work when the power tool in question doesn't have a mains lead!

To fix this, I made some adaptors to automatically start a vacuum cleaner when using a cordless power tool:

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16 second video of it in action - first run is with the electronics turned off; second run is with it turned on: pay attention to the light on the front of the radio-controlled socket:

 
No, I was in a hurry so it's largely straight off the tools. You can't really see it on the photo but there's a couple of areas where the parting tool marks are obvious. Deciding to get fancy tools seems to have paid off at least.
Dont be too modest, clean cuts take skill and practice, to be honest I don't think fancy tools makes as much of a difference as correct use and sharp edges, fancy/expensive tools (in my opinion) only give you a longer lasting edge meaning you spend less time sharpening.
 
Had the need for a gun cleaning and maintenance stand and did not fancy paying for a shop bought one even though they offer more features than this one. So had a rummage in the offcuts bin and found a bit of oak and a bit of mahogany , glued a couple of pieces of leather to give the needed thickness for the cutouts and provide protection from scratches ( i was going to use a old leather belt that had somehow shrunk since i got it 30 years ago :LOL: but it was not quite thick enough) ,added a height adjuster from a old freezer and hey presto there it was . Although it was made to fit my PCP it does fit my old Springer as well if required . Nothing fancy and not really a lot of actual woodworking but it does the job .
 

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Made this frame today for another drawing, all made from scrap, i have a show soon, so framing is my main activity right now.... View attachment 130302


Those pictures are just WILD - AMAZING, that's an incredible talent you have there.

This one looks how I imagine a cows face would look staring at you, if one was on a real bender of an acid trip.
 
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