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[NYPDFrogman]

thanks guys

 

[jhale]

that's good about the dust collection.
I like to stand too, what kind of wood is that?

re: the subway. it is sad what we have to deal with now.
I remember pre 9/11 saying all the time how safe I felt on the subways.
since that day I've never gotten on the subway and not thought about
the possibility. I ride them every day, maybe it was a blessing in disguise ( a big disguise though) that your wife is no longer working on the trains.

 

[NYPDFrogman]

that's good about the dust collection.
I like to stand too, what kind of wood is that?

cherry

 

[jhale]

I love working with cherry.
It's one of my favorites, that and walnut.

 

[NYPDFrogman]

I love working with cherry.
It's one of my favorites, that and walnut.

the beauty of cherry is it sands and finishes real well!
I'm a drummer also and I just made a snare drum out of a steam bent walnut shell. I did a hand rubbed tung oil finish and it took alomost 20 coats to build to a glass like finish.
walnut is a beautiful wood!
I saw some of your work on your site I'm very impressed. by any chance was your work showcased in a shop across from the 1st Pct

 

[jhale]

thanks for the compliment.
I've not shown my work yet, so no that was not mine.

bending walnut, that's cool. I'd love to use the same concept and make a round end table. if you look in the high end home magazines they are showing a lot of dark woods that are bent into curves for things like beds and credenzas, they are getting a fortune for those pieces. forget acrylic you should make furniture

 

[NYPDFrogman]

I hear ya but for health reasons I cant be dusty enviorments for any lengthy period of time which includes acrylic also. it's a hobby and just that. when I do work I work with a full respirator which can be and is uncomfortable.

I've made alot of the furniture I have in my house I havent made anything large in a a number of years

 

[herman]

Man MR sure has some capable people on it. Do any of you wanna build me a house for a couple of beers? :icon16:

 

[jhale]

I hear ya but for health reasons I cant be dusty enviorments for any lengthy period of time which includes acrylic also. it's a hobby and just that. when I do work I work with a full respirator which can be and is uncomfortable.

I've made alot of the furniture I have in my house I havent made anything large in a a number of years

I have some tools you would like, from festool, have you seen them?
all their hand tools hook up to a vacuum and there is almost zero dust.
you could sand in your living room and not see a piece of dust anywhere.
I'm a bit obsessive about dust and have hooked up every machine to be as dust free as possible. the only one that is not is the miter saw, that's a tough one. maybe we should have a separate section for projects that are non-reef related. I'd like to see some of the furniture other mr people have made.

 

[jhale]

Man MR sure has some capable people on it. Do any of you wanna build me a house for a couple of beers? :icon16:

if I had the time that would be fun. I still have a few hundred of my own projects around the house to finish.

 

[NYPDFrogman]

I have some tools you would like, from festool, have you seen them?
all their hand tools hook up to a vacuum and there is almost zero dust.
you could sand in your living room and not see a piece of dust anywhere.
I'm a bit obsessive about dust and have hooked up every machine to be as dust free as possible. the only one that is not is the miter saw, that's a tough one. maybe we should have a separate section for projects that are non-reef related. I'd like to see some of the furniture other mr people have made.

I've seen thier advertisements in magazines. I'm going to do a search now and look into them

 

[jackson6745]

Frogman, thats an awesome setup you have there. Do you have a recent pic of the sump + filtration? I like that sort of stuff

 

[NYPDFrogman]

Frogman, thats an awesome setup you have there. Do you have a recent pic of the sump + filtration? I like that sort of stuff

ask and you shall receive

 

[rozin4145]

It seems as though there are a number of retired nyc law officers here, i'm from RIKERS and enjoying retirement, so a well deserved happy retirement to all.