Nice work, guys! No shop has enough squares…especially THAT nice looking!

 

You're welcome JJohnston, use em in good health my friend.

Thank you folks, appreciate the kind words.

 

Yet another fine example of heirloom quality tools. It's been so hard to keep my mouth shut seeing all these awesome pictures showing up in my inbox over the past month..

The time, skill and effort you guys have put in on your project is very humbling.

 

FYI I am starting registration for the "Lumberjocks Tobacco Pipe swap" if anyone is interested in joining in the fun.

Even if you have never made or smoked a pipe before we would like to have you join. We will answer questions and help you throughout the process. It will be fun..

http://lumberjocks.com/topics/57856

 

Wow, some utterly fantastic shop tools made in this thread! Makes me dream about how my own skill can maybe (one day) grow close to some of the "mad skillz" displayed here! Don't know if it's possible without a lathe, but I'll look into the pipe swap (not a smoker myself, doesn't mean you can't enjoy the art all the same!).

Looking forward to what else is waiting to be opened on someone's front porch!

 

Finished sanding this afternoon. Then did a stupid thing. I grabbed a wet paper towel and wiped it down. Raised the grain. I know better! Back to sanding…

 

According to my USPS tracker.. mine should be at the recipients house tomorrow sometime!

Not volunteering for ANYTHING (seriously.. finger on nose) But, is it too early to start deciding on the next swap?

 

Finally to the point of finishing and polishing. Should have a day to spare. No panic. Hope he likes it.
Jim

 

^ scroll up Eric. Pipe swap already started..

 

OH.. I figured that was a separate swap from the tool swaps though..

 

Is it too soon for another plane swap?

 

I'm behind on a lot of other projects so I don't know if I'll get in the next swap or not.

 

I received mine today. What a great set!! Thanks TerryD. I've already started using the pen!!

Made from plum. I don't believe I've ever had anything made from plum, and I know I've never worked with it.

 

I just received a box with some of the most beautiful tools I've ever seen in my life. My apologies to Airframer because my terrible camera phone doesn't do them justice but I'm truly gobsmacked. The finish on everything is exceptional. Big, BIG, thank you.

 

This was my first time with Plum. I harvested and processed what I could of a tree 2 years ago. Tree died of natural causes (Read Heavily pruned and never came back) I blame the nit wit owner attempting to prune stone fruit trees by himself (me)

At any rate I manged to get some scales, pen blanks and enough boards to make a treasure box for my Son's upcoming wedding.

The grains is a bit tricky. I'm working on a box right now and having issues with tear out . It is fairly hard with a Janka rating of 1550 according to the wood database

For comparison Sapele shows as 1500

 

I'm glad you like them Rick and that they arrived in one piece!

 

Jeeper guys! Those are friggin nice!

I feel bad AF got my crappy try squares….lol.

 

Aww Red.. I LOVE those squares! And I was especially excited that they were FULL SIZE and not miniature like the rest of your tools ;-)

Nice work Terry! Don is sure to put those to good use!

 

I was thinking the same thing about what I sent to Don. When I was informed I was sending to the legendary Don W (Yoda) I have to admit some intimidation kicked in. Then I remembered, this is not a contest, but rather a demonstration of our skills regardless of current level, and a celebration of woodworking by presenting a gift that only a fellow woodworker would enjoy and appreciate to its fullest. I'm sure there are other offerings that far surpass mine in terms of skill or material choice, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that a woodworker did their best to present a gift to a fellow woodworker.

Everything I have seen so far exemplifies the generosity and constantly developing skills of my fellow LumerJocks. I'm glad I participated in this exchange and I plan to participate in other exchanges in the future. Although I will have to skip the upcoming Pipe Exchange. (I have to get this finished)

Jordan, thanks for coordinating this, I know it took a lot of effort on your behalf.

 

So just so I am clear.. if our item has been received we are cleared to post as a project now? Or are we all waiting till after the 20th?

 

TerryD- You couldn't have said it better. That is the spirit of this whole thing. I honestly don't what I get, or the skill level of the person making it.

Still, the human side of me cringed a little when I drew Eric's name because I know he is a fine tool maker. But I just gave it my best shot.

 

I agree! That is what I love about these swaps. No matter what I get I am always thrilled to see how someone else's work looks and feels in person. It helps push me to do better on my next project etc.

Oh and found Jordans post on the project post rules.. project is posted for those interested..

 

Eric, those dividers are over the top! Just gorgeous.

And that Plum is great, TerryD. I wanted to label my square as you did…

I definitely feel the need to step up my game. just sayin'

 

Yeah, I'm thinking maybe the recipients of mine should just not show them.

 

Everything so far has been exceptional and I would have felt lucky to be any recipient.