Great beam compass Candy and DaddyZ.

A nice trivet & marking knife Mark.

And I like the accent pieces on the winding sticks Candy. I looked a while
and noticed a maple? accent piece on the other winding stick, nice contrast.

 

Nice work Candy.

 

wahoo
Excuse the poor pics.

My wife was asking about the pile of oak I was snapping a pic of. So I set up the winding sticks on a box and explained it. She looked and picked up on the concept right away. ( Married right I think )).

Gave her a demo of the compass, she nods, appreciates the pencil holder.

She also commented about the grain of the oak.

She said it was like that plant stand I made for my hottie at the gas station. "Yes" I say. Then I said the same about the square that went to Rick. Gnarly oak.

Candy LJ can start a reality show. "Beware of the dark side of wood working".

First episode " the Secret cel of Nursing Woodworkers have a clandestine exchange"

First scene " some idiot pulling his hair out. " Why do beam compasses and gnarly oak cross the border". " What the hell are they up to ??. Damn Nurses, thought they were sterile. Were the hell is Florence Nightengale, gotta talk to her…........

Did that nurse stick a GPS chip in Mark's arm/ burbon cast ? A thread with 563 replies and not a fight. WTF ?

Scene two. Some head decoder at NSA. " What the hell does this code mean" " This Parrot is dead" " Is that kinda some medical lingo ???? " He runs all the coding soft wear. All the hits come back negative.

Scene 3 Jordan smoking his inspector pipe, while reclining in a Moriss chair. " Well you know Mr Holder". " It started as just a friendly kinda tool thing" Then the RCMP showed up looking for the ill goods. Well I contacted my barrister. He had just found out the shocking details.

Now you folks continue the story.

No Saw Stop was harmed during this post.

 

Great job, Candy!

I was going to suggest we up the ante for the next swap and all take on beam compasses…looks like several of ya'll did already.

 

Scene 4: (music fade out - Won't Get Fooled Again)

Horatio Caine: (to investigation team) I just got a call from my good buddy, the attorney general. He says we need to investigate dead parrots being shipped to Canada. The last shipment came from Oklahoma, but he thinks the parrots may originate in Brazil and funnel into the US through Cuba and Miami.

Calleigh: Parrots?

Caine: Listen to me! Dead parrots. I'm headed to the beach to knock around some gang bangers.

(cue music)

Caine: (put on sunglasses, exit camera right)

(music fade out)

 

wahoo, I was just the lucky recipient of the marking knife, trivet and compass. DaddyZ gets the kudos.

 

Candy - totally gnarly!

 

Thanks Waho and Don. Yes, maple on one and walnut on the other and maple 'dots' in the middle. Maybe LakeLover can post a pic of that. I for got to take one.
Yes, Brendan, sounds like you've got a keeper! I'll just have to watch 'the show'. No way I could write up to the standard you and Mark have set! Thanks Terry and Mark!

 

Duh, yeah, I will go with sinister mastermind. sound a lot better than us OK hicks are just to ( fill in own words) to know any better.

Congrats to all who participated !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

What is this?

Finally!

Jordan, this ruler is phenomenal!

I was just thinking I needed another 18". Not now! Definitely using this this weekend.

Thank you!

Cheers,

 

Now that's drool worthy. Oops keyboard shorting out…..

 

@CFrye-Nice goodies you sent north. I'm sure Lakelover will get lots of good use out of the beam compass.

@jordanp-Way cool ruler. How did you put the markings on it? Burned 'em in?

 

YAY! it finally arrived.. this concludes our swap i believe?

I hope it is worthy of your shop Mr Andy

And thank you for your service to us and our country!

 

Jordan,

Your ruler is sitting right next to DonW's marking gauge. It is now a center piece in my shop!

Thank you!

Cheers,

 

Oh wow… i am humbled brother..

I just posted the project.
I was able to get some nice pictures of it before it shipped off.

 

Not specifically woodworking related but here is a good tutorial on etching metal with salt water and current. I'd like to try it on a future swap item.

 

Thanks, Rick, been watching similar vids. About ready to experiment…

Nice rule, Jordan. Very classy!

 

Funny thing.. my wife was suggesting I etch my friends name into a knife I'm restoring about 5 minutes ago.

 

I'd read about doing it with acid and even salt water in a slightly different technique but Trollsky's way is quick and dirty for small areas; and produces a nice etch.

 

Remember to tag with toolswap2014. Only 8 of our swap projects are tagged.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/tag/toolswap2014

 

Well…

In an effort to keep The Swap alive…here's a motion put on the table…move the kitty…

I move we re-visit the Mallet for a swap item. Wood, brass, bronze, steel, or leather. Ending time frame of June30, which gives us about 70 days for construction, and 20 days for shipping. Similar rules as the past 2 swap…you really join when you send the completed photo to the SwapModerator.

We can take over the Mallet of your Dreams Thread again for communication. I'll take over the job of moderator unless someone else would like to volunteer? It's a great way to 'meet' other LJ's!

Thoughts?

 

I'd probably be up for another mallet swap… I still use the one I got from SASmith all the time.
Though with wedding end of May, we'll have to see lol

 

I'll see what happens. Pack out and move happen at the beginning of May and then NO tools for 75 days while all our stuff floats across the Atlantic…

Cheers,

 

I would love to try out a mallet swap as well. Already been perusing mallet making ideas

 

Waiting on someone to decide what to swap next, sounds good to me. Mallet that is