Well, I haven’t posted in more than a year but things are ramping up a bit here at the Aerie, I may be closer to retirement at my “real” job than I anticipated which means I might be closer to being able to make sawdust full time than I hoped. Read more…
Since I bought a new spray gun recently I decided to catch up on some of my unfinished bowls this week. At least I was until the weather closed in and it started raining, then the fear of cloudy lacquer from the near 100% humidity insisted I wait until the Read more…
I’ve been using my fiance’s Cannon camera for the past several months to film the videos for my YouTube Channel since my last camera gave up the ghost and I’ve been a bit concerned that the dusty and vibrating conditions in the shop might damage it but still haven’t gotten Read more…
Now that I’ve got my new, bigger lathe up and running I’m finally able to try out the new tools and accessories I’ve been accumulating over the past several months. Today I unboxed my McNaughton Center Saver coring system and made a simple, amateur review; the video can be seen Read more…
Happy Easter! When you think of Easter, invariably visions of cute little bunnies and kids dressed in impeccable pastel finery running around the yard carrying baskets full of green plastic strips mimicking grass while searching for brightly colored eggs that have been hidden in plain sight. But regardless its origins, Read more…
Well, I finally made it back into the shop for more than fifteen minutes at a time. I still can’t stand at it for an extended time but I got this piece done today. I think the New (to me) lathe is a winner! I also got to use some new Read more…
I’m about to tell my age: do any of you remember the ads in magazines and comic books where you could sell what was basically junk and thereby earn “points” you could in turn redeem for more junk as a reward? I remember that I fell under the spell of Read more…
The new lathe is up and running! I bought this 18″x42″ lathe from a fellow member of the Northwest Georgia Woodturners club because it was dead. I ordered and installed a new motor and 3 phase 220v inverter but the lathe still didn’t work. When I opened up the control Read more…
I find myself at the end of another week and the beginning of a new one and I haven’t accomplished nearly what I had hoped to. But I have a whole new week to work with and I promise to make the most of it! It has been somewhat bittersweet, Read more…
As defined by Merriam-Webster, ‘Windfall’ comes from the 15th century and describes: 1: something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind and 2: an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage. Although today the second definition is by far the more commonly used, I’m happy to say I am the Read more…