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06-01-2017, 08:01 PM
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My Grandfather gave me an 1853 penny about 50 years ago. I have gazillion small pieces of nice wood around, so I whipped up a small box with a sliding lid to house the penny.
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06-01-2017, 08:24 PM
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#502
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Gramps would be proud to see your wood working skills. Nice wood too!
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06-01-2017, 08:25 PM
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Beautiful!
I can only dream of being able to work with wood as well as you can. 
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06-01-2017, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by RobbieB
Gramps would be proud to see your wood working skills. Nice wood too!
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Thanks - Gramps taught me most of my wood working skills. The top wood is Bocote that I bought in Phoenix - they get it from a guy from Mexico that brings in a load now and then. Bottom is European Walnut (I think) - got it from a friend that makes gun stocks.
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Originally Posted by aja8888
Beautiful!
I can only dream of being able to work with wood as well as you can. |
Thanks, but its all in the tools. The more $ you spend on tools, the better you get.
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06-01-2017, 08:54 PM
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#505
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Very nice!
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06-02-2017, 07:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FIREd
I have recently been experimenting with the "no-knead" bread-making method. I was not satisfied with the initial results so I have refined the recipe incrementally. I think that I am nearly there.
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Can you say more about your recipe adjustments?
My best improvements have to do with efficiency. The second rise is on parchment paper, and the baking is in a pre-heated clay pot with a lid. The inside of the pot is glazed.
With the parchment paper there is little clean up required and with the lidded pot I don't have to introduce moisture into the oven.
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06-02-2017, 07:50 AM
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Very nice, spncity! Nothing better than a hobby that you can eat.
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06-02-2017, 09:42 AM
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Here's what I've been working on. Not done yet...just a proof of concept.
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06-03-2017, 09:01 AM
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Bread looks great! Nice work on the penny holder too!
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06-04-2017, 04:57 AM
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Ronstar: Very cool little box. What's the thickness of the Wood?
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06-06-2017, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ImReady
Ronstar: Very cool little box. What's the thickness of the Wood?
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Top is planed down to 1/2". Bottom is 3/4"
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06-18-2017, 09:48 AM
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Camera case made from scrap pieces of leather and walnut.
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06-18-2017, 02:45 PM
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Wow, nice case!
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06-18-2017, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Walt34
Wow, nice case!
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Thanks Walt - It's great to combine 2 hobbies into 1 project. And my Sony point and shoot has been getting dinged up. Hopefully the case will protect it.
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08-22-2017, 04:55 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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DW, who is exhibiting indications of arthritis in one finger, took up knitting for flexibility therapy.......since the twin granddaughters are two this Friday they'll be the recipients of (non-identical) twin dolls:
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08-22-2017, 06:32 PM
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Nemo2, Tell your wife the dolls are too cute! I did not know that knitting (or things like that) would help arthritis.
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08-22-2017, 06:39 PM
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Nemo2, with that knitting skill, she should knit you a sweater for those cool Ontario Fall outings! 
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08-22-2017, 07:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by splitwdw
Nemo2, Tell your wife the dolls are too cute! I did not know that knitting (or things like that) would help arthritis.
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She figures that if knitting keeps the joints mobile then it can't be bad.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifest...07-story.html#
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Alton Barron, orthopedic surgeon and president of the New York Society for Surgery of the Hand, says knitting can prevent arthritis and tendinitis.
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She says that the sleeves would probably end up being five feet long. 
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08-23-2017, 07:38 AM
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The dolls are really cute, very nice work!
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08-23-2017, 08:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davemartin88
The dolls are really cute, very nice work!
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+1
Very cute!!
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