Heath's Woodworking Projects

judaspre1982 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:01 pm

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mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:21 pm

heathicus wrote:Lanterns are finally done!
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And with that, my shop gets packed up for who knows how long while we move and then I get another shop.

I am so far behind in my forum reads that I am just seeing your completed lantern post. Congratulations!!!! They came out very nice. The methods you used to overcome your obstacles were phenomenal. Very creative.

So, what was in the pic https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=71555&postcount=94 ??????

Too bad your closing shop for a few months. You will probably be having DT's shortly. Maybe once you've moved, you could walk down the street with ShopSmith in tow and ask your neighbors if you could use their garage or shed. I can picture you now, walking down the street, head and shoulders slouched down, pulling the SS on a rope......

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:33 pm

mickyd wrote:I am so far behind in my forum reads that I am just seeing you completed lantern post. Congratulations!!!! They came out very nice. The methods you used to overcome your obstacles were phenomenal. Very creative.

So, what was in the pic https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=71555&postcount=94 ??????

Too bad your closing shop for a few months. You will probably be having DT's shortly. Maybe once you've moved, you could walk down the street with ShopSmith in tow and ask your neighbors if you could use their garage or shed. I can picture you now, walking down the street, head and shoulders slouched down, pulling the SS on a rope......

Heath lives in a 'Rural' area! He ain't got no streets. He got roads! His neighbors distance away is measured in fractional Miles! I think he will just grit his teeth and bear it!:)

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:34 pm

mickyd wrote: Too bad your closing shop for a few months. You will probably be having DT's shortly. Maybe once you've moved, you could walk down the street with ShopSmith in tow and ask your neighbors if you could use their garage or shed. I can picture you now, walking down the street, head and shoulders slouched down, pulling the SS on a rope......

My wife has threatened to keep the house while I go out 'walking my horse' like this:o

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:09 pm

Hilarious image (made me laugh out loud), but JPG is right. To roll the thing to my neighbor's house, I'd need at least 8" rubber wheels. And four wheel drive.

What was the thing in the picture? Well, it was a flaw in the finish. On the last coat, there was a "run" that I didn't see. And, in that picture, it caught the light just the right way so that one side was highlighted and looked like a hair, and the other side was darkened and looked like the hair's shadow. But in person, it's barely noticeable. I see it. I know it's there. And it bugs me. But mom won't see it. And if my wife has seen it, she's been kind enough to not point it out.

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:11 pm

I threw this together Sunday. MY first non-shop project since building my new shop.

Anybody want to guess what it is?

bffulgham · Post by **bffulgham** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:11 am

heathicus wrote:I threw this together Sunday. MY first non-shop project since building my new shop.

Anybody want to guess what it is?

Seeing that it appears to be relatively small......I'll go way out on a limb and guess that you pour dried beans/peas into the top and sort out the 'stuff' that you don't want on the bottom shelf.

Like I said......way out on a limb.

Course, it could be a kitty feeder.........
Or for

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:06 am

bffulgham wrote:Seeing that it appears to be relatively small......I'll go way out on a limb and guess that you pour dried beans/peas into the top and sort out the 'stuff' that you don't want on the bottom shelf.

Like I said......way out on a limb.

Really good guess! You've got the basics of the thing... put something in the top and something comes out on to the bottom shelf. But you're way off on what goes through it.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:41 pm

heathicus wrote:Really good guess! You've got the basics of the thing... put something in the top and something comes out on to the bottom shelf. But you're way off on what goes through it.

Bird Feeder???

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:40 pm

Negative!

It is a dice tower. I built it for use in our family game nights. Rolling dice was always a problem, especially for the girls (ages 4 and 5). We would spend as much time chasing dice across the floor or trying to remember where pieces went on the board that were hit by dice as we did playing the game. Using the box lid worked sometimes, but always seemed to get in the way. So I built this dice tower for rolling dice. Drop the dice in the top, they tumble down a series of ramps, then roll out on to the platform. It makes a nice clikety-clack sound too. The kids have loved it and want to play games now just so they can use the dice tower.

Built out of some cedar scraps. I goofed a couple of times, but compensated as necessary. The scraps were the thickness of the panels as seen in the pic (I didn't measure, but no more than 1/4"), but half the width. So each was a glue-up of two pieces. I found a few pieces that seemed to be bookmatched pairs and used my favorites for the front and the platform.