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Another day in the wood shop, then at 5pm a half hour drive south to a rural area to meet the transporter from Tri-State Bird Rescue & Rehab. Got to place this young Great Horned Owl back in the tree where he was found on the ground. Fun way to end the day. As soon as I lifted him out of my bag...

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Hard to see on my phone but it gives the impression of an over-pruned, topped at an earlier time, Magnoliaceae Those burls and contorted wood would be interesting to turn, yes 🙂

Friend is there and sent photos and video to his brother.

Two trees planted. The triple trunk B nigra weighed about 1000 lbs.

Dave, Inspiration can be so enlivening!! Follow up on those ideas, patent them, and who knows - you may well have a ready market selling to every other WoodMizer owner out there. Be careful or you’ll be managing employees and racking up the retirement funds in no time!

Grandson took the prize! The hat fit him better than it fit me!

I had an older neighbor over to see my shop and current work. He is a retired dentist. I knew he had built a boat and asked him about it. “It?” he said… five boats, the largest being a 39 ft skipjack! I asked if next time we visit if he could bring over photos!

Off to California for a day, then driving out to Joshua Tree for a “Western-themed’ wedding weekend. Half my suitcase is full of gifts. Hardly able to get my boots and ‘foldable Stetson’ in!!

Where did you get your clover seed? I need to finish grading the back yard and I figured clover might be a good cover crop until we get gardens installed.

Done! Just need another ten years for the legs to develop a similar patina as the top has now…

Took a break from Woodturning to make new legs for a slab of oak coffee table that I threw cheap legs on 30 years ago… finally doing it right. Took the tree down which I made the table out of in the early 1970s - slab sat in the shop another ten years before it came home.

I’ve repaired two Schonstedts… if you want I’ll take a look at them. Often it’s a bad component on the main circuit board or a cracked connection.

We use one of these (good for ferrous metals): Schonstedt Magnetic Locator GA-52Cx