Woodworking Hunt Talkers?
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Redmt
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I came across an old 72" x 36" maple butcher block top. It was delaminated pretty badly but luckily all the joints were smooth and clean and able to be glued back together. I was going to post up a couple glory pictures after it was treated today but the cord to my belt sander slipped and was eaten by the sander. I'll finish up the sanding after I get the cord cut out of the drive drum .
Redmt
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Rough sanded but smooth 
TheBenHoyle
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I like to make my Euro mount plaques out of wood that is somehow related to my hunt. Last November when I shot my buck, I was sitting in a Box Elder tree with a big downed trunk in front of me, but it was too big for me to take a piece off of it with the saw I keep in my backpack...
But somehow my dad just happened to have an over-mature Box Elder that he wanted to cut down before it fell on his house. He sent me a picture of one of the logs and I made a mark where I wanted him to cut a slice out of it.
Box Elder is sometimes called Flame Maple because it has a bright red that will run through the grain. The slice he sent had a few nice features of the red grain.
I had him put some paint on each face to slow down the drying process to avoid checks and cracks. and after several months in my shop I decided it was time to flatten it out.
Unfortunately there were a couple cracks, so I put some bowties on the back to stabilize the piece.
After all the sanding and wood burning a bow and arrow on it, the grain looked really nice with a clear coat of poly on it.
I put it up in my wood shop over the door. Pretty happy with how it turned out.
It makes a nice little trio of mounts over the door in my shop. On the left is the first buck I ever shot, then the ram from this summer and now the most recent buck.
But somehow my dad just happened to have an over-mature Box Elder that he wanted to cut down before it fell on his house. He sent me a picture of one of the logs and I made a mark where I wanted him to cut a slice out of it.
Box Elder is sometimes called Flame Maple because it has a bright red that will run through the grain. The slice he sent had a few nice features of the red grain.
I had him put some paint on each face to slow down the drying process to avoid checks and cracks. and after several months in my shop I decided it was time to flatten it out.
Unfortunately there were a couple cracks, so I put some bowties on the back to stabilize the piece.
After all the sanding and wood burning a bow and arrow on it, the grain looked really nice with a clear coat of poly on it.
I put it up in my wood shop over the door. Pretty happy with how it turned out.
It makes a nice little trio of mounts over the door in my shop. On the left is the first buck I ever shot, then the ram from this summer and now the most recent buck.
BrentD
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This is a little different, but it has been my woodworking of late as I 
race winter and frozen ground.
race winter and frozen ground.
Barrels4miles
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Wow! I’m a potter. So I can’t contribute to the thread but woodworking is fascinating to me. I always wanted to try my hand at turning. (Sort of opposite of potting but similar concept)
blackbeard
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Ya better start a pottery thread and show some off.
Barrels4miles
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Is Ben a potter too? I’m not allowed to post a new thread yet… need to earn some street cred first.
TheBenHoyle
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Would we call this thread Potting Hunttalkers? Or is there a better word for it?
Straight Arrow
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Yep, Ben Lamb is a pot whirring wizard!
Barrels4miles
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@Ben Lamb I would love to see some of your work. I’m in the process of building a studio so I can teach.
There's some posted on the Sunday pic of the day thread, and my Instagram feed is only ceramics. Glad to have another mudder on the board! There's a few of us.
We can let the glue sniffers & varnish lickers have their thread back.
Barrels4miles
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https://www.instagram.com/shanel.pottery?igsh=MXV5aG5ibnNyNnhveA==&utm_source=qrThere's some posted on the Sunday pic of the day thread, and my Instagram feed is only ceramics. Glad to have another mudder on the board! There's a few of us.
We can let the glue sniffers & varnish lickers have their thread back.
Not sure if that worked- but that’s mine. Just followed you. (I’m not a techie)
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Redmt
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You could call it HT Pot Heads.
44hunter45
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You two make me want to get the wheel out of storage. I don't have a kiln though. MRS' dad was a high school ceramics teacher for decades.
Am I the only one who has zoomed in enough to read the Kreiger Barrels Inc. on that T-shirt? Watch out @Barrels4miles, you will be really popular with this crowd. Welcome!
