A random look at the shop and what’s going on today. Start with the volume low. The taper shaper is running in the background. We start off with 7 sticks that are ready for their joint pins and for the butts to be bored to match the size of the stick’s rubber bumper. Once the […]
I haven’t been posting much over the last couple of weeks, as I’ve been learning new equipment and putting all my attention toward finishing custom sticks. Those sticks are in FedEx’s hands, now. While building the custom sticks I just shipped, I divided my time between working on the ordered sticks and new sticks. That’s […]
Before and after polish. See the ripples in the photo, in the purple section nearest the screw? Those are from 2500 grit sandpaper and Meguiar’s. Compare to the video, which is after 5000 grit and a different kind of Meguiar’s. It’s a whole nother somethin. There’s slop at the bottom of the butt. It’s unfinished […]
I don’t know what it’s going to look like. I’m going to keep updating this post as the process continues. Long story short: it’s in the final sand/buff right now. I started Caribbean Stick 2 right after Stick 1 as a backup. Stick 1, I built before I had the best equipment made for the […]
We are all, kinda, idiots. We are all capable of seeing truth. Both the subjective kind, where we know we’re the one that sees things differently, are likely wrong, and we don’t care, and objective truth, where it’s really still subjective, but seems so obvious all sane people agree. Regardless, we are all willing to […]
A note to anyone arriving here through facebook on a cell phone. I’ve found that sometimes when you follow a link, facebook opens the link in a facebook browser which doesn’t know how to open a wordpress video. If your video doesn’t show up, search your screen and you’ll find options and you can open […]
I spent so much time in the shop this last week that I decided to do some soul restoration. So I’m sitting beside a campfire with Jovi, giving up on trying to get us both to smile for a selfie at the same time. I’m also cooking blue wood. Below is a quick video showing […]
