Dennis’ Stick
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 […]
Carribean Stick: THE REVEAL
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 […]
Hedonism: there when you need it!
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 […]
I Cooked a Surprise
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 […]
Cooking Blue Wood
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 […]
No name, just gorgeous wood.
The wood is black cherry, maple, and black cherry. Yes, that’s me singing behind the router. Yall didn’t know I dug hip hop, didja?
BOB under three coats
This is Bob, Black Orange Black, under three coats of epoxy designed for deep-pour tabletops, by a company that caters to finishing boats. I’m experimenting because I was reading about various finishing types and a lot of cue makers use finishing methods other than epoxy and CA glue. The biggest part of my interest is […]
Purple Object Ball Eater will finish today
The stick as shown has a coat of wax that was once-buffed. It’ll get a buff and another coat today, plus some work (already completed) at the joint. The shaft has no ferrule or tip yet. It all comes together today and stick 1 will be ready to pack delicately and ship to Arizona. I’ll […]
