As I look out my window at the 8" of new snow and notice the blizzard
warning on the NWS site, I think I must declare an official end to the 2005
bowl season. What's there now will likely be there until next spring, and I
refuse to shovel snow to get at a frozen log that will rust my bandsaw,
freeze my hands and soak my shop. I've got enough roughs on the shelves for
a season or two of normal sales, and I hate frozen wood.

I posted a picture of what happens when you forget that there's now heated
air flowing from those ducts you could block in the summer. Adapted my
methods and did another half-dozen or so pieces since, but that's it. Hard
maple, the stuff with the fermented sap that made the basement smell like
wine. Grew hairy mildew in open 60% air, it was so wet.

From here until April it's dry wood only, unless I turn a chunk of that
firewood stacked awaiting its long-term recycling.

Anyone else make seasonal switches?

George wrote:
As I look out my window at the 8" of new snow and notice the blizzard
warning on the NWS site, I think I must declare an official end to the 2005
bowl season. What's there now will likely be there until next spring, and I
refuse to shovel snow to get at a frozen log that will rust my bandsaw,
freeze my hands and soak my shop. I've got enough roughs on the shelves for
a season or two of normal sales, and I hate frozen wood.

I posted a picture of what happens when you forget that there's now heated
air flowing from those ducts you could block in the summer. Adapted my
methods and did another half-dozen or so pieces since, but that's it. Hard
maple, the stuff with the fermented sap that made the basement smell like
wine. Grew hairy mildew in open 60% air, it was so wet.

From here until April it's dry wood only, unless I turn a chunk of that
firewood stacked awaiting its long-term recycling.

Anyone else make seasonal switches?


This is the time of the year that I started my turning of green wood. I
would stock up on newly fallen trees and start turning. The trees are
easier to split and saw up when they are frozen. I didn't have to worry
about the logs drying out and splitting as much as in the summer.
Turning frozen blanks could make a little mess of the shop and tools but
that coulg easily be takin care of with some dry rags and oil.

I live on 40 acres at 9,000' in southern Colorado, so I have spent the
last month or so stocking up on dead aspen and ponderosa pine logs,
which I cut to 18" length and then sealed the ends. I will use them
throughout the winter. We usually have at least a foot of snow on the
ground here, so I store everything piled up my garage/shop. I heat the
space with an industrial electric heater, although the lights and
machinery seem to warm things up.

"Bob Threlkeld" wrote in message
oups.com...
I live on 40 acres at 9,000' in southern Colorado, so I have spent the
last month or so stocking up on dead aspen and ponderosa pine logs,
which I cut to 18" length and then sealed the ends. I will use them
throughout the winter. We usually have at least a foot of snow on the
ground here, so I store everything piled up my garage/shop. I heat the
space with an industrial electric heater, although the lights and
machinery seem to warm things up.


Just came in from making a drive to - nowhere. The road commission is not
about to pay holiday overtime. We're 10" on the level. Had to do double
passes with the tractor, because it ran over the blade real quickly. It's
just a dirt blade, so it doesn't roll and toss, just tosses.

Made it out to a fire last night at about 6" depth, so we should be able to
make the trip to the ambulance if we have to.

I don't even want to think how much pine and aspen I'd have to have to make
a winter. Takes ~6 full cord of beech/birch/maple for the average one.
With the temperature of the big lake so high this year, it could be a heap
of snow to come. Average year is 200 plus.

George wrote:
As I look out my window at the 8" of new snow and notice the blizzard
warning on the NWS site, I think I must declare an official end to the 2005
bowl season. What's there now will likely be there until next spring, and I
refuse to shovel snow to get at a frozen log that will rust my bandsaw,
freeze my hands and soak my shop. I've got enough roughs on the shelves for
a season or two of normal sales, and I hate frozen wood.

I posted a picture of what happens when you forget that there's now heated
air flowing from those ducts you could block in the summer. Adapted my
methods and did another half-dozen or so pieces since, but that's it. Hard
maple, the stuff with the fermented sap that made the basement smell like
wine. Grew hairy mildew in open 60% air, it was so wet.

From here until April it's dry wood only, unless I turn a chunk of that
firewood stacked awaiting its long-term recycling.

Anyone else make seasonal switches?


I'm getting ready to harvest a large wild cherry in December. It will
finally be cool enough to work without heatstroke and the leaves have
already fallen, so cleanup will be easier. It was 70 degrees today and I
worked up a sweat picking up limbs in the yard.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Half of the people in the world are
below average.





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"George" George@least wrote in message
...
As I look out my window at the 8" of new snow and notice the blizzard
warning on the NWS site, I think I must declare an official end to the
2005 bowl season. What's there now will likely be there until next
spring, and I refuse to shovel snow to get at a frozen log that will rust
my bandsaw, freeze my hands and soak my shop. I've got enough roughs on
the shelves for a season or two of normal sales, and I hate frozen wood.

I posted a picture of what happens when you forget that there's now
heated air flowing from those ducts you could block in the summer.
Adapted my methods and did another half-dozen or so pieces since, but
that's it. Hard maple, the stuff with the fermented sap that made the
basement smell like wine. Grew hairy mildew in open 60% air, it was so
wet.

From here until April it's dry wood only, unless I turn a chunk of that
firewood stacked awaiting its long-term recycling.

Anyone else make seasonal switches?
================================

Here in central Texas, I revert to day time turning again, since the tin
roof on my shop sends the Jun-Sept temps above 110 degrees, so most turning
during that period is done between dusk and midnight. Most of the rest of
the year, except for whichever day winter falls on, day time work shop temps
are OK. When it gets a little chilly (45 degrees and below) a 500 Watt work
light directly above keeps the air temp up enough to keep fingers from
getting stiff. BTW, temp yesterday according to the thermometer in the van's
info center was 89 degrees, but a front is due in tomorrow after noon.

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:23:32 -0500, George wrote:

Anyone else make seasonal switches?

I was just thinking about that this afternoon ... whether to slab out the
last few logs or to lean on what I already have on the shelves.

Haven't made up my mind just yet, but I've probably got until next
Saturday to do all I'm going to. There are enough blanks for 50-60 bowls
and 30-40 additional pieces for some spindle work.

On the other hand, I looked at the mercury half a dozen times today and
never saw it read more than 10 degrees F.

Got paper birch, ash, maple, cherry, slippery elm, box elder, oak, poplar
and willow laid by. Trimmings off most of those will add up to a bunch
of pens. And then last week a buddy showed up with a piece of goncalo
alves and asked if it was safe to burn in his fireplace. grin! Told him
"Well, technically, yes ... but if you do, I'll have to kill you
-- don't worry, you'll thank me later."

Tonight he showed up with 4 pieces 41" x 8/4 x 17/4. All of them have a
stretch where there is at least 14" between nailholes.

What are friends for, eh? :-)

Bill

George,

Where are you???

Also hope you had a good Thanksgiving. It's my biggest holiday for family
and warmth. None of the commercialism of others and the best of reasons for
being a holiday.

TomNie

"George" George@least wrote in message
...

"Bob Threlkeld" wrote in message
oups.com...
I live on 40 acres at 9,000' in southern Colorado, so I have spent the
last month or so stocking up on dead aspen and ponderosa pine logs,
which I cut to 18" length and then sealed the ends. I will use them
throughout the winter. We usually have at least a foot of snow on the
ground here, so I store everything piled up my garage/shop. I heat the
space with an industrial electric heater, although the lights and
machinery seem to warm things up.


Just came in from making a drive to - nowhere. The road commission is not
about to pay holiday overtime. We're 10" on the level. Had to do double
passes with the tractor, because it ran over the blade real quickly. It's
just a dirt blade, so it doesn't roll and toss, just tosses.

Made it out to a fire last night at about 6" depth, so we should be able
to make the trip to the ambulance if we have to.

I don't even want to think how much pine and aspen I'd have to have to
make a winter. Takes ~6 full cord of beech/birch/maple for the average
one. With the temperature of the big lake so high this year, it could be a
heap of snow to come. Average year is 200 plus.

"Tom Nie" wrote in message
...
George,

Where are you???

Also hope you had a good Thanksgiving. It's my biggest holiday for family
and warmth. None of the commercialism of others and the best of reasons
for being a holiday.


Here.
http://photobucket.com/albums/d160/G...t=2db0fd12.jpg
Downwind of Lake Superior.

We got paged out for ambulance support this morning, which is the source of
the tracks. My pickup dragged bottom. Should have seen the drift-busting
up the road!

Would that be Eastern or Western UP? I live in Esky and it looks like
Munising got clobbered...


"George" George@least wrote in message
...

"Tom Nie" wrote in message
...
George,

Where are you???

Also hope you had a good Thanksgiving. It's my biggest holiday for family
and warmth. None of the commercialism of others and the best of reasons
for being a holiday.


Here.
http://photobucket.com/albums/d160/G...t=2db0fd12.jpg
Downwind of Lake Superior.

We got paged out for ambulance support this morning, which is the source
of the tracks. My pickup dragged bottom. Should have seen the
drift-busting up the road!

"Doug Goulden" wrote in message
...
Would that be Eastern or Western UP? I live in Esky and it looks like
Munising got clobbered...

Just got back from grocery shopping at Elmer's, and the line starts at about
Osier as you come north on 41 to Trenary. Marquette wasn't as bad, of
course. Munising gets clobbered by wind from about 320 to 050 degrees true.