Posted in Lathe, Light, Tools, Turning, Uncategorized, antique on Feb 10th, 2008
So I bought a box full of antique glass insulators and was planning to make some more lights like I posted previously. I got them off of Ebay for a full box of 10 for $10 and I thought that was a great deal. When they got here I realized they were smaller than the […]
Posted in Lathe, Light, Texturing, Tools, Turning, antique, mesquite on Dec 31st, 2007
So this will be a short post….
As I said in my last post I wanted to experiment with some old glass insulators and see if i could make them into some shelf accent lights. I think the project was a great success. See the link on the main page to see all the pics and […]
Posted in Hands-on, Uncategorized, antique, boxes, future projects, mesquite on Nov 7th, 2007
Well I finally finished my living room shelf. It is funny how neat it is to work with mesquite. After being sanded it has this soft pink look that is so nice but kinda uninspiring. Then I hit it with the Tung oil and WOW …. an explosion of grain and color. It is so […]
