Sleepy Sunday in the Shop

So today after church, spent a little time in the shop experimenting with some walnut on the lathe.  I was trying to make something usefull out of a piece of 4" diameter, 4" long Claro Walnut Burlwood.  I only had the one piece, and I didn't want to just throw it into the firewood pile, so I stuck it on the lathe.  (yes, I know, what else is there!)  This piece had such beautiful grain. Dark and swirly, my favorite!

I wound up making a "ring saver" for my wife.  She is always taking her rings off of her hands when washing dishes or washing her hands in our bath.  She has never lost anything down the drain, but, I thought that this might be nice.  In fact, I made two of them.  I thought that I might list one of them on Etsy, but... sorry, she has kept them both.  Although she did say that one of them looked a little "penile", so even if she didn't keep it, I probably would have put it back on the lathe and reworked it. 

Well, more tomorrow.  I will post some pictures, as well as the bowls that I turned today out of "Ambrosia Maple".  Absolutely beautiful!!

Nothing about Wood!

Ok, so I haven't been writing about anything to do with wood for the last couple of weeks.  I have been working on another project that is much more important.  Children and their guidance towards knowledge of God, and understanding that God Loves them and that Jesus is their savior.  I had the privilege last week of working during the Shoreline Community Church's Vacation Bible School.  But even before last week, I had the privilege of working side by side with some amazing volunteers that were dedicate to making VBS happen @ Shoreline Church.  We converted a large 3000 square foot room into a Ship for the "High Seas Expidition".  The kids loved it, and related to it.  Walking into the room through the "gang plank", they just knew that once they entered, something was different.  This was a different, magical place!  Building the set was rewarding, but more so, was watching the 175 children that spent last week on the "ship" with us.  I took on the roll of "sailor Jack" and our fearless skipper was "captain crunch".  We had a great time, but the children had an even better time.

It was really great serving.  I thought to myself as the week built up, that God was using me to change the lives of these children, but in reality, God used these children to change me too.  I truly believe that we all were blessed by each other.

God is good, All the time!

Back to the woodshop next week.
Blessings,
ASH