I'm just glad we have such a great team willing to put in time to make these events so successful!! :D

You missed a good one, for sure. It happens every year so you'll definitely have another chance. :D

Great event! Can't wait for the next one. :)

I've seen a lot of videos about those. Have a friend that just got his a few days ago. They look awesome. :)

Sure enough bro. I need to make more posts in discord or Facebook when we have events like this coming up. :D

Thanks for the tip! I definitely run softwood through occasionally. I just Googled varsol. It sounds like it's the same or very similar to mineral spirits, which I have a lot of. Maybe I'll try that next time it needs to be cleaned. Thanks. :)

Thanks for watching!

Oh, that's an easy one! Sometimes it's because I'm in the middle of two or three projects. Other times I just haven't found a location for the item I keep moving around. I try to be organized, but it doesn't always work out. I started several years ago, working out of my tiny vinyl shed. I had to pull out the couple of tools I had at the time and work under a pop up tent in the back yard. Then I moved into a small extra room in my house. That was great, but I had to be much more careful about ruining the workspace (floors, walls, etc...). My last move was from there to my hobby shop where I have materials and tools from all of my hobbies taking up a lot of space. I also have stuff in there for the back yard, and storage for things we only use occasionally. One thing I've noticed is, it doesn't seem to matter how big my shop is, I manage to grow into it and I'd always like more room. :)

That's the funny thing! She showed me a picture of one afterwards, and it was a simple square board with some routed paths to allow for heat dissipation. I've made those a few times since too. Neither of us can figure out how I heard 'jute cord' and 'woven together' when she was explaining it to me. I'm convinced that her memory is just worse than mine. Lol!! I live about 500 miles away from her, so we don't talk every day. She had mentioned them and explained them, and I thought I had a good idea of what they looked like. A few months later I thought I'd make some and send them home as a surprise, so I didn't really have much more conversation about how to make them with her.

Oh, I really like the countersunk holes idea. I might use that if I do them again!! Completely saturating them would definitely make the indestructible. But we've had our sets for years and haven't had any issues at all. Maybe I'll try it out with the next batch. :)

Good call. I actually may have mentioned it, but I have to cut hours from these videos just so I can get them down to a palatable size. I'm still playing with long and short formats, and other elements. Let me know what you think works and doesn't.

Thank you very much! God bless!

I haven't sold any. I just made them for gifts this year. Let me know if you manage to sell some! :D

Thank you. :)

Let me know how it turns out!! :D

Jonathan, and thank you Andrew. I'm still trying out different formats so let me know what you think, positive or negative. :)

I bought a Rikon 70 - 220 VSR Midi lathe a couple of years ago. I was going to get a cheaper one, but this one happened to go on sale around the same time and it was a LOT nicer. :D

Absolutely! And if you don't have the same tools, there's plenty of other ways to get the same results. I saw one comment suggest using a Lenox hole saw with the drill bit removed to make the circles. :)

Yup. I'd thought about it. But I'm not sure I would have finished them all by Christmas. 🎄 :D

Thank you! I subscribed to yours too! I'll check out some of your videos soon. 😃

Yup. Someone else mentioned that too. That would have saved a LOT of time. I think I was hoping I'd only have to clean a few of them up on the sander. It turned out to be all of them... :P

Thank you. :D. I did clean my rollers today and now it works perfectly. I was going to reapply the paste wax, but it was already super smooth. It seems like it was just the pitch buildup on the rollers.

It came with my Router lift. I think it's a Jess'em lift? I bought it several years ago. I could go see if the model is listed on the lift if you're interested. :)

I used 1/4 inch. But if the jute cord you use is thicker or thinner, you might want to use a different size hole.

I buy those from Woodcraft. They have monthly sales on different species of wood. Often 40-60% off their normal prices. So I buy one or two when I visit and just sort of hoard them until I think of a way to use them. :)

Thank you, I really appreciate that. :D

The rollers seem to be moving. They actually leave black marks. I think maybe it needs cleaned and waxed. Also, I may have the indeed and out feed tables at too high of an angle. I'll have to check it all out.

@@hobbyhicks7370 This happens with my Dewalt 735 as well. The issue is in the colder weather, the rubber on the rollre gets harder, in turn it loses its grippiness and tends to skid across the wood, burning it in the process. Warming up the rollers definitely helps

Oh, that's a cool idea. I have a kit of Lenox hole saws, but I think the biggest is only around 3-3.5 inches. That might be a quicker way to batch them out than the bandsaw jig though. Thanks for the tip. :)

Thank you! Glad you liked it. :)

You're right. I noticed it a little later and lowered it. I had a lot of footage of this but only used the earlier pieces, where it was too high.

Thanks for watching. :)

Thanks! I've done a lot of kit pens, and a letter opener, but those were a lot different. I think I prefer turning wood rather than acrylic. But my friends really like the designs you get with acrylic. :)

Definitely. I was worried that my coasters would be too thin if I used the table saw. But I ended up sanding a decent amount off just to clean up the bandsaw marks.

Glad you stopped by and watched one of my videos! :D. I'm still relatively new to the lathe. I remember trying to decide which to buy and I ended up getting mine when I was in the store and noticed it was on a pretty good discount. :D

Thanks, I appreciate that! :D

That's true! That would have saved some time too! Something for me to think about next time. :)

Good eye. I had meant to. But when I realized my mistake, I figured I'd just push ahead. I have a lot of bandsaw boxes that are cut the whole way through like this one, so at least it's not uncommon to do it this way. ;)

Yah. The spindle sander helps a lot. But there's still a lot of hand sanding that usually needs done. I usually listen to podcasts or RU-vid videos, get a drink handy, and get in a sanding groove. :)

Hmm.. yah, that would probably be cool to try out. :D

Thank you for watching! :D

God bless you too. And Merry Christmas. 🎄 :D

Ah yes! True! I don't have any 3/4" sanding sticks. That'd be a good use of them! Someone else suggested I could use them for splines too. :)

I wondered if that might be the problem. I have denatured alcohol and mineral spirits. One of those would probably work. Thanks! :)

That's a super good idea. I think there may be more wrong than that, but it's a good place to start. :). You think paste wax would work? That's what I use on my table saw.

@@hobbyhicks7370 I think so, I use the same thing for my planer, jointer, table saw. The rollers might need cleaned too. Not sure what to use there. I have a Dewalt planer and have had this same problem and waxing the deck solved it. You have to keep it clean and smooth. Great video btw, you gave me some good ideas! Thx!

Awesome! I'm glad it helped! I thought maybe it was a bit long for a single project, so I've been fitting the latest ones into a single video. I'm trying not to leave anything out and keep the content informative. :). I'm still playing with what works best for videos.

Yah. It wouldn't do anything if it didn't touch the finish. I could definitely see some small spillage if you're pouring it while it's on the coaster, or if some dribbles over the edge while you're drinking. I'm sure it would have been fine, but I figured I'd take a different route just in case. It gave me a problem to solve at least. :)

Thank you! Glad to see that posting in RU-vid groups is helping people see my videos. :). I love your little camper that's in your UToob icon. Did you make that? :D. I like the little seagull. :)

@@hobbyhicks7370 I would love to say I did make it, but the little camper was a birthday gift from my lovely wife just after we bought our caravan (now sold!)… 👀 One day perhaps, although I fear our RVing days are over now… 🐸

Correct. Sometimes it just comes down to forgetfulness, which clearly isn't a good excuse. When I wear one of my dust masks, it always creates fog in my prescription glasses. At that point, it comes down to risk assessment. When I'm working with very fine particulate, like on the spindle sander, I wear a mask. When I'm making a few cuts on my table saw, or the bandsaw, I base it on what I'm cutting (some woods are toxic, others not so much but can still cause respiratory issues). Maybe I'll revisit this and see if there's a better way. Thanks for bringing it up! :)