So yeah, looks like I drifted quite a way this time, my last post over a year and a half ago. Well... I'm back (for a while anyway) and it's time to start blogging again.

The thing is, I DON'T LIKE WORKING!!! DIYGuy was devoted, for the most part, to my work. However, when I'm working I'm not thinking about my blog - I'm thinking about getting done. That means I'm not thinking about taking photos, and without photos it's just boring ol' text.

Oh, and btw, I have another blog devoted especially to tools, @ToolGuy which I have also drifted from. DIYGuy will be devoted mostly to projects, and ToolGuy will be devoted to tools.

I have some ideas for Starr's prints, which will require some half sheets of plywood. That's one project on my virtual work bench. Another is to do something with these 100+ blocks of hardwood I have accumulated from various projects.

...and I have more!

I have bubinga, zebra wood, panga-panga (wormy!) and your basic oak, walnut, cherry and such. I'm thinking jewelry/stash boxes for Christmas gifts. Simple, just slice all the blocks to uniform thickness and create whatever size boxes I can from what pieces I have, with no regard to matching wood species. I'm guessing this should produce some pretty interesting results.

I will build them similar to how I made this router bit case..

Check out the full article at http://toolguy.xanga.com/690490645/simple-router-bit-box/

Hmm... only problem is I don't have the equipment to slice the woodblock to uniform thickness. I'll have to find a wood shop that will do that for me. Shouldn't cost too much I don't think.

One would think with a genuine Starr I could do something creatived. I mean... the frame is nice and all.. neat wood, if you're into that sort of thing. But where is the BAM??? That frame looks like something I might have done in high school wood shop, or cub scouts. First a square, then another square. Hmmm.. what would be creative? I ask my self. Ooooo.. curves! Yeah, right. I'm not puting anything of Starr's in that frame! I'm going to do someting different. I don't know what, yet. But Starr's art deserves something way, way cooler. I keep everyone posted.

Here are the woods I picked up today. The large piece is bubinga and the small piece is zebrawood.

And a close-up...

"I really have to figure out how to get better photos. I swear I took a picture of a penny once, and you could almost count the hairs in Lincoln's beard. I just can't remember what combination of settings I used. I'll work on it."

I think they make a nice contrast, and I'm going to figure a way to incorporate both of them into the frames (mentioned in last entry). But first I have to finish cleaning up my shop before I mess it up again.

If you're interested in learning a little more about these woods you can check out http://www.thewoodbox.com/data/wood/bubingaInfo.htm and http://www.thewoodbox.com/data/wood/zebrawoodinfo.htm.

If you'd like to see a whole lot of photos of these woods, check out http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/bubinga.htm and http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/zebrawood.htm

Okay, back to my shop cleaning. Later Gaters!