I May Have a Problem

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Bill

Am I a hoarder?  How many pen blanks are too many?

A Lot of Pen Blanks

A Lot of Pen Blanks

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Change is for the birds part deux

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Marisa

When we built the new and improved coop I wanted features:

  1. I wanted to be able to stand up fully inside the building and in the run.
  2. I wanted to be able to collect eggs without having to go in the building.
  3. I wanted a run that had a roof so that I no longer had to walk in muck.
  4. I wanted an automated pop door.
  5. I wanted good airflow.
  6. I wanted electricity to the building but have it all run in conduit to make it rodent proof.

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You’re Always Just One Click Away

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Sam

Penn State click pen assembly diagram.

Penn State click pen assembly diagram.

Hello once more friends of Borouz Woodworking as well as friends of Wolf Studios.

I’ve recently finished up another pen for a request given to me a couple weeks ago.

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Disassembling a Pen

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Bill

If you make enough pens, eventually you may need to disassemble one.  Reasons may range from assembling wrong, to breaking something, to screwing up the blank.  Recently, Sam was making a pen, and I was helping trim the blank.  I managed to trim 3/32″ off of it.  We wondered if this would still work but the only way to tell was to assemble it.  He did, and it wouldn’t.  The pen tip stuck out about 1/8″ when fully retracted, and way too far out when extended.

We decided to disassemble it.

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Change is for the birds

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Marisa

Three big changes are happening for the chickens.

  1. We are switching from sand in the coop to coffee grounds.
  2. We are resolving the muddy slop in the run with compressed bedding pellets.
  3. We are changing their food in 3 ways.

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Repairing a Harbor Freight Ultrasonic Cleaner

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Bill

A while ago, while repairing my old Jonsered 2050 Turbo chainsaw, I bought a Central Machinery Ultrasonic Cleaner from Harbor Freight. I heard they were really good for cleaning carburetors.

Central Machinery Ultrasonic Cleaner

Central Machinery Ultrasonic Cleaner

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Measure twice, cut onc

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Sam

Hello once more friends of Borouz Woodworking for this Wednesday with Wolf Studios I wanted to touch on some of the more recent projects I’ve been working on.

Recently I’ve had some orders put in for some family members who want some custom pens. After receiving all the requests and purchasing the kits and blanks, as well as creating a couple blanks for the orders, I was finally able to start work on the project.

pen kits

Pen kits ordered from Pen State

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HVLP Spraying

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Bill

I’ve always been interested in spray finishing, whether it’s painting the castle fort, painting our house, or applying finish or paint to woodworking projects.  Over the years I’ve tried various systems and solutions, from our first Wagner Power Painter, to a cheap LVLP siphon spray gun from Home Depot, to the Wagner Spraytech FLEXiO 5000 HVLP system.  This last one we used to paint our house, and it did an excellent job. Continue reading →

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Odoo Inventory – Product Entry screen shot

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Marisa

Here are the things that I really like about the Odoo software:

  1. I can put a picture on the record.  If you are just scanning through what we have in stock it’s helpful to actually be able to see what that blank looks like.  Plus you can quickly see how many we have in stock.

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You are never to young or to old to try

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Sam
Sam at 10 testing a turning project for a class

Sam at 10 testing a turning project for a class

 

Hello Friends of Borouz Woodworking. My name is Samuel, this’ll be my first post for the site and I just wanted to give a little idea on how I like to turn and which materials I prefer and how I started out.

Acrylic pour before being cut into blanks.

Resin Blank

 

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