Hello and good afternoon, wow would you lookout at all this action here and posts, very nice!!! Ok so its been a busy last few days on my end, been busy in the shop, had my youngest at the dr friday, found out he has strep, not cool especially now that its allstars practice, he missed his practice thursday and today but feels ok for the most part, cant get him out due to being contagious, but not to let it get him down, after the dr visit we worked for 4 hours on a special project for his mom, she saw this neat wooden shelf kinda thing on FB that someone had built to take up space behind their sectional, she asked me what I thought and could I do it, I gave it a look and said sure why not seems easy enough, so got the wood and started working on it. Had my oldest in the shop turning a Vase for the next person on his list while me and his brother were working on the shelf. My youngest is 6 and does have the strep he has been running an on and off fever at about 100 for the last couple days but for the most part he feels ok, matter of fact the wife said he had the 100 temp this morning and I texted him and asked how he was doing and he responds " Super good dad, even lost another tooth" and sent a pic, now both his two front top teeth are missing with a third on the bottom, its heckofa sight, I just got the biggest grin and love him so. But anyhow he was out in the shop with me picking up boards helping hold them as I chopped them on the saw, he was grabbing screws, clamping the boards together for a tight fit, always getting this and that, what a helper he is. After my oldest finished the vase, the three of us went to staining it, my oldest and I brushed the stain on and my youngest wiped it off. The freaking Mississippi heat had us all sweating our butts off but we made it happen. My middle boy was off hanging with his cousins just having summer time fun so he didnt get in on it. The next day we popped in some outlets cause the shelf would have covered the ones she has in the wall, she never expected it to have them installed so was neat to surprise her with that option. So I had both the oldest and youngest the next day helping me with the electrical, I was showing my oldest how to strip the wire, which wire goes to what side of the plug and how to curl the wire to wrap around the screw on the side, he was having a great time til it came to the twisting the curl in the end of the wire, he just couldnt get that right but kept trying, he said daddy, " I dont think I want to be an electrician" I was like say what, thats where the money is son and doing this simple job can save you alot of money just knowing how to do this for yourself. All in all what a great time we had! This is the shelf, only thing I hate I didnt do right or what I should have looked at was the dang wood filler, I got white plastic filler which doesnt take stain well and really shows in the pic, not so bad in person but looks like hell in this pic
My oldest said dad why didnt you just get one wide board to go all the way across the top? I told him whats cool about that, 3 different boards with varying grains and stained is where its at, he thought for a sec and said "You're right dad", lol!
Check it out this is the vase he just made for
@beach bum
Its red cedar and is 6"L, very nice piece, he just loves the smell, he kept having to give it a smell and made sure to show his mom and also told her, mom you have to smell it!
I got to say thanks for all the Lily stem purchases to all yall that picked one up so soon, thats the best and I so look forward to what you all think and your feedback, I anxiously await and all those ordered will ship out Monday!
@NickDlow You are always on time brother with well said advice, you do your thing and keep it up bro! I dont know if you are quite ready for the temps we hitting down this way, for the last few days its been in the low 90's with a humid heat index of over 100, freaking makes it hard to do anything outside and sucks when you have to unless there is a pool involved. Oh and speaking of a pool, had to get one for Major a few weeks back and havent posted a pic of him in a while so here ya go, remember he is just now 7 months old
@little maggie Hello there I hope you are doing well and yes
@steama is correct I am pretty sure, I dont have a Daisey so wouldnt know but if he says no then I am pretty sure he would know, by the way thanks for answering that my man, I appreciate you. I got your PM and answered back, thanks for the offer and I will see what I can do for ya! I have added you to the vase list, will send you a pic of the available wood species soon enough when your name comes up, hopefully in the next couple weeks or so.
@CarolKing Wow what a nice pic, I really dig it and enjoyed making that piece for you even though it took me some time to do with delay after delay, you hung in there with me and never once sweated me, thank you! Yes we talked a bit about the tubing and I figured that the herbie whip would be best due to its size and flexibility, seems to have worked out really well for you. Also remember that the mouthpiece is turned to 14mm so you can use it with a water tool as another option! I am really glad you like it and thanks for the opportunity to do it for you!
@WoodVillain Glad you like that whip rig, it really gives another way to enjoy the solo! Really like your feedback about the stem, all is what I want to hear and most of all your enjoyment of it! Yes you are right its going to have a somewhat woody earthy flavor at first but once you have run several loads through it that will fade. LOL on the video bro and so like the pics, those are well done! You get ready for the UD stem just give me a holla! Hope you had fun camping and look to hear more about how the Air worked out for you with that stem after several days use, thanks for posting up!
@virtualpurple Glad you like the rig as well, I hope
@NickDlow advice has helped you some, for me I just do as I normally do with my material, give it a finger grind and draw into the bowl like a straw not quite filling it all the way, then with my finger or maybe a small rounded object pack it slightly, I just kinda hover over the heat port never leaving it on top on the nano, works well for me this method but am sure you can find a better way for yourself is mine doesnt work for you or Nicks. Thanks for the kind words also, I have been down long enough with one matter or another to where I am at a point that I cant allow myself to get buried as I have been. I am working hard on balancing work time and time with my boys, right now time with my boys takes precedent and work will come one job at a time after that. Just holla at me when you feel it and we will go from there, I am always happy to do anything I can for you brother!
@Deano There ya go bro, more positive findings and all I want to hear, well said my man, I am so glad you are happy with it and hope you enjoy it for a long time to come! As far as screens go they are just simple 1/2" SS that you can pick up anywhere really, I get them from one of my distributors and are generally fine mesh, I hear alot of customers say they really like them for the fine mess they have. Not sure what you will be able to find but surely with a little looking around you can find some similar. If ya cant just give me a holla and Ill fix you up!
@FlyingLow Yeah thats buckeye burl, worked out really well for that piece! I got your PM and did reply, just give me a shout with your thoughts and we will go from there as always! I hope your move is going well and look to hear from you again soon!
Alright yall, bout to go see my kids for a bit, think they wanna give me my fathers day gifts early, their mom says they have been itching to do so, I cant wait to see them and see what they thought I needed, and most of all get some hugs and smiles!
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Looks like the UD team has received the blank from Snappo and will start on the dog soon, and they said they could send any extra to you for the stem, so shouldnt be too long now!! 
