Good morning, gosh its been a while and so much has happened. Gosh we moved late last month back to the country, moved the whole family, me/wife/6 kids dang near all our poscessions, the 2 12'x24' work shops 45 miles away in just about 3 days in well over a dozen trips with 2 -3 truck beds loaded, a trailer loaded up behind my truck in just under 3 days. I worked my butt off planning the move for the biz, thing is if I am not working we are not eating and that aint cool cause everyone in my family likes to eat lol. I cant tell you how freaking smoothly it all went. I was freaking go go go from can to pushing past cant making it happen from all I had within me. The shops went down the thursday before the weekend move and were set back up operational 5 days from when they went down. Power was run, machines were set and I was making man glitter like a mad man.
I cant tell you all how thankful I am to be back in the country doing what I love where I love it most. I know its stupid hot and humid but it is what it is and where I am at is my piece of paradise and no place I would rather be.
So I have been busting my butt turning 2019 WS bodies and have been assembling them past week or so in between getting dealer orders out. Summers are slow for me, had it not been for all the delaers I have it could have been really tough. I was able to get a bunch of DV stuff out to Austria a bit back, have a great guy in Canada that I am sop thankful for his patience and understanding while a freaking massive order was stuck in customs for over 3 months before getting it. Have another great guy in the UK that has been a pleasure to work with and a few more dealers in France I am so appreciative of.
Just recently I picked up another new dealer and am excited to tell you all that Sneaky Pete will be offering my work in DV accessories as well an exclusive WS species in Bocote.
These are a first for the WS, they are some of the most figured and unlike any other i have ever turned. I will be getting these out to Pete at the end of the month, anyone interst should get with him and secure it before they drop if he will let you. es getting more than just a few but dont expect them to be in stock long.
I have just sold the last 2018 the other day and am really anxious to release these new models toward the end of the month. Have a couple more delaers I gotta get out the way, matching stems and wongs for the new units and all that photos and site jazz still to do between now and then.
Will have alot of burl, a few loaded with curl, & several domestics. Even have a couple of Birdseye Maple with this amazing figure that I have only seen in that super rare Karelian Burl I had a bit back
I need to do more research into what causes these light spots, I am just guessing but wam thinking there is spalting taking place in it maybe. The other side of this has a few big golden Birdseyes making these most beautifull I have ever seen or turned in it. I am really astounded by the finish and feel of these.
I have also been implimenting a method for stabilizing the heater within the air path in the last batch of 18's and will be continuing to do so in the new model. I have gotten a sheet of thin titanium I am cutting into slivers to make shims and postioning them in the lower portion iof the air path as a solution for the slight rattle that alomst every WS has had in the past.
I am also working on a performance upgrade that I havent said anything about as I am not one to want to jinx it but have good feelings about it and have it out for testing. Hope sooner rather than later I can be able to make it happen and fingers crossed my guy tells me good news before soon.
I should have more walnut WS stands in next week if anyone is interested and would like to grab it with a new 2019.
I have turned a few Cocobolo, yall know I love that species and think these are some of the nicest I have done it
Not sure how many of you follow me at IG, know some do and hope if you dont you will. Was a couple weeks ago I think Troy from 420VapeZone and Erik from Boundless did a dueling WS live stream, haha was neat seeing them both rocking there WS and blowing clouds. Troy was using a few various other stem configurations, Erik has a show stopper Cocobolo I did special for him, its two tone and one the white sapwood side there is a quater sized heartwood dot peeping out at ya, its an eye catcher for real. Both guys were having a good time swapping techniiques and advice, quite a few laughs. I grabbed a few screen shots and revoreded the feed but cant seem to find it atm, check it out Troy got cold cocked from a draw of the WS
Seems I have found the video and am moving it around for better access I will try to post it here later.
I am shooting to have the new WS available and ready for purchase by the end of the month. I will have more info and a final date very soon after these next few days of giving it hell. Gotta make a showing before Friday and that will determine the dates.
@BD9 In the beginning I was using high temp lead shields on the heater leads but changed that soon after the release and there is nothing to worry about as far as inverted goes now. I have left the WS on at max power upside down and on its side for over 60 hours with no degradation all is good.
@LesPlenty yeah bro there is really no need to leave it inverted for more than a couple minutes. Thanks for pitching in always. Bro I love seeing what you do and thank you for always keeping us posted. You are the man and appreciate all you do for us here, thank you.
@momofthegoons yes maam you are correct as well, its just no real need to do that. Thanks for helping out Missy!
@Madri-Gal Thats a beautiful piece, its Mexican Bocote and will be exclusive to SneakyPete, am anxious to see how well they do for him, thanks for spreading the word!
@Moses Baca Ahhh maybe so hehe
@Stevenski Aint it, hope you are doing well brother.
@Chandler Jeez 80 days ughhh, as
@LesPlenty mentioned I have plenty and can get it right out to you and ensure its working properly and warranty it for 90 days.
I wish everyone the best!