Peter Brown's ShopTime

What's absorbent, blue and covered in epoxy? Yep! A Shop Towel Bottle Stopper. I think I might have a problem...

When I first approached with this idea it seemed like it would be a simple project. That should have been a warning sign right there, but my brain just thought, "Make a functional pint glass from discarded beer coasters? I wonder why no one has ever done anything like that before." I now know the answer to that rather naive question.    33 coasters and 5 pieces of scrap cherry

This is a radiant wall light, or I suppose, simply a Flash Light!

 These wires are from a 25 pair telephone cable that was discarded at the office. It just didn't seem right to toss them!

  This is just too weird not to share. The lathe is running at 800RPM, but it seems to stand still in the light of the strobe.  Lathe spinning at 800RPM's  It is a strange sensation to force your brain into believing that the wood is in motion. Only the sickening feeling in your stomach from the flashing and the sound of the lathe betrays the illusion.