Today is a short day.  Everything stops at my house for University of Tennessee football, especially when they are playing Georgia.  The game started at noon, so I only had a few hours this morning to work in the shop.  I used the time to start oiling finished boards.  I have so many that I had to set up my 6 foot booth tables to have enough space to spread them out.  I was only able to get about half of them on the tables, but I’ll rotate the next set in after the ball game.

I also got the walnut end grain boards back out of the clamps this morning and flattened them with the drum sander.

These are the two sets of walnut strips that are glued up and waiting to be sanded to remove the excess glue.  Once I cross cut them into  1 1/2 inch strips, I will glue them again to get three large end grain boards out of these.

This is what came out of the previous picture.  I got three 12 x 16 x 1 1/2″ boards out of the first glued up pair.   These are ready for a second trip through the sander at 180 grit.  I’ll then round over the edges, cut handles, and finish sand them to 220 grit before applying the oil.

Overall, I am pleased with the progress in increasing my inventory for the next couple of shows.  45 – 19 Tennessee!!!!  Ok, time to get back to work…..