Appalachian Eclectic

02/15/2025

I have had a lot of folks ask for a video of my big custom built wood lathe. Well, here is is. I couldn't be happier with it.

For anyone that might be interested in trying to build one themselves!Aaron shows off his custom build large wood lathe. She isn't pretty but she works as go...

02/14/2025

One of the HUGE benefits of having a wife younger than you. Coree Loffink never learned cursive in school. Sooooo, if she can't read my letter and whit I am giving her, then I don't have to pay up. Right???? Seemed like a good idea at the time. LOL

02/12/2025

With the nice weather gone, time to move to some inside projects for a while!

Aaron and Coree get started on a budget remodel of the 75-year-old upstairs bathroom. Aaron shows step by step how to unhook and demo to make a perfect blank...

02/10/2025

Follow up on the post about the sycamore my dad picked up for me. I turned these two out of half of the log they are siting on. I must say, I am not disappointed at all!! I got absolutely drenched turning them, but they cut like butter!! Going to air dry the live edge one and let it do it's thing, the other one I turned to about a 1/4" think. I am going to slow this one down in a bag with shavings for about 4-6 months to minimize the warping. I am glad I have about 3 more 8 foot logs from this tree!

02/09/2025

I must say, it is nice having the sawmill at the family farm! Dad went to pick up some saw logs and was thoughtful enough to grab me some sycamore logs and a big mystery root ball for ome blanks. I brought a few pieces home to start playing with. Need to make a full day trip over to go through his piles and steal all the good stuff!