| Blog series by 3fingerpat | updated 75 days ago | 2 parts | 636 reads | 11 comments total |
Part 1: What the heck happened! ! ??
A couple of months ago I picked up a small board of Quilted Maple while playing tourist in Oregon. I didn’t need it but the board looked cool and thought it might come in handy some day. Flash forward to today and I thought I would make something out of the board. I needed a ZCI for my new tablesaw and figured the Maple would fit the bill nicely. But when I picked up the board, it had more bowing, cupping, twisting and yaw than I thought was possible for such a small piece of lumber...
Part 2: Ye Olde Pencil Box
Today I squared off each end of the box and cut a base to size. Then I re-planed all four sides of the box and added a chamfer to the edges of the base assembly. I screwed the base assy to the box from below, countersinking two screws.Here is a picture before assembly: Here are a couple of pictures after assembly and adding Danish Tung Oil: After the Tung Oil dries, I will add a wipe on poly finish (Liberon). I don’t have enough wood left to make another Pen...
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