| Blog series by ChunkyC | updated 21 days ago | 5 parts | 1796 reads | 33 comments total |
Part 1: New Old Wood
I found some walnut on Craig’s list and I picked it up today. Here is still in the truck waiting to meet it’s new home. I need to take 5 at this point. Here is grand daddy of them all. This will make someone a very nice mantle some day. Here’s a closeup of the grain on the massive Chunk. The guy I got it from was a very nice gentleman. I expected to see an older, retired, man but he was probably in his earily 50’s. He said that he just didn’...
Part 2: The price we pay
Well I was hoping to start going through the pile and start sorting and cleaning it up. But Sunday after I unloaded the truck, I started to cough a little, nothing big or anything to get concerned with. I went to work Monday, felt fine until about 1:00. Then I was down and out. I had to stick around work ‘till 4 because I have a staff meeting. I stoped by the store and picked up some cold meds and went to bed. I slept until 9:00 am. That’s 16 hours of down time! I haven...
Part 3: Finally, back in the shop
Well I finally was able to get back into the shop tonight for the first time since the flue kicked in a week ago Sunday. I did manage to get a couple very small things done in the shop over the last week but nothing enough to even talk to. I’ve been working the last month or so trying to get my shop setup (read as an entire new shop) after I moved to Iowa. It’s been a long journey that’s far from over but at least it’s going to be something to remember! I rippe...
Part 4: Flatten Boards without a Jointer
The idea came from FWW I got a chance to play around with getting the angles setup for the adjustment wedges tonight. I made a fixture to cut the angle in some scrap. I didn’t pay real close attention to detail on the fixture. I figure it’s a one of a kind item and probably will hit the compost pile in the spring. I don’t particularly like the bungee cord idea so I’m going to use a 1/4-20 bolt to keep the adjuster in place. Here’s the concept:I’ll...
Part 5: The chip fly
I finished up my flattening jig that I got out of from FWW. It’s built pretty much identical to their plans. Mine’s a little longer and I used fir for the adjustment pieces. I didn’t like the bungee chord idea that was in the article but once I realized that I couldn’t loosely bolt the adjusters in place, I just went the bungee route. I realized that the adjusters need to be movable for different length boards. Duh. Here’s a couple of pics of the timber on...
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