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#1 ·
preparing for a cabinet

The new shop is coming along. You may have seen the Spidey Box project I posted about. It is nice to work in, but still in disarray and needs some organizing. I am building a big storage unit and getting video of it. Just making it out of construction material, it has to be sturdy and yet look decent. Here is a photo of it part way through and a video of how I went about getting there. I have more footage of it and I am going to edit them into "bite sized" pieces and post them. I just kind of muddled my way through it, designing and creating as I go.

Furniture Table Picture frame Cabinetry Shelf


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#49 ·
New set of wheels

In order to make the table saw move in the directions I need it to, I need casters on all 4 corners. I am not a fan of this arrangement, it gives less control than having 2 wheels fixed. But I have to make compromises in order to get the shop arranged (or rearranged) the way I want it.

So, starting with getting the Bosch saw, and needing a place to put it, began a series of events that lead to the whole shop changing. This is just one of the events along that path.


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#52 ·
2 videos today

I must be in the mood to edit. I completed the video on the table for the mitre saw, and while that was uploading I did one on reusing the casters that came off the table saw. I am looking forward to relaxing from doing all that and more today.

I edited 2 videos, shot the new shop tour with a special surprise in it, and I even managed to fire up the barbique and cook up some steaks. A good day for the first week in January.

So, any way, here are the new videos:


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#57 ·
Creating another video despite Microsoft

Well, fighting Windows Movie Maker and getting another one done. After three tries with Microsoft Support, including giving them remote access, I get told that WMM is not compatible with Win 10, and that just sucks. It keeps freezing up on me and I lose a lot of work and Microsoft just does not care. Of course the suggested I could buy something at the app store….yeah, right, I've seen the old bait and switch before. I have downloaded a free version of Lightworks but have not installed it yet. Apparently there is quite the learning curve and I am kinda dumb with computers. The way they do things is the biggest reason people use Mac's I suppose.

So, here is #4 in "A Board of Cherry" series. There will be one more to come. This has turned out to be a big series on the building of an essential oil cabinet for my son's Christmas present. Believe me, I am going through ALL the raw footage and know how much there is that you don't see…lol


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#58 ·
That brown truck came again

A while ago I redeemed some of my points at the "Be The Pro" forum and this is opening the package. Just a short one, using Lightworks as an editor for the first time. It may be more software than I need, but over time I am sure I will get used to it. I struggle with learning software and I relied a lot on the instructional videos that Lightworks has on it's sight. I had to view things 3 or 4 times before it sunk in. Movie Maker was nice and easy to use but without support from Microsoft I had to find something that works. Movie Maker is not compatible with Win 10 and I even tried older versions. Seems they have abandoned it and have made another good argument for buying a Mac.


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#61 ·
Snow

That is just about the only thing I have been dealing with for the last week. I have had the snowblower out every day and today it is still snowing. Just doing our driveway and the paths can tucker a guy out. I do a bit extra so Lil' Lee has a place to run around and guard the place against marauding squirrels. She is always curious about what they are up to.

The lady across the street from me had a bit of a time with her snow blower, so I did her driveway once for her. The neighbour behind me backed out of his driveway and got his truck stuck as soon as he got on the road, so a few of us got him dug back into his driveway. Also, another neighbour is recovering from heart surgery, so there is no way he can do his, so I go over and clear his driveway and deck. I have a new pass time I guess. One that I really didn't want. At least not to this extent. I move snow, and the rest of the time is recovery….lol.

I do have footage to edit. I will have to get around to editing that soon. The last part of the essential oil cabinet has to be made. I want to get more comfortable with this new video editing software first. I have a few other bits too, but not much. I have not had much in the way of shop time due to the weather. I did get a bit more ceiling insulated, and got some footage of that. It will be coming out eventually.

I have been watching Lightworks tutorial videos and trying to get comfortable with it. I figured it was about time I put something up, so I went and shot this today and put it together. More as an exercise as anything else. This is one powerful program and will do more than I will ever need. It is also pretty complex, so I will play some more with it and get some more video together as I go.

So, what was I up to today?


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#64 ·
The final episode

I finally got around to editing and completing the video series on the essential oil cabinet that I made for my son for Christmas. Lightworks is still a bit of a chore and will be for a while yet, but it is not locking up and being frustrating like Windows Movie Maker was. I still have a long way to go, but it is fun learning.

My son liked the cabinet and most people who have laid eyes on it do to. It was a big complex job and I find that shooting video while working makes it go almost twice as long. I still have some video of other things to edit down, but I am catching up fast. There has not been a lot of activity in the shop. A few little projects done and waiting for editing though.


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#67 ·
Improving the Bosch

I love my Bosch Glide mitre saw. It is a wonderful piece of machinery. If you have been following along though, you will realize that it does have some short comings. One of them is the dust chute. Here I do a simple job, with a reclaimed inner tube from a wheel barrow, to improve it a bit. It is still not perfect, but it is a lot better. I suppose that having the vacuum or a dust collector hooked up would improve it more, but I do not have the power to the shop yet, so we will have to wait to see what that does.


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#68 ·
A bit more insulation

I did some more work to the shop a few weeks back. I finally got up the desire to get the footage put together. I must admit that I have been pretty inactive lately. I guess there must be some bear in my, wanting to hibernate all winter.

I am embellishing a bit of course. I do have my chores to do around the house, and winter has not been all that bad this year, relatively speaking. It has been pretty mild. Not so much the last couple of days, but I am not going to complain. A little chill in the air makes it easier to split the firewood. Still, not much going on in the shop. The last thing I did in there was bring in the snow blower to repair the recoil starter. Of course, I had to sweep the snow up after. I guess I am digressing here….back on topic.

I managed to scrape up a few dollars and get another bundle of insulation. Here I go about putting it up and getting the shop a tiny bit closer to being done. At least this part of it. I don't think a shop ever is truly "done". It is always in a state of flux, changing as needs arise and work patterns develop.


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#69 ·
Three short videos

I sometimes remember to get the camera rolling and pass on knowledge that was passed on to me. I often don't have anywhere to put them though, so I started a new series. Doc's Little Docs. We all started out knowing nothing, and often times, small bits of knowledge go by the wayside because people just assume that they are common knowledge. So although you may think that some of the ideas are self evident, or that everyone knows that, I think little ideas are worth preserving just to make sure.


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#70 ·
I would recommend putting the topic of each doc in the title instead of just a number.
DLDs #1: Increasing the cut length on your sliding mitre saw.
DLDs #2: A quick saw shaped push stick.
Also, use the description to be descriptive. Describe what you are doing/teaching in the video. It need not be a book, but something would help. People use that information to find your videos and to decide whether to watch.

On video 2 at a minute and some in I still had no idea what the purpose was. I skipped to the end to see and then cba to go back and watch. Had I known at the start I probably would have watched straight through, or not watched at all ;)

Only intended as constructive criticism. I know the effort it takes to do video.
 
#76 ·
ZCI for the Bosch Glide Mitre

Not quite happy with the insert provided by Bosch, I decided to build my own. It is a pretty common thing on most mitre saws and should help give a nicer cut. Of course, I kept the original in case I have to tilt it over on the bevel adjustment. This will handle everything else. I rarely use the bevel anyway. I just stick to mitres and straight cuts for the most part.

I am still getting accustomed to Lightworks. It is much more powerful than what I need, but I am getting some of my routine tasks down and getting more comfortable with it. This time I decided to add some music.

It is quite hard for me to decide on what to use for music. There are some good ones out there, but not long enough. I tend to go for something with acoustic guitar in it. I guess that comes from my love of the instrument. Some, I find, say it is acoustic guitar, but is more keyboard than anything else. This leaves me on a quest that can last for hours to find what I want. Your ears can get tired by then. Fortunately, YT has a bunch and you can mark favourites.

So, today is my birthday, so I guess this is my birthday gift to you.


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#77 ·
Hi Jim. I own this saw too and have yet to take the time to make a ZCI. I'd like to say your video inspired me to jump on it but that's not likely. I'll get to it some day. I have to comment that I appreciate the fact that you show the test installation being just slightly too thick, with the need to do another pass on the thickness planer. That's what would happen to me for sure!

Question: You took such precise measurements, couldn't you use the removed inserts as a hole-drilling template instead of having to reinstall the screws and hammer on the new insert?
 
#79 ·
I got a box

I have not been spending any time in the shop lately. I have been without ambition or motivation. It feels like I have had a sinus headache for about 2 months. I think it may be the changing weather. We seem to be getting more than one season in the span of a week. The temperatures have been bouncing around above and below the freezing point and we have had a lot of change in pressure systems too it seems. So I have been lazing around and blowing my nose and wiping watering eyes. This too shall pass.

In the mean time, while I was working on, and making videos in the series "A board of Cherry", I sent a segment into Matthew Morris, a You Tube wood worker that makes some beautiful things. He has a web site, MM Wood Studio, where he shows his work and has video lessons that he sells too. He got himself a new Veritas router plane and decided he would give the ones he had away. Well, I guess he took pity on my old soul, watching me use a chisel through a board as a router plane, and sent me his Stanley 71. He spent over $45 in postage to send it too me too. I am blown away with his kindness and generosity. So, here I am opening up the box I got in the mail.


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#81 ·
Router plane tune up

I spent yesterday cleaning and tuning up the router plane I got from Matthew Morris. I also decided to edit the video and get it posted on You Tube. It was a long day and I am pretty tired today from staying up so late, so without much fanfare and ado, I am just going to drop it in here.


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#82 ·
Branching out

Have not been doing much in the way of anything lately. Now that spring is here though, I guess I have to start coming out of "hermit" mode and get going on a few things. I have some dead branches and branches growing into other trees on the lot that need trimming. It is a good time to tune up the pruning saw.


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#83 ·
Doc's little docs #4: File storage

One of the things most folks who fix things have is a file, or two, or a bunch, depending on what you need them for. They come in all shapes and sizes depending on their purpose. Files are made from very hard steel. One would think that they would be hard to damage, but they will dull. Particularly if, like me, you store them all together in a drawer of a tool box. You really want to protect them from banging into each other. It does them no good at all. I spend a couple of pennies and a few minutes to protect them from each other. Here is another of my "Doc's Little docs" on how I do it.


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#89 ·
An Oscar for my video

School budgets are pretty slim. They come out of our tax dollars and I think we all feel the same way about taxes. In one of our local public schools they have a bunch of inexpensive guitars for their music program. They are bought used, or donated, so most are in pretty rough shape. Particularly after a few years of being banged on by a bunch of kids.

Here I am shimming a nut on one of them. An Oscar Schmitt that is buzzing from the nut being too low. I do not charge anything for my time, and I try to keep parts cost to zero also. Just make them play so a kid can experience the instrument that I love. I am not much of a player myself, but I do think that having both hemispheres of the brain engaged during school hours is important, so this is my small way of paying it forward.


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#93 ·
Spring is busy

I have not been editing video lately. We have been doing those spring jobs and enjoying being outside. The lawn and the gardens are under way. Slowly things are getting cleaned up from the winter. It was not a harsh winter this year, but it took a while for it to warm up.

I do have a bunch of video to take and jobs to do, and I have a bunch of video to edit too. Just have not been up to doing it lately.

Well, today the UPS truck rolled up to the door and dropped off my latest redemption from the BTP forum. So I threw a quick video together and posted it. A new Bosch 18V jig saw and some blades. Such nice tools. Bosch makes great stuff and I am getting a nice collection of them. Thank goodness for Bosch sponsoring the forum, I would never be able to afford them otherwise. We live on a pretty meagre budget.

As I mention, or try to mention a few times in the video, I am not converting over to a guitar video format. The stars just lined up and I have had a bunch of guitar work to do, and some yet to do, so there will be a few guitar related videos in the works. I also finally finished my daughters birthday present. That video will have to be edited and put up too. It took a long time and the project seemed to fight me all the way. So much for trying to keep something simple. It seemed things had to be done 3 times before I had success.

Well, here is my newest video. A bit of an update, a bit of a tour, a bit of me rambling on, and a new toy, all outdoors under the nice sunny sky and with a lot of wind noise.


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#94 ·
Finally, I got around to some editing

Yes, it is true. I have been lax on getting videos edited and put up. I have an ever increasing amount of footage to go through and had to cut that pile down a bit. It gets a bit intimidating at times when you see how many files there are.

This job was a bit of a head scratcher. Tracking down a buzz and figuring out how to fix it. The school is pretty happy with the work, so all is OK.

No, I am not changing my format to a guitar repair channel. I will leave that to more experienced folks. It just turned out that I had a bunch of guitars come in that needed (and some still waiting) work. I just try to get footage of what I am doing and put it together in some sort of story. I usually don't know what I am going to do next.

I do have a coffee table build coming up in the future, but that will be a while. I went to meet a guy from a forum I belong to and a few of us went to a wood mill. I ended up getting 3 nice slabs of ash and they are sitting in the shop right now. It will take a few weeks to dry a bit more and get stable enough to work on, so that is on the "to do" list. They are all sequentially cut 8/4 slabs about 20" wide and 53" long. A little too narrow for what my wife wants in a coffee table, so I think there will be a book match going into it. They are also a bit big for my machinery. That means a bit of hand tool work will be involved.

In the mean time, I will try to get more editing done and keep shooting more. Some short, some long. Just like real life! There are jobs lined up and ready to go, and film in the can ready to edit. I just have to get my rear end in gear and get it done.

So, here is the latest for you…


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