09-13-2016 06:55 PM
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Let’s see, cleaned the bench off a bit
Except for a couple tools I thought I might need..
And brought this thing out of hiding..
Yep…that pine scrap did wind up glued in place. Wide chisel to pop it off. Got to looking at the legs….decided in the interests of it NOT falling over, a fourth legs was needed. First two legs were NOT 120* apart… Did NOT feel like digging another dovetail joint into the base with three already glued up. Used one leg as a pat...
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09-13-2016 05:04 AM
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Yet, somehow I keep forgeting that one rule….
Came away from the Doctor’s visit, needing X-rays and Dr. Feelgood for a sore knee, I now have a Handicap thing to hang in the window of the van,,,
I thought that somewhere in the shop, there were a few wood screws. Slotted heads, hopefully Brass ones….nope.
Went to Lowes, to by a few screws…..#8×3/4” round head, slotted Brass screws…...that were priced like they were gold plated. 3 little ...
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09-11-2016 01:43 AM
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Just one of them days…..while waiting on the help to rouse himself out of bed…..went to the shop for a little while.
Set the beltsander into the vise. The three leg blanks were wavy, and a couple were a bit fat.
Turn the sander on, and hit the lock button. Held each part on the moving belt until the saw marks were gone, sides were flat. Found out that the inside curve was a decent enough of a match..
That it would fit the front roller. Got rid of some other saw m...
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09-08-2016 04:55 AM
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Well, the Cherry box is awaiting a delivery this coming Sunday. There is a little bit of leftover Cherry sitting around. Time to cut the other slab down to size?
This used to be 7’.....cut the top slab at about 38” long. The other two add up to about 4’...Decided to cut the long slab down a bit..
Took a lOT of candle wax to cut through 2-1/4” thick slab. What I though was another slab of Cherry, turned out to be…
Walnut. This slab was 9/4 thic...
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08-31-2016 01:28 AM
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Well, snuck back to the shop for a bit. The sides for the lid needed a bit of rounding over…
The problem was here in the corners, Didn’t want the one roundover to run through the others. The shorter ends, I could just run through, the longer ones I did not want to on the insides. Got the short ends into the vise….what to round over with? too small for the corded router, did not have a small enough bit, anyway.
A few passes with a block plane solved that. Not a...
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08-26-2016 01:47 AM
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And looking a bit..rough. About like me before that first Mountain Dew of the morning…
And each “face” looked like this. I clamped the box into the vise like this, and worked that side over..
A smooth plane to do most of the work…except around those pins
One of the very few “Low Angle” planes I have. Went at an angle to the pins, to bring them down level with the sides. Then a palm sander to round the corners a bit. Then back to the #60-...
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08-24-2016 04:21 AM
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The past couple years ive developed a passion for woodworking. its my time where i can get so focused on my projects and completely block out anything the world is throwing at me at any given time. I guess you can say the craft itself is basically my therapist, only if i were to substitute a real therapist id probably save about 10x the money that i do on tools, but they are beginning to get to the point where they are starting to pay themselves off. In my opinion where the true passion for ...
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08-22-2016 02:46 AM
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Well, I had the plane set up, might as well see what it can do
You have keep an eye peeled, and watch the fence. Otherwise, the plane will wander off to the side. Candle wax helps the plane to slide along better. I got to the point that only the thumb was near the knob, three fingers were shoving against the fence. LIGHT cuts help, too, at least in this stuffFinally got all four sides done, and the grooves even matched!
And, by cutting through only half the width of the “fin...
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08-21-2016 04:15 AM
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Before the storms came through. Shop is closed down, due to a creek running across the floor. Floor drain working good, just was a LOT of rain outside. Had to stop for supper, anyway. Sooo, what all DID I get done?
Well, I hauled the Stanley #45 down the stairs,and even brought along that new bottle of glue. Marked out for more finger joints, as I had two more corners to do. Hands were sore from all the handsaw work, so I used the bandsaw instead..
Then clamp it to the ben...
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08-20-2016 06:32 PM
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A few weeks ago, picked a slab of wood at a yard sale, for a dollar bill…
Slab was 5’ long, just over 1” thick. At the narrow end, it was over 12” wide, far end was 17” counting the bark.I resawed it down to something I could use. Then decided to resaw these into 1/2” thick slabs…
Had decent luck with two of the slabs, the other two?
Not so nice. Well, maybe I can “make do” with the better stuff?
Crosscut the better of the...
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