166 days ago
by Stephen Fields |
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Like I said earlier, I accidentally set up the table saw with a dado blade before I realized that I had neglected to cut the sides to length. Since the template I am using is based on the dadoes being the correct length, I had to remove the dado stack and put in the normal blade.
When I perform cross cuts, I use a sled. This is particularly important when I need to cut many pieces to the same length. Here is a picture of the first side sitting on my cross cut sled. (Note: This is version 2...
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167 days ago
by Greg Wurst |
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My curly cherry arrive today. Again, I can’t recommend the good people at http://www.kencraftcompany.com enough. I asked for a little extra to try some finish work on and they threw some in at no charge. Anyway, the initial though was to go with a dark finish on the inserts to contrast the lighter oak. The cherry is so pretty I’m not sure I don’t go with a lighter finish to highlight the figure. Having not worked with any figured wood before, I’m looking for sugge...
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168 days ago
by Blake |
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When I left off I was ready to glue up the apron and legs.
So in my excitement to see it take shape, I did a little last minute trimming of the tenons and one more dry fit, and then started assembling it with glue in sections.
Here’s the front:
And the back:
Then I dry fit the two sections together with the side aprons for the final glue up:
Which is when it occurred to me… was something missing? THE DRAWERS!!!
I forgot to cut the drawers out of ...
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168 days ago
by Bob #2 |
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Thanks to the efforts of my framer and his boys we are now enjoying the benefit of a new laminated 14” x 24 foot beam completely encapsulating the previous error at my lumberyard.Today the guys got the insulation in and the inside poly sheeted . Tommorrow we can begin sheet the iinside with 3/8” OSB and we are nearly done.I’m am about ready to call in the electrician and gas fitter and the place is mine to put the finish on etc.Not too bad so far -May 26 to Jun 17.
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168 days ago
by Greg Wurst |
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I’m basically waiting now for some 1/4” curly cherry panels to arrive, so I’m doing what I can at this point.
The top is separate so I figured I’d go ahead and get it together and finished. Here you can see the edging glued to the plywood lid. I attached it with biscuits so as not to show any pocket hole screws underneath.
Here is the completed and finished lid. I applied a dyed de-waxed shellac and then coated it with three coats of water-based polyuretha...
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170 days ago
by Bob #2 |
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I was told that building something from plans or sketches was a lot different once the job hit the ground and they were 120% right.I have had the usual setbacks with material gone south and at this point the structural beam I had engineered by the truss manufacturer came in too light . My framer intervened for me as I have no clue what the spec should have been and the result is that they are replacing the beam for me but it is a real pain now as the sheeting is on and the best we can do now ...
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172 days ago
by Blake |
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Yesterday I cut the curves in the apron and the tapers in the legs.
I just bent a stick between two blocks for the long curve and marked it:
I used a bowed stick with a string to mark the smaller arc:
I made the cuts on the bandsaw and left a hair extra:
Then the curves were trimmed right down to the line on the R.O. sander:
In this photo you can barely see the lines I drew for the “recess” drop-down for the sewing machine.
Well, this is h...
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172 days ago
by Greg Wurst |
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I’ve got most of the pieces cut and I’m starting to put the table together. In the first picture I’ve got the apron attached to the legs with pocket screws. I’ve put the table on the top to mark where the legs meet the top so I can notch the corners. You’ll notice the grain orientation on the aprons is less than ideal. These pieces are hidden, so I used some scrap with the grain running the wrong way.
In this second picture I’m attaching the top ...
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173 days ago
by Blake |
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Time for the Mortise and tenons.
First of all, thanks to all who gave me advice about the mortising machine from the last blog. I did hone and tune the chisel and mortise machine and it did cut considerably better. I also turned the chisel so that the open side faces the previously bored section and didn’t have any trouble with chips getting stuck (thanks Betsy!)
So I made the layout lines on my legs:
And cut the mortises. Notice the stop block for repeatability:
I w...
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174 days ago
by Stephen Fields |
6 comments »
Now that the fixed shelves have been roughly milled, I wanted to start on the sides. For five cabinets, I need 10 sides. The dimensions for the sides are 7 5/8×28 1/2. Since I am trying to use up the stock I have on hand I was able to grab eight pieces that fit these specifications and two that were only 7 1/2 wide. I figure that I will make a custom cabinet for this fifth one that will end up 1/8 shorter than the others.
My jointer is only 8” wide so I had to rip the boards tha...
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