311 days ago
by kshipp |
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Refers to project posted here.
The dry fit passed inspection from my quality inspector so it was time to move on to finishing.
I disassembled it to three major components and put on Minwax Dark Walnut Stain. Of course I did this on my finishing/pool table.
You can see the unstained head sitting on the table also. I installed the handle in the head with glue and two finish nails through the edge to hold it steady.
I am using Waterlox Original Medium as a sealer and it’...
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311 days ago
by kshipp |
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I used the Kreg screw system for most of the joinery on this project. This is my second major project (first one here) using this system and I have found them to be very strong. It’s also very quick to join pieces with this system which helped me do this project in only 4 days exclusive of some of the finishing. This was also my first time using the Kreg plugs which I’ve started a forum topic on here.
I always get to the end of the build an...
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312 days ago
by kshipp |
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Refers to project posted here.
I started this project out with the SketchUp design so I printed full-size templates to make my pieces. My original idea was to use 1/4” hard board as a pattern for a pattern trimming bit. I cut out the hardboard on the scroll saw and then cleaned them up with my spindle sander.
I tried to use the pattern bit on a practice dog dish stand with some leftover wood and didn’t have good results. I think my pattern bit is probably not the hig...
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312 days ago
by kshipp |
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After my initial blog post I got some good suggestions and questions in the comments so I thought I would address those in a blog here.
LesB said he thought the rear leg would need more bracing. My dad and I were discussing what we thought the weak point would be and we both also thought it would be the rear leg. I’m using the Kreg Pocket Screw system to assemble this piece and I have four screws from the leg to the seat and two screws from the cross...
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314 days ago
by kshipp |
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Refers to project posted here.
I’ve been designing this for almost eight months now. I planned to complete it before I got deployed in June but I got busy with other things and wasn’t able to really start on it before I left. This allowed me to spend a lot more time thinking about the design and refining it while I was in Iraq. I’m currently home for a short leave so I decided the design is locked in and I’m trying to crank this out in about four days.
My niece i...
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694 days ago
by mot |
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Well, Christmas was a big hit, but I had to put a few finishing touches on the horse. Karson was observant to point out that there wasn’t any place for the little rider to put his feet, it needed ears, and it needed some finish on it.
I mixed up some amber shellac flakes from Lee Valley in a 2# cut. Thanks Bob #2 for the math help on small batches. I was scratching my head a bit.
First I used Dowelmax to align the ear blocks and to centre drill the top for the leather ears. I ...
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698 days ago
by mot |
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Well, you’re going to see it how he sees it. More on that…
I spent several very late nights getting the horse completed for Christmas. Three nights ago, I was able to get the legs mounted to the body. I was suffering with aligning each front and each back leg but then benifitted from the time that I spent leveling my work surfaces. Thanks to Neil Lamens for that little tidbit gleaned from his Furnitology Blog. With a level work surface, the left side legs were aligned, the...
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701 days ago
by mot |
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This part of the project gave me more grief than any so far. They have to be perfect and exactly the same otherwise you have a wobble horse instead of a rocker. So, I decided to make a prototype.
Setting up a temporary trammel and using all the bench square footage I could muster, I started measuring the arcs.
I cut my prototype / template from 1/4” hardboard on my little trammel setup. I used a scrap piece of 1/4” plywood, a clear base for the router, and some double...
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702 days ago
by mot |
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The Rocking Horse build continues with the saddle. Two blocks measuring 4” x 4” x 10” were laminated from red oak. The saddle is cut in two pieces that sandwich the main horse. Each halve is cut from inside a block, much like a cabriole leg.
The first two cuts creating the side profile:
The block was taped back together, and the top profile was then cut, revealing the half saddle within:
The two halves of the saddle ready for shaping.
The saddl...
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707 days ago
by mot |
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I got a couple of hours down in the shop tonight, so I did the inlays on the horse.
I started by resawing some walnut that I had laying around left over from God knows what.
I couldn’t use the GRRipper here, so no controversy tonight!
I ran the pieces through the Performax to get them fairly close to size.
I made a little router jig to route the grooves for the inlays. I wasn’t quite sure how I was going to do this, but I brainstormed with Bob #2 and then deci...
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