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#1 ·
Resawing a dry 2x and watching it twist....

I am working on a project for another forum, and I have to resaw some 2x construction grade stock for that project. Mind you, I have no moisture meter, but the stuff has been in my garage/ shop now for 3 years, if it is ever going to be dry, now is the time… Anyway, so I get the stuff all set up, get the band saw set up, and the board i started working with was straight as a… well board when I started. Unfortunately when I finished, you could almost watch the thing curl up like a potato chip…

I should have opted to do a different sort of project, and I have plenty more of this type of stock so I can start over on a new project, but dang… This is NASTY…

For what it's worth, I got to be a genuine idiot too. I set the tension on the saw, I set the distance on the guide blocks, set the height for the upper guide so that it was just off the work piece, got to sawing, what I didn't notice, and I am NOT sure how, is that I still had my 3/16" blade in the saw! To quote Homer Simpson, D'oh!

Oh well, this particular work piece is now most likely going to end up laminated up to other bits and pieces, into a segmented turning eventually…
 
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#2 ·
Wood is a complicated 3D structure and cutting it breaks a lot of those bonds, so even if it is dry, it can certainly warp. I think (member shipwright) and some others have fiddled with adding moisture to recently cut pieces to allow them to be flattened.

Best of luck!
 
#3 ·
I have several 2×4's I aquired 10 or 20 years ago, and they seem to be far better stuff than what I get these days. I seem to have better luck with fir from Stahlman than yellow pine from the box stores. I cut up a bunch of red cedar from Lowes and had little problem, if that will work for you.

I also picked up a 2×12 yellow pine stick from Lowes with the intention of cutting it down into quarter-sawn 2×4s to see if those are more stable.
 
#4 ·
me being a "glass-half full" guy, I'll say that you are lucky that board didn't explode on the cut. I have had a few perfectly looking boards (2×4 and 1×6 pine) do that on the TS (a little more "at risk" there with the instinct to try to control it when it starts to go)...and on a few, I mean EXPLODE.

Certainly reinforces: wear those safety glasses, stay clear of the "path" and if it starts to go, just hit the off switch, get out of the way and let it go! Sometimes one gets lucky and gets a sign that something isn't right at the start of the cut. Sometimes not if the problem is at the end of the cut where your hands are.
 
#5 ·
skarp you are probably right

but then again after 30 years of doing this stuff I had never seen a board "explode" on a table saw either until it happened just recently on a perfectly tuned saw and a good blade. I really should have taken pictures but I was busy (speechless) looking for the shrapnel.

I'm not an engineer but seems to me that boards with severe internal stress being held together by a few critical strands can get goofy when the "umbilical cord" gets severed. and in a way it explained why what starts as a perfect sheetrocked wall might cease to be perfect with time.

hence my advice to plan the path in advance and stay clear of it. and of course those safety glasses.
 
#6 ·
I've certainly heard people advise that:

- you thoroughly acclimate it (which you did),
- you clamp it up-say, between two pieces of MDF-immediately upon cutting-and leave it for a few days.

In truth, I don't know if that will stop a taco shell from becoming a taco shell.

Some boards are just born bad ;-)

OhByTheWay: how DID the 3/16"-er work for re-saw ??? Inquiring minds want to know !
 
#8 ·
Hmmmmmmmmm, another dangerous and totally unanticipatable experience I have to look forward to.

A piece of wood does not come with a guarantee…....other than a rare replacement promise, if you purchased it at a BORG or some such.

It's a little like surgery. The old saying is, 'if you don't have complications, then you aren't operating'. The rationale behind that statement, is that between the complexity of the human body, the inifinite types and amount of abuse we place on our bodies, the ever changing spectrum of disease, the complexity and of our ever changing, improving procedures and equipment, and the infinite minor variations of technique and ability in the surgeon, which changes with aging and experience…............there is an unpredictable and random element in every case…...which can lead to results and situations that are not intended, and can never be completely avoided. Unintended consequences.

Much of that statement applies to wood and woodworking.

It's understandable that you never see a guarantee in medicine. I guess there can't be a guarantee in woodworking either, other than if you fail the first time, you can start chuck the project and start over again. Most often that is not possible in medicine.

Wood is the corpse of a living thing, and will probably never be a totally predictable product.

However, the wood we work on is dead. We surgeons don't get to turn off the engine while we overhaul the motor, and we can't go out and buy a replacement if we fail.

So count your blessings, David, at least you can throw away that piece of wood and find another. And you don't have to keep the tree alive while you make something out of it….............(-:
 
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Jim, while this is all to a point true, the corpse of the long dead tree I was working on was, well LONG dead, and I sort of figured the internal structures having well dried out had stabilized. I was a bit stunned to see the amount of twisting / cupping. In a 24" long board resawn to 3/4" there is cupping of greater than 3/4" in this thing… I might POSSIBLY be able to cut it up smaller, and utilize it for something like pen blanks, but why, it's construction grade pine after all…
 
#12 ·
Is(n't) Pine the true culprit, here ?

Somebody else warned me-when I built a jewelry box from red oak walls with a pine roof-to get some finish on the pine, PRONTO, lest it twist up before my very eyes.

So … maybe that's just the essential nature of the thing.

Not sure if-in SPF-"S" and "F" do it, too. I was warned, during construction of my workbench that-had I used SYP (I used Doug Fir, instead) the same thing was likely to happen.

Playing it safe … after ripping and planing my benchtop planks … I clamped them up for the day or two, until I could get back to them to do the glue-up.

But maybe "S" and "F" are much less tantrum prone than their dysfunctional sibling, "P."

As Fred Flinstone might have said: Russ'n-fuss'n-brick-n-brack'n construction-grade lumber !
 
#13 ·
Washer toss game board started.

A friend of mine swung by the house yesterday to borrow a couple of my large coolers that I use for hunting, to pick up mud bugs for a party this weekend. He hasn't been over to the house / shop in next to forever, and seems to have forgotten the projects I have been putting out. So upon being rather surprised by my shop, he asked…

"Could I trouble you to make a washer toss game for this weekend?"

I said sure, you get the material to me ASAP, give me a couple of evenings to get it done, and you'll have your game…

We came up with a materials listing, and found it called for 1×2, well I have a mess of 1×6 left over from my fence project. So I volunteered that material (I want to get rid of it…)

So upon coming home tonight, I ripped the 1×6 into 1×2s, cut them to length, and started putting together the washer boxes (3 of the 6 complete, the remaining 3 are 75% complete, just got too hot and didn't want to turn the AC on. Being cheap right now…)

So what's left? Finish the 3 boxes up, get friend to deliver the plywood (I don't have enough scrap) and a small box of deck screws. Cut the ply to size, measure and mark the hole locations, cut the washer holes, build the frame, attach the washer boxes, attach the top, apply carpet, install lead out rope, and catch hasps and I am done. This should be a couple of hours more work….

I will be posting this as a completed project with pics once it's done, maybe with some pics of the crawfish boil!
 
#16 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet under way!

In my seemingly never ending quest for shop organization, not to mention skill building, I am well underway with the construction of my clamshell cabinet. The design is the one in the Wood Magazine Best Home Workshop Ideas special interest publication (2009 issue, same thing as 2011 issue).

At this time, all of the plywood pieces are cut to size, and I must say that I am a HUGE fan of stop blocks now. My recent move of my miter saw to the strong tie workbench, has permitted me to clamp stop blocks to the front rail of the bench, making the repeat crosscuts for all the mid to longish size pieces a snap.

Because I fully intend on using this cabinet to house my small parts bins, and not cans of paint or whatnot, I am leaving out the drilling for the shelf pins, and the 2 adjustable shelves. Instead I will be using 2 Stack On 39 drawer parts cabinets mounted to this thing. So the back piece of peg board will instead be 1/2" ply, and might just end up being jointed using a locking rabbet. That is about as strong of a joint that I can think of shy of dovetailing it, and I am NOT going to try to dovetail Home Depot plywood!

I am very pleased with the progress I have made on this as I started with a plan, a full sheet of 3/4" plywood, and a circular saw in hand this afternoon. (My neighbors must love my break down method, circ saw, with edge guide and clamps in the front lawn…)

I am honestly excited about this build. I am wanting to build 2 of these, with a plane tote and pnuematic nailer slots / shelf between them…. We will see how that goes! The idea is to get the big full sheet or peg board off the front wall. There are other plans for that wall…

With any luck, tomorrow night should get a report of processed peg board, and then on rabbets and dadoes!
 
#17 ·
Sounds like fun. I think I saw that design or a similar one…...in one my mags, but I don't know where. 3/4" ply makes for pretty sturdy stuff….........

I am pretty tired of dealing with crappy ply and wood, but I am doing OK at it.

Way to busy at work lately, hope things slow down a bit.

Later….........
 
#18 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet progress...

Okay so I am not sure where I left you dangling last night. So here is the status as of now…

The 3/4" dadoes on the doors are done. I managed to find a void in one of the door pieces that the dado tore out. I am thinking about patching it, but it is small enough I might just be able to conceal it behind the hinge… IF I have to, I will make a new door panel, but I don't think I will have to…

I am now ready to move on to cutting the dadoes in the case sides, I simply rant out of time last night.

That is part of the problem of having to squeeze my woodworking in around LOML's schedule, and living within a few feet of my neighbor's house. I try to shut everything down before 9:00 P.M., and that really limits what I can get done…

After some deep consideration, I have opted to stick 100% to the plan here, so peg board and all 4 doors it is…

Okay not 100%. I have other intentions for the lower space than to keep small parts bins in there, since I have plenty of storage for those items. I will just keep that area as an open shelf. I want to put things like my stud finder, caliper, moisture meter etc… in there…

To keep Jim in Alaska Happy, before any glue up / screw together happens, the wood surfaces will get a quick sanding, and then a couple of coats of Watco Danish Oil.

The second sheet of plywood is standing at the ready to be broken down and it will feature 1/2" plywood where the one I am building now features peg board. This one I want to put my parts bins, and router bits in. The MLCS 66 piece set will simply get mounted to one of the doors, but bit holders will need to be made, as well as a mess of nylon bushings for those bit holders to keep track of my Skil 30pc set, and another 30+ miscellaneous bits. I also want to make a storage block instead of the bins, to organize my router bushings, and bottle of bearing lube.

The idea is to mount these 12-16" apart, at the same height, and build / mount up a plane till between them to hold my hand planes, including the ones I don't own yet… (but I have dimensions for).

Since I am following the plan, joinery is very simple, just rabbets, glue and screws, but it looks like it can be a very strong cabinet. I am a little leery of the back wall of the thing being peg board, but I see enough of them out there, pretty heavily loaded that I am not going to worry about it…
 
#19 ·
Consider French cleats for mounting….....

I am putting some Medium Walnut Watco on my mini-bench, just the bottom for now so that I can install the wheels. I found the Medium Walnut did a pretty good job of staining the Elmers Wood Filler I put in the nail holes and miscellaneous irregularities. The Dark Walnut just hilighted the patch and so did the Natural. I checked it just now after it dried overnight, and if anything, the wood filler stained slightly darker than the wood, so nice effect. The filler had been there for weeks, and supposedly you should stain it shortly after it dries. But the Watco seemed to work anyway.

Staining before gluing is the way to go, but it wouldn't work on this bench…..too complex, too much design change as I go along, etc. So I am glad everything is staining OK for now.

Later…....
 
#24 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet. Wascally Wabbets...

Okay I couldn't resist.

I finished the rabbets tonight and ran my dadoes. There was one mistake in my reading of the plan, and it was a doozy that made the choice of this being the cabinet for my small parts bins for me… I cut the dado for the back in the wrong spot…

After much consideration, I opted for functionality over pretty in the joinery. Brass screws were given consideration, but opted against due to cost and durability issues… This had to after all, be durable…

I finished up the main case, which went far easier than I thought it would have. and it is nice and square….

Anyway, as the common LJs saying is, no picture, didn't happen, well here are the pics…

Wood Gas Rectangle Engineering Machine


Wood Cabinetry Floor Shelf Wood stain


Table Furniture Wood Drill Workbench


I still have some peg board to cut to size, and the hardboard sides and bottoms for the bins, but the progress is really making me happy… This project is making me start using cleats, which is a good thing… Might just have to utilize them for a mess of other projects….
 

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#25 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet. Wascally Wabbets...

Okay I couldn't resist.

I finished the rabbets tonight and ran my dadoes. There was one mistake in my reading of the plan, and it was a doozy that made the choice of this being the cabinet for my small parts bins for me… I cut the dado for the back in the wrong spot…

After much consideration, I opted for functionality over pretty in the joinery. Brass screws were given consideration, but opted against due to cost and durability issues… This had to after all, be durable…

I finished up the main case, which went far easier than I thought it would have. and it is nice and square….

Anyway, as the common LJs saying is, no picture, didn't happen, well here are the pics…

Wood Gas Rectangle Engineering Machine


Wood Cabinetry Floor Shelf Wood stain


Table Furniture Wood Drill Workbench


I still have some peg board to cut to size, and the hardboard sides and bottoms for the bins, but the progress is really making me happy… This project is making me start using cleats, which is a good thing… Might just have to utilize them for a mess of other projects….
Looks good, thanks for the pics. In general, your shop area is looking lighter and brighter, as well. I hope to make some similar cabinets some day, so I will be interested in the details.

I have some blog items for this weekend, if I get there. I am a little stressed out, so hopefully today will be quiet, and I can start the weekend early. So off to the races….cross my fingers…..I need some down time, I am on call for the Memorial Day weekend which is 4 days in a row.
 

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#32 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet stand still

I have been running myself too hard and too fast all week. Last night it caught up with me…

I got home with a splitting headache, and no desire to do anything but lay down and rest my tormented eyes for a couple of minutes. After LOML figures out I am feeling lousy, she lets me just lay down, gives me a cool damp cloth to cover my eyes, and just lays down with me to talk…

That was at 5:30 P.M.

Next thing I know, it's 10:00…

And I'm hungry… Of course it is too late to fire up the table saw, so I am at a stand still for the night. At least I got the depth, fence distance, and angle set for the bevel cuts for the french cleats on the cabinet last night.

I also realized I went ahead and made a pointless modification . I screwed the back directly to the shelf. I didn't notice the shelf support that was in the plan… So I need to pull those screws out, and install the shelf support… No biggie…

I still need to go to Home Depot and get my hinges. No biggie, I will get that this afternoon so I can finish this up this weekend…

I skipped the pre-finishing step. Oops… I wonder how Danish Oil looks on hardboard peg-board…

I am actually getting somewhat stoked about getting this done. The closer it gets, the closer to reality that improvement in organization gets.

I really did want to do locking rabbets with this, but that isn't what the plan called for. Chances are more than good that I will deviate just that much from the plan on the next one, and go with the locking rabbets. I honestly want the practice. Will most likely avoid using screws on the next one, and opting for those locking rabbets, glue, and finish nails instead…

I could get frustrated by the mistakes I have made in this cabinet, OR I could have just as easily cut a thin strip of pine to fill the gap from the bad dado, glued it up, trimmed and planed it smooth, but for the function this cabinet will serve, no need, AND it allows me a chance to learn from my mistakes…

As I move forward closer to finishing this one, I am already eager to get the next one done. With that, and the till completed my big peg board can come down. With that out of the way, the wall can get patched, and painted… The Strong Tie workbench bobbed down a hair, and space for the freezer to make LOML happy, and to further justify the sub panel. "But honey, we need a dedicated circuit in there for the freezer and water purifier system…"

I should get busy with all of this. I also realized I have another nephew that is graduating high school this month… Ugh… WHERE did the time go?!

Then there is the niece getting married, and another one graduating college next summer… I need a LOT more lumber to get this all done!
 
#33 ·
Hear you about overdoing things. That happens mostly at work for me where I don't have total control. At home, I have pretty good control. I learned the hard way to not push myself. My cardiovascular system rebels.

Yesterday afternoon, came home…...and mostly vegged out, did a little work on the minibench, mostly marking for hardware. This morning I was out in the shop before seven and got 3.5 hours in. Now I am going to go do some more work on it. Got interrupted by some errands and a trip to the hospital to discharge some folks.

Re the pegboard, my gut reaction would be to use wipe-on poly on it. Easy, look good, and stiffen it if anything. I am interested in what you do, since I will be looking at the same thing down the line a bit.

Later…......
 
#35 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet. Adjusting the piano hinges....

Well, the doors are assembled, and the piano hinges were installed. I did NOT follow Wood's recommendations and wound up paying a stupid price. It appears that alignment is crucial on these hinges. I tried concealing the barrels in the cabinet, thinking there would not be an issue with alignment, but indeed there WAS an issue with alignment. Upon final assembly I was unable to close the doors. OOPS. Next up was to reset the position of the hinges.

Upon repositioning, I am able to close the doors, but they strike against each other as they pass… So tomorrow comes readjusting the other hinge, testing, the door closure, installing the magnetic catch assembly (actually assemblies) and then finishing up the bracing on the back of the cabinet, then installation.

Hopefully I can be done with this one, and on to the cleanup before the middle of the week….
 
#36 ·
Actually picked up the magazine with this plan in it today, thanks for the lead, cheaper than buying the plan. Was down at HD for a bunch of miscellaneous stuff. Hope to get a lot done tomorrow on the minibench, did pretty good today…...

.......well, off to bed, was out to dinner tonight with friends…....
 
#37 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet. Dry fit done, on to glue and finish...

Now that I have my dry fit and adjustments done on the cabinet, I have moved on to the glue sand and finish stage…

I am not sure if it is my square that is off, or if there is something funky with the lumber, but measuring corner to corner, everything is dead on. using plastic architects triangles everything checks out fine, but my Johnson try square doesn't show a square corner anywhere…

I feat this may be a problem I am just going to have to live with… I hate it though…

The other possibility is that the lumber itself, which I mentioned previously is Home Depot Lauan ply might be trying to turn into a potato chip in my shop. I haven't taken a straight edge to any of the pieces yet…

At least I was able to get the doors to pass each other, but BOY are those tolerances CLOSE, And when the doors are closed, there is an annoying gap between them…

Pictures pending, but I want to get at least the doors glued and oiled first…
 
#38 ·
For what it's worth, the rails are warping… The doors measure 15" across the stiles / tops of the rails. and 15.25" across the mid point of the rails… But corner to corner they are square…
 
#39 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet progress... Trying to stifle obscenities...

I knew better, I knew better but my cheap instincts told me to try it anyway…

I am talking about using lumber from Home Depot…

I KNOW all they sell is junk. But a $25.00 sheet of 3/4" "cabinet grade" plywood is just too hard to resist…

They know my weak spots…

There is nothing more infuriating than getting everything lined up just right, and dead square… Getting it all glued together, and then having the lumber MOVE on you…

Isn't part of the point of plywood that it's supposed to be STABLE?

I now have a couple of choices…

#1. Scrap the whole stinking project, and start over with decent plywood. An expensive option that I just don't have the dinero for in the first place, which is why I opted for the $25.00/ sheet ply instead of the $50.00 / sheet oak ply at the hardwood dealers… (not to mention the cost of the gas getting there and back…)

#2. Since it's mostly done, I just need to go over it with the danish oil a second time, I could just continue with the project, and hope and pray that it will stop moving.

#3. Cut and install some sort of bridge to go across the middle, of the door span, that I can use to pull the sides of the rails back IN to where they should be.

I think I am going to do #2 and keep #3. open as a possibility. I am not sure I want to post this one as a completed project though. I am more than a little unhappy with this plywood… and the results I am getting from it… It really burns me that I can be square, and out of square at the same time…

I guess you learn something new every day…
 
#46 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet progress... Loaded it up last night.

After getting the doors / cabinet lined up better by hanging it, I decided to load it up to see what that did. And as I suspected, the doors now open and close no problem now.

I have also come up with a startling discovery. This thing is ROOMY. It doesn't have quite enough peg board in the configuration I left it in for all of my peg-boarded stuff, but it is quite spacious.

part of the impetus behind all of this mind you, is that when I moved my miter saw to the now extended strong tie workbench, I had to move stuff off the peg board to provide clearance for the saw, and the as yet to be built dust hood.

I have also decided that the Harbor Freight corner clamps that I knew were horrible, are beyond horrible, they are useless. However the Pony (Jorgenson) clamp of a similar design held fast and square. I am going to grab 3 more of those, and maybe a set of the Clamp It corner clamp deals from Rockler before I start on cabinet #2.

I had a happy surprise though, my planes fit in the cabinet with no need for a separate shelf / tote. I do need to build a rest for each of them to keep the blades out of touch with the cabinet, but for now it will do… And it is FAR better than dangling them off of peg hooks.

I believe that with the completion of cabinet #2. My peg board and small tools storage, not to mention my pneumatic fastener storage will be completely handled.

I still haven't finished the oiling, and at this rate I might not. This lumber is really way too thirsty for my own good… I am actually wondering if it is dryver than the surrounding climate. I don't want to dig my moisture meter out to check it, I am not THAT curious, but I do vaguely wonder…

I think this is as close to done as it is going to get, photos will be posted tonight.
 
#49 ·
Wood Magazine Clamshell Cabinet #2 started.

In the beginning, there was plywood, and the man saw plywood, and said, let there be a cabinet… And it was, and it was good.

So the man saw the cabinets that he had made, and said to himself. I need another one just over there, and it was, and it was good.

When the man had seen the cabinets he built, and the storage problems he had solved, he rested…

Oh if only it were so easy!

In my rendition, it would be more akin to…

Man makes first cabinet, learns from his screw ups, makes second cabinet, with entirely new set of screw ups…

But alas, that is why I am me right?

Okay tongue removed from cheek now…

Yes I am moving on to the second cabinet. The first one, while fairly substantially deviated from the plan, is solid as a rock, and as done as it is going to get. It is loaded, and has taken the overwhelming bulk of the stuff off of the wall mounted peg board. The little bit o' peg board remaining with stuff on it will soon be emptied as the board will be recycled into this cabinet project…

I have unused parts from the cutting from the first cabinet, so I need to modify my cutlist somewhat. I did not use any of the internal parts, inner doors, shelves, or bins, and have all the material cut and ready to go for those (except the peg board and hard board). I will complete these over the next couple of days, so that the case and outer doors are all that is left to do…

I am eager to get this setup done. And am looking forward to having my storage set up the way I have been planning for the last 2 years…

What really scares me, is that I have enough "stuff" to fill a third one of these, and enough wall to justify it… Especially since it would end up over the lathe, and some wisely mounted broom clips would put my turning tools are the perfect height for me… But the drawback there is, I want to build a multi drawer storage cabinet for under the lathe to provide storage, and ballast…

I have the process of building the boxes and doors down pat now. I will move on soon to face frames… With this under my belt, I am gaining an enormous amount of confidence in my ability to build EXACTLY the cabinets I want for the kitchen and bath remodel LOML and I have been dreaming of…
 
#50 ·
Hmmmmm….....I don't think much translates in my shop life to the home.

I successfully put a top on two store bought trellis's, set the in the ground with Sherie, made sure they were parallel and at the same level with my laser level (gift from eons ago).

OK….....I can do garden projects.

But unfortunately, no, fortunately…......my kitchen….....and my wife…......are in a different universe of quality and expectations. So it is not an issue, because the kitchen is….......done. Whew.

In La Conner, it may be a different matter, but there I don't have the tools.

Saved.

So, this weekend, hope to play a bit…......nothing serious, just finish up the minibench with any luck. Of course, it will never happen.

So after the minibench, the TS dust collection, some fun trinkets built in the shop….......

.........then back to the storage issue…........

Be sure to finish those cabinets, or they will look at you with distain and disappointment for the eons. Those capable cabinet arms, cradling your tools, knowing their importance and significance…...
.....what will they think of you. After all they are doing for you…...they got no respect.

Watco works.

Jim
 
#59 ·
Wood Magazine Clamshell Cabinet #2 progress continues, already thinking about my next projects.

So last night I got the inner doors assembled (see my previous blog entry in this series for photos). They are nice and square, glued and screwed together very solidly. I have a LOT of cutting and dado-ing left to do, but I ran into a bit of a quandry after assembling the doors last night…

I ran out of screws…

Actually I need more than just screws to complete this project. In order to fully pull this off I will need…

#1. Another sheet of peg board. I COULD re-use the one on the wall, but I still have stuff hanging on it. I would need to figure out what to temporarily move that stuff to, and even if I do, I have other projects needing peg board coming up. Might as well use the stuff that is there to organize until I no longer need it…
#2. Piano hinges. I have the short hinges for the inner doors, but I need 2 30" hinges for the outers. I am planning on simply grabbing a single 72" piano hinge and cutting it to length . I will need to trim shorter ones anyway… Save a few bucks that way and end up with what I want…
#3. Magnetic catches. I need 4 of them…
#4. Box of screws. I am using 2.5" coated deck screws for this due to the humid environment. When I forget to run the AC it gets awfully muggy in there… I want to avoid rust.
#5. 3" swivel locking casters with urethane wheels. 200 lb capacity minimum.
#6. 5/16"-18×2" eye bolts.
#7. 5/16" fender washers
#8 5/16"-18×2.5" machine bolts.
#9. Fresh 2 part epoxy.
#10. 2 more sheets of 3/4 cabinet grade Home Depot plywood (cheap).

Huh, casters? Eye bolts? Fender washers and machine bolts? More plywood? How do those relate?

Oh yeah, that is the upcoming projects… I need to build a pair of rolling flip top tool stands. One of them will be dedicated to the bench top jointer, and my lunch box planer. The other will house my Ridgid sander, and my not yet in my possession Grizzly 12" disc sander (wishlist item… Maybe Santa will be nice this year…). This will allow me to maximize my floor space without further aggravating my back problems… I do NOT want to lift these heavy machines any more than I absolutely have to…
 
#60 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet part deaux. dadoes cut, now on to the rabbets...

The parts are cut do width, and the dadoes are cut. I have the door sides and case tops / bottoms cut to width, I now need to cut the rabbets, and cut the door tops / bottoms to size. Progress is going much quicker on cabinet #2 when I am actually working on it, I have learned from my mistakes I believe. The overall height has been reduced 1/8" by my error, but at least I will be able to make up for that error…

I will have to wait until the weekend to get the peg board and hinges to finish up, too stinking busy to run to Home Depot in the evenings until then…

I look forward to getting this one done, and loaded, then I can stuff it with the rest of my peg boarded goodies, and free up the back wall of the shop!

I am happy about this as things are really coming together…

Oh yeah, no pics didn't happen, so here's the pics…



 
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Pave the way for me buddy, I am going to be leaning on you. I just can't see any reason not to make these myself, they are just what I need. Hopefully will get the woodwork done on the minibench before the weekend, then I should be in shape to finish and electrify it.

My BIL from Dallas left this morning, so it is quieting down. Goto do some chores, then down to the shop for some sanding, and making some adjustable shelves. The holes for the gizmos are in, fortunately drilled before I put the pieces into position. So all I have to do it cut the shelves. TS work. And I will edge them with pine strips, already cut out.
 
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Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet part deaux. Case done. On to the doors.

Okay, no pics didn't happen. Observe cabinet #1 mounted on the wall in the picture behind it (the reason I framed the photo this way…)



This case went together dead square, with no argument whatsoever. Go figure…

After fussing with swapping between countersink and driver bits on the last case, I got my hands on a Ryobi "Speed Load" chuck, and countersink set (I busted countersink bits, and needed new ones). The new set allows quick release and insert of new bits, I couldn't be happier with them…

This week will likely see me finishing up my outer doors, cutting hinges, and getting things sanded down and a coat of oil on them. Most likely will be brushed on instead of wiped.

In the long run, this whole project will be time well spent as I really need to free up the front wall of my shop. And layered storage is certainly the way to go!

The shelves and shelf pins are a bit odd for this thing though, very narrow… I am sure they will be useful for some things, but most likely, I will hang mesh baskets on the peg board inside instead of using the shelves…

Until next time… Have fun, be safe, and keep making sawdust!
 
#71 ·
Wood Magazine clamshell cabinet part deaux. Doors done. Almost complete...



The doors are completed, the inners are mounted. I am running out of time for tonight, so I am hanging it up as it were. I need to mount the doors, and cleats, mount the catches, sand and finish this thing… I am so close I can taste it…
 
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.........and that is where my minibench is as well.

Looks good David, it will be nice to have both of those cabinets in use. I am within hours of just having the finishing left on the minibench….....it will get my compressor and hoses out of the way. I have to electrify it after finishing, and that will take a day, I suspect, at least…...just because of what I want in it. It should end up the center of shop activity.

So I would say we are on a race, but my project has a little more indefinite plans, just because it is an original.

Have a good one…........I can hardly wait to see both of those cabinets on your wall, full of stuff.
 
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