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flee market finds #2: past two weeks purchaces

bryano — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:34:13 GMT

Hi LumberJocks, Im back from the flee market with another bag of goodies. I’ll post the price I paid with each pic.

transition plane 5$, corner clamps 3$ each, buffing compound 1$ each.

dovetail saw 2$, chisel $.25

Two small block planes 2$ each, general brand scribe 3$, caliper $.25

the planes need a little cleaning but ive already used the block planes and they work well. Ill be back later with more finds.

building a tool chest #2: disaster and discouragement

bryano — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:03:16 GMT

while doing a dry fit to take measurements for drawers and drawer guides disaster struck. After the measurements were taken and I was in the process of disasembling the chest I lost control of some of the parts. the back of the chest fell to its death and broke in two at the tounge and grove joint. this has stopped the next step of the project in its tracks. Now I must fix this problem before I continue. the next intery will be called the reasurection. Heers some pics.

flee market finds #1: flee market finds.

bryano — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:49:10 GMT

Hi LJ,s Ive been finding alot of tools at the flee market and have been posting them in a forum. Im finding so much that I thought it would be better to start a blog series. my previous finds are

these next planes were for sale 10$ for all three.

these next planes were a steal as well, these I bought for total of 35$

building a tool chest #1: building a tool chest part 1

bryano — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:17:20 GMT

Ever since visiting the Gerstner tool chest web site Ive wanted to build a chest like the ones they sell. A few months ago I was able to salvage some cherry from a dumpster. I thought I would use this wood to build my chest. I hope to document as well as I can the building process. I have taken some pics of what I have so far. In part one of this series I will show some pics of the project in progress. Any helpfull hints would be appreciated.

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this is some of the veneer that i plan to use, If the reclaimed wood was clean I would not use it But lots of nail holes. The veneer was also saved from being thrown away.

Veneer in progress

I hope you have enjoied the pics, In part 2 of this series I will be routing dados for the drawer runners and building the drawers.

Thanks for visiting

Bryan

A testament to finger joints

bryano — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:23:54 GMT

Below are some pics of a tool box that I made a couple of years back. The wood is alder. This tool box was built to hold a large amount of electrical tools. One day when I was working on top of a high lift the box rolled off of the platform and droped about 10 feet onto a concreet floor. I expected to find it in pieces with 30 pounds of tools scattered about. What I found was an intact tool box with only a couple of cracks in the lid. Wow I thought, finger joints sure are strong. I sanded it down and glued the cracks and clamped. You can still see two cracks, one on the back top right corner and one on the top of the lid. I was going to post this under projects but i didnt want to show off the obvious dovetail mistake on the drawers. (the tails and pins are backwards)

what type of wood is this part 2

bryano — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:02:51 GMT

heer are several pics of the veneer i reclaimed today.
what type of wood is this?

Walnut and what type of wood is this?

What type of wood is this, there are 6 large sheets totaling 7 pounds?

what type of wood is this?

cherry

I believe this is king wood?

Oak

How many species do you recognize

bryano — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:15:21 GMT

I made a visit to my local furnatuer factory to day. I have a habit of looking in there dumpster for scrap hard wood. today i rescued something a little unexpected. I will post more pics of the veneer when i get it all sorted out. I dont even know the names of some of it.

2008 LJ challenge project finally completed

bryano — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:15:23 GMT

At last my breadbox is done. the project was entered in both catigories. It is made from one 8’ cherry 2×4. the sides are 3/8s thick, the bottom, top, and back are 1/4 inch thick. the bottom to the knife storage is also 1/4 inch thick. the tambour door is 21 slats 5/8s wide by 3/16 thick with a 30 degree bevel on both edges of each slat. I wanted to use cloth to hold the slats together but figured it was clasified as another building material. instead I used 40 small hinges and a hot glue gun. The top of the Knofe holder can be used to slice bread on.

2008 LJ challenge cont. part 2

bryano — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:33:31 GMT

im still working on the project here are some pics of my progress. can you guess what it is? also a pic of my face after gatting back from the dentist.

2008 woodworking challenge continued

bryano — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:51:21 GMT

after crosscutting and ripping my 2×4 into many many pieces it was time for glueup. because this 2×4 is reclaimed it had a previous finish on the edges. I glued the boards together and later came back to remove glue lines with a card scraper before unclamping. after unclamping the glued up boards fell apart. glue wont stick to finished materials. I already knew this but in my rush to complete the project it was overlooked. Out comes the thinner and the scraper to remove the finish and the glue. Now i had to reglue. the point is , if i wasnt in such a rush i would probably be further along. Instead I had to do the same work twice.
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