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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
 

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#2 ·
Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Looks like your off to a great start, I bet it weighs twice what the last one did!!
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
That was a quick recovery from an old timber. But I do appreciate your patience in dealing with those irregular timbers. In fact, you are a bit lucky because you were able to get the right size of cut. Sometimes, I glue pieces just to make a big one piece… Actually, it is normal for me in my projects as same as you do in marquetry. I bet that you had keep those cut-offs for future projects.
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
How about this one?

Herb
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Hey Paul, that looks great! You are working fast, you will have built 2 of these chevy's before I finish my first one! Great save on that twisted timber, and very ingenious. I will have to remember that. What color is that stain you have on there…looks a bit darker than your AZ model.
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Paul, yes it's lots heavier, even though the dimensions are a little lighter.

Thanks Herb, I'm hoping for a scrounge price somewhere but I may have to bite the bullet.

Mat, It's Minwax "Jacobean" stain, about the darkest they have. I think it will look like an old piece when I finish it up with satin oil.
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.



By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.



The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.





Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.





These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?



This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.



If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Looking good Paul. Regarding the Chevy ll emblem, here are some places you might find what you're after to pimp your ride. Alternatively, why not use your chevy to create one out of wood.

http://search.bt.com/result?p=chevy+ll+grill+emblem

http://www.ss396.com/catalog/nova/parts/nova_emblems.pdf

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1967Nova-Chevy-II-Grill-Emblem-Chevy-II-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem1e624e6157QQitemZ130498322775QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

http://www.tracyperf.com/emblemschevy2nova.html

http://www.ecparts.net/nova_emblems.htm

http://www.classiccarrestorationparts.com/servlet/the-Chevy-II-Nova-Parts-cln-Trim/Categories

Can't wait to see this baby churning out the goods.
 

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#8 ·
Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
thank´s for sharing another build of a chevalet
its always a pleasure to read your well made toturials

looking forward to the next

take care
Dennis
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
I was fortunate to be able to take Paul's AZ Chevy 'I' for a test drive during my recent visit to see him in AZ. Got to experience using it first hand. What an impressive piece of equipment these things are. The control of the workpiece during cutting and the whole 'in your face' experience was fantastic. By 'in your face', I meant literally, the workpiece is right in front of your nose as your cutting.

Glad to see you made it back to the homeland safely Paul. Can't wait to visit you up there too.

Mike
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
That is sweet Paul. Interesting fix to the twist problem. You got skills.

I agree with others that you should cut your own Chevy II logo with it.

Glad you made it back to the homeland safe and sound. I just picture it as wonderful.

Steve
 

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Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Thanks Brit for the research but probably more for the encouragement to make my own. .....and since Steve agrees, I guess I'll have to (he really is a rocket surgeon you know)
 

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#12 ·
Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Fascinating, Paul. You're absolutely fascinating!
 

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#13 ·
Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Hi Paul,

This is a great blog. It's amazing how you make this framework out of ruff lumber.

And you are right about the Dewalt scroll saw, you have a great eye for little details.
 

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#14 ·
Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
Hi Paul;

Great workmanship!!!

Lee
 

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#15 ·
Garry Oak Slabs to Basic Framework

I've already blogged my AZ chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and built my shop I was fortunate enough to run into a fellow who was moving and had to sell his hoard of local hardwoods. Long story short, I bought two heaped pickup truck fulls of a variety of local hardwoods, all two or more years air dried, for $200 and he helped me move it.

I'm not usually a big Oak fan but as there was a fair amount of quite large dimension Garry Oak in the mix and because Oak would be a good fit for the chevalet (and because I was getting tired of moving it) I decided to give it a try.

This is the kind of stuff that was in the pile.

Wood Natural material Artifact Rectangle Hardwood


By the time I milled this down, I had a day's worth of firewood, a garbage bag full of planer shavings, and the base cross-member.

Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain Hardwood


The next piece was worse. The wood is not too bad but the person who milled it was a butcher to be polite. Clearly he wasn't using an Alaska Mill or the like. This piece was three inches thick. I got 1 1/2" and shavings.

Wood Flooring Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Natural material Wood stain Hardwood Flooring


Enough complaining. The other species in the buy were all in much better shape and I've used them in almost all my projects in the last six years. The good news here is that I've used up almost all the Oak and I was able to get enough to finish the frame parts where I wanted to use it.

Here are a few more pictures up to where I am now.

Wood Plant Serveware Hardwood Flooring


Wood Aircraft Road surface Flooring Urban design


These are a couple of quick jigs I had to make up today. The first is to mortise for the angled back leg into the seat. I guess I should have gone the extra bucks and bought the mortiser that did angles. Who knew?

Wood Composite material Gas Hardwood Saw


This one was sort of a fun time. Somewhere (in the glue up I suspect) the vertical post developed a twist. I didn't notice it until the cheek pieces for the arm clamp were glued on. When I first assembled the arm into the clamp it became obvious that the arm was not parallel to the base piece. This will not lead to anything good. The answer was to lay the post down and, with winding sticks and power plane, straighten the front face of the post and clamp cheeks. That's all nice and everything but the clamping face is still as crooked as it ever was and now has to be trued up to the new front face. I made this simple jig to ground out the clamp face to an even depth from the new front surface. It's just a scrap of 1/4" plywood with a couple of spring clamps to keep the saw and the plywood together. The saw, moving sideways back and forth across the surface eventually did the job just fine.
Table Wood Power tool Machine tool Workbench


Here's the progress to date. The bench is all ready to glue up first thing tomorrow and the "structural" part will be complete.

Wood Window Composite material Gas Cross


If anyone knows where I can get a "CHEVY II" grill emblem, please let me know.

Bye for now.

Paul
I'm new to Lumberjocks so have only recently seen your story of milling garry oak-not an entirely happy story! I have a couple of small logs from a limb of a garry oak in our front yard. I'm planning to run them through the bandsaw and then leave the planks to air dry for a year or so. I've also some arbutus logs (yes, I live on the Island) which I'm hoping to quartersaw.
The garry oak in your photos looked like it has light sapwood and darker heart wood. Is that correct?
 

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#16 ·
Operational but not "Finished"

Chevy II is now a working chevalet de marqueterie, but she's not "finished". The next week's schedule will be something like: Put a coat of finish on the chevalet in the warm room. Leave it be and work on getting my boat ready for the rest of the day. Repeat.

The actual building of one of these has all been covered so I'll try to stick to upgrades and improvements.

The first photo shows the rebates I made in the vertical adjusting end of the carriage base. This is a much cleaner way of accomplishing the task of keeping the end piece aligned than the way I did the first one.When I did Chevy I it was an afterthought and it looks like it. The other end is similar except of course the rebates are horizontal.
Cabinetry Wood Table Dresser Drawer


These are the corresponding rebates in the end pieces.

Wood Wood stain Floor Hardwood Flooring


Here is the horizontal adjuster in place. The adjuster allows for 1 1/2" of adjustment. If this one is anything like Chevy I, it will only need a millimeter or two.

Wood Hardwood Composite material Gas Wood stain


This photo shows the greatest advance of all. I had a Homer Simpson moment (Doohhh!) and realized that after all the trouble I had gone to to make the bearings align on Chevy I, I hadn't really clicked on self aligning bearings… and the sad thing is that I've used them before and knew about them. These ones are from igus Inc. and cost around $5 each. The photo shows how simple and clean the tumbler assembly becomes when they are used.

Wood Toy Font Art String instrument accessory


Here is the tumbler in place. There's no need to thread anything. The clamping by the 1/4" bolt is all you need.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas Flooring


In this photo I've purposely misaligned the bearing mount badly. It makes no functional difference. the movement is absolutely effortless. This is the most critical assembly in the entire build and these bearings guarantee success no matter how badly (within reason) you make the tumblers.
Wood Table Sports equipment Floor Flooring


The foot operated clamping system is unchanged except that I turned some Wenge wheels instead of HF caster wheels and threw a little Paduk in for color. The tumblers are Paduk as well.

Wood Gas Hardwood Bumper Machine


This one shows the "business" of the saw. The saw frame is Bubinga left over from "Facets". If you're observant and have been following you may notice that the "knob" handle is absent. It's the only part that I haven't made yet, but it's really just an ornament anyway. I have some Cocobolo…..... The jaw inserts are Arbutus and I haven't hinged the moving one this time. I don't think it needs to be. You may notice a small strip of Paduk outlining the vee in the movable jaw insert. It is there to concentrate the clamping pressure only at the vee.
Wood Gas Flooring Hardwood Machine


This last one shows the adjustment of the saw frame support. It's done with thumb screws and barrel nuts.
Cabinetry Wood Wood stain Flooring Drawer


So that's it. Ill post the build as a project when it is presentable.

It is worth noting that it seems to take about 40 hours to build one of these regardless of whether you have a shop full of top line stand alone tools or a ShopSmith 510 with a bunch of special purpose tools to fit. In the final analysis I'd say that "all those tool changeovers" probably amount to less than an hour in the whole scheme of things. I really love my shop full of tools here at home but you really have to respect what can be done with a SS.

Tomorrow I Golf.

Thanks for being interested.

Paul
 

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#17 ·
Operational but not "Finished"

Chevy II is now a working chevalet de marqueterie, but she's not "finished". The next week's schedule will be something like: Put a coat of finish on the chevalet in the warm room. Leave it be and work on getting my boat ready for the rest of the day. Repeat.

The actual building of one of these has all been covered so I'll try to stick to upgrades and improvements.

The first photo shows the rebates I made in the vertical adjusting end of the carriage base. This is a much cleaner way of accomplishing the task of keeping the end piece aligned than the way I did the first one.When I did Chevy I it was an afterthought and it looks like it. The other end is similar except of course the rebates are horizontal.
Cabinetry Wood Table Dresser Drawer


These are the corresponding rebates in the end pieces.

Wood Wood stain Floor Hardwood Flooring


Here is the horizontal adjuster in place. The adjuster allows for 1 1/2" of adjustment. If this one is anything like Chevy I, it will only need a millimeter or two.

Wood Hardwood Composite material Gas Wood stain


This photo shows the greatest advance of all. I had a Homer Simpson moment (Doohhh!) and realized that after all the trouble I had gone to to make the bearings align on Chevy I, I hadn't really clicked on self aligning bearings… and the sad thing is that I've used them before and knew about them. These ones are from igus Inc. and cost around $5 each. The photo shows how simple and clean the tumbler assembly becomes when they are used.

Wood Toy Font Art String instrument accessory


Here is the tumbler in place. There's no need to thread anything. The clamping by the 1/4" bolt is all you need.
Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas Flooring


In this photo I've purposely misaligned the bearing mount badly. It makes no functional difference. the movement is absolutely effortless. This is the most critical assembly in the entire build and these bearings guarantee success no matter how badly (within reason) you make the tumblers.
Wood Table Sports equipment Floor Flooring


The foot operated clamping system is unchanged except that I turned some Wenge wheels instead of HF caster wheels and threw a little Paduk in for color. The tumblers are Paduk as well.

Wood Gas Hardwood Bumper Machine


This one shows the "business" of the saw. The saw frame is Bubinga left over from "Facets". If you're observant and have been following you may notice that the "knob" handle is absent. It's the only part that I haven't made yet, but it's really just an ornament anyway. I have some Cocobolo…..... The jaw inserts are Arbutus and I haven't hinged the moving one this time. I don't think it needs to be. You may notice a small strip of Paduk outlining the vee in the movable jaw insert. It is there to concentrate the clamping pressure only at the vee.
Wood Gas Flooring Hardwood Machine


This last one shows the adjustment of the saw frame support. It's done with thumb screws and barrel nuts.
Cabinetry Wood Wood stain Flooring Drawer


So that's it. Ill post the build as a project when it is presentable.

It is worth noting that it seems to take about 40 hours to build one of these regardless of whether you have a shop full of top line stand alone tools or a ShopSmith 510 with a bunch of special purpose tools to fit. In the final analysis I'd say that "all those tool changeovers" probably amount to less than an hour in the whole scheme of things. I really love my shop full of tools here at home but you really have to respect what can be done with a SS.

Tomorrow I Golf.

Thanks for being interested.

Paul
Paul
Looking good! Thanks for publishing all this on top of all the work to build it!
 

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#30 ·
The Handle, an Adventure with Cocobolo and Hide Glue.

I know I kind of wound this blog up last time but this little adventure was enough fun to warrant another post. As you know if you read the last entry, The knob was about the only thing left to make. How hard can that be? ............. Hard.

I started out with a stack of 2 1/4" square x 7/8" Cocobolo blocks and a few thin pieces of Arbutus and Paduk. Here's where I went wrong, maybe. I didn't try to remove surface oil before gluing. The gluing process was very simple. Glue the stack and wait overnight. Then after squaring up and cleaning up the stack, the fun began. I cut the stack on the diagonal, added a veneer of Arbutus and re-glued. Then I did the opposing diagonal and in turn each of the other "rays".

Wood Finger Hardwood Wood stain Triangle


Even though I reduced the blank to an octagon, the torque was too great on the lathe and the glue lines began to fail.

Wood Art Hardwood Plywood Natural material


I tried a ROS and that seemed to work, although I don't think I'm young enough to have done the whole knob that way.

Saw Drill Wood Milling Machine tool


I needed a plan B and , for a boatbuilder, the bandsaw is the go-to tool.

Wood Motor vehicle Automotive lighting Automotive design Gas

Automotive tire Wood Automotive design Flooring Fender

Wood Musical instrument Flooring Material property Gas


The next part was easy. If the sander worked but was too slow,...... DUH… Get a bigger sander, with 40 grit.

Gas Aircraft Machine Metal Aviation


In the end, it all worked out fine. Fortunately the handle is pretty much of an ornament on the chevalet so it will probably last forever.

Wood Hardwood Gas Wood stain Metal


I made one other small auxiliary part today, my own invention. It's a lock, pictured here first open and then locked. What it does is to hold the foot pedal down. That means that when you are trying to thread a blade through a tiny hole in a packet of veneers, if the lock is set, it will hold the packet and let you use both hands for the blade and clamps. It will just kick in and out of position and it's far more elegant than putting a C clamp on the jaws as I was on Chevy I. :)

Wood Wood stain Floor Hardwood Automotive exterior

Wood Cross Wood stain Religious item Hardwood


Bye for now

Paul
 

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#31 ·
The Handle, an Adventure with Cocobolo and Hide Glue.

I know I kind of wound this blog up last time but this little adventure was enough fun to warrant another post. As you know if you read the last entry, The knob was about the only thing left to make. How hard can that be? ............. Hard.

I started out with a stack of 2 1/4" square x 7/8" Cocobolo blocks and a few thin pieces of Arbutus and Paduk. Here's where I went wrong, maybe. I didn't try to remove surface oil before gluing. The gluing process was very simple. Glue the stack and wait overnight. Then after squaring up and cleaning up the stack, the fun began. I cut the stack on the diagonal, added a veneer of Arbutus and re-glued. Then I did the opposing diagonal and in turn each of the other "rays".

Wood Finger Hardwood Wood stain Triangle


Even though I reduced the blank to an octagon, the torque was too great on the lathe and the glue lines began to fail.

Wood Art Hardwood Plywood Natural material


I tried a ROS and that seemed to work, although I don't think I'm young enough to have done the whole knob that way.

Saw Drill Wood Milling Machine tool


I needed a plan B and , for a boatbuilder, the bandsaw is the go-to tool.

Wood Motor vehicle Automotive lighting Automotive design Gas

Automotive tire Wood Automotive design Flooring Fender

Wood Musical instrument Flooring Material property Gas


The next part was easy. If the sander worked but was too slow,...... DUH… Get a bigger sander, with 40 grit.

Gas Aircraft Machine Metal Aviation


In the end, it all worked out fine. Fortunately the handle is pretty much of an ornament on the chevalet so it will probably last forever.

Wood Hardwood Gas Wood stain Metal


I made one other small auxiliary part today, my own invention. It's a lock, pictured here first open and then locked. What it does is to hold the foot pedal down. That means that when you are trying to thread a blade through a tiny hole in a packet of veneers, if the lock is set, it will hold the packet and let you use both hands for the blade and clamps. It will just kick in and out of position and it's far more elegant than putting a C clamp on the jaws as I was on Chevy I. :)

Wood Wood stain Floor Hardwood Automotive exterior

Wood Cross Wood stain Religious item Hardwood


Bye for now

Paul
Is this the other way to skin a cat? :) Good thinking Paul
 

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#43 ·
New Blade Clamps

Since I built my first chevalet back in 2011 I have redesigned the blade clamps at least three times, never getting one that I really liked on all levels. My constraints were lack of metal working tools and sticking to box store metal supplies. Then last winter I asked a friend who is a hobby metalworker to make me a set of clamps more like the ones that I remembered from ASFM. With his milling machine and lathe this wasn't too hard at all.

Fast forward to last month when I decided to try to copy them for my chevy here in Canada. I still had minimal metal working tools but went to a steel supplier and got bigger stock than the box stores carry. This gave me a better chance.

To try to make a long story a little shorter, my plan was to cut a piece of 3/4" bar at 1" and then cut away a piece to leave an "L" shape. I would then fill the "L" with a separate piece of flat bar and secure with a screw to make the blade clamp.

For the shanks I would round and thread the ends of a piece of 3/8" square bar and fit one end into a tapped hole in the "L" piece.

Here are some photos that should explain all of the above.

Wood Gas Composite material Engineering Automotive exterior


Milling Wood Machine tool Engineering Metalworking


Wood Gas Bumper Machine Automotive exterior


Wood Bumper Motor vehicle Gas Automotive exterior


Wood Hand tool Tool Automotive tire Sports equipment


Calipers Wood Tool Gas Hardwood


Hand tool Wood Metalworking hand tool Tool Wrench


Saw Motor vehicle Tool Bicycle part Power tool


Bicycle part Gas Bicycle tire Wood Wire


Wood Gas Machine Wire Household appliance accessory


Wood Sewing machine Household appliance accessory Machine Hardwood


These work just perfectly but require a lot of hand work and took almost a whole day to make. I'm too old to work that hard so …....... faced with the task of making four sets for the four new chevalets I'm making for my marquetry school I devised a "table saw" to do some of the work for me. It's really just a mini grinder with a cut off disc to which I have added a reference surface and a sled. It works like a hot (literally) damn.
You can see my project post of the saw here.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Wood stain Table


Wood Engineering Table Wheel Gas


I cut all these pieces in about a half hour.

Wood Font Hardwood Flooring Rectangle


The rest will be about the same as the hand versions but this represents most of the hard work ….... done.

Thanks for looking in.

Paul
 

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#44 ·
New Blade Clamps

Since I built my first chevalet back in 2011 I have redesigned the blade clamps at least three times, never getting one that I really liked on all levels. My constraints were lack of metal working tools and sticking to box store metal supplies. Then last winter I asked a friend who is a hobby metalworker to make me a set of clamps more like the ones that I remembered from ASFM. With his milling machine and lathe this wasn't too hard at all.

Fast forward to last month when I decided to try to copy them for my chevy here in Canada. I still had minimal metal working tools but went to a steel supplier and got bigger stock than the box stores carry. This gave me a better chance.

To try to make a long story a little shorter, my plan was to cut a piece of 3/4" bar at 1" and then cut away a piece to leave an "L" shape. I would then fill the "L" with a separate piece of flat bar and secure with a screw to make the blade clamp.

For the shanks I would round and thread the ends of a piece of 3/8" square bar and fit one end into a tapped hole in the "L" piece.

Here are some photos that should explain all of the above.

Wood Gas Composite material Engineering Automotive exterior


Milling Wood Machine tool Engineering Metalworking


Wood Gas Bumper Machine Automotive exterior


Wood Bumper Motor vehicle Gas Automotive exterior


Wood Hand tool Tool Automotive tire Sports equipment


Calipers Wood Tool Gas Hardwood


Hand tool Wood Metalworking hand tool Tool Wrench


Saw Motor vehicle Tool Bicycle part Power tool


Bicycle part Gas Bicycle tire Wood Wire


Wood Gas Machine Wire Household appliance accessory


Wood Sewing machine Household appliance accessory Machine Hardwood


These work just perfectly but require a lot of hand work and took almost a whole day to make. I'm too old to work that hard so …....... faced with the task of making four sets for the four new chevalets I'm making for my marquetry school I devised a "table saw" to do some of the work for me. It's really just a mini grinder with a cut off disc to which I have added a reference surface and a sled. It works like a hot (literally) damn.
You can see my project post of the saw here.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Wood stain Table


Wood Engineering Table Wheel Gas


I cut all these pieces in about a half hour.

Wood Font Hardwood Flooring Rectangle


The rest will be about the same as the hand versions but this represents most of the hard work ….... done.

Thanks for looking in.

Paul
Your not getting older your getting tireder, and smarter. LOL! Nice save!
 

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#61 ·
Repairing "Curvature of the Spine"

Chevy II is five years old now and has never missed a beat. It still cuts perfectly square with the adjusters in neutral position but the whole column has developed quite a curve to the right (as you sit on it). This may be because the column is too narrow but I suspect it has more to do with the poorly milled "urban wood" garry oak from which it was made.
At any rate while working on the new plywood model last week I decided to replace the column on the old girl. A plywood column would never have ended up like this ….. and I have white oak veneer. :)

Here are a few pictures of the problem. It doesn't affect the accuracy of the cut, just makes you lean a little to the right when you use it.

Window Wood Plant Floor Flooring


Wood Interior design Plant Floor Flooring


Wood Door Gas Hardwood Wood stain


So I cut the column off at the top of the base and made up a new one from a piece of scrap plywood I had. I tried the alignment hole idea that I plan to use on the CNC cut kits. The1/4" holes not only align the parts but if you use reddi rod the holes can be used for clamping as well.

Table Furniture Wood Cabinetry Desk


Wood Tool Floor Hardwood Flooring


I made a dummy column end to mark and cut new mortises on top of the old tenons while the glue set and finally cut and glued up the smaller top pieces.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain Floor


Table Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain


Bicycle handlebar Engineering Wood Machine Audio equipment


Pretty much down to veneer and final assembly now. I'll post finished pictures in a couple of days.

Thanks for looking in.

Paul
 

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#62 ·
Repairing "Curvature of the Spine"

Chevy II is five years old now and has never missed a beat. It still cuts perfectly square with the adjusters in neutral position but the whole column has developed quite a curve to the right (as you sit on it). This may be because the column is too narrow but I suspect it has more to do with the poorly milled "urban wood" garry oak from which it was made.
At any rate while working on the new plywood model last week I decided to replace the column on the old girl. A plywood column would never have ended up like this ….. and I have white oak veneer. :)

Here are a few pictures of the problem. It doesn't affect the accuracy of the cut, just makes you lean a little to the right when you use it.

Window Wood Plant Floor Flooring


Wood Interior design Plant Floor Flooring


Wood Door Gas Hardwood Wood stain


So I cut the column off at the top of the base and made up a new one from a piece of scrap plywood I had. I tried the alignment hole idea that I plan to use on the CNC cut kits. The1/4" holes not only align the parts but if you use reddi rod the holes can be used for clamping as well.

Table Furniture Wood Cabinetry Desk


Wood Tool Floor Hardwood Flooring


I made a dummy column end to mark and cut new mortises on top of the old tenons while the glue set and finally cut and glued up the smaller top pieces.

Wood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain Floor


Table Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain


Bicycle handlebar Engineering Wood Machine Audio equipment


Pretty much down to veneer and final assembly now. I'll post finished pictures in a couple of days.

Thanks for looking in.

Paul
Looks like you're hooked on plywood. ???? Maple or birch?
 

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#73 ·
Repairs / Transplant Complete

The replacement of the warped main column of my old chevalet is all done and dusted and it won't be warping again any time soon. Here are some progress pics and final shots. It still needs a little more finish on the new part but that can be done all assembled. I also made the new column an inch longer so that at my 25 1/2" setting the adjustment is no longer topped out.
I'm really pleased and just can't see myself ever building a chevalet out of solid wood again. ...... Really!

Bicycle handlebar Engineering Wood Machine Audio equipment


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Creative arts


Table Furniture Wood Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Gas Machine Engineering Metal


Wood Yellow Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood


Wood Comfort Flooring Floor Chair


Wood Flooring Floor Lectern Hardwood


Plant Wood Floor Flooring Gas


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle Flooring


Cabinetry Wood Drawer Chest of drawers Gas


Cabinetry Wood Drawer Chest of drawers Gas


Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Auto part


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Varnish


Thanks for looking in

Paul
 

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#74 ·
Repairs / Transplant Complete

The replacement of the warped main column of my old chevalet is all done and dusted and it won't be warping again any time soon. Here are some progress pics and final shots. It still needs a little more finish on the new part but that can be done all assembled. I also made the new column an inch longer so that at my 25 1/2" setting the adjustment is no longer topped out.
I'm really pleased and just can't see myself ever building a chevalet out of solid wood again. ...... Really!

Bicycle handlebar Engineering Wood Machine Audio equipment


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Creative arts


Table Furniture Wood Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Gas Machine Engineering Metal


Wood Yellow Wood stain Rectangle Hardwood


Wood Comfort Flooring Floor Chair


Wood Flooring Floor Lectern Hardwood


Plant Wood Floor Flooring Gas


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Rectangle Flooring


Cabinetry Wood Drawer Chest of drawers Gas


Cabinetry Wood Drawer Chest of drawers Gas


Wood Gas Wood stain Hardwood Auto part


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Flooring Varnish


Thanks for looking in

Paul
Nicely done Paul.
 

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