LumberJocks Woodworking Forum banner
163K views 802 replies 86 participants last post by  superdav721 
#1 ·
New band saw

Well i read a review on a craftsman 10 inch band-saw and seeing it was my birthday my wife bought it for me. The first thing i did was attempt to square it up. I have failed miserably. I will start again after some research on tuning a band-saw.
I have made a cabriolet [hpoe i speeled that wright] leg out of a treated 4 by 4 so that generated me making a table to out of ceder. I will place it at the garden for when i am tired of hoeing and my wife and I will have coffee and enjoy our hard work.
I love to hand cut dovetails but i just could not resist in using the band saw to cut some box joints. I was very impressed. I hope to have a few projects completed and some pictures to follow.
 
#3 ·
Be very careful breathing the dust from treated wood, it's toxic to you as well as all the bugs.

I do alignments of equipment to thousandths of a degree and/or seconds of arc. It is an iterative process, and can get to be a PITA if you don't have the patience or the time. You will get to a point of no returns, depending on your patience and needs. Good luck on the alignments.
 
#6 ·
Messy shop

My poor shop has blown up. After a weekend of playing with my new toy. My shop looks like a wooden hand-grenade went off. Take a look here .
Its been a usual summer weekend in Mississippi, upper 90's all day.
The weekend produced 2 projects a bandsaw box and an outside garden table.
 
#7 ·
Wow !!
Looks like you need to invest in some dust collection,
or a shovel at this point…LOL
The worst part of making stuff is the clean up.
Pray for a wind storm to come through the shop !!

Lisa
 
#10 ·
new bench

I found wood.. close buy… ok now what?
I bought 8 board feet of ribbon sapele to build a bench for my wife. While we were shopping that day we like to go to second hand shops. We stopped at an antique shop and i started digging around and found a 6 by 1 foot board in the back of the store. It was black walnut and very figured. I asked the old guy what he wanted for it. He scratched his head and said "20 bucks". I said "sold". So I got home and started to try to create something 'me' and my design.
Here is the start.












more to come…...
 
#14 ·
more bench

Today has tested my match planning ability.



As you can see the design of the legs leaves me very little 90 degree true edges to work with.



Look at the figure in this black walnut board. My wife and i love the sapwood. It even has figure.




i cant wait to cut some dovetails in this with my new Japanese saw.
 
#15 ·
joinery starts

Today I needed to join the bench legs together. I do not own a biscuit joiner and needed a method of centering my bench legs. So I went to a big box store and bought the only dowel jig they had. It is a General dowel jig. I do no recommend this jig for it has to much play in it.

I had to elongate the holes to get the legs to match up. I was not a happy camper. It still managed to work out. I have the dowels so far apart because i intend to place a bowtie in the middle, so I did not want to have the dowels in the way.

The leg glue up went fairly well. All but the cold weather.

Now the dovetails for the rails begins.

Chopping on this sapele makes me nervous because it is very brittle.
 
#16 ·
I have never had much luck with dowel jigs, whether they were shopmade or purchased. I prefer to drill the first holes and use the center point inserts to mark the mating holes. Slower, but always accurate and ok for a non-pro.
 
#17 ·
bow-ties

I had to stop working on the dovetails because my legs had cured. I wanted to place some bow ties on the joined leg assembly. And needed to do it before I cut the pins in the sides of the leg assembly.

As you have probably noticed the whole project is on a 6 in 1 theme.


All the leg angles.


The bow-ties.


I had taken some 4/4, drew out the bow-tie, cut it out on the bandsaw. Then re-sawed the one I made so they would be identical.


I didn't want to place the bow-tie all the way through the leg assembly because I did it by hand and didn't want any blowout.

Not bad for hand done. The holidays are up for me and I am returning to work in the morning. So the project will slow down in its progression.

Oh the mirror is on my bench because if shop lighting. It was my mothers and its one of those 10 power deals. It is great for my eyes are going bad and I can focus light on the back side of what I am chopping on. Its an old one so it weighs enough and doesn't bounce when I am hammering..
 
#18 ·
im a idiot when it comes to design

My lid for my bench has a large knot hole with a check in it. So I had put some filler in it and have been waiting for over a week for it to dry.

Its still damp.
So I went to work on the joinery on the rails. I had a fellow lj make a suggestion that the layout of the tails did not give the appearance of hand cut. So I cut them off and chose a tighter layout.

The new layout was almost to tight for my 1/8 chisel to get through.
I still haven't got used to the way my new saw tracks.

Now I have a bad habit of designing as I build.

The big picture is in my head not on paper. So I layed out the pins on the leg assembly. Aah the pins will be cut across the grain.

So with a hole lot of aggravation at myself. I milled the bottom of the bench out of ceder, while I thought of my next step. [the rails are getting a little shorter each redesign]

I chose a doweled butt joint. I hate butt joints.

This is a General brand dowel jig. I don't like it either.

Any way I started the dry fit.

I'm tired and cold and aggravated. Its Sunday and we are under a winter storm alert. I think I will go in before the power goes out mid saw cut.
 
#21 ·
base assembly glue up

Ok we got iced in from a winter storm and that made me some shop time. So let the glue up commence. It is not a very big assembly but I have been working on it for a while.

What do you see wrong on the leg assembly. Some moron, namely me, ran my dadoes out of the ends of my rails. Now I will need to figure out a cover up plan.

So while the glue dried I had a cutoff of the lid and started playing with some finishes. I used some bright red milk-paint and laid a coat of it about a week ago. Then I sanded with 100 grit. Then I stained it with Mahogany finish. I let that set up, and then rubbed it down with linseed oil. Sanded with 150 grit. I hand rubbed 5 coats of 1 lb dewaxed shellac. And this is what I have so far.

Its black walnut.

The lid is on the floor behind it. Standing up to the left of the board I am holding. I have some filler in a check that is still not dry 2 weeks later. I hate the wait in winter time. The sapwood even has figure.
 
#25 ·
fixing error's and dry fit

First off I had to plug the hole's the dado's left at the end of the rails. Once that was done then I used a flush cut saw and removed the excess.

The next step was to even out the top of the rails with the leg assembly.


They were a little proud because my dowel jig leaves something to be desired.


Now its time to predrill and dry fit the piano hinge.


Not bad for a bench on a bench.


You can see the live edge I left on the bottom rear of the bench seat.


I had to take it inside and let my wife see it.


Now more sanding and some finish. The check I had placed filler in is still wet.
 
#28 ·
Double Beveled Dovetails

I have a fascination with dovetails as some of you might can tell. And have been in heavy research on how to layout and cut double beveled dovetails. I have had a lot of help from here and a few other sites. But I am a visual person. The big chopperoo had a neat stool- tool till on his site that was built on a compound miter. I wanted to do something like his box and put double beveled dovetails on it. He had pulled his video on the box for some time before Christmas and I emailed him to ask where it went. It seems that American Woodworker picked this up and he did an article on it with some video. So I have started this project finally. So here we go.
Planing up the popular 4/4


I have 2 of these 8 foot boards


But only had time to get one plained


I built the dovetail key that chopperoo suggested and without that I would have been confused. Dont take much.




Laying out the pins. I dont cut pins first but have no choice.


They came out fair.

This is one of the main reasons I don't cut pins first. You have to layout them on the backside of the tail board. So my accuracy is questionable. Not to mention the clamping contraption for the marking.


My first double beveled dovetail joint. Three hours later. I dont like 3d geometry.


After the first joint I have learned a few small things and hopefully each joint will improve. Then I should have a nice old tool till to carry my tools around with.
 
#42 ·
Tool till jigs and glueup

Well I have been able to steal some time in the shop and at least get a little done on my project. I thought I would show two of the jigs I have been using for the layout. Both of these jigs Chad Stanton had shown me how to make. The first one Is for the saw layout on the compound bevels.


The second jig is produced by the first. You make a mockup of the pin board and then layout your dovetail angle on the inside. This jig is the key and gives you your setup on your bevel guage.


Here is a shot of the dry fit.


I had also flattened some 4/4 for the bottom.








A little edge joining.



And the glueup.



While the glue was drying I whittled out the handle.


And after the glueup a little sanding and the handle in place.






The joints leave a little to be desired. And I learned one of the biggest lessons is because of the compound angle the marking gauge is not your true line.
Stand by more to come. Thanks for viewing;)
 
#55 ·
Been gone a while but all is well..

Well its been a while but I have got back in the shop. My time has been busy with my grandson and 2 senior girls. Sorry to have been away for so long. Oh I am not going to lie my motorcycle has taking a lot of my time 2. And I do mean a lot of my time. Me and the wife have toured 3 states.
But I have squeezed in some shop time. More will come because the cold is coming in.

So a few pics on some of the stuff I have been doing.
A small bench
Table Wood Picnic table Outdoor table Wood stain

She is a solid 3 inches thick. And gets my joinery up to where I can see it.
Table Window Wood Natural material Wood stain

A Cherry post bed for the grand son
Furniture Wood Flooring Wood stain Floor


Check him out
Furniture Comfort Bed Wood Baby


A live edge bench for my daughter
Comfort Wood Hardwood Couch Flooring


Sleeve Grey Wood Paint Tints and shades


A pole lathe
Wood Urban design Composite material Engineering Landscape


Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Gas


first project from lathe a ceder mallet
Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood Gas

A live edge cedar coffee table
Automotive parking light Table Automotive side marker light Tire Vehicle


Table Wood Wood stain Rectangle Plank

small carving for the office
Wood Art Wood stain Hardwood Font


refurb on an old craftsman plane
Wood Aircraft Gas Airplane Composite material


Tool Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank


and last but not least. I found an Ohio skewed jack rabbit plane with knickers
Wood Hand tool Tool Gas Composite material
 

Attachments

#56 ·
Been gone a while but all is well..

Well its been a while but I have got back in the shop. My time has been busy with my grandson and 2 senior girls. Sorry to have been away for so long. Oh I am not going to lie my motorcycle has taking a lot of my time 2. And I do mean a lot of my time. Me and the wife have toured 3 states.
But I have squeezed in some shop time. More will come because the cold is coming in.

So a few pics on some of the stuff I have been doing.
A small bench
Table Wood Picnic table Outdoor table Wood stain

She is a solid 3 inches thick. And gets my joinery up to where I can see it.
Table Window Wood Natural material Wood stain

A Cherry post bed for the grand son
Furniture Wood Flooring Wood stain Floor


Check him out
Furniture Comfort Bed Wood Baby


A live edge bench for my daughter
Comfort Wood Hardwood Couch Flooring


Sleeve Grey Wood Paint Tints and shades


A pole lathe
Wood Urban design Composite material Engineering Landscape


Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Gas


first project from lathe a ceder mallet
Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood Gas

A live edge cedar coffee table
Automotive parking light Table Automotive side marker light Tire Vehicle


Table Wood Wood stain Rectangle Plank

small carving for the office
Wood Art Wood stain Hardwood Font


refurb on an old craftsman plane
Wood Aircraft Gas Airplane Composite material


Tool Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank


and last but not least. I found an Ohio skewed jack rabbit plane with knickers
Wood Hand tool Tool Gas Composite material
Glad to see you came around. I've missed you (and a few others that are hiding lately). It makes me feel more at home when I have as many people as possible who are surely as crazy as I am.
I love all the photos. Nice work. However, the last one interests me the most. I have to admit WHY it interested me so much though, because I don't know what "knickers" means or what they do. The last time I heard a word that sounded like that was as a teenager when I was dating this british girl and she was yellinh something about what I was NOT messing with. Even then though i really don't know what she was talking about, since hormones was keeping me from hearing most of what she said.
Focus, William, FOCUS.
Anyway, I'm assuming that "knickers" has something to do with thise giant pliers looking thing-a-ma-jigs. What do they do and how does it realte to the plane?
 

Attachments

#81 ·
Antique shoping and a new toolbox build..

I have been wandering around again searching for old tools. I have come across a lot but most were in bad shape or the price was astronomical.
I found a nice little 1 foot ruler. For $3.00.
Brown Rectangle Wood Font Wood stain


Rectangle Wood Font Material property Symbol


Now mabee you guys can answer this question. Who implemented the tenth scale on these old rulers? I own two of these. One side has 1/4 scale and the other side is in 1/10 th scale.
Wood Rectangle Font Tool Symbol


And I found two nice clamps for $12.00 apiece.
Wood Flooring Wood stain Tints and shades Hardwood

I have been wanting to build a small toolbox for knives, marking devices and so on. I have a bunch of small pieces of different species of wood. I have chosen to build the box out of an assortment of wood and joinery. It probably wont be pretty but it will be different.
First the frame. Sapele
Wood Flooring Tool Floor Art


Wood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain Floor


The coners are lap joined with pegs. The drawer rails are dovetailed.
Wood Shelving Shelf Gas Wood stain


Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood Flooring

I chose to mill up some material for panel frames and use cedar tongue and grove for the panels. I have a bunch of the frame material but I am not sure what it is. It has a very heavy medullary grain to it when you quarter saw it. It works very easy under the chisel or plane. It is also very brittle. Would you have a guess what it is.
Brown Wood Wood stain Flooring Floor


Wood Wood stain Shelving Rectangle Hardwood


Cabinetry Wood Shelf Drawer Shelving


I had found a nice bunch of planes at one old shop. The gentleman wanted $65.00 to $180.00 for the planes. I didn't buy any. He had a nice Liberty that I was drooling over but he wanted to much.
Table Furniture Bird Wood Phasianidae


My plane till is well stocked with a few good users. I may start collecting some transitional planes. Those seem a bit harder to find. I think because they weren't made as long as the wooden planes.
Wood Shelving Sculpture Hardwood Art


Thanks for reading;)
 

Attachments

#82 ·
Antique shoping and a new toolbox build..

I have been wandering around again searching for old tools. I have come across a lot but most were in bad shape or the price was astronomical.
I found a nice little 1 foot ruler. For $3.00.
Brown Rectangle Wood Font Wood stain


Rectangle Wood Font Material property Symbol


Now mabee you guys can answer this question. Who implemented the tenth scale on these old rulers? I own two of these. One side has 1/4 scale and the other side is in 1/10 th scale.
Wood Rectangle Font Tool Symbol


And I found two nice clamps for $12.00 apiece.
Wood Flooring Wood stain Tints and shades Hardwood

I have been wanting to build a small toolbox for knives, marking devices and so on. I have a bunch of small pieces of different species of wood. I have chosen to build the box out of an assortment of wood and joinery. It probably wont be pretty but it will be different.
First the frame. Sapele
Wood Flooring Tool Floor Art


Wood Rectangle Flooring Wood stain Floor


The coners are lap joined with pegs. The drawer rails are dovetailed.
Wood Shelving Shelf Gas Wood stain


Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood Flooring

I chose to mill up some material for panel frames and use cedar tongue and grove for the panels. I have a bunch of the frame material but I am not sure what it is. It has a very heavy medullary grain to it when you quarter saw it. It works very easy under the chisel or plane. It is also very brittle. Would you have a guess what it is.
Brown Wood Wood stain Flooring Floor


Wood Wood stain Shelving Rectangle Hardwood


Cabinetry Wood Shelf Drawer Shelving


I had found a nice bunch of planes at one old shop. The gentleman wanted $65.00 to $180.00 for the planes. I didn't buy any. He had a nice Liberty that I was drooling over but he wanted to much.
Table Furniture Bird Wood Phasianidae


My plane till is well stocked with a few good users. I may start collecting some transitional planes. Those seem a bit harder to find. I think because they weren't made as long as the wooden planes.
Wood Shelving Sculpture Hardwood Art


Thanks for reading;)
Nice arsenal there Dave. Good looking bunch of planes!
 

Attachments

#105 ·
A small wood gloat with a tool or two

Well the day started with me going to work and the wife was going Christmas shopping. A text came over my phone my battery is dead. So I took off work and the day started. Now as we were shopping I was bidding on eBay. I won this nice little plane.
Bicycle part Rim Auto part Metal Household hardware


I go that little jewel for $25.00. It has an half inch blade and the depth stop looks to be there.
Now after lunch we went to sears. And seeing that Smitty has a galoot index going. I have been in need for some wood handled chisels. I want some 19th century period ones but have been unable to locate a nice set. That would still be in my budget. So the need produced these.


Sorry fuzzy shot. But they got wooden handles. I will probably have to flatten them for a few long hours. But they are mine.
Now while we were near my favorite hard wood dealer. ( the only one within 250 miles) My wife let me stop in and do a little shopping. I need something special for a small tool-chest I am building. All I needed was some drawer front material. Each front is about 3 by 14. this is what I came home with;)


3 sticks of birds eye maple.


2 sticks of zebra wood


a piece of jatoba



a pack of cherry cutoffs

and there is some gum somewhere in there.
It wasn't much but it will face my drawers with something nice.
I have had a good day. The wife ordered me some dmt disks for the worksharp. Might wait on those before I do the chisels.
And I have been working on this post for 2 dang hours. They have got to get the servers fixed. See ya ;)
 

Attachments

#106 ·
A small wood gloat with a tool or two

Well the day started with me going to work and the wife was going Christmas shopping. A text came over my phone my battery is dead. So I took off work and the day started. Now as we were shopping I was bidding on eBay. I won this nice little plane.
Bicycle part Rim Auto part Metal Household hardware


I go that little jewel for $25.00. It has an half inch blade and the depth stop looks to be there.
Now after lunch we went to sears. And seeing that Smitty has a galoot index going. I have been in need for some wood handled chisels. I want some 19th century period ones but have been unable to locate a nice set. That would still be in my budget. So the need produced these.


Sorry fuzzy shot. But they got wooden handles. I will probably have to flatten them for a few long hours. But they are mine.
Now while we were near my favorite hard wood dealer. ( the only one within 250 miles) My wife let me stop in and do a little shopping. I need something special for a small tool-chest I am building. All I needed was some drawer front material. Each front is about 3 by 14. this is what I came home with;)


3 sticks of birds eye maple.


2 sticks of zebra wood


a piece of jatoba



a pack of cherry cutoffs

and there is some gum somewhere in there.
It wasn't much but it will face my drawers with something nice.
I have had a good day. The wife ordered me some dmt disks for the worksharp. Might wait on those before I do the chisels.
And I have been working on this post for 2 dang hours. They have got to get the servers fixed. See ya ;)
Nice, the box will be looking sweet soon. Congrats on new tools.
 

Attachments

#121 ·
Christmas 2011 - tools, tool box, and gifts...

This is going to be a long one, it's raining and I have had a long day pushing planes so here we go.
I started about a month ago with the intention to build a small tool box to hold marking gauges and some stuff I don't want bouncing around the shop. I choose to use a hodge podge of wood I have laying around the shop. The frame is sapele.


I choose to dove tail the rails






I pinned the rest of the frame with oak dowels.








I picked sycamore for the panel frames


It has a very cool quarter sawn grain


I used cedar for the panels



I used pine for the secondary wood for the drawers


small pile of shavings


large pile of shavings


using my new Moxon vice to dovetail drawers








4 drawers finished




Now there are no pictures of the next event and I was so mad at myself I choose not to take any. For whatever reason I cut the dado's on the wrong side of the drawers. CRAP. I got new material and started again. I put 3 tails on the first set. The second set only got 2.
I also Had purchased a new set of chisels.




I did not have enough material for the drawer fronts so I went to the hardwood store and purchased some zebra, maple, gum, cherry and cypress.




note I am shopping on the bargain rack








Also a few tools started showing up from my wife for my Christmas
Japanese saws


A Stanley 71 that I refurbed


Now my wife was in need of Christmas presents for her bus drivers - remember the trashed drawers, hmmmmm




Now I have got time to get back to the tools box. Glue up on the second set of drawers.






I cant get over the grain on the sycamore


starting the frame for the drawers slides.




test fit


starting on drawer fronts






I know the box is a contrast of colors, textures and grains. Its a patch work (quilt) tool-box. So far It consists of sapele, oak, pine, popular, cedar, sycamore, zebra, maple and bamboo. I am not finished yet. I also got a dado plane, 2 sweat heart rulers and a knife or two. It has been a very enjoyable Christmas this year. Dave got to see his grandsons second Christmas. Much to be thankful for.
 

Attachments

#122 ·
Christmas 2011 - tools, tool box, and gifts...

This is going to be a long one, it's raining and I have had a long day pushing planes so here we go.
I started about a month ago with the intention to build a small tool box to hold marking gauges and some stuff I don't want bouncing around the shop. I choose to use a hodge podge of wood I have laying around the shop. The frame is sapele.
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Art


I choose to dove tail the rails
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Floor


Wood Wood stain Plank Hardwood Gas


Wood Office ruler Wood stain Hardwood Ruler


I pinned the rest of the frame with oak dowels.
Gas Wood Machine Shelving Engineering


Wood Gas Machine Hardwood Engineering


Wood Shelving Shelf Gas Hardwood


Wood Engineering Gas Machine Toolroom


I picked sycamore for the panel frames
Wood Gas Engineering Machine Toolroom


It has a very cool quarter sawn grain
Brown Wood Flooring Wood stain Floor


I used cedar for the panels
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Natural material


Cabinetry Wood Shelf Drawer Shelving

I used pine for the secondary wood for the drawers
Wood Composite material Hardwood Gas Tool


small pile of shavings
Wood Gas Composite material Flooring Machine


large pile of shavings
Wood Gas Hardwood Kitchen appliance Plank


using my new Moxon vice to dovetail drawers
Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Rectangle Flooring Hardwood Table


Wood Hand tool Tool Wood stain Hardwood


Stairs Wood Floor Flooring Wood stain


4 drawers finished
Wood Flooring Wood stain Hardwood Composite material


Wood Rectangle Publication Hardwood Flooring


Now there are no pictures of the next event and I was so mad at myself I choose not to take any. For whatever reason I cut the dado's on the wrong side of the drawers. CRAP. I got new material and started again. I put 3 tails on the first set. The second set only got 2.
I also Had purchased a new set of chisels.
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Flooring Plank


Tableware Kitchen utensil Cutlery Thumb Dishware


I did not have enough material for the drawer fronts so I went to the hardwood store and purchased some zebra, maple, gum, cherry and cypress.
Brown Handwriting Wood Rectangle Material property


Wood Rectangle Wood stain Material property Hardwood


note I am shopping on the bargain rack
Wood Gas Flooring Wood stain Rectangle


Wood Flooring Floor Wood stain Hardwood


Wood Wood stain Floor Flooring Wooden block


Wood Flooring Hardwood Plywood Gas


Also a few tools started showing up from my wife for my Christmas
Japanese saws
Kitchen utensil Material property Cutlery Automotive lighting Metal


A Stanley 71 that I refurbed
Body jewelry Creative arts Artifact Silver Art


Now my wife was in need of Christmas presents for her bus drivers - remember the trashed drawers, hmmmmm
Wood Cross Art Hardwood Plank


Wood Hardwood Plywood Carmine Metal


Now I have got time to get back to the tools box. Glue up on the second set of drawers.
Wood Floor Flooring Gas Workbench


Wood Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies Gas Watercraft Naval architecture


Wood Wood stain Flooring Hardwood Plywood


I cant get over the grain on the sycamore
Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Gas


starting the frame for the drawers slides.
Wood Hardwood Wood stain Gas Flooring


Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain Flooring


test fit
Cabinetry Drawer Chest of drawers Shelf Wood


starting on drawer fronts
Wood Flooring Floor Gas Hardwood


Property Wood Drawer Rectangle Table


Wood Rectangle Wood stain Hardwood Gas


I know the box is a contrast of colors, textures and grains. Its a patch work (quilt) tool-box. So far It consists of sapele, oak, pine, popular, cedar, sycamore, zebra, maple and bamboo. I am not finished yet. I also got a dado plane, 2 sweat heart rulers and a knife or two. It has been a very enjoyable Christmas this year. Dave got to see his grandsons second Christmas. Much to be thankful for.
First off….Merry Christmas Dave…..

Second - wow…what a major post post - I had to take an intermission somewhere around the trip to the hardwood store….:)

Third - love the mix of woods and joinery…...perfect. That's the way I do it too…...any knots?

Forth - sorry to hear about the dado debacle….....sounds like everyday in the shop for me.

And finally - nothing like some cool new tools for the cave….......

Jeff
 

Attachments

#138 ·
Hand Inlay of a Bowtie-Dutchman

Here is a method I use for inlaying a bow tie.
You can cut any shape you want, I just grabbed my bevel gauge, set it and drew some lines on a scrap of cherry.
I cut the lines out and cleaned up with a chisel.
I placed the scrap on the work piece and layed out the lines.
I carefully cut just inside my pencil line.
I then routed out the waste material with a plane.
Then glued the piece up and bashed her home.
Here is a video of the process and pictures say and teach a lot more.
Any questions, comments or suggestion are welcome. Thanks for your time.
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3qXaz3B0jU&list=UUTe8HcRi94D4IGtav53LzSA&index=1&feature=plcp
 
#164 ·
Journey with me and Krenov.

I am a type of guy that will get a notion to do something and just go with it. I found a plan online of a Krenov plane using Hock irons. I don't have a hock Iron, I do have an old two inch smoother iron from Providence Tool Co. So I choose to modify the plans a bit to see if I could get the thing to work. I know the Krenov style is one of the easiest to build.
This will be a two part series and I am at the glueup.

First the materials. The base of the plane is good old Mississippi sweet gum. The sides are maple and the sole is jatoba. The video i have produced is the build up to the glue up. Thats when the problems started. The old iron is brittle. Its useless. I built the plane body to accept an iron without a chip breaker. Thus the pile of wedges you see.
I took some pictures and some footage along the way.

This might not work. But it will be lessons well learned. The hard way.
Dennis the music is for you.
 
#204 ·
Old tools from LJ's and some small builds..

I have been really blessed with help from fellow LJ's on tool finds. I purchased a Tormek from KTMM, I love it. There is still a learning curve.
Wheel Tire Automotive tire Motor vehicle Vehicle


Wood Machine tool Gas Machine Tool

KTMM also has sold me a Stanley 95 TypeI
Wood Hand tool Hardwood Tool Fashion accessory

BoxcarMarty helped me get 2 old wonderful Ohio planes
Brown Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain


Wood Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle Metal


Wood Hardwood Metal Art


I have been shopping at a few antique stores but couldn't find anything worthy of bringing home. But I couldn't come home empty handed.
found these
Jewellery Wire Audio equipment Metal Ac adapter


Wood Art Font Gas Metal


There were many piles of old tools but they were overpriced or in bad condition. I live to find piles of tools like this.
Wood Automotive exterior Motor vehicle Metal Lumber


I have started two projects. A Krenov plane with a bit of a modification. I have a video on the first part of the build and will finish it with a second video.
Wood Hardwood Automotive design Flooring Varnish


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plywood Varnish


The wife wants a small coffee table. So I had some walnut that has started this.
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank


Rectangle Wood Flooring Wood stain Plank


Wood Table Wood stain Rectangle Flooring


Brown Wood Amber Rectangle Flooring


I am trying something new and will be streaming a feed from my shop. I placed it on my shop page.

And you cant forget Safety cat
Cat Felidae Carnivore Small to medium-sized cats Whiskers


I want to thank you guys for your help and friendship. New and old. I hope for the best to all of you.
 

Attachments

#205 ·
Old tools from LJ's and some small builds..

I have been really blessed with help from fellow LJ's on tool finds. I purchased a Tormek from KTMM, I love it. There is still a learning curve.
Wheel Tire Automotive tire Motor vehicle Vehicle


Wood Machine tool Gas Machine Tool

KTMM also has sold me a Stanley 95 TypeI
Wood Hand tool Hardwood Tool Fashion accessory

BoxcarMarty helped me get 2 old wonderful Ohio planes
Brown Wood Rectangle Hardwood Wood stain


Wood Hardwood Wood stain Rectangle Metal


Wood Hardwood Metal Art


I have been shopping at a few antique stores but couldn't find anything worthy of bringing home. But I couldn't come home empty handed.
found these
Jewellery Wire Audio equipment Metal Ac adapter


Wood Art Font Gas Metal


There were many piles of old tools but they were overpriced or in bad condition. I live to find piles of tools like this.
Wood Automotive exterior Motor vehicle Metal Lumber


I have started two projects. A Krenov plane with a bit of a modification. I have a video on the first part of the build and will finish it with a second video.
Wood Hardwood Automotive design Flooring Varnish


Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plywood Varnish


The wife wants a small coffee table. So I had some walnut that has started this.
Table Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank


Rectangle Wood Flooring Wood stain Plank


Wood Table Wood stain Rectangle Flooring


Brown Wood Amber Rectangle Flooring


I am trying something new and will be streaming a feed from my shop. I placed it on my shop page.

And you cant forget Safety cat
Cat Felidae Carnivore Small to medium-sized cats Whiskers


I want to thank you guys for your help and friendship. New and old. I hope for the best to all of you.
Ha - gotta love safety cat! Cool tool finds - I still need to send some plane photos….sorry so late…

Love the new coffee table….........and that curly plane is looking good!

Can you fit all your tools on the new "tools" holder, or what? That's a cool find!

Jeff
 

Attachments

#219 ·
Krenov part two.

Here is the second part of my krenov build. I had to modify the plans a bit to fit a two inch iron. I placed a good edge on my old plane iron but it was to brittle. So I had to use a new style iron and chip breaker. I used a wine stain to give it a bit of depth. Then I sanded with 120 grit to seal the pores and used an oak gel stain. The last coat of color was walnut. It was sanded again and airbrushed with waxed shellac. I used about a 3/4 pound cut. Because of the iron change the wedge is a bit tight. She still needs to have some tweaking. So as promised here is part two of the making of the plane. After tweaking I will show how good or bad it works.

And for those that have not seen the first part it can be found here.
All questions and comments are welcome. This was a first for me and a fun build. And as all firsts, the second will be better.
Oh yeah the base is jatoba, the body is gum and maple, the wedge is an old oak fence post.
Thanks Dave ;)
 
#220 ·
Great looking plane Dave, and thanks for the entertaining step by step video. I could see myself out in the shop having a wine party with a hand plane (no one else is interested). Good fun! I was very interested in seeing you finish the plane with an airbrush. It looks like just the thing for small projects. I do believe I might try that as soon as I can figure out a way to embezzle some funds out of the joint account.
 
#244 ·
Pole lathe

I had seen a few Bodgers on you tube and the pole lathe looked to be an early tool that was easy to build and I thought be fun to play with. So I set out on a mission to build on and see what it was like.
Here is a picture of the head and tail stock. They are adjustable. The frame is 2/4
Wood Urban design Building Composite material Landscape


Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Wood stain


I placed all thread in the stocks so you can fine adjust. They are fixed on both sides of the stock with nuts.
Wood Wheel Tire Hardwood Fender


the pedal is a frame with a door hinge to a base for stability.
Wood Stairs Wood stain Hardwood Natural material


I bought some cheep tools for a test run. Harbor Freight specials.
Wood Office supplies Wood stain Hardwood Electric blue


The pole part was replaced by bungee cords.
Tire Wheel Automotive parking light Vehicle Land vehicle


Wood Floor Hardwood Flooring Gas


A test piece of pine.
Wood Hardwood Gas Flooring Wood stain


And finally I took a chunk of that cedar limb and made me a mallet.
Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood Gas


I do like the lathe. With some proper cutting tools and a lot of green wood this could be fun. Who needs to go to the gym and use the tread mill. I got a pole lathe and the sweat produces tools ;)
Thanks for viewing.
 

Attachments

#245 ·
Pole lathe

I had seen a few Bodgers on you tube and the pole lathe looked to be an early tool that was easy to build and I thought be fun to play with. So I set out on a mission to build on and see what it was like.
Here is a picture of the head and tail stock. They are adjustable. The frame is 2/4
Wood Urban design Building Composite material Landscape


Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Wood stain


I placed all thread in the stocks so you can fine adjust. They are fixed on both sides of the stock with nuts.
Wood Wheel Tire Hardwood Fender


the pedal is a frame with a door hinge to a base for stability.
Wood Stairs Wood stain Hardwood Natural material


I bought some cheep tools for a test run. Harbor Freight specials.
Wood Office supplies Wood stain Hardwood Electric blue


The pole part was replaced by bungee cords.
Tire Wheel Automotive parking light Vehicle Land vehicle


Wood Floor Hardwood Flooring Gas


A test piece of pine.
Wood Hardwood Gas Flooring Wood stain


And finally I took a chunk of that cedar limb and made me a mallet.
Wood Tool Wood stain Hardwood Gas


I do like the lathe. With some proper cutting tools and a lot of green wood this could be fun. Who needs to go to the gym and use the tread mill. I got a pole lathe and the sweat produces tools ;)
Thanks for viewing.
That's very cool ;)
 

Attachments

#295 ·
Sash Picture Frame

The wife has been wanting me to buy some old windows for hanging pictures in and placing them on the living room wall. Most of the windows we could find were priced way to high. The ones I was able to get my hands on have been to far gone to even use as a picture frame. I have reticently acquired two old Stick and rabbet planes. So I set on the journey to teach myself sash. I have a few old windows to look at the construction. Even around the 1900's they were using machines to cut the molding. There construction is almost like modern day cabinet doors. When they were done by hand the corners were coped in to give the look of a mitered joint but retain some water shedding ability. To do the coping method you have to have an in-canneled gouge. I do not have one so I choose just to do a miter. Each corner taught me a lesson and I then move to the next. I found that free handing was no where near accurate and thus built a miter jig for pairing. Proper layout is a key. And cutting the tenons before planing is a must. here is a short video and pictures tell a lot more. I did use an old window pain and its imperfections are nice. I could not toss out the test piece so I finished it and gave it to the wife. She liked it and it awaits a picture. Please ask questions.
 
#337 ·
The wedge for my krenov plane

here is the final installment on the making of my krenov plane. I fought the wedge because of the iron change. I have it working now and it is a fine 2 inch wide smother. I wanted the width, she is a fat short plane and is working fine.
Here is the making of the plane.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I did enjoy this, I hope you did.
 
#338 ·
Great video SD.
The best thing about hand planing is if you plane too much off you can always stick back the last (or few) shavings like a veneer to make good. :)
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top