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"Fingered"

As for the shop...

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"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"    So, I crosscut a few chunks of cherry this morning.  The longer sides were stacked together and jointed

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When a board is this short, you don't need a #7 jointer plane....then the got trimmed on the end..grain..

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Stanley #60-1/2 Cordovan, no less.  Ok, I also had the end pieces trimmed up this same way, stacked the mess togther, for now

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And that should do it for the planes, for now.   Laid out the fingers, with a high tech gauge

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This is also the chisel I will be chopping with.   Start at one end, and walk to the over end.    Here, I am laying out both pieces at one end,  I'll saw and chop this end, then repeat for the other ends. Saw?

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Just a backsaw....helps to wax the blade every now and then, too.    Got all the ends of these sides sawn..

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I took the time now, to mark not only the "Top" but marked out the ends as #1 through #4 on the insides.    Time to get to chopping..

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I chop about halfway through..

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Flip the board over and complete the fingers.  Repeat until I have both sides done (take note of that time stamp)

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And a look at the toys in use.   I set one side aside for now, need to mark and chop the end piece, and get a test fit..

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Needs some fine tuning.   Lunch break going on right now.   Later I wander back down and chop the other end....

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But, I think this will do for one morning's work?   Need to haul the Stanley #45 down to the shop later.    Need to glue up a panel or two, cherry panel for the top...pine for a bottom.   Lid details are still being worked out...

Stay tuned, this might get complicated......

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Awe shucks, "fingered", so you went with my suggestion? I know Steve, others suggested it too, but I feel special if just for a second.:lol:

I love your motivation Steve, you have a small space, you have mostly hand tools, you wing it, you don't look for plans, you do what you know, it's rustic much of the time, or a better description is hand made, and you keep on it till it's finished. You are a woodworker my friend!

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Warning:  those little squares I pop out when chopping the waste?   They tend to fly right back at me.....had a few bounce off my glasses.

 

Trying to get the "Motivator" working.....so I can return to the shop.   Need to haul a couple Mountain Dews, and the Stanley #45 down those stairs.  And anything else I might have forgot....senior moments?

 

Might be a bit early to haul the brand new glue bottle along?

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Not too bad for just over 2 years old?

 

Ok, before all the Tornado warnings and such......now have a creek running through the shop.

Got a little more done..

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Corner #3 .    Got #4 done soon after, and clamped the entire mess together, for now..

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Just a dry fit, for now.   Laid out for a glue up, and got it into the clamps...

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Mainly concerned about the left end being good.  The right end has a split.  Will let this sit over night.   Time to set up a fancy tool..

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Yeah, yeah, wrong label, this plane came from Roxton Pond Que. Canada.    Laid out the parts, and retracted the spurs

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1/4" cutter on-board.  Added a sliding section..

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Which also needed it's spur retracted.  Next a fence..

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Set so a 1/4" wide groove is 1/4" from the edge of a board.  Gave the plane a test drive in some poplar scrap..

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Took a few tries, the fence on these has to be TIGHT!   Or it will slide around.   Next, I needed a "jig" to hold those thin boards in place, while I run the 45 along..

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Three bits of scrap, and a few screws.   Tested it with a cut-off from the sides..

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I can set a board in under the top piece, and add a wedge to the other end.  Black & white scrap was a bit long, backsaw trimmed it flush with the side of the bench. 

That will do for today.    Have a creek running across the floor of the shop right now.   Tornado warnings have stopped.   I guess this will wait until tomorrow.   Suppertime, anyway...

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Depends on what year the 45 was made.   Mine has the through bolt, and has that  SW inside a heart.....with Made in Can.  

 

 

Made a bit of use of the 45 today..

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Had to keep an eye on where the skate starts.    Rubbbed things down with a candle to make it slide a bit better...

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IF you don't keep the fence tight to the work, plane will wander off to the side.   About like pushing a Stanley #78.   Light cuts seem to do fine....

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That looks a bit better.   Got all four sides grooved today.. and stacked the pieces together..

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Which means I need a pine floor for the box..

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Millers Falls No.14 to joint the glue joint's edges.....then some glue and clamps..

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Will need some clean up, tomorrow, when it comes out of the clamps.   Trimmed and planed flat, cut to size, and a rebate cut all around.   Now, about a lid for this box?

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Couple of crosscuts produce this mess.  Needed thing s get skinny, so some resaw work

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Before I went too far, I wanted one good straight edge on each piece.  I marked from the straight edge in about 1-1/2", much easier to resaw smaller parts.

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Then I could saw off the waste.   Turn the piece up on the jointed edge, and resaw these things to almost 1/2"   Still had a wave to them...

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Soo, how to get rid of the nasty stuff?  And get it all the same thickness....I don't have a power planer, so

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I do have a cambered Jack plane.  Stanley #5c.   Set each part so just a 1/2" is below the jaws, and scrub away until almost flat, then work on the flat part...

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Stanley #4, Type 13 seemed to do alright.   On one of the parts, tried a different scrub plane...

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Hungry little beasty.  Windsor #33 converted to a scrub plane.  No messing around.  Finally got all four the same thickness, and took a nice long break, made a mess, too...

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Maybe these will soak up that wet floor?   Hmm, smells like a fresh baked Cherry pie...And, yes, that is the way my leg vise works.    Maybe tomorrow, I can get something done?

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Being Monday and all this nice weather outside..I played hookie from the shop today...one of the joys of being Retired?

 

This will only be the third box I have have done with finger joints.     Before that, I seemed to be on a dovetail kick...

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For either a Stanley No. 888 clone of a tool box, and a tool tote...

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Maybe a side view?

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A little fancier than Underhill carries around....I don't like corners that are nailed together....This one does have a few nails, though.  

Dovetails might be a bit much for the simpler boxes, so finger joints were tried out.   Handcut dovetails..or handcut finger joints.....been awhile since I even needed the electric router. 

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