Things ground to a screeching halt, yesterday. The furnace man was supposed to do the annual maintenance so I needed to move a bunch of walnut and a few stored machines to permit access to the fuel tank and furnace. Everything is piled on, around and under the table saw and any other open space. I did leave the area in front of the lathe open, but you need hazardous duty pay to climb into that space. Oh yeah, he didn't show- he had an emergency repair.

I did get some work done, this week, on the scoops. I figured a way to drill the handle holes. Many years ago, I made a tilt top table from an episode of the New Yankee Workshop. The table legs were dovetailed into the center post. "Norm" had a special jig that made the dovetail slots using a hand held router. Well, I saved the jig- even though I only made one table. A couple of years later, Woodcraft Magazine had a turned, wooden candlestick holder. Part of that project needed a special jig which, as luck would have it, was nearly identical to the NYW one. Well, again, I saved the now modified jig. Once again, it was time to haul out that jig-

The jig sets between the lathe ways and is clamped by a turn catch and knob-

I added a hard maple block to act a drill guide-

Drilled the guide and clamped it in position aligned over the scoop-

 

Drilled the hole

I was feeling really good. This was going to work. Removed the first scoop and repeated the process, @ $%#^^&*())*&@^%$#??!!@%@^&**(&^%$@%^^@$###**(()&&^%$#@@!!#@$%^%$&&))((&^%$#!*!&^%- and that's the short version

The knob that was supposed to keep the jig in place, on the ways, slipped. Well, that won't happen again-

 

The remaining scoops drilled OK. On to the handles! 

The handles are about 4" long.

A 1/4" tenon and 3/8" collar 

 

A test fit. I hope to get to Supergrit tomorrow so I can finish sanding the scoop parts.

 

Some of you may be familiar with Frank Howarth. He does the neatest stop action woodworking videos on the web. Well, he's out- done himself this time! Check out this video and the 360° interactive perspective. Frank's a great woodworker and a phenomenal cinematographer.

 

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Safe Turning

 

 

 

 

Drilled the hole.

I was feeling really good. This was going to work.Removed the first scoop and repeated the process,  @ $%#^^&*())*&@^%$#??!!@%@^&**(&^%$@%^^@$###**(()&&^%$#@@!!#@$%^%$&&))((&^%$#!*!&^%- and that's the short version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lew,

I understood that last part perfectly,

I'm fluent in the dialect of that language.

My old Navy Chief would have been so proud of my diction, articulation and choice of adjectives.

My old Navy Chief would have been so proud of my diction, articulation and choice of adjectives.

It was perfectly stated.