Gotta agree with Fred. 

Top of the bench has been busy, lately...

And..

even served as a Routah Table..

 

May start on drawer building , later today...

I may try exterior hex head screws so I can maintain over the winter months. 

 

Japanese silk wood. Spoon roughed out. Still got all my thumbs. Heck of a new interest for a guy with low platelets to pick up eh! 

 

RIVCOSUR...

On 3/1/2020 at 4:50 PM, John Morris said:

Still got all my thumbs.

I've still got all ten of mine too! 

Whats on my bench?   A mess..

Besides a rack for 7 "extra" chisels...and..

This thing block all access to the top of the bench...not much I can do. right now...besides watching glue cure..

 

Getting slowed down with this right hand messed up

Bad part about some glue-ups...no place to move them safely to..no way to work around them...

Drawer No. 2 is in the clamps...drawer No. 1?

Is done, until the stain arrives...on a broom....can't work on Drawer No. 3 until tomorrow...

Hey John, is that a retirement marker?  Seems I recall your doing some of these (or similar) for retirements in the past. 

Whatever it is, please post up a pic or two when it is completed.

 

On 3/28/2020 at 3:42 PM, Larry Buskirk said:

RIVCOSUR...

 

IIRC Larry, this might be a replica of a survey marker.  Riverside County Survey maybe?  The medallion is a bit small to make out the details.

@Cal, yes a retirement post for an outgoing Surveyor. 

I failed to get a finish picture of this one. I wish I did because I made it from Olive wood and the color and warmth was the best I've seen in a long time. The wood was over 60 years old, just gorgeous. 

 

But here is a finish image of one in the past I did from Cherry.

And yes, RIVERSIDE COUNTY SURVEY.

I'm probably in the twenties somewhere for how many of these I've made.

 

 

 

Here is the topic,

 

Bunch of saw blades that need sharpening. Sorting them out. Waiting on payment to do this little set..

 

The buddy  called yesturday and said he may have me make the doors too. I charged him $2500 to make the boxes and now he wants me to make the doors. Because I know the guy it was more to help him make a buck, than me make a buck. Now I might do the whole job ......wait a minute I'm back in cabinet mode. If I make the doors I need to be paid to make the whole job. I think the jogb is $7500.  Me think me needs $5000.... the ply is $88  a sheet for the doors....

Edited April 15, 20206 yr by BillyJack

What's on the bench?     one door....sitting in the jig I use to chop mortises..

I 'd rather not move this...until tomorrow, sometime...yes, it does have a plexiglass panel in it....

Mortise jig.....

22 hours ago, BillyJack said:

The buddy  called yesturday and said he may have me make the doors too. I charged him $2500 to make the boxes and now he wants me to make the doors. Because I know the guy it was more to help him make a buck, than me make a buck. Now I might do the whole job ......wait a minute I'm back in cabinet mode. If I make the doors I need to be paid to make the whole job. I think the jogb is $7500.  Me think me needs $5000.... the ply is $88  a sheet for the doors....

I think I'm gonna pass on this set. He bought melamine from home depo,  I refused to use. I think he wants to order the materials and have them delivered. I refused. He wants me to build part of the set and the rest later, I refused...

 

I think I'm gonna pass. I think he's already taken the money and getting himself in a bind. 

Kinda acts like he's in a hurry now. Tuesday he wanted to try and send me money. Using zelle. It's now Thursday.  He said he was going to have his buddy who he paid to do the rendering figure out how much material was needed and I told him I already did that.. becoming to complicated.... 

19 minutes ago, BillyJack said:

Kinda acts like he's in a hurry now. Tuesday he wanted to try and send me money. Using zelle. It's now Thursday.  He said he was going to have his buddy who he paid to do the rendering figure out how much material was needed and I told him I already did that.. becoming to complicated.... 

Some things just ain't worth the effort.

Used to have an "Aggravation Factor"....the more the aggravation, the higher the price....10% each time....someone changes something, wants a different item than the plan.....one person soon priced herself right out of the project.....should have been a 6 drawer dresser @ $20 per drawer....price soon went up to $50 per drawer....

Hes not a cabinet guy but someone trying to play contractor....

4 minutes ago, BillyJack said:

Hes not a cabinet guy but someone trying to play contractor....

I learned a long time ago not to get stuck in the middle of that type of situation.

It was a somewhat expensive lesson.