Today it's raining so I figured it was a good day to finish building a couple of Humming Bird Houses. They are made from the 'Toilet Seat' cut-offs we have after glueing the Wine Barrel Heads together and then cutting out a Bar Stool Seat on the bandsaw. I match them up, cut one in half, Tru-Dowel them together, finishing them off with oil, and hang a Wrought Iron Humming Bird inside. SWMBO hates'm but the public loves them. 

When we Glue the heads back together we end up with the two side pieces that we don't need to glue because of the size of the cut. I joint them and then glue them together to make Cheese boards and in the future Clocks.

So I'm getting five usable pieces out of two heads, and not sending most of it off to be used as firewood.

The Workmate is prefect for keeping the pieces aligned and square. This is the first time I used my new "DrillBock" and it works as advertised.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milescraft-DrillBlock-Hand-Held-Drill-Guide-1312/204590191?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US

 

 

 

Edited March 24, 20224 yr by frenchwwr

Here's the first try at hang a Humming Bird in a hoop

I also have hung Candle Lanterns in them.

Looks like Shangri-La. 

 

 

Shangri-La is a fictional place in the Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山) described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by English author James Hilton.

 

First board planed on this Plankenstein table. Lotsa dark shavings into the fireplace.

 

1 hour ago, Dovetail said:

First board planed on this Plankenstein table.

Quite creative with your Moxonstein vise Jim. Appears to work well

3 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

Here's the first try at hang a Humming Bird in a hoop

These are unique and pretty cool. I like 'em!

These boards were part of the runner frame for the two-drawer sideboard I salvaged. The deep ruts were difficult to plane out but I persevered. I think three are poplar - very light, very dry, at this point. And one spruce. These may go into storage until a table saw is procured.

 

 

 

My buddy sent me a picture of the upper handguard with the finish applied. Matches pretty close!

 

 

Pretty close???? I'd say he nailed it...nice job by both of you.

4 hours ago, lew said:

Matches pretty close!

Trick photo? He found the original component . . . ? 

16 minutes ago, Dovetail said:

Trick photo? He found the original component . . . ? 

Now that’s a possibility 

12 hours ago, lew said:

My buddy sent me a picture of the upper handguard with the finish applied. Matches pretty close!

!!! Most excellent Lew. Thanks for the follow-up post. Looks spectacular!

NEWS FLASH: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

This morning Jim used a Stanley No. 61 Marking Gauge for the very first time. Guess it's never too late.

 

Backstory: While planing three boards to consistent width, they somehow transformed themselves into quadrilaterals. Wedge-shaped, one might say. High noon, the table will be rigged for bench work, boards clamped singularly, each planed to true parallelograms. The ends may also be squared, reducing my work to rectangles.

 

 

 

The 'Weather Bird' says: "IT SUCKS OUT!"

 

It was 14˚ with a +/-10 wind, so it's an inside work day. My workbench is clear so I figured it's a good day to tackle cleaning up my Desktop.

Edited March 28, 20224 yr by frenchwwr

12 minutes ago, frenchwwr said:

The 'Weather Bird' says: "IT SUCKS OUT!"

 

It was 14˚ with a +/-10 wind, so it's an inside work day. My workbench is clear so I figured it's a good day to tackle cleaning up my Desktop.

 

I've been using this product for years. Really makes organizing easy

 

https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

 

 

Thanks Lew it looks like a good idea but I have a Mac.

 

Most to the pictures are ideas I've scooped off the internets and need to get them into folders

If mistakes are an indication of progress, then I'm definitely at the top of my game.

 

20 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

a good day to tackle cleaning up my Desktop

Wow, that is some serious encroachment of real estate. I've moved mostly over to keeping aliases only on the desktop, periodically dropping everything into alias folders linked to the cloud. And use column view in my folders, so file preview is large enough to sort of remember what it is I'm looking at, and maybe even why I saved it.

 

Since I'm still working in admin, I've got to download PDFs and whatnot regularly. So the right two inches of desktop, I try to keep clear.  Note for non-mac users: Downloads to Desktop begin in the upper right corner of the screen.

Poplar speckled with blood. Time for more serious studies upon the sharpening of irons.

 

 

Cuts from a sharp blade hurt less. But, they're still bloody.

52 minutes ago, Dovetail said:

Poplar speckled with blood. Time for more serious studies upon the sharpening of irons.

Even with the inconvenient sacrifices, darn nice dovetail Jim. With more practice hopefully you'll eliminate the blood stains.