1 hour ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Nothing.

Mother Nature turned off the heat. 

She sure did! Someone needs to pay the bill. 

3 hours ago, Woodman said:

Bet those two panels are amazing plywood

Wouldn't be surprised Jim if they're not solid versus ply given the era of the door. Some beautiful grain patterns you got there.

50 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Wouldn't be surprised Jim if they're not solid

Thanks for the heads-up, Doc! I'll be extra careful with the scalpel!

The Dewalt DW735X in box weighs 105 pounds!  

 

Ask me how !@#$% I know 

 

But I'll be styling, finally. Resawn beams to 6", split to more, and can finally flatten in under a few months.  Got the extra blades, plus have an extra spindle w/blades as well. Want a table for it, though.  The floor will work for now.

 

Curb weight on that planer = 92 pounds according to literature

 

8 minutes ago, Woodman said:

The Dewalt DW735X in box weighs 105 pounds!  

 

Ask me how !@#$% I know 

 

But I'll be styling, finally. Resawn beams to 6", split to more, and can finally flatten in under a few months.  Got the extra blades, plus have an extra spindle w/blades as well. Want a table for it, though.  The floor will work for now.

 

Curb weight on that planer = 92 pounds according to literature

 

Congrats on the new "family member". Exciting but remember...

 

Norm Abram:
Before we get started I'd like to take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your power tools PROPERLY will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this. There is no other more important safety rule...

[Norm points to his glasses.]

Norm Abram:
...than to wear THESE... safety glasses...

[He holds up ear protectors]

Norm Abram:
...and also HEARING protection when necessary.

 

9 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

when necessary

Ears, all the time.

Lungs, all the time. Even with the vac running. Except maybe a quick cut, but the window fan is on.

Eyes, wear glasses, but UVEX are always within feet of me, and are often on. Not always for sanding, but . . . 

 

I've been big on PPE since the early 1990s. Of greater concern currently is getting the electrical right. Want to remove a little of the remaining 14g, and spread out the 12g. Want each power-hungry tool to have its own dedicated 20amp breaker / receptacle. 

Hmmmm...

I was about 20 pounds heavier at this time...

I was pushing 260 at the time....am now down to 228...maybe I can sit a bit closer to the bench now?

22 hours ago, steven newman said:

maybe I can sit a bit closer to the bench now?

At one point I could have used an adjustable extension!

Antler repair finished...in process pics are a few pages back. This one's goin back home Monday...on to other things. 

 

 

 

Wow @aaronc. Excellent reconstruction and match.

3 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Wow @aaronc. Excellent reconstruction and match.

 

 

Thanks Dave,   

 

-Aaron 

On my bench right now...

"Parts is Parts" 

"Ve haft Verk to do.."

3 hours ago, steven newman said:

On my bench right now...

"Parts is Parts" 

"Ve haft Verk to do.."

 

 

Bench top in the works?? 

Webframes for a Chest of Drawers build...

well finally got the screen door installed, still need to come up with an interior handle and latch, may have to make one, as i can't seem to find one the ole gal likes. 

 

and finally got the doors stenciled to the book cabts. will throw hardware and plexi in tomorrow, still painting the cabts, hope to have them done by end of week. 

happy monday

rj in az.

1 hour ago, knockonit said:

well finally got the screen door installed,

That door is awesome Rj. Wouldn't be much good around here now until about late May. Although today and last couple days had the door open with the screen. Maybe you just gave us some good luck getting yours installed.

 

Anyways great job on it and nice start on your free library boxes.

Edited November 7, 20232 yr by Grandpadave52

10 hours ago, knockonit said:

well finally got the screen door installed, still need to come up with an interior handle and latch, may have to make one, as i can't seem to find one the ole gal likes. 

 

Great job on that screen door RJ. How did you attach the screen to it?

5 minutes ago, Cal said:

 

Great job on that screen door RJ. How did you attach the screen to it?

i routed a groove for a typical screen spline, decided to use a 80% sun screen in stead of normal bug screen, wanted to do copper screen, but decided didn't want to exhaust retirement fund to buy some. so. i'll get a pic of inside, i made a molding similar to screen mold but a tad larger to hide the groove for spline, and add a detail to inside.  Well to be honest mostly to hide my horrible job of routing the groove, dang hands arent as strong and accurate as they used to be, router got away from me a time or too a tad.  quality of finish could use some love, its never been my strong point, urethane and i struggle with drips, lol

happyt uesday, gonna work on the book cabts a bit today, and work on some logistics. 

Rj in az

17 minutes ago, knockonit said:

decided to use a 80% sun screen in stead of normal bug scree

Good choice IMHO. If you haven't used it before, you'll like it Ric. Almost like having dark tinted windows; you can see out but unless there's strong lighting behind, you can't be seen standing inside. Still allows a reasonable amount of sunlight through for lighting but cuts glare and heat.

usual mess..