November 5, 20169 yr Popular Post As this one needs to be tossed out.. Bottom has broken out the sides. and the back. May salvage the hinges. Unsure about the lid, just yet. Still need a new home for these toys.. Rosewood, Brass & Steel. needs a better home. Old box has had a cat pee on it a couple times....time to toss it out. Found some chunks of Cherry... Mostly 4/4 rough sawn Cherry, left over from a Candy Box build. Figured I could resaw them down to 1/2" thick stock, and built a new box? Marked a center line, and made a resaw cut on the bandsaw. Roughly 1/2" thick on both. Takes a while to saw, too..... Two boards done. Shorty is because the 4/4 was tilted at the start of the cut. I merely cut off the weird end. The blanks behind these two? Might find a use for this "Bead Board" , maybe around the lid? Ok, the bolt holding the thrust bearing in the upper guide on the bandsaw went a-rolling off the bearing, and onto the floor....somewhere. Used a prybar to move the bearing out a bit.....seemed to run better without the bolt......Bearing seems to be locked up, anyway. Someday, I get a new bearing. let the entire bearing just rotate along. still have a few more boards to resaw.. All marked up, and ready for the saw. Knee is acting up....thanks to having to drive the Boss around this afternoon. Had it "pop" while walking out of the store. Hobbled out to the van. Right now, sitting and resting the knee. maybe later I can replace a light fixture at the backdoor? Trying a "Finger and a half" of Crown Royal Vanilla, neat...to see if that helps the knee... Corner joints this time? Maybe 1/2" through Dovetails? handcut , of course. Maybe a different layout for the toys? Deeper box? The BIG bevel gauge is a 12" model. stay tuned..... Anyone see a bolt laying around?
November 5, 20169 yr 14 minutes ago, steven newman said: Trying a "Finger and a half" of Crown Royal Vanilla, neat...to see if that helps the knee... That would be my prescription, taken as needed
November 6, 20169 yr 5 hours ago, steven newman said: Trying a "Finger and a half" of Crown Royal Vanilla, neat...to see if that helps the knee... Just curious, are you rubbing it on your knee like a liniment? Trying to figure out how it gets down into the knee joint? Sorry to hear it's causing you grief again...gonna have to move your recliner down to the dungeon to on trips up/down the stairs. Looking forward to following another project build...probably should rub in another finger & a half before bed-time just to make sure it soaks in good...
November 6, 20169 yr Author Got taken to the movies tonight, to see Doctor Strange......good movie. Wasn't allowed to drive though.....fat fingers, you know Might see how things go Sunday......
November 6, 20169 yr Author Ok, knee is feeling better today. Got the rest of the boards resawn Lighter wood seems to be a bit of sap wood... Might be a little rough to get any more out of this chunk. Those longer, wider boards, needed to be crosscut to something I could work with.... Longer ones are @ 13" out of the 25" long boards. After some remodeling work on the bench, I could start to surface the longer ones to S4S.... Cambered iron in a Stanley #5c. Designed to take all that roughness down ...fast. Came back with a less cambered Millers Falls #11 Junior Jack plane.. To get rid of the roughness from the first plane, and then a bit with a #3 sized plane to smooth it all down Made by Millers Falls for Sears, sold as a Craftsman #3C....with a smooth sole. Aka M-F No.8 Set up the leg vise with a keeper clamped to the bench's side. Jointed one edge smooth and straight...well. at least straight. Combo square set to the width of the narrow end. Mark a line along to show where to plane the other edge to.. Pine keeper to keep the piece from moving down as I plane. I used the two smooth soled planes back there. Took awhile, But i soon had all four of the long side pieces surfaced.. Might have to "dress " the ends a bit more? Which leaves all of these to do next time i wander down to the shop... Might take awhile? That"fat" one in the middle? Wasn't part of the resaw stack. leftover from another project. Cherry, so maybe it will find a place in the new box. Camera battery needed charged up, I need some Lunch......breaktime! Stay tuned, as I may wander back to the shop for a while this evening...
November 7, 20169 yr Nice...once you got the resawn boards smooth down, some pretty nice grain showed up...gonna be a sweet looking piece I predict. Glad the "liniment" worked on the 'ole knee.
November 7, 20169 yr Great Work - I do enjoy your journey through the various steps on your projects. They also look really awesome when completed!
November 7, 20169 yr Author Violated one shop rule this morning......Never Work on a Monday. The lighter coloured wood ( sap wood?) was cut to length, most had to be jointed along their edges. A few needed scrubbed down in thickness. Added a cherry accent piece in the center.... Most of the mating edges matched up. Got out the pipe clamps and the Elmer's......then the fighting began. One pipe clamp wouldn't lock in place......another wouldn't stand up and stay standing up. Replace the one clamp and things started to clamp up...after standing the one back up for the 7th or 8th time. Pieces wanted to rise up out of the clamps....framing hammer told them otherwise. Got the third ( middle) clamp in place....lay down clamp at it again. More hammer work. Panel is now all clamped up, and almost flat. Cussing was enough to make R Lee Ermy blush. Photos if and when I wander back down there. Top of the bench is too full to do too much else. Never work in the shop on a Monday......
November 7, 20169 yr Author Well, I stumbled back down to the scene of the crime..... Meh...at least it didn't blow up at me. Brown board is the Cherry accent piece. Handle sticking into the view? Leftover from my days on the wall crews. 24oz Lil Framer, aka "The War Club", Twas the first hammer I could grab this morning. As for those extra LONG pipes? For the stuff I do...I don't think I NEED a couple 5' long clamps. Now, IF I can just find my pipe cutter.....and,IF there is threads out there at the ends, I can cobble a couple more clamps...someday Might let this set for today, don't want to rush things on a Monday, and spend the rest of the week fixing things. Stay tuned...
November 8, 20169 yr Author Weelll, been setting long enough, Time to remove the clamps...put the dang things away..... Toys for tomorrow's chores. That thing to the right? Takes the place of that mitresaw back there.. Stanley No.358......can't get there from here, as they say... Too much sh......er...stuff in the way. All I needed to do was four crosscuts. Got out that GEM Mitre Box and a fancy saw.. Four sides were squared up on one end. 2@ 12-1/2" and 2@ 11-1/2" somewhere like that.... I squared the one end first, and then cut the worst end off at the measurement needed... Mitrebox is a Folding model, so four screws are keeping it from doing just that. Had to tighten the guide, after the saw was place in it. Held in place by a single screw,of course. Didn't seem to do to badly.. Saw is sharp. Cuts a bit fast, too. Got all four sides trimmed to size. laid out the toys.. Most of the tools I'll need to cut dovetails with tomorrow. That Dovetail bit? That is my marking gauge to lay out dovetails with. Marking gauge for the lines to cut to, a knife to deepen them, the rest are as needed. I do pins first, then use them to lay out the tails. I'll set the panel off to the side for a few days, before the planes start to abuse it. Someone wonders what is ON my bench? About half my shop is right now. Nice thing about doing dovetails tomorrow...one) it ain't Monday, and two) I get to sit on a shop stool most of the day. Stay tuned, the "complicated stuff" is about to start...
November 8, 20169 yr Off to another great start...fitting to spend time in the "dungeon" today (Tuesday) since it's election day...at least something good will result from your efforts. I'm dialed in, tubes warmed up and antenna rotated...waiting for next episode
November 8, 20169 yr Author Can't buy any booze until after the polls close, so... Might as well do all of these things.....Film later today.......I have all four corners conneted up. The camera died....so I will be awaiting it to recharge back up. Might start a part 3? Looking good, so far?
November 8, 20169 yr Dovetails looking good. Saw this in a Highland Woodworking video and looks neat.David Barron Magnetic dovetail guide . If I had a lot of them to do this might be the way to go. Be sure to tab down and watch the video.
November 8, 20169 yr Looks like you're off and running (ok no puns about the election or your knee)...Dovetails look great so far... I'll be watching for the possible channel change...hang in there polls close at 0800... Liquor stores open at 0801...gonna be a long night so pace yourself...we'll all probably be taking 1-1/2 fingers of "medicine" as needed.
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