November 15, 20169 yr Ok, time for the "late Edition", Went back down to shop for a bit....had a little more work I could do.. Yeah,,, ugly things. We have ways of flattening this out.. Called a Jumbo Jack plane. Jack plane on steroids. The weight will help keep the board down onto the bench. Have to do both faces, and even a few smooth plane passes... Until I get these four slats, fairly straight, and smooth.....enough to at least work with them. But, there are those edges.. Back to the Jumbo Jack. Make one side straight, and then gingerly flip the sammich over, and do the other edges. Without any of them moving around...mallet comes in very handy.. Testing the fits... Have to allow for joinery on the ends. Longer sides were ok for length, had to trim the shorter two a bit......Stack all the mess up into one spot.. Have a few more jobs to do with this mess...dovetailed corners, a Stanley #45 to plough a groove for the panel, size the panel and raise it, Might take a day or three..."Say Goodnight, Gracie"
November 15, 20169 yr Author Did a little bit this morning, before errands get ran... I usually don't like to do tails first, because when I then do the pins... I forget which side of the lines to saw on, leading to something like this.. Not really that bad. Second corner, I remembered which side to run the saw on.....tighter joints.. I can fill those gaps with sawdust and glue. Second corner is mallet driven together. Went to Lunch, will leave the other two joints for when I come back after errands are ran. Will do pins first on those corners. Need to get these done, and dry fitted up...THEN I can size the raised panel and start on it. Need to dig out the Stanley45 and set up for 1/4" x 1/4" grooves. Panel will need some place to sit, after all....
November 16, 20169 yr Author I think I'll take a day or two off.....van blew a radiator hose......might take all day tomorrow getting a new hose on. Some idiot had glued the hoses on, and then added those squeeze style clamps...and that Town & Country is a royal PITA to change any hoses. Hole blew in the upper hose. Have the engine end of it off (almost) but the radiator end is buried back under a bunch of stuff.....Who the H designs these things...anyway? Aught to make THEM change that hose....maybe next time, they will make things easier to fix.
November 16, 20169 yr Sorry to hear about your van. Hope you weren't stranded somewhere when it happened. I can't work on my vehicles anymore with all the high tech stuff on them. Herb
November 16, 20169 yr Author Nursed it home. Got the repair finished this morning, no leaks have been found, yet. Still burning off what had sprayed around...all over the engine. Had my son do the work this morning. Drove it to do a few errands.....no steam bath going on. Might have it fixed? Maybe after a bit, I can mosey down to the shop?
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