Looks great Steven...

You had a much better day than I've had for sure.

At least your's was fun, right? 

Define "Fun"  OK, Weather outside was UGLY....

That be the corner of North Elm St.  and West Brown..at least the shop looked a bit warmer....hauled a plank of Ash to the shop.  Needed a couple blanks cut  for parts...

I did try an old No. 7 saw ( needed sharpened) so I went back to the D-112.    Saw cuts great, just needs a better operator...I got two blanks about..21" long.  Had to set up a rip fence on the bandsaw..

Set for a 2" wide rip.   I got two pieces out of one of the blanks ( Stiles) and a narrower piece(Rail)   Reset the jig to the skinny rail, and ripped two more rails .

Set up a jig to joint a few edges, to remove saw marks and such..

There is a bench dog at the far end. was able to add another up  at this end.  Got both edges jointed, reset the jig a bit..

And jointed all three rail blanks, always nice to have a spare.  Set these three aside,  redid the jig a bit, and got out the Stanley 45...

Wasn't an issue with these taller stiles, but when I went to groove the skinnier rails, the fence on the 45 was too low.  Had to put the rods into the lower set of holes, raising the fence... Got the stiles all groovy, needed to mark out for tenons on the rails, before the grooves were done....Then the mitre box to trim the "extra" length.  It also fixed  the "bad cuts" on the ends.   Then set the depth stops to make the shoulder cuts.     Then the cheek cuts were done at the bandsaw (quicker for me)

Hmmm, dominoes?    Decided I wanted haunched tenons, so,  a few squares were cut....

The "haunch"  fills the groove at the end of the joint.  I picked the best edge, planed the other square, and then ran a groove, cutting out the haunch on that side.   Raised panel will fill it later.  Got to about this point..

2 stiles and two rails.   Need mortises chopped...wasn't feeling like doing that, today.    Found a chunk of Walnut, chucked the plug cutter in the drillpress..

9 plugs, for 9 counterbores.   And a bit of contrast.  Not wanting to press me luck on a Monday, decided to call it a day...

 

Stay tuned..

Very little got done to day.....figured out what length to cut a few board to make a panel....Needed a third piece, had to drag another plank to the shop....

Worked for quite a while, jointing all the edges straight and square ( I thought) and discovered I was about 1" short in width.....Had that "extra" rail handy, and used that.   Made the panel too wide, but I can trim it to size, later...rather have a little extra than not enough.

 

Laid out a couple pipe clamps for a test fit.....one board was showing a gap......slammed that into the crochet and added a clamp, and removed said gaposis.....someone had planed a bit too much at one end....Grrrrr.   Gaps fixed, spread some glue..

Added the middle clamp, to keep things from bowing up...shadow line?

Couple high  spots, I can plane those down, once the panel comes out of the clamps.   Then, I can use a plane or two, to make this a raised panel, I hope.

Panel will need trimmed to size, first.  For now, this can just sit here, overnight.    Maybe by afternoon, I can start in again..

Stay tuned..

18 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Stay tuned..

I'll try...with my cold, I think a couple tubes are going out.

Was a very busy day, today.....legs even started to cramp up.....

Panel was taken out of the clamps.  marked for width, and the excess ripped off..

And the saw marks got jointed off...

Then clamped the panel face up on the bench, and face planed the high spots..

Then marked a line along the end grain, and started to mill a few bevels..

The #14 to rough things out, the #4 to finish smoothing the bevel....one done..

Two bevels done.   I do the end grain ones first, and the the edge grain ones can clean things up, until a decent corner shows up

But, the panel was still a bit too thick on the edges....got out the Ward's 78..

Set it up to do a rebate on the end grain ends..

Close....once the ends were done, the 78 was replaced with the 45.....spurs on the 78 do not play nice, going with the grain..

I think that will just have to do.  Got all the reabtes fitted.  Set the panel aside, and set up for a few mortises..

Legs were cramping, anyway, felt good to just sit a spell...

Mortise chisel was taking a beating in this Ash..

Had to resharpen it a few times.   Got out a couple others...was finally able to dry fit one end

Got a couple more done, and tried the panel for size...

One more to go...

Laying on it's side, but I think this will just about do.....I used the end vise as a third hand...spread some  glue around, and added some clamps

Then dug up some hinges, and a couple bit for pilot holes..

Maybe tomorrow, I can get the door sanded down, and installed

Stay tuned

i'll be here...no wheels on the bus to go round & round...

10 hours ago, steven newman said:

Stay tuned

Again, you had another day far better than I.

Panel came out very nice...

 

Got the door out of the clamps, and sanded to 120 grit, for now.  Got out the tools to install the hinges...

VIX bit for the 18V drill....didn't go quite deep enough...got this eggbeater set up, to drill a bit deeper.. Got one hinge about done..

Needed 12 screws...found 5, then broke one, and lost another...got one hinge onto the door..

Door is merely sitting there, nothing holding it in place.   Went out to Wall E World, and bought some more screws...

Maybe later today, I can do a better PIP than this?

Also needs a "catch" on the inside, to keep the door shut, and a "Doorknob" installed...and maybe a few plugs installed...?

Getting closer to the finish line...

Take a break and have a "Yahoo, Mountain Dew!"  Good for what ails ya'!

Let's see...right before we left the house to go pick up the GrandBRATS...this happened

A LOUD crash.   Instead of fixing water damage from that fire almost 3 years ago..Landlord simply painted over it..

FAIL!!.   Glad nobody was coming in the front door.....

 

Screws were bought and installed, along with the knob..

 

There are some out there, that do NOT like that hint of live edge along the front of the top...BFD.   Still have to get a start on the bookcase part

Not sure IF it will be this tall..yet.   stay tuned

Good progress on the lower unit. I like it...Don't let "the boss" convince you to paint it Would look good with a light or medium oak stain, but that's just me.

 

As for the "chicken little" event, glad no one was hurt...need to make sure to keep pictures of that depending on where you're at in the litigation ordeal with the Landlord and Insurance Co.

Looks real good Steven.  I like it with the single door on the bottom too.

 

Man, that's nice Steve. How tall will the upper be? Open or doors? 

You did good, Steven, lot of hard work involved there. Good fit on the drawer and door.

 

Check the attic, might be someone living up there.

Herb

Things are on hold for a bit.....chest cold is kicking my rearend something awful......

 

Maybe in a few days, I can get back to doing something....

Take care of yourself...some nasty stuff going around!

Chest cold is kicking my butt.....Lung Doctor  wasn't a lot of help, either....more sprays to get...

Weather was nasty outside..

Now, the place where I get the Ash boards at, is on a Township Road, not much better than that alleyway.   Until I can get TO the lumber, bookcase will be on hold.   IF I can quit dripping onto everything in sight, I could get the lower unit done, and brought upstairs, just in case all this white Junk decides to melt...

Decided to try the Amber Shellac on a scrap of Ash, and the front of the drawer..

Since the drawer is about done.   With enough practice, I might, someday, get good at these Dovetail thingys...

Some day?    Decided to install the Walnut plugs...

These 6 were the easy ones...it was those 3 along the bottom rail that were rough to do....had to kneel down on an old knee, and hope I could get back up..

Sander and a #4 smooth plane, to work on the top....the the shellac to "seal"it..

The "light" spots are from an overhead lamp, shining onto the top.  

Still have the front and both sides to do.    60 grit, and then a plane... need a latch for the door.    Need to get this out of the shop, by this coming weekend, before all that "Global Warming" melts...

Stay tuned.....BTW: The Boss liked the colour of the finish...no need for paint..whew

2 hours ago, steven newman said:

.had to kneel down on an old knee, and hope I could get back up.

Same cold & gloomy look out my back door as yours

Know exactly what you're talking about getting down and a knee but unsure if I can get back up.

Glad any thoughts to paint have subsided...The grain really came out with the shellac...

Man, I really like that panel door!

That shellac really is nice. Dovetails ain't too shabby, neither. And, as Dave said, like the door. 

As for your weather...ugh. As for the boss's decision...yea!

On 12/26/2017 at 10:27 AM, steven newman said:

Holes...yes....haven't seen any bugs....

I air-dried some ash maybe 30 years ago.  It was my impression that whatever bug it was got into the semi-wet wood and once it was dry, left it alone.  I used a lot of it and never had a problem after construction.

 

Emerald Ash Borer is devastating ash in the midwest.   They tunnel in the cambrium (area between sapwood and bark) and kill the tree.   It's sad to go down the expressway and see lots of standing dead ash trees.

 

 

5 hours ago, kmealy said:

I air-dried some ash maybe 30 years ago.  It was my impression that whatever bug it was got into the semi-wet wood and once it was dry, left it alone.  I used a lot of it and never had a problem after construction.

 

Emerald Ash Borer is devastating ash in the midwest.   They tunnel in the cambrium (area between sapwood and bark) and kill the tree.   It's sad to go down the expressway and see lots of standing dead ash trees.

 

 

Keith, are those dead trees any good for lumber?

Herb