March 18, 20188 yr Author Popular Post Weather turned nasty, Boss changed her mind about going out....got bored ( dangerous?) and tried a little shop time Needed to cut this down a bit. Didn't want to drag the circular saw out...this saw should do the trick... Not enough hands right at the end...at least it cuts straight. Marked it for another cut.. This thin strip I can do on the bandsaw. Somehow got the shelf unit onto the bench... Bead of glue along this edge, a few screws. Turn this around, pipe clamp to pull things square, add one screw. Clamps to pull the sides together, add more screws.. Back is done. Set this aside, cut some corners.. 1/2 pint can for the radius. Bandsaw to cut the corners round. Then decided which face looked the best, and added a cove detail.. Sanded the "H" out of this. Set up to do some counterbores.. From one "Vintage" drill to another... Counter bores and pilot holes. Attached the top with a few screws. Had to make four more plugs...installed 8 if'n you are looking for the cove..it is on the underside....unless you are 6'8" + you will not see this area.... Maybe I can attach the face frame in the morning? Then start on a door? stay tuned
March 18, 20188 yr 34 minutes ago, steven newman said: stay tuned Still here...will do! Looking good! Edit add: The cabinet, not me Edited March 18, 20188 yr by Grandpadave52
March 19, 20188 yr Author Ok, managed to sneak down to the shop, today....didn't have to drive anywhere... Got the face frame out of the clamps, marked out where to drill a few pilot holes. Got out the Vintage drill.. Scratch awl and a square, to give the forstner bit a starting point. Laid the frame on the bench.. Then drill a pilot hole. got these done, set the frame aside..got the bookcase onto the top of the bench I added that top hole, to tie things together. It just gets a countersink. Bead of glue, add the screws...had to pull things into alignment, sides wanted to curve outward a bit. Close as I could get things. Add a screw to keep it there. Finally got things screwed down. Made a new batch of plugs.. Always nice to have a few extras, in case I drop one. Hammer to set these, after a spot of glue was added.. Worked up one edge, down the other, the center one was the last. Got out a chisel.. And the block plane.. Chisel to pop the excess plug off, plane to level the area. Started at the first plug installed, retraced my steps around Chisel also clean out the bead's area. sandpaper to smooth things out. Set the case down on the floor, cleaned the edges where the side stuck out a bit. Then cleaned the plugs on the case's top.. There are indeed 4 plugs here. Sander to ease the edges a bit. Set the case back where it belongs.. That 1 x 4? I need to cut it to length for two stiles.....couldn't get TO the Langdon Mitre Box, sooo. Bandsaw to get things close. Needed a bit under 31" in length. Marked a line, and used this thing.. Then back to the bandsaw, make a couple rip cuts...then gang the two pieces together and joint the edges. Set the two against the case, and marked for tenons and such on two rails. These two also needed jointed. Then set up for a few open-ended mortises.. Finally got four corners done, and did a dry fit ( one clamp) Set up the Stanley 45 to plough a groove to house the raised panel.. And tried to set up boards to glue up into the panel........the two figured ones were long enough ( barely) The other three I can set back? NOT EVEN CLOSE So, tomorrow I get to go to the Green BORG, and BUY ONE MORE BOARD Then, maybe Tuesday, I can do a glue up for the raised panel? Almost 4 hours in the shop....Maybe Tuesday, I can get something done? Stay tuned....cussing has started Edited March 19, 20188 yr by steven newman
March 19, 20188 yr Steven your next project will have to be a step stool so the lady can reach the top shelf. You are doing a great job with that large project in the room you have to work. Herb
March 20, 20188 yr Author Hmmm, Mondays..gotta love them. Oh well. Had a choice, 50 mile round trip ( Menard's, Sidney,OH) to get one board, or, just drive to the south end of town ( about 2 miles, each way) and shop at Lowes....with the Boss along... Was looking for a 1 x 8 x 4'.....all Lowes had was 6'....and pricey.....got to looking around, found a couple CLEAR 1 x 4s ( I thought..) that were four feet long. Held them up together against the six foot 1 x 8..hmmmm the two were wider than the one...and total price was a dollar more than the one? Loaded them into the van,,then while the Boss was shopping at Wall E World...nap time... Got home, and hauled the new lumber to the shop, just to check the sizes.. Something screwy going on here...it IS 48" long...but it is a 1 x 6! Both of which do not have so much as a hint of a knot? Since these were so wide, it meant 1) I need to wear my glasses at the lumberyard, and 2) I can remove a few bad spots.. Ugly knot along an edge..but wait, there is more.. I can rip both of these boards, to remove the worst of these knots... Set the guide block for each cut....guide and blade did not play well with each other...had about as many waves as the N.Korean Cheer Squad.. Will need to joint all four edges...maybe tomorrow. Marked the good lumber for length.. Both of them. Even using the Stanley 45 was iffy tonight.....had to keep adjust the fence, until it was finally centered. Then it was easy to do all the grooves.. "Groovy." quit while I'm ahead of the day. I test fitted the door's frame ( dry fitted) into the opening...yep, a bit too tight... Maybe I'll have better luck in the morning...getting four boards glued up into a panel....stay tuned..
March 20, 20188 yr Mondays, meh, what are they really good for? Well at least no blood was spilled. I'll be back later to check on the progress...cat's following me around wanting to take a nap since winter returned today. Gotta' keep the cat happy.
March 20, 20188 yr I sorta feel sorry for you guys having to buy lumber at retail. Almost all of ours comes from the distribution yards. The disadvantages are: you get random widths as it came from the mill, Generally you can ask for units bundled as 8,10,12,14, or 16' long. There will always be some a foot shorter in each unit. Some that are questionable as to whether they are on grade. Sometimes they will ship FAS one face instead of FAS, usually it isn't much of an issue. We can get S2S for a fee, and usually do, so that their planer has to take off the dirt and we can better see what we are using. Most of the yards are running stratoplaners so the lumber gets somewhat of a facing cut. We get it hit or miss to 15/16 and straight line it ourselves. We get much better yield doing our own straight lining and get to sort for best ripping pattern as we straight line. Our saw produces glue line quality cuts so it can go directly to the clamp rack. The disadvantage of our SL saw is it is kind of slow, 4,5 or 6 quarter at full speed, which is only 99'/minute. We have to slow the feed for 8/4 because our blade only has 15hp on it. We have an 18" PM planer, still works as well as it did when new, which isn't terribly good. Luckily we rarely use the planer. We have a 16" jointer when we need to face very accurately. BTW facing a 16" board is a bit scary. We S4S and mold thru the Weinig molder. It can be setup to both joint a face and straighten an edges within a limited range. The molder produces nice quality and the edges are a true 90 to the face and back, So, S4S in one pass.. If any of you guys are producing commercially a SL saw and molder are huge labor savers.
March 20, 20188 yr Author Popular Post Well, at the moment, I AM the molder.....and the tablesaw....and Meet the "Tablesaw" I use. Disston D-112. Needed to cut the longer two down to match the shorter two. Shorter two needed a bit of work... A little wavy. # 7c to joint the edges of the new boards....Millers Falls #14 to get rid of the worst of this waviness.. #8 took over to edge the bad spots. ( back is paying the price, now) Worked on all 8 edges, until the board fit together with no gaps... Spread some glue, move each board back and forth until it "sticks in place, until all four boards can be clamped up.. And added a couple cauls on the ends.. Planes are left out, as I may have a use for them...once the glue cures. back is stiff and sore, time to stop for a while, until the glue cures...then, start on raising a panel, and assemble a door.....Once the door is installed, the finishing can start... Stay tuned...
March 20, 20188 yr I'm here all week. Wait, Friday gone for a bit to get a hair cut, then maybe a trip to H-F, Rural King and a stop by the "Rust Warehouse" so may have to catch a re-run Looking forward to the panel door.
March 20, 20188 yr 10 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said: Mondays, meh, what are they really good for? Somehow reminds me of: Mondays. What are they good for? Absolutely nothing!* * with apologies to Edwin Starr, The Temptations, and Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong (writers).
March 20, 20188 yr Steven N, It's nice that you can make things with hand tools When I use my hand tools for making things, it is for my own pleasure. When the shop needs to make $, it is power tools all the way. I have 15 employees to feed, cloth, shelter and buy beer for!
March 21, 20188 yr I have 15 employees to feed, cloth, shelter and the most important item on the list Buy beer for!!! During warm weather I put a case + in the frig and the guys sit around after work, swap some lies and have a limit of two. Friday mornings it's sweet rolls or donuts, 3rd Wed. of the month it is Lunch with the employee meeting.
March 21, 20188 yr 12 minutes ago, Larry Schweitzer said: the guys sit around after work, swap some lies and have a limit of two. So long as it's after work...you've got to many "scary" tools (e.g. 12" joiner). Limit is good too. Friday mornings sound pretty good too especially if coffee is included.
March 21, 20188 yr 23 minutes ago, Larry Schweitzer said: I have 15 employees to feed, cloth, shelter and the most important item on the list Buy beer for!!! During warm weather I put a case + in the frig and the guys sit around after work, swap some lies and have a limit of two. Friday mornings it's sweet rolls or donuts, 3rd Wed. of the month it is Lunch with the employee meeting. You are sure good to your employees, never had one like that. They were too busy greasing the whip and barking orders, and peeking around corners to see if you are working, because they just knew that you were doing THINGS. Herb
March 21, 20188 yr Author Popular Post Ah yes....one of the joys of being RETIRED...is I do NOT have to pay anyone to do my "work". I do NOT have anyone working for me. I can build what I want, however I want, with whatever tools I choose. No real deadlines to meet. Don't have to sell anything. It also tends to keep me out of the bars. Plus, IF anyone picks up any tips from how I do things, and even uses them...so much the better. That is the other reason I do these "Build-along" projects. When Malcolm/Larry retires, then we'll see how he works....for me, I am just having fun, and trying not to get bored.
March 21, 20188 yr 16 hours ago, Dadio said: peeking around corners to see if you are working, because they just knew that you were doing THINGS. And WERE you? John
March 21, 20188 yr Author Ok, back on track....although it is a bit ugly outside.. After spending half the night sitting on the Throne....meds finally kicked in. Something I ate must have been too much for the cast iron stomach... Got the panel out of the clamps, had to square the ends a bit Beltsander to take care of this. Checked the panel for width..needed a tad removed.. Handplane to smooth things out a bit. . Needed to work a bit on that glue line.....at least this thing will be on the inside of the door.. Got things looking nice, set up to raise a panel, next. 1-1/2" in from the edge is the stop line....planes go at the diagonal to the grain, until a bevel appears.. Used two planes for the end grain.. Red label is set a bit coarser the the plain jane. I rough out the bevel with one, then smooth it out with the other... Got both ends beveled first, then worked on the edge grain.. Marked out the corner.. These edges were done with the Jack plane, instead.. Because of it's longer bed. Making a big mess on the floor, this is work.. Outside face is all nicely beveled, need a rebate around the back.. Used this on the end grain ends first, then the edge grain side...checking to make sure things will fit.. A little blow out...that is fine, as the rebate down the edge grain will wipe that away...got all the reabtes done, and a dry fit.. Not too bad? then add the glue, clamps and cauls.. And let it sit for a day....we'll see what happens when the door is installed.....stay tuned...almost to the finish line..
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