October 7, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Pat Meeuwissen said: The staves are only half inch thick might be a little tough to spline them. 1/8 x 1/4'' spline... cut thew groove on the TS and use luan for the spline...
October 7, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Pat Meeuwissen said: Managed to route the rabbet, got the base made and glued in. Ya' did good Pat. What method did you end up using? Template similar to what Lew sketched up?
October 8, 20187 yr Author Popular Post 11 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said: Ya' did good Pat. What method did you end up using? Template similar to what Lew sketched up? I did use Lew's idea. It work very well here's a pic to keep the build current.
October 8, 20187 yr Author 12 hours ago, Stick486 said: 1/8 x 1/4'' spline... cut thew groove on the TS and use luan for the spline... I see and get it but with what this will be (for show only)and the bands around the outside(opportunity to try steam bending) I don't they are necessary for this application.
October 21, 20187 yr Author Good morning, I'm working on planing the sides of the firkin round and this is how I'm holding them. I have to hold one size with my hip so not as easy to get a good stance. Any suggestions for how to hold it better?
October 21, 20187 yr turn the firkin 90°.. use the vise to hold it.. use wedges/blocks/tapers to help control rock... stand it on end.. bar clamp it to the table w/ part of the firkin hanging in free space.... plane vertically.. Edited October 21, 20187 yr by Stick486
October 21, 20187 yr You are doing a good job. When I do buckets, I put a dado in the bottom of the stave before I taper the stave. The dado is 3/4" up from the bottom, and I make the round for the bottom and install it as I put the bucket together, it helps keep everything round during assembly. The bottom basically floats in the dado,no glue. Herb
October 21, 20187 yr Author 18 minutes ago, Dadio said: You are doing a good job. When I do buckets, I put a dado in the bottom of the stave before I taper the stave. The dado is 3/4" up from the bottom, and I make the round for the bottom and install it as I put the bucket together, it helps keep everything round during assembly. The bottom basically floats in the dado,no glue. Herb Herb, that is exactly what I'm planning to do in the future. I'm also going to try to cove the inside to make that round as well. I kind of like the look like this but its not what the originals would have been.
October 21, 20187 yr 25 minutes ago, Pat Meeuwissen said: Herb, that is exactly what I'm planning to do in the future. I'm also going to try to cove the inside to make that round as well. I kind of like the look like this but its not what the originals would have been. Also I found that if I taper the edge of the bottom it fits into the dado better, kind of like a panel in panel doors. The tapered staves cause the dado to be slightly out of parallel with the plane of the bottom, unless you angle the dado slightly. By the way there are some good formulas on the web for calculating the dimensions of stave from you furnishing the diameter of the bottom and number of staves etc. Herb
October 21, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Pat Meeuwissen said: Any suggestions for how to hold it better? Looks like maybe a job for a JawHorse. The ability to open the jaws up to 37 inches would probably be enough to grab it end to end. Edited October 21, 20187 yr by CharlieL
October 21, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, CharlieL said: Looks like maybe a job for a JawHorse. The jaws of it would probably open enough to grab it end to end. that tail vise will do the same...
October 21, 20187 yr 51 minutes ago, Stick486 said: that tail vise will do the same... Maybe I missed it, but I don't see enough information from the original poster in this thread to back up that claim. Edited October 21, 20187 yr by CharlieL
October 21, 20187 yr all the information is right there in the photo... Edited October 21, 20187 yr by Stick486
October 21, 20187 yr Author Guys, this is what I used to complete my task.I clamped the clamp into my vice and then clamped the work into the clamp. Stick thanks for the point in that direction.
October 23, 20187 yr Author Popular Post On 10/21/2018 at 4:53 PM, Gene Howe said: See, Stick is actually more than just a pretty face. What's the old saying if they don't find you handsome at least let them find you handy.
October 23, 20187 yr 2 minutes ago, Cliff said: looks like a job for a vacuum chuck on the lathe Got to get the bottom on first. Another possible is a jig on router table
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