November 21, 20187 yr Popular Post The Boss wants a new end table.....brought home 12' of 1 x 6 Ash...and 10' of 2 x 4 Ash....might just be enough? 1 x 6 s went to the shop, this afternoon...needed three planks at 30" long....was able to get 4.... Here is 3 out of the 4....the 4th? Has "issues"..... Has enough waves, to make you seasick....set this aside, before the others get any ideas... Straight edge showed I had a bit of work to do... Marked a line, bandsaw the worst off....set up the fence on the saw...ripped a new straight edge on both edges...laid out to see what kind of panel I had.. Close...we can do better..Clamped one into the leg vise....after I had marked a big "V" across to keep things lined up Joint an edge, then check it...both the #62 and this big guy... No. 7c worked on each edge...I also checked for gaps.. Worked until I had three planks I could glue together into a table top...spread a bead, moosh a bead, repeat... Just glue holding this together....time to apply a few clamps... First clamp was in the middle. Then the ends, then the cauls. Will let this sit overnight....Trying for a 4/4 x 16 x 30" table top.... Boss does want a shelf....might be tricky to do...with tapered legs...we'll see. Just a simple table, tapered square legs (no lathe) 3" aprons...rather plain, actually.. Has a hint of grain to it...will see if it shows up later.... It's a start....stay tuned
November 22, 20187 yr Author Popular Post Got bored yesterday...Van payment made, Oaken Box dropped off. Said it will be to hide the candy.. Spent one hour in the shop, last night... Removed the pipe clamps from the top's panel, and set it aside.. Cauls can stay put, for now...unless I need a clamp... Hauled the better of the two 2 x4s to the shop...needed a few blanks for the legs Had a problem...tablesaw blade will NOT reach the 2" height I need..had to cut once, flip over and cut again...22" lengths... Same with ripping these down... I set the rip fence to match the thickness of the boards..1-13/16"....run the blank through, flip over, run it again. There was a hair leftover..so that was ripped off too. Roughly square While the rip fence was still set up..I ran that wavy 1 x 6 through... Figure by the time I cut these to length, plane them flat, I will have the rails for a bottom shelf.... Handsome critters? Since it will be a few days before I can get back to these..things... Maybe between the basement air, and these clamps, some of the waviness might straighten out.. I took one leg blank, laid out a taper line....hmmm..ugly knot was on the wrong side of the line...redrew the line, making sure the cut would cut the knot off...rough cut to the line on the bandsaw...mark the other taper, and cut it...to see how the leg would look... That plane sitting behind these will be getting a work out. Taper starts 5" down from the top. At the foot, it is 1" square. I'll get this looking good, before I do the other 3 legs...this will be the "pattern". May also get the Stanley 45 set up for some "beadwork"? Enjoy the Turkey Day....stay tuned
November 23, 20187 yr Good start...looking forward to seeing this come together... Since you were gone and hopefully ate too much, you gave the Dungeon a day to R&R.
November 24, 20187 yr Author Popular Post Had to haul both the Boss, and the GrandBRAT Diva to the stores after lunch today.....soon as we got back home..I went and hid in the shop...for almost 3 hours... Worked on the tapers, after re-sizing the blanks a bit....was too fat at the top...Set up a jig to hold the legs still.. This worked for some, had to modify things a bit for the other taper. Finally, got all 8 tapers done...handplnes to clean the saw marks up... Found that an old jack plane worked the best. Right at the top, this little Fulton seemed to clean away saw marks. And any other small defects.... Biggest problem was some tops were fatter than others...hand plane to trim it down a bit. While figuring out how to reset the jig for the next step....I cross cut the 2 x 4 to rough lengths...goal was also to get rid of something.. There was a worst one...cross cut enough to remove a 4 knot chunk....this thing here? Resaw to remove it, that was the plan...why is it so hot in the shop.. Had the fence all set up..then flipped this board the wrong way....not a biggie, reset the fence, and remove the knot, anyway... Had to cut the shorter section to match.. Instead of 3" wide aprons, I get 2-1/8" wide ones. Then set for just over 3/4" thick cuts, and rip for thickness. Then crosscut to rough length.. Waiting on some S4S work, then tenons....as soon as I find out how long to make them.. Jig was re-arranged on the bench...Stanley 45 with a #22 bead cutter... Worked for this direction...came time to do the other...had to re-make the jig...tapered end was now down at this end of the jig... Double bead detail...takes a bead on two faces, combined into a single, rope like bead, down the outside corner of each leg.. Hopefully, they all came out like this... Maybe? I found out WHY the shop was so warm....I still had my coat on Some cut-offs went straight to the scrap bin....these will have a few uses later. Like corner blocks to attach the top with...braces under the shelf... Cleaned up the messy floor, and called it a night...2.5 hours was enough, for one day Stay tuned...
November 25, 20187 yr Author Popular Post Football game was over ( even before the second half...) decided to try the shop, for a bit....would be safer there, than trying to drive down North High Street in Columbus, OH Managed an entire hour and a half... Goal was to S4S four aprons...bead them, and lay out the tenons.... Nice shavings? But, when I need something this long done the same day Fluffy shavings just don't get the job done....we have ways.. Stanley No. 7c...Needed to get rid of all these jig parts, too... Into something like this. Back to slow-poke, again...No. 7c was also used, as need be. Set aside the long aprons, reset the jig for the shorter ones.. Was having issues with this...plane wanted to cut a beveled edge...got out the Junior Jack No. 11....Easier to keep a squared edge. Then do the faces as well. Stanley 45 was still set up, had to reset the jig, again. Ran the bead on both short aprons.. Just enough to create a shadow line along the bottom edges...Short aprons done, reset for the two long aprons.. Was taking longer to set up jigs, than to do the work....Both long ones done...clear away all the jig stuff..Grab the panel for the top of the table, and set in on the bench.. Grabbed 2 legs..set them in about an inch from the edges. Square one end, mark for a 1/2" tenon. Mark where the tenon will start and stop on the other end..cross cut the short aprons.. Still had to mark the line all the way around, then, set these two aside. Moved the legs 90 degrees...and right up against the cauls.. Same routine as with the shorties. Got both marked out, and trimmed.. The real "fun" will be doing the rails for the bottom shelf....somewhere about here.. Rails will be a bit narrower, will have a rebate to house a plywood panel for the shelf...may also get a bead or two...we'll see Those wavy strips? Those will be cut and planed into the rails... Maybe tomorrow, I can mill the Tenons and the Mortises? Cleaned the floor, haul the dry clothes upstairs, and called it a night. 1.5 hours in the shop. Stay tuned, may get a bit more shop time tomorrow?
November 26, 20187 yr Author Popular Post Today was a hand tool sort of day....even moved the tablesaw off into a corner....gave it the day off Plan was to do the shoulder cuts for the tenons on this set-up.. Depth of cut was marked out, all I had to do was saw down to it....need a stop block, for the length of the tenons.. 1/2" long tenons, every time. After the last time with the bandsaw, these came out a lot better.. Those cheek cuts are just pencil lines...short aprons were easy to do...the longer ones needed something moved out of the way.. Bandsaw was in the way....it was also taking the day off, other than a stash for my Mountain Dews... Cleared the top of the bench off...needed room to work.. Going Olde School for the cheek cuts.. Either use the backsaw....or.. Use a chisel to split off the waste. Couple ones, I had to use both...grain issues. There was also a cut to reduce how wide the tenon was.. Backsaw and a chisel. Tenons are done. Got out the mortise jig... But there was a problem... It don't fit. The one side was getting a bit chewed up. Replace it, and reset... Clamped it up, laid out a mortise, and did a bit of chopping.. 1 down, only 7 more to go...test fit? I think that will do...Got this leg done..and a second one...dry fit.. Was getting a bit tired out...stashed this mess over on the tablesaw...where the table top's blank was sitting.. Will work on the other end later...maybe even Monday? Toys for digging... Fancy handle is a curved end chisel, to clean chips out of mortises with, don't have to pry with Gene's chisel. The other two are to clean the walls of a mortise, and fine tune a tenon, IF needed. Swept the floor... With the saw out of the way, even this part of the floor got cleaned up. Closed up for the day...stay tuned...
November 26, 20187 yr Steven "Forward Progress" Newman - glad my wife don't read this site, she would be wondering why I can't do more & faster... Great progress Steve!
November 26, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, steven newman said: Either use the backsaw....or.. That shore is a purty handle on that backsaw. Coming along very nice. Enjoying the build and all the pics. Thanks!
November 28, 20187 yr Author Popular Post Ok, took Monday off for a change......Then Tuesday rolls in..so I guess I had better get back to work? Mortises needed finished up...lay one out, I can slide the part forward enough, to lay things out....since I can still clamp it in place.. Then, slide things into place.. Chop a hole.. Or two... Used the "Chip Extractor" to clean these out... Has just enough of a curved "hook" to clear chips out...Got these two legs done, for now...needed a dry fit.. Wanted this assembled ( no glue, just yet) Kind of a test to see how things fit...Then I can cut some rails to rough length... Remember those wavy 1 x 2s? Well, by the time I get these resawn down, they won't be quite as ugly....Set these aside...have a top to trim.. Had thought about a nice gentle curve....Boss wants a squared end...so...mark a cut line.. With the "good" square...then a jig line.. Distance is from the saw blade to the edge of the saw's base....Install jig to this line.. This is also my router guide...tablesaw fence..and, IF I can figure things out, it might even work on the bandsaw.. Make a pass with the "Vintage" saw...pressing the base against the guide.. Vintage saw? You could say that...came with it's own steel case... Rotate the top, and repeat....then stash this top.. Tomorrow ( maybe?) I can work on these other ugly things.. These need to be 1-1/4" x 3/4" ...might go a tad thinner. Will need them straight, angled tenons cut, a rebate to house the plywood shelf....looks like the saw will get a work out. Stay tuned...
November 28, 20187 yr Author I really only have two permanently built Jigs....one for mortise work...and the guide fence....both are easy enough to build, anyone can make their own copy, IF they want.. May try later today, and see what trouble I can get into Might be some cussing involved...
November 29, 20187 yr Author OK...LOTS of cussing going on... happens when grain does not want to cooperate..... Moved things around a bit, cleared off the tablesaw.... Took two fence settings..but these four are now 1-1/4" wide...rip the worse off first, reset and a thinner section to final width...Had to find the push stick... Reset the fence, again..just a hair over 3/4" wide....wanted to thin the 4 down a bit... Some were a tad too thick....reset again to final thickness... All the same size, and they are straight. Like the push stick? These do have some nice grain, though.. Done with the tablesaw. Lowered the blade all the way. Set the table's top on the saw. Then, somehow set the base on top of that..( only lost one clamp) so the feet were on the top of the panel....largest flat spot in the shop....neded a way to set the height of the bottom shelf... Just a couple 1 x 4s...that happen to be the same length. I can set a rail on the blocks.. Move the rail until the tenons to be were about equal, mark a line for the angle needed...set that abgle up on the mitre box... Make a few shoulder cuts... Haven't measured it..might be about 5 degrees? Handsaw to make the cheek cuts Then make the other cuts..chisel to trim as needed.. Got the first rail done ( maybe) checked for fit... Was able to set the angles with a square... Helped speed things up...more test fits... All the tenons are done.....but, the rails weren't...yet....Second task was bead work.... Trying to hold the part still, long enough to mill a bead was bad enough but... But each rail needed two and the long rails were even worse... Was no simple, easy way to hold these...without that fence hitting something somehow got the beads completed...wasn't done, yet Set up the Wards #78..needed a rebate to house the plywood panel that will be the shelf...lot of cussing going on.. Got to the last rebate...why didn't the other three cut this nice? Was getting rather tired, anyway, about time to close up.. Maybe tomorrow, I can cobble a gauge block to mark out mortises with...only need 8 chopped May get a second dry fit so I can cut the plywood to size? Stay tuned....
November 29, 20187 yr You get more done with hand tools in half a day that I can do in a week with power tools...and it looks darn good too!
November 29, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said: You get more done with hand tools in half a day that I can do in a week with power tools...and it looks darn good too! What he said... Edited November 29, 20187 yr by Cal
November 29, 20187 yr Author 4 hours of shop time today.....3 hours of it spent cussing.... made a little gauge block.. To set where the rail mortises will go...one edge goes to the outside of the leg, "X" marks the bottom of the leg... Marked each side..depending on which leg I'm on. First, I had to get this laid down, and clamped into place...and ducking clamps..set up the gauge block.. Trace around the inside..once the edge was lined up with the edge of the leg..and chop a hole 1 done #2 being laid out...usual suspects.. 2nd mortise done..Gather all these toys up..and flip the mess over. There was a problem with that longer chisel...legs above the work area were too close 4 done, 4 to go...was a PITA to flip this onto the narrow sides..all them clamps getting in the way.. get the two on the bottom done..flip this thing over... And do the last two...tried to pull things square...clamp didn't want to stay put...we have ways of squaring things up.. Glue and screws to install one at each corner. Might have these a tad too deep on the counter-bores....can add a few washers to fix. And that was enough for one day....going to need a few extra hands ( beer involved?) when the glue-up starts...should have just enough clamps...and glue Wasn't too bad a day....no blood spilled...nothing thrown across the shop..yet Only item left on the list? cut the plywood to size...think I'll wait until AFTER the clamps come off... Stay tuned..
November 29, 20187 yr Author The real fun can begin tomorrow....when I tear this mess all the way down, sand things smooth,,,may run the cove bit a littlePictures will be taken, names changed to hide the guilty stay tuned
November 30, 20187 yr Author Popular Post Going to be a couple extra details.....went to measure the plywood ......was plenty wide.....and 2" too short So...there will be an added rail....plywood will get cut in half, with the rail between the two haves....have the rail already milled...need a bit of Walnut, though.... Stay tuned....design changes are so much fun..
December 1, 20187 yr Author Fun times....not. Spent as much time cussing as I did working The mid rail... More on this thing in a bit... On this one, I can use an Allen Wrench through the base, to raise or lower the bit's depth of cut. Besides sanding all the parts, the legs needed a pair of cove milled The 4th corner won't be seen, so was sanded a bit rounded. Once one complete end was sanded, and routed...a little glue, and a couple clamps were used Plan being to get the ends glued up tonight....less hassles for tomorrow. Second end had..issues In order to route the coves,,I needed to remove the aprons and rails....one end of the apron left part of it's tenon IN the mortise Got everything else done...glued the thing up...anyway.. The two longer rails were counter-bored, and then a pilot hole for a screw...as close to the middle of each rail as I could get...and trying to center the hole into the fatter section of the mid rail....thought a waxed screw would make it's own pilot hole into the ends of the rail....snap...decided to use a small drill to do pilot holes... Got the rails all joined together with a dab of glue, and the screws...set the "H" aside...as that is it's shape.. Here is half of the corner blocks. counter-bores were too deep on these 4...added washers and a screw...making sure the screw didn't drive too deep..bad form to have the point of a screw poking out the side...Dry fits... Yes, there was a knot over there, that the router just had to play with You can see the mid rail location. Made sure things would fit...then preset a few pipe clamps I wanted to get these pipe clamps set up, rather than fumble around with them tomorrow during the glue up.. Cleared an area to work in, swept the floor... About the largest space I have in the shop..I also found a little of this.. One to make a couple tapered plugs with, the other for a pair of 1/4" x 1/4" strips, to fill in at the ends of the middle rail.. Going to be a rough,mean old, busy day tomorrow...hope the Dungeon Creek doesn't show up, too. Supposed to get Thunderstorms Saturday.... Stay tuned, and wear ear plugs...
December 2, 20187 yr Author Well...first part of the glue up was done on the bench....glue on all tenons, assemble the parts. 2 pipe clamps to pull things tight, add the corner block for the bottom section.. Set it down onto the floor, checking to see how badly it rocks....about normal, for me F style clamps were now in the way.... All clamped up tight..and out of square at the top Clamp to cure that...but the top pipe clamps had to move a bit.. Needed a spot for the diagonal clamp to grab onto...once things were squared up... These corner blocks could be installed around the top. These will get slotted holes to attach the top of the table with..screws and a washer or three With all the rain going on today.... East Branch of the Dungeon Creek started up....needed to hoist the glue-up, up out of the way. Dang clamps weigh more than the base does....but, at least it's dainty feet won't get wet Problem? Seems this is sitting on the top that I need to work on Doubt IF I can slide it out... Good thing I don't need the saw for a day or two Need plywood cut to fit, two plugs made, and installed. Inlay strips made and installed...and that top made ready to install....smoothed, flattened, edge details...the usual.. Stay tuned....
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