A Project for July

[steven newman]

Late start, been under the weather, a bit.....

Got bored a bit...needed to resaw a few parts, or at least start a few.   Had 10 blanks...tossed out one, too many defects..Tablesaw to get the others the same width....after ripping one edge straight....made a mess doing that

There goes the spotless floor....reset the fence, to allow a zero clearance overlay....and set about deadcenter for the stock...

About 3/8" between the fence and the blade....then ran the blanks through....bad planning, blade didn't reach to the 1/2 halfway point.

We have ways...

One on the right, shows how much I missed being the right height...will plane that flat...later

Will put a new blade on the bandsaw..later..

1/2" wide, at that. 

Have two Ash boards, that need the edges re-done, then I'll rip these for thickness.   Same with the Pine one..

If only to get rid of the knots...need drawer parts.....will also rip the 1 x 4 for thickness..

Drawer parts Single Brain Cell Sketch Up is working on the details.  

May find some use for these two....

Stay tuned...

 

 

[Gunny]

What are we making other than sawdust??

[steven newman]

Single Brain Cell Sketch Up has yet to provide a plan.....working merely from a cut list, right now.    Something about a lidded box with drawers???

 

2 larger, wider panels may provide a lid, and a back....waiting to see what the sides will be......  There may be a few panels glued up , and not all drawers will be full width...

 

Passing up on a couple Yard Sales....not enough cash this week 

Still early....completion date is the end of July....

Stay tuned

[lew]

You make stock prep look easy!

[FlGatorwood]

Can hardly wait to see this.  

[Gunny]

1 hour ago, FlGatorwood said:

Can hardly wait to see this.  

Can you make a liquor run, I am out.  Have plenty of popcorn though.  

[FlGatorwood]

Sure.  I'll be wearing my mask.  Do you think that they will want ID?

[steven newman]

Hmmmm.....spent part of the other day watching a DISNEY Movie called The Scarecrow.  Dr. Christopher Syn, pastor by day, smuggler by night, set at a place called Dymchurch, Rominy March, KENT, ENGLAND...thinking about making a mask like his...its that LAUGH I'd have problems with...

 

 

Now, about last night's follies....ran all the Ash squares through the 1/4" bandsaw...no real problems..

Now have 9 pairs.   Will need planed flat, later.   Ran two bigger Ash scraps through the tablesaw...both were 1 x 6 though..I also ran the Pine 1 x 6 through.

 

Ran the pine through the bandsaw, no problems....however...the 2 Ash ones were a bit ....stubborn....First tried the new 1/2" wide blade....pure junk, a big kerf like that should have been easy for the blade to follow...

NOT!  Then the bandsaw started to throw the v belt off the pulley, and onto the floor....spent 1/2 an hour trying to get that fixed....even with the 1/4" blade back on.. Sooo

First the 5-1/2 tooth per inch....had a hitch in the giddy-up....was cutting fine, just that catch.....switched out to the fresh from the sharpener 7 ppi saw, the D-115

Even the handle felt better.   Results?

Edges need work.  Rough spot is where the bandsaw went off on it's own way....need to straight-line the edges ( knot removal) and set up to run the planes..

Then...the board hopped out the Dog's grasp,  Uncle Sir Charles did a number on me toes and calves....didn't even bother to sweep up...just hobbled up the stairs, and called it a night.   Didn't even rip the pine 1 x 4.    May try again, later today....maybe.

Stay tuned

 

[steven newman]

Project is on hold for a few days, until I get a few over things sorted  out.....just spent 2 days in the Hospital plus an evening in the ER.....Blood Sugar was running into the 600s.    So....apparently, I am NOW a Type 2 Diabetic......with lots of holes in my arms and fingers.....going to take a bit of time to get into the required routines.   Too many holes in everything, to head to the shop, right now.  

 

Stay tuned...

[lew]

Jeeze, Steven, you can't catch a break 

[Gunny]

26 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Project is on hold for a few days, until I get a few over things sorted  out..

A vacation is in order.  

[steven newman]

Well, rearend was getting numb from sitting and laying around all the live long day....Did a test run in the shop.  Time was limited to either 1 hour, or when I started to get tired...

Put these three to work...good thing they are SHARP.  Sargent No. 414c was needed for jointing a few edges,  Stanley No. 4, Type 10 had quite a bit of work...face planing Pine and Ash...Millers Falls No. 11 also helped out.  they were the easiest to get to..

These were on "Standby"....Pine 1 x 6...was easy to resaw down...but, the difference between the tablesaw kerf and the bandsaw kerf..

And those knots....all needed to be planed down smooth...No. 11, then the No. 4

One done. the other "half" of this board had other "Issues"..

Caused by the tablesaw....Wound up just sawing this off at the "cut line" 

Then planed the rest smooth

The one Ash 1 x 6 was planed smooth...and the wavy edge jointed straight....left the knot alone for now...may just rip that edge to remove the knotty edge.

4 boards down two to go....as soon as I can split the 1 x 7 apart....had tried the 1/2" blade the other day...meh...switched to the 1/4" blade and tried again...

 

Was about 3/4s from making it to the end.....bandsaw motor dies....no smoke, no hmm....turn the switch off, then back on....blade moves SLOWLY for maybe an inch, and stops

(Still have a spare motor for it...just need to switch them out...later)

So...dug out the D-115..

7ppi....can be used as a Fine cut Rip saw.    Clamped the board into the bench vise...and did the Cardio Workout...did not take all that long...

So...circled area is from the 1/2" blade, then the next brown strip is the 1/4" blade's....and then the handsaw's.   Those black swirl marks at the far end are from the tablesaw.

Next time in the shop....need to either belt sand this smooth, or plane it smooth, or a mixture of both.   these two are 7" wide each.   May see about a case (top and two ends) or do a glue up for a lid.  Then the other 6" wide Ash board could be the case sides....and a Pine back?

Swept the mess up..

And haul the Laundry upstairs....just about one hour of shop time....(running the wire wheel to clean tools up is not billed as "shop time")

Stay tuned....Took Saturday and now Sunday off.....

[Gerald]

What has happened to Igor and the shop cleanup? Did he resign?

[steven newman]

Igor can't enter the US.   He is stuck over in Transylvania...something about a virus ...  Had to buy a new broom, as he used the old one to fly home....

Edited July 19, 2020 by steven newman

[kmealy]

I saw an ad for a used table saw last week that included "Dust collection."    It was a 5 gal drywall bucket under the cabinet.  Must be a used car salesman.

[steven newman]

Or maybe a Mayor?

[steven newman]

Trying to slowly get back to the shop....thought I'd try to get the Ash parts flattened down, and maybe some edges jointed...can't do a whole lot..

Saw seems to have been buried.   As for the bandsaw....need to remove a dead motor..

And replace it with the OEM motor I kept as a spare...

Will need the floor jack brought down to the shop...makes things easier to lift or lower one of these...and hold one in place, while I work on the mounting bolts.

As for the Ash parts....I stopped at Menard's yesterday, and picked up a 50grit, 3" x 21" sanding belt.....today I gave that belt a workout...along with a few planes..

Was finally able to get 6 drawer front blanks cleaned up..

Need to make these all the same size...there are also 4 dividers...

These will show, behind them will be Pine.   I also got the case parts cleaned up..and edges jointed..

4 Ash panels, 2 Pine panels....haven't decided on a base/bottom..yet..

 

Had the shop fan blowing on me, set on HIGH....didn't help.   toes in the left foot started to cramp up..

Sweep the place, and closed up for the day...about an hour's worth, again....at this rate, MIGHT have this done by Labor Day?

 

Stay tuned.  

[steven newman]

Ok...time to get caught up..maybe?

haven't worked on the bandsaw..yet...tablesaw?

Was cleaned off...parts  run through for size and square...

6 drawer front blanks...ends squared to match each other, ripped to width..for now

These were to be dividers between the drawers...had other plans for these...sorted through to find 4 of the better looking ones.

Then ran a few strips of Ash through....

There WAS a third one....had a use for it. 

Those best looking dividers? Well, now 4 are to be glued up into a pair of panels..

(Dry fit) and these will become the sides of the case...got to about here, and took a break for a day...

 

Ok. the plan for today...was to get 3 panels glued up.   2 sides, and a panel for the lid....before the clothes dryer made the shop to warm to work in...

Side #1....had issues with staying flat...so

Cauls and lots of C clamps to make sure it stayed flat...spring clamps are holding a second caul....set this aside..

Side#2...had other "issues"   filler strip down the middle was too fat...Millers Falls No.11 thinned it down....one edge was too rough, was jointed smooth..clamping went a bit better..

But..I need to stock up on 2" and 3" c clamps, sometime.    Set this aside..so the real "fun" can start...

These two.(dry fit)..are about to become a panel for the Lid.  Whether they like it, or not.  Edges needed jointed....took a few tries, too..had one corner that wanted to be...stubborn.. Was trying to get a gap-free joint...in hopes of just a "rub glue joint"....bead of glue, moosh things back and forth until things "stick".....worked until I turned my back...

Added a caul, and then stuck the two piece back together....adding cauls and clamps...fighting with one certain clamp...that wanted to keep slipping back off the edge..

Second from the right...that little round dics was a slippery devil....this is the underside of the panel.  The "Show" side?

Will need a bit of clean up...  Then I sorted through the stack of drawer front blanks..trying to find 3 that almost matched each other...

Not too bad?   These will be the bottom drawers....top drawers need to be about half as deep...

Because right above these 3 will be the floor of a compartment....that the lid will cover. 

Back and bottom of the case will be Pine plywood...~ 1/4" thick....except right at the compartment, I'll change to Ash...along with the floor.   Dividers will now be Ash strips, covering the Pine dividers.   Will also wrap the bottom in Ash.  Mainly wanted to get the panels glued up, than start from there. 

 

Finger joints?   Too thin for dovetails.....Drawer bottoms will be 5mm Luann....

Stay tuned..

[steven newman]

Start time: 1400 hrs..stop time 1500hrs....2 sides came out of the clamps.  Used those to size the plywood bottom panel

Then used a drawer blank to lay out a few lines..

Where the drawer dividers will go...ripped the upper drawer fronts to size..and figured out the front of the top compartment...laid all the parts out, to see how they will look

And sized a plywood back, to go with the Ash top...

Needed a floor for the compartment..so..

Ash panel...so when you lift the lid, everything will look the same...as for what the drawers will slide on/under..

This is what the upper drawers will slide on.   Will get an Ash strip along the front edge, since that will show. 

Thought about  taking the clamps of the lid blank....

Decided to just let well enough alone...will wait until the case is assembled, and then trim this to size needed...

Have to lay out all the shallow dados, grooves and rebates...set up the saws and planes....maybe Sunday?    Then try for some assembly next week?

Stay tuned...

[Larry Buskirk]

On 7/19/2020 at 5:48 PM, kmealy said:

I saw an ad for a used table saw last week that included "Dust collection."    It was a 5 gal drywall bucket under the cabinet.  Must be a used car salesman.

 

On 7/19/2020 at 6:28 PM, steven newman said:

Or maybe a Mayor?

Kool-Aid salesman with a bad comb over.