Well after the wife told me she wanted a coffee bar I tried to procrastinate. Bought the lumber 4 months ago and finally this week started building. Already had the walnut for top and legs so started with that,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So this quick and dirty taper jig sees service. Have plenty of these clamps and they worked great for this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So now time to clean up the saw marks and shave some of that old patina off. Did I mention the walnut has been laying around a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now to chamfer the bottoms of the legs and then on to the drawer box ends,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO BE CONTINUED, MAYBE NEXT WEEK

Alot fo work done so far, NICE.  May get you off her list for dragging this out....  

What is that battleship laying on your bench...is that a #8?

Very nice indeed. Walnut is one of my favorite woods along with maple. I haven't used walnut since, well a few years...maybe more. The workbench reminds me that I need to get back to learning how to use those hand planes I've been working on.

Gerald, you are doing well at 4 months of back log, you should see mine, at two years! Love the start you got going there, I am very interested what the final design looks like.

Following this one, @Gerald!

8 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

What is that battleship laying on your bench...is that a #8?

Yes it is . Got it on Ebay with a Hock iron. Love it

4 months is about the proper amount of time for the stock to acclimate. Tell Her now that you've rough cut it the experts on this site say it needs to for 12.5 weeks to make sure the stock is stable

 

Nice start Gerald ! Walnut is such a great wood to work with. Nice taper jig by the way. 
Paul

Well this has not been my week for shop work. Been getting records ready for change of woodturning club Treasurer (me) to someone else. Then the committee decided we needed to get a computer for him, The one I have is for our video productions. But all that aside I did mark out the 16 mortises and tested one for drill press. That worked well . So today will be more drilling and then cleanup with the Narex mortising chisels.

 

 

 

Now off to the shop for more

 

Bummer , got the computer in for the new treasurer. Got it all set up and then discovered a Chromebook runs Linux and that id not compatable with Quicken. Oh well back to square one.

 

Got all the mortises drilled and started cleaning them up. Totally finished one and half of another cleaned up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a repair of mortise too large.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since these mortises are almost directly opposed there may be a slight overlap requiring cutting an angle on the tenon so both will fit. The side is 3/4 deep and the front and back 1 inch deep.

12 hours ago, Gerald said:

then discovered a Chromebook runs Linux

Yes, that surprises a lot of people. Between that and the limited memory/HDD space on some models Chrome books can really struggle doing anything but the most basic tasks. IF you were using Quicken 2017 or before, the newer subscription might work, not sure because I refuse to pay Intuit a subscription fee for simple checking accounts.

 

Here's a link to free open source Quicken replacements-

https://alternativeto.net/software/quicken/?license=opensource

Thanks @lew for the link. I have also gotten frustrated , ok maybe too light of a word, with Quicken. They keep wanting you to do this or that and it is a pain. Just for checkbook and download credit card data, Oh Boy.

Back on the task at hand but did not have much time. I finished the mortises yesterday. Today started on the end panel of the drawer box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cutting the excess off the tenon with a pull saw. Don't just love this saw but it does leave fewer marks and is a small kerf. Got out the old 45 which I got just before I slowed down on doing flatwork. It worked admirably well and I learned a bit more about using it.

 

 

Cleaning up the tenon a bit more and had to stop and come in for a meeting.

Today's progress is not a lot but I am not in any hurry to get to the end. Tenons on the box ends done. Not the best I have done but the first I have done completely by hand.

Thanks for teaching me something else, Gerald.  I like the way you do tenons.  Great work by the way.  Looking forward to the completed project.  

Sanding time but that is no fun. Needed sanding discs so used a giftcard and got some Diablo as they do not stock my preferred Norton 3X anymore, Bummer. Do not really like the Diablo and the universal pattern does not work on PC 5 hole sander. So had to punch some holes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then time for chamfers. Love the LV low angle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then some glue and clamps and both end ready for shelves and drawer box.

I feel ya on the Diablo.  Have some the neighbor gave me and use it but when I want it smooth and not to change paper every few minutes I use the good stuff.  

Stay away from red woodworking stuff with Italian names. 

When I went to my local dealer for some sandpaper, they no longer stock the Norton, Shopsmith or similar papers.  They used to carry a line by Festool that was just like Norton and Shopsmith but now it is all red garnet.  It works ok, but not as durable as the white grits.  I prefer the garnets for finishing sandings.  I am not a sanding nut, but I sure do like the results of a good sanding.  It is a tedious job.