Popular Post PostalTom Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 14 hours ago, John Morris said: No? Did I confuse you? I was asking if you changed your profile picture to that of Lurch. Larry Buskirk, Gunny, Fred W. Hargis Jr and 8 others 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Morris Posted April 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, PostalTom said: Did I confuse you? I was asking if you changed your profile picture to that of Lurch. Yes I got confused! It's easily done Tom! Artie, steven newman, Fred W. Hargis Jr and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gene Howe Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 5, 2021 41 minutes ago, John Morris said: Yes I got confused! It's easily done Tom! Join the crowd, John. Believe me, it gets worser with each passing day. John Morris, Thad, p_toad and 9 others 1 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thad Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) Excellent work on that cabinet. That thing is looking great! Edited April 10, 2021 by Thad Cal, Gunny, John Morris and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Morris Posted June 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Last weekend I was able to get a little bit of work done on the doors, I worked on the panels. My wife did another design change and decided she didn't want raised panel doors, she wanted flat panel inserts, so I re-sawed the boards in half with my Shopsmith table saw as far as I could, then I finished the re-saw with a hand saw. As you can see it was just a tiny bit, I was able to separate the halves in a few seconds. This is a great method if you want to re-saw wide boards, you can do the majority of the sawing on your table saw, and finish up with your hand saw. I planed the boards down to a hair over 1/4" with my DeWalt 740, or is it a 720? I can't remember. The grooves I cut into the rail and stiles are exactly 1/4", so I used my little block plane and snuck up on the edges for a perfect fit. I used a rail for the test fit as I planed, I slid the rail along the edge of the panel as I went. And I came up with my first door, just have to glue it up and cut the tails off. Hopefully I'll get out to the shop this weekend to get the doors cleaned up, and ready to hang. forty_caliber, FrederickH, Fred W. Hargis Jr and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cal Posted June 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Looks mighty good there John. FlGatorwood, Gunny, Gene Howe and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Morris Posted June 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Cal said: Looks mighty good there John. Hey thanks Cal! I most certainly don't break any speed records, but slowly and surely, it gets done! FlGatorwood, Gene Howe, Cal and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Al B Posted June 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Looking great John. I'll never develop the skills you have when it comes to woodworking. Was never able to develop the patience needed. Especially when changes are requested during the building process. Waiting to see the finished product. steven newman, p_toad, John Morris and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gunny Posted June 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 6 hours ago, John Morris said: I most certainly don't break any speed records, but slowly and surely, it gets done! One step at a time, Rome was not built in a day. Gene Howe, p_toad, John Morris and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Morris Posted June 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Al B said: I'll never develop the skills you have when it comes to woodworking. I've seen your work Al, surely you jest! Cal, Gene Howe, Al B and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Al B Posted June 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Nope, I really mean it! I've never taken the time to learn how to use a hand plane properly. My attempts with mortise and tenon joinery have left a lot to be desired. Never been satisfied with my ability to sharpen chisels. And I could go on. I figure that what I build will last 50 years. Your work will last 100's of years. Probably why I've spent a lot of time making bandsaw boxes.No joinery to concern myself with. Gene Howe, Artie, FlGatorwood and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Artie Posted June 6, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Al B said: Nope, I really mean it! I've never taken the time to learn how to use a hand plane properly. My attempts with mortise and tenon joinery have left a lot to be desired. Never been satisfied with my ability to sharpen chisels. And I could go on. I figure that what I build will last 50 years. Your work will last 100's of years. Probably why I've spent a lot of time making bandsaw boxes.No joinery to concern myself with. BEAUTIFUL Bandsaw Boxes! steven newman, FlGatorwood, p_toad and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Beautiful work, @John Morris! John Morris, FlGatorwood and steven newman 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 12 hours ago, Artie said: BEAUTIFUL Bandsaw Boxes! Amen to that! FlGatorwood, steven newman and Al B 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Gene Howe said: Beautiful work, @John Morris! Why thank you sir Al B, FlGatorwood and steven newman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostalTom Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Yeah, what they all said! steven newman, John Morris and FlGatorwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted June 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, PostalTom said: Yeah, what they all said! Thank you Tom. steven newman and FlGatorwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Morris Posted October 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 I got a little time in the ol shop yesterday to continue working on this marathon project. Life has thrown many curve balls our way this past year that I have had a hard time getting back to the fun things that are awaiting in my shop. Yesterday I tuned up the doors for this cabinet, since they were sitting for so long, we had a very humid summer which is rare in my area so the doors twisted just a tad and adjustments had to be made. After hanging the doors they did not line up with each other at the top or bottom of the frame. So here is how I fixed it. By feel I flushed the top stile corner of the door with the upper rail face frame. Then I observed the lower corner stile protruding beyond the lower face frame. It could have gone either way, the bottom may have fit right and the top protruded, which ever corner protrudes is the corner that needs to be worked on. While the door was in place I scribed a pencil line against the face frame at the underside of the protuding door. Then I removed the door from the hinges and secured it to the bench. You can see where the door starts coming out of line, from zero to about an eighth of an inch. By the way, the grooves for the panels and tenons were created by my Stanley 45, not bad right! I planed a chamfer to the scribed line, this serves two purposes. Since I'm planing across the rail and into the cross grain of the stile, this prevents unsightly tear out at the scribed line. I don't have to stop and check the line as much, I simply plane down till the chamfer disappears and I know I am done. I planed till the chamfer disappeared and then tested the fit. The top flushed up on the face frame as before. And now the bottom corner is flush as well. The door bottom does taper a tad, but it is unseen by the casual observer. All four doors had this issue, and it so happened the issues landed at the bottom of each door which is interesting, but not surprising since at the beginning of the project I had to lay out grain orientation the same for every panel out of good practice, and the same grain direction for every door because I planed the panel grooves into each stile with a Stanley 45, and my method at the bench was to insert each stile into the vise at the same direction, because I was planing the same direction for every board. So even issues and "fixes" can become uniform by default since using hand tools requires more attention to grain orientation for ease of processing. Thanks for following! steven newman, Gerald, Cal and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted October 24, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) I'd say it worked out fine, and yes...that work with the 45 would make Newman proud. Edited October 24, 2021 by Fred W. Hargis Jr steven newman, Artie, Cal and 4 others 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cal Posted October 25, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 25, 2021 That was a great save John, thanks for the illustrated tutorial. Artie, Fred W. Hargis Jr, John Morris and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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