This thread is classic me LOL (laughing with/at me is encouraged). So the other night after work, I’m sitting in my La-Z-Boy, trying to make it appear I’m still awake. I hear “Honey, can you make me one of these?” I ask, “What is it?”  She replies “It’s a quilting clapper.” Silly me, I think that’s what turns on a quilting machine when you clap your hands.  So I look at a picture of a block of wood she is showing me, and I’m like yeah, I can make you a block of wood LOL. Apparently you use these to flatten out seams, with an iron (and said block of wood). So I go online and some guy makes them, and shares the plan. hardwood, 2-3 inches wide and thick, 12 inches long. His are 3 inches wide at one end, and 2 inches wide at the other end. No gluing, no finishing. Guess I talked myself into not taking it too seriously, due to its ease of completion. So today I wander over to the closest Woodcraft, and pick up Mrs Ash, 3 x 3 x 36. I get her home and introduce her to Mr chopsaw. Now she has two sisters. I get out me compass and draw a 3 inch half circle on one end, and a 2 inch one on the other end. Find a straight edge, and connect the half circles. Figger I only need to do this once, I’ll use the first one to trace on the other two. Oh yeah, I figgered that since I’m making one, I may as well make three, the Missus, my sister, and another of the Missuss’s friends, who quilts. Well this is the first time I’ve worked with Ash, and the first time I’ve really worked with anything 3 inches thick. Also first time I’ve used the bandsaw on anything thicker than 3/4. I found out that my bandsaw is not square to the table. Since I had talked myself into this being an easy project (Which it certainly should have been, had I taken it seriously enough to make sure everything was square) I traced out the other two blanks, cut them on Mr Bandsaw. Woke up Mr SS Beltsander and spent some time trying to undo the appearances my unsquare bandsaw had produced. First time using the Shopsmith belt sander, I usually can get the job done with the strip sander. Mrs Ash and her sisters then had an appointment with Mr Router Bosch, who gave them a groove down the middle of each side, so the ladies can easily hold them. Tomorrow they have appointments with brother Mr ROS Bosch for a whole lot of sanding. I really wanted these to be 3 identical, perfectly radiused, straight edged, but assumed everything was gonna go smoother than it did. Next time I will take my EASY project more seriously, use a square, and NOT RUSH. This thread is only for entertainment purposes and is not looking to solicit any you’ll do better next time, replies.  

 

 

 

 

 

This picture is for Gunny, the former Wood-Butcher-By-Night, who says he never sees any sawdust in my shop. (We imported some, just for him LOL).

OK, first things first. Artie, you get a big ol' "You Suck" for having a super clean shop!

 

Those are pretty cool items. My Mom used to quilt but she never mentioned one of these.

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Yup, the evidence is there, but it won't be there for long. I've seen Artie's shop . The most organized and cleanest shop I've ever seen, as you can see.

 ... I seem to remember something that goes something like A clean shop ...   

 ... Must not have whatever it was. 

1 hour ago, Artie said:

who says he never sees any sawdust in my shop.

 

 

Sawdust???  I have more sawdust in my pockets!!  

Holy Sniky I saw that and needed a stiff drink.  

 

Let us summon @steven newman, get his take on this....  

 

Kudos on the good housekeeping.   

 

For those who have no idea what a clapper is, here is a link:  

 

Shoot, I've made one and didn't know what it was called.

A clean shop is the sign of a sick mind.

I'm sane....very sane!

33 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

A clean shop is the sign of a sick mind.

I'm sane....very sane!

 

 

Seriously, we have all heard about that video of the dancing around a burning barrel with Jello and glitter smeared all over you singing Hit me like a Hurricane?? 

 

 

This is what came to my mind when I first read this.

 

 

9 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

A clean shop is the sign of a sick mind.

I'm sane....very sane!

 

That's it! 

 ... I must be saner than most people think.  ...  ... 

 

On 3/20/2021 at 6:21 PM, Artie said:

This thread is only for entertainment purposes and is not looking to solicit any you’ll do better next time, replies. 

Erm, more like "what were you thinking?"  

 

At first i thought you were talking about one of these...

i'm surprised SWMBO has never asked for one of those.

 

19 hours ago, p_toad said:

Erm, more like "what were you thinking?"  

 

At first i thought you were talking about one of these...

i'm surprised SWMBO has never asked for one of those.

 

Yep, made one of those, too.

 

One of her friends was giving away a collapsing cutting table.   I had made her one one of those but she was interested in this one until she found out that the height is not adjustable.  She's 5'12", less shrinkage, so did not want to bend over doing cutting.  I think she has 5 or 6 quilts in progress now.  Two for grandsons and the rest for charity.

 

kmealy,

 

Just build her one of these. She can cut at whatever height she wants without bending over.

 

I have one of those 5' 12" quilters at my house too.

 

Kind of hard to see but the central shaft is threaded iron pipe so it can spin to her heart's content.

Edited March 26, 20215 yr by Headhunter

So here are two of the finished products. Me Missus has already dun took hers. I have never sanded anything to 320 before. Makes em pretty slippery, actually.