Ok, here we go...I built that stand for my Benchtop  Drill Press...

A bit bare bones, but fits in the new space.  However, it does need some storage, and some extra weight.   Too narrow out in front, but, IF I can build a few drawers and slide them in on the side of the stand.....Hmmmm..

 

Went to the fellow with the barn of Ash 1 x 6s ...and bought 11 boards off of the rack....paid the guy $30 and headed home..

Short boards are 48" long...the 4 tall ones are 74" long.   26 bft of Quarter sawn Ash...should be good for a couple Projects...

 

Hauled 4 of the 7/8" x 6" x 48" planks to the shop...and went about trimming out the worst of the defects..

Like this messy end..and..

Had a bad case of "split ends"?....Other 3 planks were a bit better...so, after a rough cut here and there...

Edges were a tad wavy, though..

Ya think?  We have ways.    select the less wavy edge, to run along the rip fence,,

Set the fence somewhere around 5" from the blade..run the "good" edge through..

Which gets most of the bad edge....two more times...one at 4-1/4" width, run the just ripped edge against the fence...last setting at 4" even..run the first edge through again...hopefully the edges are now straight, AND parallel...

And wind up with this stack.   Next, cut for length, WITH square ends...need 5 drawer fronts at 12" long, and 5 sides (ran out of lumber) at 10- 1/4" long..

Still need 5 more sides, and 5 drawer backs....THAT will happen next time.  

 

Didn't like drawer sides at 7/8" thick...so...set up a kerfing saw..

Run all 4 edges through...blade will not reach all the way to the middle...so..

We have ways...aka..Cardio Workout.   Saw is a Disston D( no hyphen)8 rip saw...28" long, 5-1/2ppi....

1/8" thin blank just flops over...next, get that ugly off..

No problem.  Across the grain for a bit, then with the grain..

Repeat 4 times...those marks left by the plane?   Iron had gotten tilted a hair...fixed that "problem"  no more tracks.

 

That where I stand, at the moment...5 drawer fronts..at 7/8" x 4" x 12"  and 5 drawer sides (out of 10) at 5/8" x 4" x 10-1/4"

 

Need to haul a couple more planks to the shop, next time...have a bit more milling to do...

 

Drawer fronts are an "Overlay" style...in that they will overhang the opening a bit on the ends.  then 1/2 blind dovetails.   Back of the drawers will sit in dados.  Bottom of the drawers will sit in grooves.   Drawers will ride in and out of the stand on hardwood runners.  Which means the sides of the drawers also get a groove to match.

 

Sound like "FUN", don't it?    Aught to give me something to do until April?

 

Stay tuned..

APRIL?!?!?! My guess is Wednesday afternoon 

17 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Sound like "FUN", don't it?    Aught to give me something to do until April?

 

Should keep you busy til April assuming you take Mondays off, and do no laundry for the next two weeks.

Does sound like fun though so sign me up to watch. I need something to keep you 'er me busy.

6 hours ago, steven newman said:

1/8" thin blank just flops over

Lovely bit of joinery! Inspiring! Choice crafting scraps as well!

 

Between the way you plane planks flat and @frenchwwr building the Moxon Vise, I'm moving into new plateaus of joinery  My dovetail jig is backordered, no rush, I'll still want to build a bench. May give up sunny kitchen joinery for concrete-floored basement shop 

 

 

So you're one of those guys eh? Actually I could stand to learn some skills with hand planes and such. I've bought a few old ones and cleaned them up and sharpened the cutters but have yet to spend the time actually trying to use them. Most of my attempts left me with either too thick a slice and uneven or barely crapping the top. Nice work Steve.

 

Steve

Looking good Steve. I wish I had a wood source like that. 

Paul

2 more planks have gone to the shop...resulting in 5 more drawers sides...now have all 10 that I need.  The remains may go to making backs for the drawers, we'll see..

 

Drawer fronts will see some work next time...rabbet on the ends, then 1/2 blind dovetail pins....and maybe a groove to hold the bottom of the drawers...

 

Legs are hurting, right now....Baker's Cyst behind the right knee and Uncle Charlie in the Left Calf....walking is not my "strongest suit" right now.

 

Stay tuned....

Ok, there are now 10 sides for 5 drawers..

All 5/8" x 4" x 10-1/4" long.   Same as the 1st 5...more Cardio Workouts with that big OLD saw

 

The 5 drawer fronts..got a rebate on each end..

Thinking the barky edge will be the top of that drawer...

Rebates were done with the tablesaw..

Blade is 1/2" high...fence is 5/8" from the blade.

Make a bunch of passes until the blank hits the fence..and this will be it for the tablesaw...for a while

 

had to re-arrange the shop just a bit...move the tablesaw out of the way, and bring out a different type of table..

Mitre Box had to move, too...kept the tablesaw fence handy....going to need it..

1/2" dovetail bit.  adjust the depth to match the rebates..set a "start" and a "STOP" line on the fence...

First cuts are done...reset the fence for the next 3...tomorrow.  Too tired to mess with it any more today..

BTW, the router in the table?

Is a B&D clone of a DeWalt No. 610....but has a 1/4" chuck. 

 

Stay tuned..

Ok...today's tasks...reset the fence..

Then reset again...

Final reset..

I did have to adjust the "stop" line..

And then go a 1/16" beyond it..  Time to clean the table up.

.

And put it away...all done with the router.  Used one of the drawer fronts to make a "pattern" of sorts...was a bit too loose..adjusted that..

Not perfect..I can live with it...seeings how I needed a mallet to do this dry fit..

Laid the "good" pattern on top of the next in line...traced around the tails..

And knife a baseline...that I usually abuse.   Then saw and chop the waste...decided I had better check the fit into the stand..

Thinking about adding a small bevel to all the edges of the drawer fronts....we'll see

 

2 hours of shop time..knee said it was quitting time.   Sides for 2 drawers are done..

Stay tuned

9 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Not perfect..I can live with it...seeings how I needed a mallet to do this dry fit..

Dovetails cut by a "tailed cutter" I better get things in order...the END is near.

True, BUT...without the aid of a Dovetail Jig...and..on a Monday, no less...

Tails are by hand...once the bandsaw has made a few cuts..

Then chop down about half way...then flip over..

and remove the waste...check the fit..

Stash this over with the other one..

Go back and work on the other 3 drawers...

Gap at the top is because there are no glides in place..yet.  Evenly spaced, there will be no gaps other than a 1/16" between the drawers.

And THAT was quite enough for today...Tomorrow I start with the grooves...and dados...and cussing...still have to mill 5 backs for these drawers. 

Stay tuned..

90 minutes in the shop, today Before the right knee had had enough, even with the knee brace...cleared the top of the bench a bit..

Item circled is a Black Sharpie...

Need to keep track of INside ( number of the drawer works) and a B for where the groove will be going..very easy to get things wrong, otherwise

 

Need a jig..

 

#12 cutter in the Stanley No. 45..Have an old candle handy, helps things slide along..

While making crunchy noodles...got a bit carried away,,and cracked the hold down..

Had to make a new one...

That No. 4 hand plane was because not everything was as flat as it could be...a couple swipes fixed that

 

Grooves for 5 drawer fronts + 10 drawers sides....floor was getting a bit crunchy when I was walking around...shop fan was on high, trying to keep me cool(didn't work)  I push a plane using my right leg...right knee was NOT amused

Swept the noodles up..

Pho, anyone?  Hung up the shop apron..

Called it a day....next task will involve the tablesaw, again...need to mill 5 drawer backs, and 10 drawer slides...

 

Stay tuned...

Takes me 90 minutes just to find a pencil!

2 hours ago, lew said:

Takes me 90 minutes just to find a pencil!

 

Check both ears, save 10 minutes....  

1 minute ago, Gunny said:

 

Check both ears, save 10 minutes....  

no need to check there. Between glasses and hearing aids, pencils fall off as soon as I put them there 

9 minutes ago, lew said:

o need to check there. Between glasses and hearing aids, pencils fall off as soon as I put them there 

 

So that's gonna be the excuse??? 

 

@Larry Buskirk told us about how you had to get your regular glasses, not those shop googles, to see you were trying to put an axe handle over your ear.

 

Gotta admit if you could get that axe handle to stay I'd be seriously impressed...  

20 minutes ago, lew said:

no need to check there. Between glasses and hearing aids, pencils fall off as soon as I put them there 

I'm no ENT Specialist, nor portrayed one on TV, but making a SWAG diagnosis the reason you needed hearing aids is you were sticking sharpened pencils in your ears. I don't accept insurance, but do accept cash or credit card. 

You guys might be on to something 

Was just sitting here, resting the knee...got bored...wanted a couple pictures from the shop...shouldn't hurt?    Except, as I walked past the stash of lumber on the way..the last 4' plank decided to come along, too.....I did get the pictures I was after..

Stanley No.3, Type 11, with original iron, too...and it is sitting ON the plank I brought to the shop....I should have just went back upstairs..but..

 

Tablesaw was pulled back into the shop and set up...goal was to cut the plank down to close to the size needed for 5 drawer backs..got 4 out of 5, had a spare.   Edges were a bot too rough and wavy...rip fence to correct that...width was also corrected at 3-5/8" wide..instead of 5-3/4"....saved the off-cuts..

 

At 7/8" thick..they were too thick for a drawer's back...Used the tablesaw as a kerfing saw, again...aka "Slim-Fast"...then a handsaw came out..

Keep the 1/2" stuff, stash the 1/4" stuff...still ugly...we have ways..remember that hand plane?

Like every other plane in the shop, it has to earn it's keep...

Didn't do too bad, either...stack these up..run the tablesaw some more...had some more ripping to do..

Drawers will get a groove along the outside..those grooves will slide (in theory) on these "runners"  They are still a tad too fat...will put them on a diet, tomorrow...used these to lay out where a groove will be..

Make a couple marks...then mill 20 cuts...reset after each cut...

making sure the 2 sides match....plan is to let the Stanley 45s remove the waste..I hope...

 

Tablesaw had one more task to do...

Backs need a place to call home...10 dados..

 

Figured THAT was quite enough for one day...more tomorrow, I can fire this old guy up...

And see how it does...oh, and see about some panels for the bottoms of 5 drawers...

 

Stay tuned..