26 minutes ago, Masonsailor said:

without replacing the old valley sheet metal and drip edge and used the wrong vent stacks.

Didn't get the memo is right. Life is a series of speed bumps. Although sometimes I feel like I'm driving on cobblestone.

 

Still reinforcing these thin slats. One. At. A. Time. Next panel will use thicker slats with a lap joint. But at least I've developed a method for tightening the glue joints with wedges. 

 

 

 

I know pics or it didn’t happen so here is the new chair caddy now that the poly is dry/cured.

Because it is important that the coffee cup not balance precariously on the arm of the chair or something

 

I probably should have used contrasting splines so they would show up better.  At least the glueup went better this time than it did on the monitor riser.  No gaps to fill in and the glue line is invisible.

 

One of these days I will use up all these red oak scrap pieces from the stair project at the old house

 

 

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1 hour ago, StaticLV2 said:

One of these days I will use up all these red oak scrap pieces

Shims. I hear there is a market for hand-made oak shims.

11 hours ago, Gunny said:

Finished sink cabinet for my friend.

 

 

 

 

 

Loaded it up and delivered. Be a few days before I get pictures of it installed. Bathroom was not ready for cabinet yet.

 

Would that had been your official/real/legal/other name?

7 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 

 Have you been checking out my equipment? 

Absolutely not. That's not allowed here.

3 hours ago, StaticLV2 said:

I know pics or it didn’t happen so here is the new chair caddy now that the poly is dry/cured.

Because it is important that the coffee cup not balance precariously on the arm of the chair or something

 

I probably should have used contrasting splines so they would show up better.  At least the glueup went better this time than it did on the monitor riser.  No gaps to fill in and the glue line is invisible

Very nicely done Michael. Clever idea too. Thanks for sharing the project.

24 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Absolutely not. That's not allowed here.

I was gonna say that, thanks for saving me…

23 hours ago, Gunny said:

Finished sink cabinet for my friend.

 

 

Super nice Gunny!

11 hours ago, Woodman said:

hand-made oak shims

Ahh. @steven newman,  not I jest  The Enlightenment is coming. D-I-Y'ers leveling, squaring, and tightening everything in their homes. 

 

My want for MORE shims and wedges is real. Reading @StaticLV2 speak of oak scraps reminds me I've been looking for a packet of oak shims for some time. Even our higher end lumber yard does not carry them.

 

I've got two in hard tight-grain pine with holes for convenient hanging on my fridge  plus a dozen in softer spruce, and a bunch in between. After this project is off the table, when saw is set, I'll making a dozen in oak.

 

Lots of uses. Squeeze a product of 6' run = 1] clamp one end to the deck 2] clamp a block tight adjacent to product on the deck at the other end 3] driving wedges between block and product. Or lately, clamping boards across the 23" span - both sides - and using shims to hold one side true and flat, and opposite, shims to push a glued reinforcement slat onto the seam being strengthened. Nice even steady pressure, adjustable, like tightening a drum or banjo head.  I do not have 12" C-clamps but my backwoods rig does seem to work. 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, there is a chop stick method. I may fabricate a few dedicated clamps to do this:

 

 

 

 

Nice day so ... Mo Mowin, Mo Mowin, Mo Mowin...

Cut a stack of crafts woods. And hard spruce shims. Plus the few flats, from which I will fashion more like the two on top.

 

 

  

 

This light was made for a client who knew she could not pass on just an old toaster. Her shade also.

 

1 hour ago, frenchwwr said:

This light was made for a client who knew she could not pass on just an old toaster. Her shade also.

That is just plain cool Kevin besides thinking way outside the box. Only suggestion I can offer would be a separate low watt bulb (or led) to emulate coil glow which would accentuate the decorative vent openings; sorta like a night light. Maybe the next one? Regardless, this is one awesome idea. Glad you shared it. Thanks!!

I thought about that, and possibly adding hooks inside for keys. But she had a limited budget and I had cost over runs which I was happy to eat for the learning curve end of it.

 

 

7 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

separate low watt bulb (or led) to emulate coil glow

Blue LED?  That creation is ready for a museum exhibit of Americana Arts & Crafts.  Next stop, MoMA

 

Her shade does tie it together nicely. 

Another cheer for the lamp, that is super cool.....

The lamp man does it again.

Innovative, unique and WELL DONE!

11 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

This light was made for a client who knew she could not pass on just an old toaster. Her shade also.

 

Another vote for the lamp!  Super cool.  I do like Dave's idea also, that would definitely kick it up a notch

Neighbor gave me 5 gallon bucket full of 1/2 inch PVC fittings.  Had to make new drawer and shuffle stuff around. But got it all in one drawer.

 

The lamp is cool but I wish people would check to see an items collectable worth before doing something on this order.

 

There is a guy next door that does these with all sorts of items. He did up a Westinghouse fan by replacing the motor and blades with one of those round fluorescent bulbs. Put $80.00 on it. It's been there for about six months.

 

He about fell over when I showed him that fan would fetch $750.00+ working or not on ebay and a couple other websites.