Good Monday morning!

Good Monday morning Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead! Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks!

 

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Mid Year Fundraiser Coming!

As usual we have a mid year fundraiser to help our community stay live and pay the bills. Keep an eye open for it this week, it is not live yet but will soon be. We'll have some wonderful tools from Easy Wood Tools and Woodcraft for our raffle. See ya there!

Spent a little time in the shop fighting with my one of my least favorite woods....red oak. I had made the leg catches for our daughter's tray table out of red oak, and the #@$& thing split when I screwed it to the table top. Remade them, this time using QSWO. Much better results. Since these tray tables are anything that could be considered an heirloom piece, I had made the table out of QSWO, but the legs and cleats were some leftover red oak I had on hand. I'll sure be glad when it's (the red oak) is gone.

Monday is shot. Too many errands to run. 

The rest of the week will be working on those Limbert tables. And/or, setting up my new to me scroll saw. Hopefully,  by the end of the month, the tables will be gone to their recipients and, smaller work can proceed. 

Oh yeah, at some time. I've got to set up my new laser. The rest of June is going to be very busy. 

Shop will be closed today....that "Monday Thing"

 

managed to get a few things glued up, over the weekend...

And a box of tools rehabbed...

and..

Just have to put the, away...

 

need to cobble up a bottom and a lid for that Hobbit Tool Chest....sometime..

Managed to get some work done on granddaughter's car. Hope to get it rolling again in next couple days depending on weather. Her sister finished last of her summer on campus classes so will be home later today after her orientation. Both start summer jobs Wednesday. Yard sorely needs mowed but over 2" of rain this weekend plus more today postpones that yet again. Plenty of other projects await as well. Couple of on-line auctions I'm following too.

 

If you're in the Midwest, upper/lower Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, mid-South, South regions be safe and stay hydrated. Brutal heat wave with equal humidity in the forecast this week. Put your ice scrapers away; chance of frost unlikely.

Edited June 13, 20223 yr by Grandpadave52

7 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

If you're in the Midwest, upper/lower Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, mid-South, South regions be safe and stay hydrated. Brutal heat wave with equal humidity in the forecast this week. Put your ice scrapers away; chance of frost unlikely.

 

 Nope, not going to do it.  

  About the time I put that ice scraper away we'll get a blizzard. 

39 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 

 Nope, not going to do it.  

  About the time I put that ice scraper away we'll get a blizzard. 

I suppose it might be handy in the midst of a hail storm?

Interesting aspect of this new shop.  Zero interaction with customers.  The front desk deals with customers in a separate area.  No waiters, you drop it off, it gets checked and you get a call with estimate.  

 

Bottom line, no more funny customer stories, have yet to go to this magical place all this workload comes from.  Too busy trying to keep up with the 8-10 tickets I have to get checked, or do the work on.  Have yet to touch my phone to so much as send a text to my wife never mind check in here.  

 

Upside, the days go by really quick.  Blink and they are closing the doors running me out.  

Here ya go. Used the BigBoy saw. Crosscut 2 3/4" x 8" longleaf pine video. Plus a still of the resawn the plank. Used the thicker 60T blade, kept the board moving, no burn, a little etching here and there. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is some beautiful pine. Guessing the aroma from the fresh cut was wonderful?

Get your umbrellas ready. Rain's a coming. Yard all mowed today...well yesterday now. It's been two weeks. Still found some standing water even on the high ground.

5 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

That is some beautiful pine. Guessing the aroma from the fresh cut was wonderful?

That single piece I've been looking at for a few weeks now before cutting. The sawdust was all more yellow than the last cuttings. Even through my 3M half facepiece respirator with twin P100 filters, I got a whiff of the pine.

 

After shaving the end to square it up, I decided to take a few slices because the grain is so vivid. Components of a small tray with this wood are on the table but polishing up the wood is a head scratcher. I'll want the insides mar-free before gluing it up. Steel wood makes a mess.  I'll try 220 but may have to put a special edge on my scrapers and muscle the grain sharp and sparkling.

 

After squaring up the end I got two lovely 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" x 23" posts plus a remainder. Seven slats per post plus two from the scrap. More wastage with the thicker blade but it sure made a nice cut.

 

  

 

That is absolutely gorgeous pine. 

8 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

That is absolutely gorgeous pine. 

Love at first sight 

 

Lemmie ask youse this. Everything I 'read' says a thin kerf blade is essential to getting the most out of my 110 lb. 10" Delta ∆ Contractor Saw. Doesn't a thin blade heat up faster? I recall (Dave?) telling me of blade warp.

 

I've got 3 decent thin blades plus a trash blade, but went with the thicker Oshlun this time. Lost a good inch of board. Nearly a third of my wood at my cut specs. Took a break every half-dozen resaws.  The blade stayed cool.  The wood didn't have burn marks.

 

Correlation?  Will a hot blade cut clean if the wood keeps moving or is burn a typical issue ? By myself I get the best resaw backing the wood away and moving to the outboard side for the final pull-through, so there is 'rest' time but it did not signify in the quality of the resaw.

SHARP thin kerf blades shouldn't heat up appreciably in pine of reasonable thickness...2" or, less. Re sawing is best accomplished with a band saw, though. If you must re saw with the Delta, the thicker kerf blade would be best. What's the Oshlun's tooth count? Fewer teeth (24) is faster but rougher cut. More teeth (60-80) smoother cut but, feed rate should be slowed. 

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

SHARP thin kerf blades shouldn't heat up appreciably

Thanks, Gene. All of my skinny blades are 'found' and while they feel sharp, I'm just assuming they are sharp because none of the teeth look broken or rounded. Guess I aught to pay more attention to which blades are burning the wood, and mark them as "gifts" to the buddy with the garage. Near everything I cut is pretty hard pine, supposedly as hard as red oak. Lots of it is over 2.5"

 

The 10" Oshlun is 0.094" 60T. I thought it 1/8" but its closer to 1/10". This is the resaw ripping, 2 3/4", and the pic is just after cutting. A near perfect finish which only will want a scraping. The image is 1200 x 1200 pixels. Zoom on in and take a gander.

 

 

7 hours ago, Woodman said:

Steel wood makes a mess.  I'll try 220

The end-grain cross-cut scraps cleaned up to a fuzzy dullness with fresh 5" 8-hole. Then a scraping brought back some the pop. There is still a discoloration from the steel wool but I'm not going to sweat it. This'll be a nice utility tray and next piece I get, I'll crosscut enough to make several. And be far more mindful to preserving the appearance.

 

That old pine is just beautiful Jim. Great vision to preserve a small piece of history. 

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Great vision to preserve a small piece of history. 

Thanks, Doc! I appreciate the support! 

 

5 hours ago, Woodman said:

Thanks, Doc! I appreciate the support! 

 

 Excellent grain wrapping match!!

Great looking box