17 minutes ago, knockonit said:

love the straight grain

Came right from here. The piece under it started out as a 3x3 but had too much damage. Maybe 2.5 x 2.5?

 

And the diagonal area I tried a true rift cut but only got a 2x2. Again, a lot of damage from spikes, nails, abuse.

 

Our home town has been working hard to bring back that “home town life” back to the community.  We spent yesterday dedicating a new clock to the historical society and attending various activities around town.  The evening finished up with fireworks.  Here’s the new clock provided by 26 private donors.  I think my wife got a little too exuberant.

14 hours ago, Woodman said:

That's the longleaf I've been playing around with. From the first piece split from the beam-end.

 

From What's On Your Workbench?

 

Here's the beam end and the first piece split from it.   

 

And here is sawing up that first wedge.

 

I really like the grain on those slabs!

Making some progress on the workbench.  Got some of the layout done on the legs and rails today and it is starting to come together in my head so thats a good thing.

On 7/3/2022 at 8:09 AM, Ron Dudelston said:

Our home town has been working hard to bring back that “home town life” back to the community.  We spent yesterday dedicating a new clock to the historical society and attending various activities around town.  The evening finished up with fireworks.  Here’s the new clock provided by 26 private donors.  I think my wife got a little too exuberant.

Harken back to her pole-dancing days?

On 7/3/2022 at 8:27 AM, KevTN said:

I really like the grain on those slabs!

Here's where it comes from 

 

Just now sold the c.2002 10" 3.0 HP Craftsman aluminum deck table saw with two used trashy thin kerf blades to a young buck. Yes, got double what I paid, but it was a wreck when 'found', a divorce sale, and poorly advertised. Included black walnut scraps. The kid was so excited I kept giving him wood.  Some old cleaned-up #1 pine. Then a whole armload of select European pine from wine crates. A stack of veneered wine case lids. Cedar panels from an old wardrobe. Some cherry.

 

Little did he know how cheaply I was able to rid myself of wood clutter guilt-free. 

 

 

Layout on all the legs and rails is done and I was able to start the fun part.

The big takeaway for tonight is that I NEED a set of actual mortising chisels

 

 

Wow, that is so crisp, at first glance I thought it was four boards glued together. 

 

That's about as perfect a mortise as I've seen. Are you sure you need mortising chisels? I doubt they would improve on that.

Finally got around to making and installing a dust chute to the Bosch miter saw. It works amazingly well. Hooked to a Sears shop vac, it captures almost 100% of the dust. 

 

Nice Gene…How do you like that Bosch? Thinking of getting upgrading my miter saw at Christmas. I like the compact design.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Finally got around to making and installing a dust chute to the Bosch miter saw. It works amazingly well. Hooked to a Sears shop vac, it captures almost 100% of the dust. 

 

 

Cool beans Gene!  Was this a piece that you fabbed up and then attached to the saw or was it made on the saw.  Wondering if there was a pic of what this looked like prior to "on the saw".

It's a DIY job, Cal. Just some Dollar Store rubber shelf liner and, some Gorilla tape. If you look close, you'll see the black plastic chute to which the new, extended chute and the vac hose is attached. That was the extent of the totally inadequate system on the saw, as purchased. 

In the past, the saw was used on a Work Mate, in an area where sawdust wasn't problematic.  Now that it's on a dedicated bench, against the wall, sawdust became a huge problem. 

3 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

That's about as perfect a mortise as I've seen. Are you sure you need mortising chisels? I doubt they would improve on that.

They would reduce the time needed to accomplish that, more bevel surface means a bigger bite and more meat means I don’t have to worry about / baby the edge so much.  I had to regrind that chisel midway through when one of the corners chipped.

All that aside, thanks for the kind words.

7 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

That's about as perfect a mortise as I've seen. Are you sure you need mortising chisels? I doubt they would improve on that.

^^^^^What he said^^^^^

6 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Gorilla tape

That tape is good stuff. Gaff tape is my favorite - has a fabric-ish surgace - but I've had none since the nightclub circuit ended. I use Gorilla for making my sanding blocks. Half-width is plenty.