December 15, 20223 yr Popular Post There is a Pine plank just sitting around...starting to get quite a twist to it. 1/2" x 6" x 6"......thinking I can cut it up into the 6 parts to build a box...using just hand tools? And maybe post a bunch of photos on HOW such a thing can be done? I MIGHT use the bandsaw for one task, but that would be about it.....all the rest will be by hand...and using just that one Pine plank. Not sure IF I should post it here....or..up in General Woodworking? Or both? Stay tuned...camera is charging up at the moment...
December 16, 20223 yr Author Popular Post Well..cross cuts are done... Plank has ...."issues" Red dot is where the tree's pith was. Board also was trying to twist....decided to just rip the pith out...and glue the two halves back together... Rip saw? A bit too much Cardio...set up the rip fence to remove the 1" wide center.. Then clamp the 2 halves up in the vise, and run Junior along as a Jointer.. To get a decent glue joint.. Vise also works as a 3rd hand...and a caul...have a blank for the front and back.... a panel for the lid, and the bottom of the box..and a pair of ends... Ends need to match the 4-1/2" width/height....so that the lid panels will fit.....Sides are now 4-1/2" tall. By 12" long....depending on how much I need to square the ends. Letting the parts sit overnight...tomorrow the hand planes get put back to work...need to clean up the glue lines, flatten the faces....and start laying out for 1/2" through Dovetails for the corners....then MAYBE start ploughing 3 grooves.....as the "lid" will get a dust seal. Stay tuned
December 17, 20223 yr Author Popular Post Parts are out of the clamps.. Time to flatten them all.. Plane is a Van Camp (Stanley?) No. 4.....then needed them all to be the same width, so.... Gang them up and joint them...made enough of a mess on the floor, today.. That I had to stop and sweep things up...Bench was a bit crowded today.. Had to sort through to find the lay out tools I needed.. So I could lay out the pins, first.. Don't forget to mark the waste....then a bit of saw work.. Old Jackson Backsaw....then chop from the outside face....about half way down.. Then flip over, and finish removing the waste. Use the completed pins to lay out the match tails.....bandsaw to make the cuts.....Because I can SEE the cuts better ( despite breaking a bandsaw blade),,then chop out the waste and try for a dry fit... 3 3 hours to get this far....area between the shoulder blades is very sore. One corner done, 3 to go...maybe Saturday, eh? Most of today's shop time, was spent planing the boards flat..and get things square...BEFORE I could start of any dovetails... Stay tuned... Edited December 17, 20223 yr by steven newman
December 17, 20223 yr 13 hours ago, steven newman said: Plane is a Van Camp (Stanley?) That plane is beautiful. Awesome restoration. You have an excellent piece of Americana Midwest Indiana history. Really fairly rare especially in such condition. Van Camp Hardware was Indiana's version of Blue Grass Hardware. Most likely was a Stanley branded specifically for Van Camp. I have a couple Van Camp socket chisels. BTW, excellent work as usual on the box.
December 18, 20223 yr Popular Post Man you keep working on this and you will get good at it . Not sure I could handle 3 hours of plane and dovetail. Looking good.
December 18, 20223 yr Author Popular Post There was a Secret Santa Plane Swap on another site....this and a Van Camp block plane arrived in my mail box. Road Trip yesterday....wound up too tired for any shop work.....might try after lunch, today...
December 18, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, steven newman said: There was a Secret Santa Plane Swap on another site....this and a Van Camp block plane arrived in my mail box. Double cool. Obviously someone with no connection to us Hoosiers. IDK about the block planes. I think some of those were made by Miller-Falls. I have a M-F 56. I love it.
December 19, 20223 yr Author Popular Post Secret Santa.. And the other side... The back end view.. Currently have 3 out of 4 corners dovetailed.. Corners #2 and #3...2hours IN the shop, today...
December 19, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, steven newman said: Secret Santa.. Sure beats a lump of coal. I'd say you've been a really, realty good boy.
December 21, 20223 yr Author Popular Post Ok, up-date time....all 4 corners are done.. And, each side of the box now has 3 grooves on the inside faces.. Grooves were made with the Stanley #45... Had to change from the short rods over to... the LONG rods, as the short ones wouldn't reach this far... Panels for the lid and the bottom of the box have been sized to fit.. The 3rd groove is part of a Dust Seal...there is to be an over-lapping groove around the outside of the box.. Everything was dry fitted up...and then glued up, this morning.. Letting this sit a day...then clean it up...and then add the 4th groove.....hopefully the lid will come off...we'll see.. Stay tuned..
December 21, 20223 yr Popular Post Well as many times as I have looked at your posts just noticed the screws used as hold downs. Would have never thought of that.
December 23, 20223 yr Author Popular Post Ok..back out of the clamps,,, , And needed cleaned up.. Then on to the outside groove...that I THOUGHT was laid out, correctly... And, maybe fill in a few holes? Hmmm... Something don't look right...might as well continue...too late to change... Nope, not working out...once the lid was free, took a #4 and leveled things down...and did away with the "Dust Seal" idea.... Trying to close up any gaps, too....Then see about adding the hinges... Pilot hole drill by Goodell Pratt Co....screwdriver IS a Phillip's....then flip this over, to add the latch.. Nice when I have a full box of hardware to sort through... Before I can add the handles on the ends...there is a small matter of filling in the holes... Not Chopsticks...ripped a couple strips of pine...this one hole needed 2 strips...blob of glue, and a Irwin Flush cut saw to trim off..repeat for the other 7 holes...and sand smooth.. What holes? Then I could add the handles... then set it down to see IF the lid works.. Then close it back up, for now.. Nothing fancy...made from a single Pine board...mostly hand tools used, too...
December 24, 20223 yr I like a really nice pine box so long as I can't fit in it. So friends we close out the December and 2022 Woodworking season with the score, Bandit, a gazillion completed, cool and useful projects.
December 24, 20223 yr 16 minutes ago, steven newman said: Keeps me from being bored.... Me too. I love seeing your curls...well the ones from all those planes...you know what I mean.
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