July 24, 20232 yr Popular Post When last seen...this pile was needing some work ( Rehabs got in the way) So...today's Tasks was to dovetail the back corners...and see about a base for it to sit on.... Lay out a few pins...saw a few pins.. Chop out the waste...outside face first... Chop down about halfway...flip over.. The chopping was done on a piece of 3/4" plywood.....that needed flattened once it was tied down to the bench.. Put to work fresh out of rehab.... Used the completed pins to lay out the matching tails....bandsaw the waste out between the lines..ON the WASTE side of the lines.....the more of each line I leave, the tighter the joint.. First dry fit.. Not too hateful? Repeat the above for the other corner... Getting better? This is to be the back of the case...the front will have a couple shallow drawers, and the front of a tray under the lid. Will fit up the drawers next time.....while I am getting the panel for the base square up and leveled...right now? It is waiting on glue to dry....6 strips, resawn to ~5/8" thick, edges ripped square and parallel... Double cauls to try to keep things close to flat.....toes were starting to cramp up, Mountain Dew Zero was about empty....time to stop for the day... Stay tuned....it just night get "Very Interesting"...
July 24, 20232 yr Popular Post 1 hour ago, steven newman said: Double cauls to try to keep things close to flat.. Every time I do that, the cauls get glued to the panel
July 24, 20232 yr Author Popular Post A simple whack with the last clamp off, cauls fly right off. Going to need planed flat, anyway... Have a NEW 4' LED Shop lite from Harbor Freight hanging up, right over the Tablesaw....even brighter than the other 2 in the shop....
July 24, 20232 yr Popular Post 15 hours ago, lew said: Every time I do that, the cauls get glued to the panel I wax the cauls and never stick.
July 25, 20232 yr Popular Post 5 hours ago, Gerald said: I wax the cauls and never stick. Or packing tape
July 25, 20232 yr Author Popular Post Day #2...Work on the front of the box...parts needed cut to length.. On the Cordless Mitersaw, of course... No cloud of dust in the air, no screaming motor...where is the fun in that? Some of the ends were a bit "Knotty", though... Note that reflection in the saw blade? Shows the saw is cutting a perfect 90 degree cut...parts laid out? I used the back of the box to help lay out the sizes... 2 drawer fronts, a strip to cover the edge of the plywood drawer runner. And the front of the top tray.. Got the grooves milled.. Used the tablesaw for the grooves, BTW...I also cut 2 plywood panels, and fitted them... The piece for the front of the tray needed a rebate to house(hide?) the front edge of the plywood "floor" Front piece gets dovetailed to the sides of the box...which will be the next item on the Task List... Then start on the 2 drawers...drawer front will need a 1/4" rebate along the bottom edges, to allow for the plywood drawer bottoms.....sides and backs need to be cut to size needed..then the drawers can be glued up..hopefully square...MIGHT get to that task this coming weekend....we'll see. Stay tuned ( BTW: This is a 2 drawer version of a Paul Sellers' "Desktop Organizer" that the Single Brain Cell Sketch Up has adapted to)
July 26, 20232 yr Popular Post Love it Steve, and thanks for the tags If anyone doesn't quite understand the benefit of tagging your topics, and content in our community, go ahead and click on the tag "ash". The purpose is, if anyone wanted to see topics that contained the wood ash, they will find them. Say for example, a passerby or member, would like to see some ideas to have some "ash" fun in their shop because they have some ash they want to make something from, they can click on the tag "ash" and see inspiration for their beloved stash of ash. The same could be said if you click on Steve's tag "dovetail", you'll see how folks here have used their dovetails, it's a great research tool, the tags.
July 26, 20232 yr Author Popular Post Day #3... Doing dovetails and notches... Fitting the floor panel...tried a dry fit.. Making sure the panels will fit...front view? About time for the brush, bottle of glue, and.. A Forest of Clamps...every 12" clamp in the shop, plus that 18" diagonal one "Pull until square says it is square".....double check another corner.. And that pretty well ties up the bench for today... Stay tuned
July 27, 20232 yr Author Popular Post Day #4....de-clamping day? Divider was a tad too thick...had to thin it down a bit...then get the case to sit down FLAT Checked both the bottom edges and the top edges... While removing the clamps and cauls from the base panel... Handy-dandy Caul Removal Tool...one or 2 good whacks does the job... Once the base was trimmed to size...time for a glue up, again... Used to be a few square holes on the ends.. Gone now...view of the back? I'll trim this lip flush after the clamps come back off.... Rough (VERY ROUGH) cut 2 drawer backs, and.. 4 sides for the 2 drawers.... That will be quite enough for today...too bleeding hot right now (89 mostly SUNNY degrees outside), and I am trying to hide from Ser Uncle Charles.... Stay tuned..
July 27, 20232 yr Popular Post 9 minutes ago, steven newman said: ...too bleeding hot right now (89 mostly SUNNY degrees outside I'll see your 89° and raise you 5...real feel 112°. It's terrible unless you breathe or blink your eyes...sadly not even close to the record. BTW, nice work so far.
July 28, 20232 yr Popular Post Glad you were able to get that much done , looks like it is gonna be a beauty.You can add seven for me 96 at 4 PM.
July 28, 20232 yr Author Popular Post Thunderstorms rolled through here....and the temps went UP? 87 mostly cloudy, HUMID degrees outside, right now....would be nice to stash some of this heat for about January ... Will be heading down to Lost Art Press tomorrow morning...and see what their "Open House" will be like......Yes, I will take my camera along.... Getting bored, now...may try the shop for about an hour, and see how it goes...Film @ 2300 hrs.
July 28, 20232 yr Author Popular Post Rebate needed to be milled Along the bottom edge of the drawer front... To house the bottom of the drawer..also needed a rebate/dado on each end...dry fits Then I could cut the drawer's back for length....then this shows up.. No gap left un-clamped.... So..this will sit a spell... . I did get the parts milled for the other drawer. The one IN the clamps is the Bottom Drawer, the one waiting is the upper drawer.. I even sanded the plywood panels smooth! Can't work in my shop, tomorrow....will be on a Road Trip....Film @2300 hrs....stay tuned...
July 29, 20232 yr Popular Post 8 hours ago, steven newman said: Thunderstorms rolled through here....and the temps went UP? 87 mostly cloudy, HUMID degrees outside, right now....would be nice to stash some of this heat for about January ... Will be heading down to Lost Art Press tomorrow morning...and see what their "Open House" will be like......Yes, I will take my camera along.... Getting bored, now...may try the shop for about an hour, and see how it goes...Film @ 2300 hrs. Get us a pic of Chris
July 30, 20232 yr Author Popular Post Like this one? Making spindles for the Arm Chair he was building..with a block plane... Drawer came out of the clamps...was not quite wide enough....1/8" GAP on both ends....hmmm..we have ways.. Glued on a thin strip along both sides of the drawer...tomorrow (maybe) I can plane the sides to fit... Lid will have bread board ends, soooo Waiting on THAT glue up as well... Tongue & Groove joints....Fancy? Trying to decide on which pair of handles to install on the 2 drawers... Plain ones, or...Fancy ones...one per drawer front.. Waiting on both me and the shop to cool down ( Laundry Detail..Dryer) before I head back to the shop...have one more drawer to glue up.. Stay Tuned
July 30, 20232 yr Popular Post i was going to build a "dis-organizer", and then put on matches with my organizer, sell tickets, take bets, sell media rights, advertising - it was going to be a BIG deal....but i couldn't get organized to build a "dis-organizer"..... i'll let myself out.....
July 30, 20232 yr Popular Post Right every time I organize and put things where any fool could find them due to the great logic, Then cannot find anything.
July 30, 20232 yr Author Popular Post Hmmm..well the "top" drawer is now in the clamps.. Thinking I might buy a few more of these style clamps, next time around.... Lid was cleaned up, have a few high spots to level out.. And the front corners were rounded up a bit... then needed some tools to install the hinges.. Drill is a Goodell Pratt...bit is 1/16"....note the screws? Lower drawer fits a lot better...as for the lid? lid works...as for those hinge screws.. Not exactly the biggest ones, are they? Waiting on the last drawer to get done... Stay tuned...
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