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Well, got a wee bit more done to those 4x4s the Boss wanted out of her Dinning Room ( it might be coming back soon) Had the first two 4x4s all resawn down..Finally just picked 5 of the closest in size and glued them up. That was last night. Well, late start, was trying to keep tabs on a football game, they weren't doing so hot. Trudged down to the Dungeon Shop. Took the panel out of the clamps....wasn't the best that I've done. Sooo, a jackplane sized scrubplane going across the grain to even the surface a bit.. Turned the panel 90 degrees, and worked on glue lines. Got to the point where I could run a longer plane.. This is a shot from yesterday. worked both faces of that panel down as flat as I could ( still needs some work) and even brought out a smooth plane. Millers Falls #4 sized plane. Trimmed the ends of the panel nice and square. Set the panel aside for awhile, had two other 4x4s to resaw. First one was just like the other two, trying to get three even slabs. Wasn't happy with the bandsaw's cutting, used the circular saw instead. Set full depth. Then it was the bandsaw's turn to finish the cuts. Differences in kerfs, had to go back and saw some thin "extras" off. Each one then was flattened down.. No.6c small jointer. I soon had enough to make the aprons for this table, and set it all aside. Of course, there was a HUGE knot near one end.....WAS. trimmed two down to a better length. Ok, now about that last 4x4? Needed 4 leg blanks, can't have a table without legs, right? Clamped the 4x4 on the bench with the vise and dogs. Laid out a center line. Circular saw was again on the job.. Not the best? A few trips to flatten the insides faces, then another center line marked out. Wasn't about to run that circularsaw along my bench's top, so back to the bandsaw....a bit wavy in the cut.. But a straight edge jack plane, Millers Falls #14, could handle that detail. Got all saw marked faces done, and took a long break for awhile. Clothes were hauled upstairs from the dryer, too. Snuck back down for a little while...Needed to clear a space for my fat...to go You see, I needed to get to the lathe. not enough room there for me to even work on the lathe....moved some things around.. That's better. Then, I needed to make sure all four blanks were the same length, and they were to be 24" long. Tablesaw? We don't need no stinking tablesaw! Two clamps to gang the blanks together, another to clamp it to the bench. Works for me. Dug up a high tech square, to mark centers on the ends on a blank Hmm, not too bad? Did both ends, added the drive spur. Turned the blank for awhile, just trying out some things. Might have a "pattern" I can use....tomorrow? Might do? Got #2 already to go, too. Back was hurting, might have over-did it today? Grabbed the other load from the dryer, and hauled it upstairs....I'm done for today. A entire day IN the Dungeon Shop? Might have got a wee bit done..
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Got the second front/back out of the clamps. Got a panel glued up for the ends. Just some pine 1 x10, and two on by threes. Figured I could get it back out of the clamps this afternoon-ish. Well the ends needed to be trimmed square, and then the panel needed to be cross cut into two identical panels. I happen to have an old, wooden Speed Square. And a circular saw. Clamped the panel to the planer stop jig on the bench top The fence is where the sole of the saw runs against, so I had to allow the distance between the edge of the blade, and the edge of the saw's base. Couple clamps, and shove the saw through the cut Nice and clean, and square. Flipped the panel around and clamped it up again Ugly thing, ain't it. Sawed off the nasty part. and put the jig up for a bit Not a whole lot to this jig, It was made as a fence for jobsite table saws. Worked real good, too. Anyway, jack plane to clean and flatten the faces of the panels needed to be able to see the center line marks. Marked out the center of the panel for a crosscut. Clamped it back into the jig, and make a cut Ok, now have the panels ready to be fitted to the frames, and handplaned into raised panels. Frames? Oh yeah, needed to make a few tenons, and then some mortises, I had one mortise all chopped out, so a tenon was made to match it Ugly groove, though. It will get filled with a raised panel, though, Got this end done, and the other end done. The "jig" for this was a block screwed to the planer stop, and a stop to help with the chisel work. One clamp to hold the victim in place. Coping saw to cut the lines, wide chisel to pop the waste off, and a #78 to clean it up. Scrollsaw to make a miter cut on the groove part, and a test fit Not too bad? Got things set up to do at least the rest of this end piece.....Uncle Charlie ( HORSE) paid a visit to my feet! Toes, and arches....barely made it back upstairs and poured a glass of milk. Seems to get Uncle Charlie to ...GO AWAY. Well, that shot the shop time for today, have to work the next three nights at my Day Job....Stay tuned...
