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Still had a stash of resaws to use up...or burn....prefer to use up, so.. And... Figure I could just glue these up into book-matched panels...for a Frame & Panel box/chest? Clamps and cauls.... Bench vise as a 3rd hand, and as a pair of cauls.. More clamps and cauls..might use this one for and end panel..means I need one for the other end Not too sure about that knot, yet.. let these sit a day...then remove the clamps..and nothing flies apart... The 2 longer panels, will have to trim these down to match each other...as for the other 2.. Need to trim all of these down.. To get rid of that knot, for one thing.. Set the rip fence to ~5" width...ran the best of each panel through...set aside the 3" cut-offs for later... Lengths...ends are 6" long, and the 2 sides are ~9" long.. Then try to plane the glue joints until they disappear.. Almost gone? Also needed to get them all FLAT.. A little more off of the right edge? repeat 3 more times.. Plane is a Stanley No.3, Type 11....as it was still out on the bench... Upstairs, there are 2 planks...one has a live edge...7/8" x 6 x 65-1/2" The other is a bit plain..and a foot shorter I figure I can cut the best section out...for a lid....maybe do a glue-up? Rest of the plank will get ripped down into parts for the frames. Some of which might get a bit "showy"? Spalted Maple? set the fence for 1-1/2" width..run a few strips to start up with.. Might be enough..we'll see... Next time? More rips...a LOT of cross cuts (16 parts !) and more rips...then see about grooves, tenons... Stay tuned..
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Sorting the scrap pile, might be a project in there
steven newman posted a topic in General Woodworking
Had a pile of Ash scraps, and other cut-offs. Sorted through the mess....FUBAR ones were headed to the firepit can. The rest? Not much use as 3/4" thick "chunks", but....IF I resaw them down to 1/2" thick parts....I can glue up a few panels. Make a few boxes.....Might even try that stack of 1/4" Red Cedar planks into small Souvenir Boxes like one sees at Tourist Trap Stores? Mainly going to work on that pile of Ash..... Reset the tablesaw saw. Zero Clearance Overlay and the fence were installed.....set for a full height ( that this saw could do...) and 1/2" between the fence and the blade. No, handsaw , or Bandsaw this time around.....Started working on the pieces that were still 5-6" wide......was having issues.....reset, and RIP everything to 3-4" wide....and try again. Soon had a pile on the bench... Thick ones are about 1/2" thick....thin being around 1/4" or thinner....was filling the bench up so much.. That even the bandsaw was storing some pieces... Hmmm, might be needed for trays and lids? have other uses for that short bit of 3/4" scrap.... Decided to at least try to joint a few edges... Find a few that matched each other, for a panel glue up... Couple of cauls to keep things flat.... While resawing to get the faces flat,,,,overlap was sometimes a bit...off.....this piece laid right over, just barely caught the spinning blade, and flew right back at me...glasses caught some of the impact, stiff upper lip got most of the attention....and bounced off.....heading for the burn pile. Got to about the 4th panel glue up... Found out I was getting low on clamps....without using the 24" or longer ones....stashed the 4 over on the saw for a day, or two... had also made a small pile of sawdust under the saw.. About an inch deep. Shop Cat seems to like laying around in the stuff.... Monday? Shop was closed, had errands to run. Monday also had.... Just over 4" of this white crap arrived....snowed all night...so, today we are under a Level 1 Snow Emergency.....more or less snowed in.. Grrrr....That wooden planter stands 5" tall, BTW.....which means, I can just go hide out in the shop all day. I think I would have preferred November Rain, instead of this stuff.....may just send this down to Gunny's place....I think I can spare a bit.. Stay tuned....
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Had a pile of scraps from the last projects. Some of the wider ones needed ripped down a bit for width, as the tablesaw only goes so high... One board had "issues" Bandsaw removed most of the bad stuff... Which left a few good pieces.. I cut the skinny one in half. Set up the zero clearance plywood panel, and then the fence to cut about 1/2" thick slices... Which left a mess of 1/4" thick stuff (0.290" thick)..as opposed to these 0.445" thick parts.. Most of these two stacks were less then flat....leaned a bit from the fence...we have ways.. had two slats, about 2-1/2" wide...somewhere around 12" long....decided to cut them at 11" long, to make the longer sides of a box... And a pair at 6-1/2" long....was trying to get 4 sides all the same width... Had to joint all 4, until they were all alike. There was also a stack of narrow strips...picked out the best of the bunch..5 of them. Jointed the edges, then clamps and glue... And let this sit a day or two....corner joints were next....laid out to cut two ends, by stacking the longer sides together...making sure they matched.. Combo square, and a chisel. 6mm mortise chisel to do the spacings. Start in from the outside edges, work towards the middle....Square marks the line all around. Set to the thickness of the shorter sides. "Drop" the pair down low in the vise, to avoid vibrations from the saw.... Split the lines, or leave them...doesn't matter much..as the matching fingers will be marked from these, once they are chopped out.. Then, turn around, and do the other end the same way...Mark one one as #1, and one end of the shorter ends the same...lay out where to cut, cutting on the waste side of the lines...more line you leave, tighter the fit. One corner at a time...test fitting as I go... Finally, got all 4 corners chopped out.. Which left plowing a groove for the plywood bottom panel to sit in....had to sharpen the #12 cutter, was getting a bit dull, anyway....then set up the 45 And set up a jig, of sorts... Nothing fancy, just enough to hold things steady...to do the longer sides.. Just move two screws a bit....then check for alignment of the grooves... A few pencil lines, to help size the plywood panel....which was a hair too thick, too...we have ways.. Once it was the correct size, a block plane beveled all the edges, both faces.....then sanded the panel, and did a test fit.. No glue, yet. Checking the fit of the plywood, and getting a bunch of clamps set up. hate fumbling around, trying to set up a clamp, with glue running everywhere....so, glue is next.. Then flip this mess over, check the inside of the corners for square...add a couple more clamps....some of which came from the lid blank... Need to clean up the glue-ups...maybe today....once the clamps come off. Need to flatten the lid, too. Stay tuned...there MIGHT be a bit more to this story....than just a plain, old box...
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As the title says...bit of a test, to see how the new photos do in the new computer...haven't found the "resize" button,...yet...these may be a tad big? Ok..found that button....all these USED to be 3/4" thick scraps of Ash...ran them through the resize station.. Left a tad between the halves...bandsaw to remove that. Was trying for 1/2" thick...might be closer to 3/8"...lid for a box? had cleaned and packed up the Stanley 45.. Screwdrivers? Have a few, for use on this plane.. Little "Chef's hat" is a Goodell-Pratt, Round ball is a Millers Falls....others you might know...I did buy a new sander, today To replace the B&D one that is having bearing issues....looks like I did a bit of saw work.. Saw makes a fuzzy style of saw dust...might be the blade... Get these flattened out, and made into sides for a box, or two? Let me know, how these turn out, size-wise...
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