Maple Inventory, next project?

[steven c newman]

Ok, have a bit of both Curly Maple and plain old Maple left over. Need to find some ideas to use them up...
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Have this panel. This is how it came home..3 board glue up, 15" wide x 31" long.....top?

There is a pile in the shop..
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Mostly Maple. Walnut is down to small bits and pieces (trim?) the rest is Pine and Poplar
Maple seems to be in this size..
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1 x 6 and 1 x8 around 2' long or so. Nice stack..
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There is ONE board that seems to say "Drawer Front"
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Wild grain. There is also what remains of another wide plank
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Yep, that split finally came apart. There are 5/4" thick.....stiles for ...?

The Poplar can be sides for small drawers. Pine can be for frames inside a case. Or just more jigs.

may just sleep on this a while...I think I need a day off, after that Walnut & Cherry Box project....Single Brain Cell Sketch Up is "Off-line" right now.

Stay tuned....may come up with something to cobble together...

[steven c newman]

Thinking of ripping that thick slab into stiles.....should be able to get four out of it? Maybe sit that glued up panel on top? Maybe a drawer under it? Or...small Blanket Chest atthe foot of a bed? One that seems to think it is a drawer front..can be made into a fancy end panel ? Bread board ends on the lid? Add a few trim pieces of what is left of the Walnut?

Will see when I get back to the shop. Hmmmm, Frame &Panel case? Breadboards? One or two panels across the front and backs...? Maybe a small "keepsafe" box, just under the lid?

This might take a while....hope it doesn't get too boring.....

[steven c newman]

IF nothing gets in the way tomorrow...like the Boss having other plans for me.., I MIGHT meander down and get a start on this Maple project. Maybe see how I am fixed for building the frames..to hold a few panels. Might try a few "new" things out...we'll see. Don't have a way to do video in the shop.....unless someone shows up to do that...shop is open just about every afternoon...

[steven c newman]

Set the resaw jig to 1-3/4" away from the blade. Ran the 5/4 slab through, and a couple other boards. Need to size them for length, next. Then I can figure out the sizes needed for the raised panels...May have to do a few panel glue ups...Sticking with a single panel on the ends, and two ( maybe..) panels for the front, and for the rear. May work on the frames a while, tomorrow..

[steven c newman]

Hand plane WORK ( and I am soaked..) today. All frame parts for the front and back frames have been jointed, and the faces smoothed. ( pictures later this evening)

May need a stick or three more, to finish the build. Back is now stiffened up. Need to find a bit of Lunch...

Had to rip a thin slice off of one board..so it would match the ones it will connect to...counting width of the cut....1/8" total removed....then planed flat.

[steven c newman]

Shop Cat kicked me out of my chair!
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So, I guess I should do a little work in the shop?
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Resaw jig set to 1-3/4"from the blade. Shoplight to help me SEE the lines.
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Results. Needed to clean the bench off, and build a jig....of some sort
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These needed the edges jointed....tried the 5-1/2 Stanley...
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But it was a tad too "tippy"....went with a Millers Falls No. 14 Jack instead.
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these also had a bit of stain on them...readjusted the jig, and removed the red stuff..
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Needed smoothed anyway....there were a few long rails to plane down....wavy saw cuts and such...
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Rails are almost 30" long, so a longer plane was used.
Out of room for pictures....BRB

[steven c newman]

That long jointer plane?
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Ohio Tool Co. No. 0-7.....I also tried a "different" jointer plane..
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A No. 81.....Did ok on the Maple..
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So..now all I need to make are a few raised panel blanks. Parts for the front and back frames are ready to be grooved, and mortise and tenoned. End frames may get cobble after that.

Now, IF I can just get my chair back....

[Matt Lau]

really nice looking wood.

[David Eisenhauer]

Said it before - you are a dynamo Steven C, but that was one serious looking cat and I would not challenge it for the chair. Surely there are other chairs you can use.

[steven c newman]

He merely wants a lap to snooze the afternoon away on...

Yard sales this morning...spent $10..
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Pair of pipe clamps. Came in handy, too
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Picked these up at Aldi's last night....will get them tuned up, later..
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Glue up for either the front or back panel..
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And the other panel. Only had 5 pipe clamps on hand, until the two from the yard sale arrived..
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Cut out the foot profiles. Will see how the side ones turn out, later.
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Center divider, and a top and bottom rail. Awaiting to see how the panels turn out, before any grooves get made.
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Used this old Bailey No.7c today....back is getting stiff. Will call it a day..

[steven c newman]

May need to go and get a stick or two of Maple....need a bit of 1 x 4 stock. Maybe build a webframe to support the bottom panel. I suppose Pine will do for that.

Maple Chest this time around....made one in Walnut a few years ago....as a tool chest! Has since been recycled into a "Winter Clothes" storage...
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Used to hit my shins all the time...
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At one time, it was cleaned up...
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Just a tool chest, back then. Light coloured panels are Sycamore.

[Pat Barry]

Remember, I work IN a cellar, where the Laundry Room is......I build snug as I can......then let things shrink IF they want...
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Made over twenty years ago, was made from the floor boards of a One Room School House that was being torn down. Still going strong.

The panels on your new (20 yr old) example look different regarding the panel fit to the groove. Of course I can't see the detail very clearly.

Regardless, do you find the panels fit much differently between July and January?

[steven c newman]

Nope. Panels were done with a Tablesaw, back then.....out in a drafty, old Pole Barn. Like using handplanes better.

Been using a blockplane to ease the edges of the grooves...
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Something like this.....allows the panel to settle into the bottom of the grooves better...
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Doesn't take all that long to do, either. Would be nice if there was a cutter that could do the groove and bevel the corners all at once...Maybe Derek could "design" one?

[steven c newman]

I suppose, today being Tuesday...I should go to the shop.....maybe after lunch? Have one more raised panel to do, and a few tenons and mortises to cobble up.

Debate is now on how to join the corners.....T&G again.....or, drill a bunch of counter-bored holes, and use screws and glue, then cut a bunch of Walnut plugs....we'll see.

Stay tuned...you too, Pat.

[Pat Barry]

I suppose, today being Tuesday...I should go to the shop.....maybe after lunch? Have one more raised panel to do, and a few tenons and mortises to cobble up.

Debate is now on how to join the corners.....T&G again.....or, drill a bunch of counter-bored holes, and use screws and glue, then cut a bunch of Walnut plugs....we'll see.

Stay tuned...you too, Pat.

Hey, I'm always tuned in