Umbrella Stand? Recycle Bin?

[glenn bradley]

Walt Caza's very cool recycling bin hooked me. I always enjoy his work. I'm making one for me and one for mom. My take off on this idea varies from his but will be something like this (boy SU is great for this "what-if" stuff):

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I resawed the material for the panels then ripped and milled the leg stock. I tried scraping all four sides while the legs were "ganged"; worked out nice:

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Using a simple reference setup at the vise I can do all the mortises in one run:

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The MP clamps to the leg roughly toward the end. This sets the depth that the leg will set into the vise.

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I set this assembly into the vise where I have a stop block clamped to the bench:

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The leg references off the clamp's bar:

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The MP slides down to hit the stop block:

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Using this method I cranked out 16 mortises before my coffee cooled down:

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16 more to go. I stopped to post as I had to come in for more coffee anyway ;-) In my usual obnoxious pattern, I will drag you all with me as I go.

[Jacob Mac]

Not obnoxious at all. I love following your threads. I always learn something.

I thought long and hard about getting a MP, but I opted for a used FMT instead. Being able to knock out consistent and accurate mortises quickly is such a luxury.

[glenn bradley]

The rail mortises are cut with a stop block setup not unlike the leg setup:
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Setup lines on the end of a rail allow the setting of the stop blocks on the first cut. All following mortises use the same stops:
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I make the tenon stock in batches, then cut to length as required:
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And (very anti-climactic) they go together like so:
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I used the Blacker House Leg jig from a previous project:
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I used some thin strips of MDF as centering spacers as the jig is made for 1-1/2" legs and these are 1-1/4":
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The rough cut comes out like so:
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After some shaping and initial touch sanding the floor end of the leg looks like so:
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[Ben Martin]

Looks good so far Glenn!

I will be anxiously watching this as I will be building one of these too!...eventually...

[glenn bradley]

Work sure has a way of interrupting shop time. I really got used to that two weeks off. Anyway, I used the router table, fence and stop blocks to cut the mortises on the long rails:

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Same for the short rails. This is pretty quick when everything is the same (or supposed to be):

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I had these all prepared to rough size last weekend:

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I use a stop block on the TS sled to cut the shoulders:
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I use the magnetic featherboard as a stop to rough cut the rest of the shoulder. This seems like an extra step but it really flys when you're doing so many:

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Two or three swipes with a chisel, per corner:

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And one of the short end panels goes together like so:

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[glenn bradley]

Its interesting how I can get pulled away from something for so long. I can't believe I started these on New Year's Eve . . . for shame.

Color is Transtint brown mahogany in DNA with a dash of lemon yellow to kick the QSWO reflecting quality. A very thin clear shellac barrier coat followed by several 2lb cut shellac coats till I got the build I wanted. Rubbed out with 0000 steel wool loaded with paste wax.

These were pretty much completely finished prior to assembly. I mention this as this comes up in discussion now and again.

The gratuitous clamp pic:

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Some different angles. The QSWO really picks up on the flash and looks so different depending on the angle. In real like it is much more subtle:

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I made one for my office as a waste paper basket. The other is for mom's kitchen where she keeps a recycle basket that's seen better days.

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Mom likes hummingbirds, my "can" just has the slots.

[John Thompson]

Very nice Glenn... I really like the way you handled the legs. Glad to see someone takes coffee breaks from the shop also. And will add that's a nice balanced router you have. I have the 2 1/4 HP plunge kit and have had the larger 3 1/2 HP under the table for about 9 years. They're "hosses"!

Well done...