Just fiddle-pharting around, in the shop

[steven c newman]

Got back from the Ancestor's place, have a bunch of forms to fill out...."First Families and Pioneers of Logan County Ohio...."so...bored looking at old records, went to the shop to "putter" around:rolleyes:

Involved a bandsaw for starters...
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Had a large circle.....all marked up for square holes...Needed to drill a few holes..
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Close to 3/4".....then the chisels took over..
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Reason for the clamps? one side had split off....cleaned the breaks up, squared the holes, and glued it back together.
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Some of the chisels were hammer powered, some were powered by my chin...
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Just playing around.....trouble with Trivets?

Maybe tomorrow, I can finish this thing up...more of a prototype...better spacings, better wood?
Stay tuned..

[Stew Denton]

Cool Steven,

Looks like an industrial strength trivet! It will make a very nice trivet when you are finished!

Stew

[steven c newman]

Went to the shop, today. "Plan" WAS to just go and pick up the utility knife I needed to replace a window screen with....finally remembered it, after a bit of chisel work...
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Left the one hole round, for a peg to hang this on. Not sure what type of finish is used on a Trivet...
Brace needed some clean up work...to get everything moving the way it was designed to move..
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Gear shifter was stuck....works fine, now. Not sure who made this "Made in USA" brace, seems to be a good one...
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That is a MINTY Craftsman #13 (13/16") bit....sharp as all get out, like it was brand new....
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While trying to sweep up the mess (again..) had a Bumble Bee try to use what little hair I have on my head, as a nest....didn't end well for the Bee. At least I didn't get stung.

Need to find out what finish is used on Trivets, while I finish sanding this one up...

[lowell holmes]

I had forgotten, band saws are hand tools. :)

Just kidding

[Joe Tilson]

That brace looks like it could be a Stanley 900 series or one sold by Monty Ward made by Lakeside Tool Co. That's a just what it looks like to me.???

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

I would consider BLO. I don't think you want a finish that stays on the surface of the trivet, as a hot item placed on a finish like polyurethane or spar or something similar will stick to it.

Stew

[steven c newman]

Will be giving it a coat or two of Mineral Oil.....cutting board finish.

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

That is another oil that will soak into the wood, and will not stay on the surface. I think that is a perfect choice.

Stew

[steven c newman]

I should have stayed IN the shop and did the "puttering" there...went to repair a window screen, with a new "pet-proof" mesh...got the mesh cut roughly to size..
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Had a new blade in the utility knife...
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New spline came in a plastic bag,,,,used the knife to slice open the bag......
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Results were that the spline dropped out of the bag...and all H broke loose....by the time I got 8 of them bandaids wrapped around the sliced off tip of my finger, I still needed that black plastic tape to wrap it tight enough the blood would finally stop...
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Got to cussing.....finally just went ahead and finished the screen install.....and placed the screen back into it's window.....after a few hours, the finger was still hurting pretty bad..no van to go to the ER, so, I just walked the 5 blocks to the ER. It took them 2 tubes of their "super glue" to close things off...
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Hmmm, do not know when that wire was installed in the finger....finger is a tad shorter than it should be....too.
Got the meds and the paperwork, and walked back home....was a LONG, tiresome day...and it wasn't even a Monday!

While out and about today, finger sprung a small leak....got that stoppered, and wrapped things up, again.....other than a throb, throb, throb....not too bad..now.

That will teach me to not get in a big hurry....