Use for a plank?

[steven c newman]

Taking a little vacation after the last project. Had a "Must-do-by.." project next week...once other items arrive...have to build a box for them to nest in. Will have 1 week to get that done, and shipped on to the next person in the chain....( may even show a few photos, when done?)

Once that is done....there is still some "leftovers" of Ash in the shop. There is also a 4/4 x 6 x 8-1/2' plank to bring down to the shop...might see IF I can make a small, Shaker Style table, with drawer, out of just those "parts" ( secondary wood will be either Poplar, or Pine), including the legs...

Sound doable? Maybe a 15" x 15" top? Plank is 6" wide, but very rough on the edges. Did not see any knots, this time...never know.

Stay tuned....this might be fun...

[Stew Denton]

Hi Steven,

I don't know, if you have enough of the "leftovers" ash scraps, I think you get it done. I don't think it will take much in the way of the leftovers, but I am thinking that the one plank may be just a bit short by itself. However, I have great confidence that you will figure out something good!

Stew

[steven c newman]

Might be a week or two.....BP issues....217/107...before the EMS squad hauled me away to the hospital Friday evening....got back home Saturday evening, still not feeling too good...

Think I sit back and rest up a while....

[Stew Denton]

Hi Steven,

Take some time to rest and wait till things settle down a little and you are caught up on your rest. Thanksgiving day is coming!

I appreciate your posts and thank you for doing the projects.

Thanks and regards,

Stew

[steven c newman]

About noonish this coming Wednesday, a visit to the Cardio Doctor, to find out what he found out, and what he wants to do....right now, I have trouble with stairs....at lease in going up a set....

Have a saw to pick up, and two Rip saws to drop off...might do that after the visit...Sharpening Service doesn't open until 2pm, anyway.

[lowell holmes]

About fifteen years ago, a friend had a heart attack. They inserted a stent.

Now he sees the heart doctor twice a year. He read a book on fitness walking and walks every morning.

Google "fitness walking".

[steven c newman]

Ex-leg Infantry....walking isn't much of a problem.

Second spell, last night...244/125.....they redid the BP meds.....they seem to think my current ones were getting out-dated....haven't been changed in over 5-8 years...130/70 when I got out this afternoon....I'm plumb tuckered out.

Backed out of the nesting box commission....take a bit of time off. May pick up a couple boards this week...have a sharpened saw to pick up, and 2 to drop off.
Will update after tomorrow's Cadio Check up....

[steven c newman]

Well..wasn't that great of a day.....Sharpening Service was closed til Friday ( Mon, Tue, Fri, 2-6pm)

cardio Doctor visit....am now scheduled for a Heart Cath the first week of December....and a couple other meds to try.....they will be going up through the groin, instead of Radial through the wrist...might be a while before I am allowed back into the shop....

[steven c newman]

Have no real restrictions until the Cath date....decided to keep things simple in the shop....do one task a day....with a one hour time limit...no more 4-6 hour marathons....

task yesterday? Plank was slowly hauled to the shop. Placed in the end vise on the bench....
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Marked out 18" per cross cut....and used this D-8, 11 ppi, 26" long saw to make 3 cross cuts. took a short break...
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Rather than hand saw for width, or plane the edges to joint them...I set up the rip fence 3 times....once to remove the worst of the wavy edge, second to "joint" the almost straight edge, and then once more to "joint" the first edge...then clamped the 3 blanks together....
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And let them sit a day or two....end grain?
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And the face grain?
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I dug out the scraps from the DVD Cabinet build..
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Can use these 2 as blanks for some of the aprons.

task for later today? Reset the fence on the tablesaw, the 3 blanks for the top are just over 4/4" thick, would like them to be 3/4" thick. Set the fence to buzz the worst off...saw blade isn't quite big enough...so...
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After the tablesaw goes all the way around, this can clip off the ridge in the middle, then maybe a bit of handplane work, then the final run-through to get to finished thickness....then maybe a glue up? Going to rest up a bit...might head to the shop later today.

Stay tuned....

[steven c newman]

Shoptime...Begin @ 1500hrs....end @ 1615 hrs....15 minutes overtime. Set up the saw's fence...
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Even with the blade all the way up....
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Can't reach the center of a 5-1/2" wide board....tried the bandsaw, to remove what was left...
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Did not go well...tried to clean up with a couple planes...
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More work than I need to be doing....reset the saw a few times...ripped the 3 blanks, right at the top of the saw blade cuts....then set the fence, and ran all 9 blanks through on edge, to get to 3/4" thick...then clamped the stack together...and called it a day..
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Tomorrow, maybe, I'll lay these out flat, sort through for the best looking pattern of the grain....might even glue it up into a panel?
Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Kind of slow, today?

Cleared a flat space...
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Biggest flat area in the shop....slap a plywood panel down..and do a 1st sorting..
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Not quite right...do a second sorting....
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Meh, a little better....rotate the mess...
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Then rotate the parts for a bead of glue..
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Spread the bead a bit, mooshing the part around until it "sticks"...then add a few clamps & cauls...
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And let it, and me sit a day....maybe 1/2 an hour's work?

May try to lay out blanks for the legs, tomorrow...
Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

For my One Hour of Shop Time today....Removed a few clamps..
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So I could clear off the tablesaw...and make a mess...
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Ripped two planks to 2" width...lots of wavy edges, and faces....by the time I was done....had 6 blanks at 3/4" x 1-5/8" x 20"...

Then matching the grain patterns between each pair of blanks...spread some glue, and clamp them up....
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Had enough to make 3 out of the four legs....had to use the vise..
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To keep things from slipping around....I intend to taper two sides of the legs....leaving the best looking faces alone...

Looks like I need to "Road Trip" and buy a stick or two of Ash....
Stay tuned...:D

[steven c newman]

Well...hauled a 1 x 6 x 5' Ash plank to the shop. Atkins No.65 to cross cut twice. Then, since both my rip saws are out to be sharpened...tablesaw came next. Ripped a few strips.

Glued up the better of the bunch,
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So that leg #4 is getting done. Two other strips..
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Needed trimmed for length, to make blanks for the bread board ends...
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And stashed them both here...and still had enough to get some apron stock...
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Figure I can cut the best out of these three...may even see about a drawer?
Other three legs are out of the clamps..
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And was able to square both ends..
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Need to clean the glue joints up, and start on tapering 2 sides of each leg....
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may have used a tad too much glue?

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Today was Turkey Day, due to everyone's work schedules....sitting here stuffed at the moment...doubt if the shop will open, today.....maybe tomorrow. Need a nap, right now.

Next Tuesday is the Heart Cath.....up in Lima, OH. Then I have to be a good boy, until the plug heals...

Stay tuned...

[Matt Lau]

Might be a week or two.....BP issues....217/107...before the EMS squad hauled me away to the hospital Friday evening....got back home Saturday evening, still not feeling too good...

Think I sit back and rest up a while....


Dang. Are you doing better? That's dangerously high BP.

[Stew Denton]

Hey Steven,

Take a good portion of tomorrow off also. Left over turkey, potatoes and gravy, football on TV.

Stew

[steven c newman]

Lets see...been busy today, trying to wind down from it.....almost 3 hours IN the shop, today....trying to work that extra weight off..

Legs for the table...have been cleaned up, squared up, tapered 2 sides...round-over-ed on one outside corner...
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Bandsaw to rough in the tapers, then these two tools to smooth the tapers..
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Set aside until needed, again....flattened the table's top...
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From this to..
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Then the #78..
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Twice on this end...to fit..
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One of the bread board ends...may try to do the other end tomorrow....after all the running around is done.
Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Ok...worked about 1 hour this morning.....Clamps came off the top.....planed and sanded both faces smooth...decided this face will be the "underside"
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Then laid out where the legs will go....1" overhang, all the way around. Then started cutting apron blanks...
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Cut one end square, allowing for 1/2" long tenons on each end....cut a blank to length..
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And soon had all for blanks cut...
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Then lay out and cut the tenons....
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Hour was done. DEpending on how a football game turns out....I may head back to the shop..have mortises to chop
Stay tuned :D

[steven c newman]

Ok...lay out a few toys..
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Lay out where the mortises will go...have 8 to do..
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Chop a while, test the fit...
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Chop a bit deeper..
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Had a few "crumbs" down in the hole, shook those out. Rinse & Repeat...then a dry fit..
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No glue, yet. Need to make 4 corner blocks, first. Spent most of the 2 hours today sitting down..
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Had two squares set up, to do the layout work..
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And used the tenon to locate where the mortise needed to be.

Decided to hang up the apron...
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And call it a day...at least until after Supper...maybe..
Stay tuned....Have to get things done, before Tuesday morning...

[Mike Cherry]

Hi Steven, sorry to hear about your recent medical issues. I hope you are feeling better.

[steven c newman]

Ripped some pine scrap down to 1 x 2s
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Then used a mitersaw to make a few cuts..
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until I had 4 corner blocks....
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Then a few pilot holes and countersinks
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Aprons were planed smooth on the show side, and a slight round-over on the bottom edge.
Then a glue up of all the parts....and quite a bit of cussing...
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Clamps sat a day, then, drilled slotted holes in each corner block. Round-over bit was run around the edges of the top...
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Good side down, used a combo square to center the base..
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Added washers to each screw, and attached the base to the top..
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And set things aside for a bit...and a PIP

Stay tuned, BRB..

[steven c newman]

Time to show off a bit...
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Before the "Gunstock" stain goes on....
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And, after the stain was brushed on...and wiped down..
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Just a simple, little table....
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Waiting on the stain to dry, before a top coat...

Stay tuned, almost done....

[steven c newman]

Just got back home this morning...Heart Cath went OK....no stents needed. So. now I am on the "DL" for a few weeks, letting the plug in the leg's artery heal up.

Maybe the first of the year, before the next project starts...

[Mike Manning]

Good to hear you needed no stents and will be ready to go in a few weeks.

[steven c newman]

No stents were needed. Everything looked good, I guess. They seemed to think it may be a kidney causing the troubles.

Table has been hauled upstairs ( Grandson) and a quart of Amber Shellac has been brought upstairs....just need a place to brush on the finish...3-4 coats....and see how it looks.

Rearend is getting sore from all this sitting around....might give it a break, by using the brush.

[steven c newman]

1st coat is on the table.....may get #2 after a bit..
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Will take a few more coats....

[steven c newman]

3 coats are done, and have been rubbed down.
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Think I can call this little table done.