Frank Pellow
12-24-2005, 2:29 PM
Thursday evening It just did not seem to me like Christmas was in two days. In thinking about it a little more, I realized was that I was not hurrying to finish making some presents. So, I started a new project (a Chinese Checker game) for my granddaughter Isla. So, yesterday I was able to spend time in the shop under pressure to finish a gift and it felt much more like the happy Yule seasons of years gone by.
I used the template (34523) and special drill bit (41463) from Rockler (see: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=943&filter=34523). These had both been in my position for a few years, but I just never seemed to get around to using them.
For wood, I decided to use some 5/4" x 4" (dressed) Western red cedar scraps that I had collected after building a deck for friends in Seattle about 5 years ago. The wood was so nice that I just couldn't see wasting it, so when we moved back to Toronto about three years ago, the scraps came with us.
I further dressed the wood and glued 6 pieces together to make the board.
Here is a picture of the template on the glued up-wood. In the bottom left of the photo is a small scrap with some test indents drilled into it.
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I also routed 6 marble storage groves for into the board using a 5/16 radius core box bit.
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Two support "legs" were attached to the end of the boards using Miller Dowels (see: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&cat=1,250,43217,48301&p=48301). It is the first time that I used these dowels and they are great -so mush easier to glue that regular dowels.
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The drill left indents that were not a smooth as I would like (especially for such an expensive bit). The best thing I could find to smooth the holes was the grinding drill stone shown in the photo below. The radius of the stone was a little too large but it did an adequate job.
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I used the template (34523) and special drill bit (41463) from Rockler (see: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=943&filter=34523). These had both been in my position for a few years, but I just never seemed to get around to using them.
For wood, I decided to use some 5/4" x 4" (dressed) Western red cedar scraps that I had collected after building a deck for friends in Seattle about 5 years ago. The wood was so nice that I just couldn't see wasting it, so when we moved back to Toronto about three years ago, the scraps came with us.
I further dressed the wood and glued 6 pieces together to make the board.
Here is a picture of the template on the glued up-wood. In the bottom left of the photo is a small scrap with some test indents drilled into it.
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I also routed 6 marble storage groves for into the board using a 5/16 radius core box bit.
28143
Two support "legs" were attached to the end of the boards using Miller Dowels (see: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&cat=1,250,43217,48301&p=48301). It is the first time that I used these dowels and they are great -so mush easier to glue that regular dowels.
28144
The drill left indents that were not a smooth as I would like (especially for such an expensive bit). The best thing I could find to smooth the holes was the grinding drill stone shown in the photo below. The radius of the stone was a little too large but it did an adequate job.
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