Creeker's Weekend Accomplishments....

[Dennis Peacock]

Good Morning Everyone,

Sorry, but I've been MIA from the forum for about 2 weeks now due to the extreme workload at the "day job". Things have settled a bit and I'm acutally getting a couple of days off. Sure is nice to have some time off.

The computer desk is done (except for the rubbing out), but the customer said they want it like it is, so he came by here Saturday afternoon and picked up all the pieces of the desk except for the 3' by 8' piece, which was too long to fit inside his vehicle. I'll be taking that to him sometime today. I'll get pictures once he has it all assembled and setup like he wants it and then I'll post the pics.

I'm gearing up for an oval kitchen table and a baby dressing table/dresser for some friends of our that will be having their first baby in a few weeks. I'll be working on the table and the dresser at the same time, but I have to finish the dressing table/dresser first as they will finish it themselves to match the paint in the baby's room.

After that? I'm getting back into woodturning and then into some furniture projects for our home that I've been putting on hold for almost a year now.

It's time for another cup of coffee and another log on the fire.

So what did YOU do this weekend?

Best of weeks to you all.

[Jim Becker]

Well...this week is starting off as a two-latté Monday morning and another episode of PowerPoint, um...Hades. But the weekend was "ok". No woodworking, but I did get the slabs moved out of the shop and upstairs into the area I plan on using for longer term lumber storage. (I love having that door on the end of the building!) My new saw should be arriving this week, so I have a big empty space in the shop prepared for the "de-palletization party". It was way too cold to consider getting more finish on the doors for the cherry vanity project, but I brought them in the house to deal with during the week as I can use a brush for what I need to fix up to complete the work.

I also split about a cord of wood thanks to having Fred Voorhees' splitter available to me as well as about another half cord for Robert Tarr with his assistance. Of course, that guarantees it will remain too warm to do much burning of the stove... ;)

[Mike Goetzke]

I finished an outfeed table for my TS (except for the extended miter slots):

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[Alfred Clem]

A snowstorm was followed by extremely strong winds up here in the mountains of AZ. The result was the loss of our garden gate and heavy damage to an eight-foot section of wooden picket fence. So I turned carpenter and repaired the fence and built a completely new garden gate. Nothing fancy, but a much stronger set-up. Will it withstand further bad weather? Only time will tell.

[Jack Hogoboom]

Mike,

How'd you attach that table to your saw? I can't tell from the pictures you posted. An out-feed table has been on my list for a long time....

Jack

[Mike Weaver]

Another successful Pinewood Derby in the history books for our Pack.
No cars came off the track due to the track this year (paid more attention to alighning the track sections), so it was an improvement over last year. And, by drilling out the sensor holes a bit, the timing functioned flawlessly.
The icing on the cake was the extra help available for setting up AND breaking down. It was VERY much appreciated. :D

Saturday afternoon/evening, we cleaned out the garage & my car now fits (which, much like Jim's wood, nearly guarantees no measurable snow this winter :rolleyes:.

Yesterday after Church, I managed a bit of shop time... I mounted a [free] light and cleaned up a bit before playing with the kids.

All in all, a productive weekend.

I hope your weekend was as good as mine.

-Mike

[Mike Waddell]

I started by installing my first zero-clearance insert on a combo machine. Not as easy as I thought it would be because of the riving knife and scoring blade combined with multiple thicknesses required on the actual insert. In the end, I'm very happy with the result.

Next, I finished milling up the rails and stiles for some laundry room cabinet doors to cover the built-ins. I had originally decided to use stub tenons for the doors, but after taking a shaper seminar with fellow 'Creeker Sam Blasco I'm thinking of going with cope and stick instead and also using raised panels instead of 1/4" ply for the field. The shaper is opening up a whole new world of power, accuracy and flexibility. (Quick Note: The LOML refers to the shaper as "the spinning blades of death." It IS pretty scary without safety guards!).

Hope you all had a great weekend too!

[Jim Becker]

How'd you attach that table to your saw? I can't tell from the pictures you posted. An out-feed table has been on my list for a long time....

Hinges are screwed to the rear rail...you can see them in the third picture

[Dan Gill]

I put two of the doors on my daughter's bookshelf/secretary, but she didn't get the old furniture cleared off enough to move it out. So the secretary is still laying on my bench.

I did make a face frame and the door stiles and rails for a linen cabinet I'm making for a service project. Just big box pine, to be painted. I could have started the shelves and door panels, but my son wasn't home to help me unload and maneuver the MDF. I'll get that on the way home today.

[Mike Goetzke]

Mike,

How'd you attach that table to your saw? I can't tell from the pictures you posted. An out-feed table has been on my list for a long time....

Jack

I found a use for my bowed Delta extension table. I used a piano hinge and fastened it to the bottom of the table skirt and bottom of the rear angle iron. I only needed to shim the hinge at the table about 0.015" to keep the TS table just proud of the outfeed table. Also, for the support I found Sears had a roller stand for 1/2 price ($15). I took it apart and mounted it with a locking leg bracket (note, two sets of holes - when I centered the support it hit the dust port so I had to move it over a bit):

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[Chris Jenkins]

Got some Shop time in on Sunday. Needless to say nothing was actually produced! I sent hours at the 66 with my TS-Aligner doing my best to get the saw as accurate as possible without going nuts.

Final result is that I need to get some shim stock as my rack is 10 thou out when I tilt the saw 45 degrees. Everything else is VERY good (within 1 -2 thou on all other specs)

I spent so much time on this cause I am working on building a box next and I want perfect miters. I cut a prototype out of 1/2" Melamine (Thanks to Brad Noble, it came from the crate you sent, 1/2" Melamine is hard to come by out here). Glued it last night and have yet to see how bad it was. Looked like it was 3/32" out of square when I was gluing up last night.

It was this morning on the way to work that I realized I have a lock-miter bit that I bought a while back! I'm gonna set that up tonight and build yet another prototype and see how I like that one.

[John Headley]

Started off Saturday with a plan of replacing my old fuse box in my shop with a breaker box. I need a 220 line, and the current box couldn't accommodate what I needed. After opening up the box, realized the line from the house was too small to handle the 220 also. Ended up digging a ditch, crawling underneath the house and running a new line. I was really surprised I got everything done and was testing out my new Unisaw before sunset. Sunday was church and resting my sore muscles from Saturday.

[Al Willits]

Excellent weekend here, got the larger TS sled done, the TS extensions done and the first of the wife's storage cabinets done, but not painted. Also finished the rack for clamps on the side of my plywood rack, and basicly spent the weekend hiding in the garage.
Well...except for taking the wife out to eat Sat night and spending $70 on what make have been the most bland prime rib I have ever had.

All in all a pretty good weekend.

Al

[Greg Peterson]

Well, I was just planning on re-routing the PEX that feeds the washing machine and utility sink that runs off the water heater. Pretty clumsly looking retrofit done a few years ago.

Ended up running PEX through the entire house! Hybrid homerun system. 1/2" homerun hot water for kitchen and bath and shower. 3/4" cold water main with 1/2" t's for kitchen sink, bathroom sinks and both toilets.

It's a small house, ranch style house, just me and the wife. Tweaking or augmenting the system later on will be a snap.

Buh-bye noisy, hammering pipes.

In summary, last Tuesday I got my electrical upgrade final inspection handled, Saturday I got rid of my 48 year old 1/2" galvanized water lines.

I'm a happy camper.


Now I can begin converting the garage into a more proper shop.

[Jim Hager]

I spent my weekend doing 6 RP doors and finishing up an art display case I've had going for some time now. Sorta slow, but nice to lay back a bit. I sprayed the case with pre-cat lacquer in between heating sessions in the spray room. Gotta heat it up turn off the heat, spray, clear the fumes, spray again and so on. I hate winter and spraying lacquer:mad: Better to do that than the alternative though:eek: BOOM!!!!!!! I know, no pics and it didn't happen, but pics will follow in the days to come.:p

[Mark Pruitt]

Had a HF almost completed on the lathe when I accidentally cut through the wall.
Said nasty things about the Midi Hollowmaster
Turned a HF vase and dang near cut through it too but caught it in time
Not to be deterred, chucked another blank and turned another HF, this time using a Multi-tip Hollowing Tool instead of that *%#@ Midi Hollowmaster
Admitted that I should have listened to Hoyt when he talked ugly about that *%#@ Hollowmaster
Swore that I'm gonna get a decent captive hollowing rig with a laser

[Bryan Somers]

(After alot of cursing and swearing) managed to get the wireless internet DSL modem up and running on Fri. so the LOML and I can both do our schoolwork at the same time. Saterday was just a nice low-key day spent with the LOML. Met up with some NC woodworkers on Sunday at a lumber-fest no lumber but I did go to meet up with a fellow so I could take a used Delta planer off his hands I'll post a pic at a later time. It turned out the fellows that run the lumber mill knew my father-inlaw.

[Jon Shively]

Saturday turned an antler pen that has a crack in the antler so glued it and hung it for another day to finish, drilled through the side of a 2X2 blank for an oil wand kaleidoscope, drilled and turned and finished another blank for an oil wand kaleidoscope, hole to small for mirrors. Turned an acrylic pen and it went together nicely. Gave the pen to my niece that evening. Sunday, drilled another 2X2 blank for the same oil wand kaleidoscope I tried to build Saturday. Success (I thought) drilled, turned, finished, put in mirrors, needed to drill another 1/2 inch. Nicked through one spot, oh well, put together and is my first success (as small as it is) with an oil wand kaleidoscope. Quit for the day.

[Justin McCurdy]

1. Completed the assembly of the new table saw (SC 3HP)
2. Waxed the cast iron
3. Bought 8-3 wire at HD for a garage subpanel ( on recommendation from a sales associate )
4. Ran the wire from the basement panel into the garage
5. Got mad at the fact I only needed 8-2 for the panel (bye bye $30)
6. Finished the panel up and hooked in my new table saw
7. Stood in awe of the saw's power.
8. Took delivery of 20 sheets of A-1 Oak plywood
9. Took apart the home computer to send out the motherboard for warranty work ( USB controller is toasted )
10. Watched the deer in the backyard for about 1.5 hours
11. Cleaned the garage

I think I am going to take tonight off.

[George Matthews]

I am getting close to finishing Julie's Armoire.
It is the last piece in a bedroom set started over two years ago.
I have learned a great deal from the project.
As an example the drawer boxes for each piece are built with three different joints.

Here are two recent images...
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Only work left is the finish.
'Only', huh!

If you'd like to review more images, and the other pieces...

http://web.mac.com/sgmatthews/iWeb/Cornell%20Workshop/Julie%27s%20Armoire.html
http://web.mac.com/sgmatthews/iWeb/Cornell%20Workshop/Julie%27s%20Armoire.html

[Pete Brown]

George, that Armoire is beautiful! I like the lites on the top. Will those be open or have glass in there? I assume open, which should also help a lot with air flow.

One question: are you going to cover that plywood back with something, or finish it as-is? I ask only because the grain on that detracts from the rest of this wonderful piece. Of course, you will be unlikely to see much of it with clothes hanging in there :)

[James Manning]

Spent Sat & Sun for the most part hanging 25 sheets of 5/8's T1-11 on shop walls. Cutting in all those dedicated wall outlets for 23 circuits was a PITA. Since the boxes are set back 1/2 and the T1-11 is 5/8's I had to get good tight fitting holes. Plus had to cut sheets in 2ft sections to go all the way up to 10ft ceiling. Whew..........only 9 sheets to go!

Will post pictures tonight.

James

[George Matthews]

George, that Armoire is beautiful! I like the lites on the top. Will those be open or have glass in there? I assume open, which should also help a lot with air flow.
Open. There was talk of using a open 'screen' material, but there is a shelf there for a cable converter box and the remote control would/may have trouble.


One question: are you going to cover that plywood back with something, or finish it as-is? I ask only because the grain on that detracts from the rest of this wonderful piece. Of course, you will be unlikely to see much of it with clothes hanging in there :)
It will be finished with dark mahogany. The doors will be closed most of the time.

A TV will also block it until somone (in the future) decides to convert it by removing the TV and adding an optional shelf or as you say a closet.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

The LOML left me for a younger man:rolleyes: :D ...............Well a "little man"...anyway...She had a 3 day weekend so she left Thursday evening and flew to Vancouver, WA to see our great grandson born Dec. 23, 2006. It was the 1st time she'd seen him.

From Friday evening until Sunday noon.....I got humbled by a lesson in turning beads......wasted a lot of wood......learned a lot.

[Chip Olson]

Well, most of the weekend was taken up with both wife and toddler being sick, but I did manage to get a final coat of USL on the backs of the cabinet doors. The first three coats had come out kind of bumpy, and this time I a) turned on my shop heater, b) hit them with some 320 sandpaper first, and c) tightened up the flow rate on the sprayer and went more slowly. End result, smooth as a baby's bum (not that I brought the baby down to compare).

[Pete Brown]

Excellent, George. I bet she'll like that.

I didn't realize it was for a TV. That's a versatile design.

Pete

[Bailey John]

Well, I posted earlier about the growling planer. Was milling, cutting and assembling 4 of these boxes from various left over pieces of Sycamore, Padauk, Cherry, Maple and Walnut. Got the first coat of Tung oil on last night. Will post final pics later in the week. I love the look of Sycamore grain.

Then spent couple of hours fixing nail pops and painting portion of ceilings now that new roof is on house. Had to get primer to cover couple of water spots from leaks then apply paint. Saturday it was 60 here but Sunday high was maybe 40 so its back to heating up the shop, er garage....

[Fred Voorhees]

I also split about a cord of wood thanks to having Fred Voorhees' splitter available to me as well as about another half cord for Robert Tarr with his assistance. Of course, that guarantees it will remain too warm to do much burning of the stove... ;)


That is not such a bad thing there Jim:p Especially when your main source of heat in your home is electric baseboard.:o Firewood can keep for a while, but money spent on the electric bill flies away and doesn't return!

My weekend found me spending a nice amount of time in the shop continuing on the sideboard project, fabbing up shelving, fitting drawers and fabbing up the top. Getting close now. Also nailed an ongoing problem with the computer. It has been slow as molasses for a few months and has also been "jamming up" while cruising the internet. Had been getting a prompt telling me that the system voltage was low. Taking that cue, I replaced the internal battery and after spending a grand total of a few bucks on the battery, problem solved. :D A most happy camper! Sunday was more time in the shop before doing a little shopping with the missus for some items related to the new kitty addition (below) to the home. That makes three.

[Nancy Laird]

LOML spent all day Saturday and most of Sunday at Rick Levine's new workshop up in Santa Fe putting machines together and in place, running DC and air. Me? I goofed off, went shopping, slept, did laundry, and spent absolutely no time in the shop or in front of the lathe. I did get a batch of lasered name tags finished, but that was it. I needed a weekend of down time. Last night we cut dividers for the silverware drawers in the kitchen and got them installed - took about an hour on the computer and the laser to design and cut them. Cut them from 1/4" a 5-ply maple ply - no finish, just slipped them together and into the drawers. 'Bout time too--the kitchen was finished in 2003!

Nancy