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Well..I did try to get $20 off....but..he only allowed the 10% the Mall gives...on anything over $40...

Cheer Up....Yard Sale Season has started around here...

The Boss is coming home next Wednesday Afternoon-ish...Same day as Pay Day...I get to go out, and pay the bills that morning, then go pick her up. Being released to Home Health Care.

She also...

A dry fit that also involved a panel...
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Did not go well...seems I will be doing this, tomorrow...again..
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The Dreaded Too Fat Rebate....back has said enough for today...and..
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2 stiles also got their feet sawn...
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Was a good thing that this was the "inside" for both Stiles..
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As both had a few "bad" spots, all on one Face...the other face was clear...

Dry fits..first one of the day..
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And the Last Dry fitted rail of the day..
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18 Mortises were chopped and fitted to the rails, today...tool?
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Nothing real fancy...I just sit...

Well, that glue-up is now out of the clamps, and standing up on it's own 2 feet..
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Next 2 Stiles look like this..
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2 hours IN the shop, today...then go upstairs and mow the yard......

Set one stile on the bench and into the jig....it was marked for "INside" so set that face away from me...then glue on tenon, and a spot of glue in the center of a panel..and worked my way down to...

Rails needed to look spiffy, of course..all 9 of them..first task was deciding which face looked the best..
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And which didn't quite make the grade...flipped this one over..
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And ran...

Hmm, try again on photos..This morning worked on getting Raised Panels ready..
from this..
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Saw marks, burnt spots, ridges. and rough stuff..to
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Ready to sand to 180 grit...a Stanley...

Plan last night, was to haul a stack of supplies to the shop, and bring a hamper of dried clothes back upstairs...

Plan got changed a bit..set all these aside..
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Set up the #3Stile in the...

Hauled a stack of supplies to the shop, tonight....decided to fix the two wide rails...then went ahead on chopped the 9 mortises in the matching stile...then brought up the clothes from the Clothes...

The "G" was for Government Contracts (WW2)..The "B" merely meant an Improvement was made..of some sort..either an upgrade, or to make a tool easier to Make.

Like: a No. 9BGC model....which...

Maybe later today?
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Move things around, and chop the 9 mortises in Stile #3...to match Stile #4's 9...and prep things for a glue up?

Then, while Side #1 sits in the clamps for a few...

So far, so good..
Before the Raised Panels could be Dry Fitted up..needed to work on the face that will show, a bit.
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Removed any saw/burn marks...and ridges..and get things nice and...

Ok..back to doing "Spoon feed" for the photos..and see IF things are any better...
Had FAT Rebates..
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We have ways..
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Run the Craftsman No. 3720 ( Sargent No. 79, Type 2) along...

This one was in use, today..
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Fine Tuning rebates...so that the rails will go on better...without binding..

Been complaining about that Photo BS for MONTHS now...nothing was ever fixed...I have to go back and RELOAD each and every photo AGAIN...

And..it is only on THIS site, that this happens...yet..a...

Narrow rails used a simpler mortise..
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Have the top and bottom wide rails and 7 narrow rails..

Got about halfway along the Stile,,rotated the stile, and worked on the last...

Had a profile to bandsaw..
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So...
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We have a foot for the case to stand on.


Cleared off the top of the bench a bit...and set up a Mortise Jig..
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Attaches to the bench...

Fire Pit...
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First 2 stiles have their grooves done...#3?


There were issues..served me right for working on a Monday..

First..the cutter in the Stanley 45 was acting up...got to...

Just back home..and..
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Looking very finely polished and shiny!..
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The #39 had issues,,that Eric fixed...as did the #41..
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Everything looks and WORKS like new.

Many THANKS,...

Making Crispy Ash Noodles..yum..
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about every 3 pass, rub a bit of wax along the groove...tight squeeze..
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Had to make sure I was going the right direction, and NOT tear this spot...

During the Lay out..
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Decided to see what one side of the chest will look like...8 raised panels...to match the 8 drawers this will have..2" wide rail at the top, and other at the bottom..
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Since one end looked the best, I started there,
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Just hold them square...use one of the 2" wide rails...mark where the tenon meets the groove...square a line across...
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then, mark for...

75 minutes in the shop, today...and I am soaked. Will need to look for a Shop Fan...took 36 photos today..had to do some editing...plan was to do a bit of layout on the 4 stiles..then see about...