Seriously steven, is there a handrail on the dungeon steps? I can't tell if that black pipe looking thing is the handrail.
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Seriously steven, is there a handrail on the dungeon steps? I can't tell if that black pipe looking thing is the handrail.
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Yep, look just below that Gas line black pipe.....
Third step from the bottom...unless you are under 5' tall, you had better DUCK! Low bridge....hits me right at ...jaw level. Got a concussion there a few weeks ago.....
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Hope your knee feels better soon.
Ever try wipe on poly?
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Yep. May just BLO and see what turns out....hoping for something like this..
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We'll see...
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Grooves have "happened" two pieces of poplar planed for a bottom panel......about 8 clamps used....
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Grooves...didn't go as well as I wanted..too narrow of an iron....changed out to a slightly wider iron. Skates won't close up enough for the #12 cutter to work...will do a clean up later, and see what the problem is...
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Hand planed some Poplar to fit IN the new grooves. Boards were tapered, thicker along one edge than the other..had to bring them back to flat..Millers Falls No.11 worked just fine..
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At least it fits in the groove...one bad thing about a fan in the shop, and thin shavings....
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They blow everywhere...
Clamps?
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Yep, used a few....why is it, whenever I apply glue, I get almost as much on my fingers, as I do on the wood...
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Need to make a filler strip, to support the middle of the panels...
Bench is now filled with this mess.....guess I'll just have to quit for the day...stay tuned...
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make a template..
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Set up a saw and a guide..
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Make the rip cut, using the template to set the bevel on the saw..
Going from this..
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To this..
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Need to finish trimming to size. About halfway done.
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Decided against a breadboard edge. There will be a strip along the edge of the lid, to keep books and pencils from sliding off. Lot of Plane work to do....Tuesday. Shop is normally closed on Mondays...
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I usually don't open the shop on Mondays. Too many "bad things" tend to happen.
Tuesday, I can get to the shop.....maybe by late afternoon-ish? May have to haul GrandBRATS back home...
I made a full sized template out of 1/4" plywood. Just marked the angles the side was using. Then lay a board of the same thickness along those lines, and mark a second line. Where the lines cross each other is where I set the bevel gauge to. Then I cut the two pieces of Pine scrap, and check THAT against the side of the case. Then I can use those to set the bevel needed on the saw. Set up a guide fence and do the rip cut. Will still need the plane, but just to joint to line, and smooth the saw marks. Not too bad a day.
Road trip today, came back home with a bit of Walnut.....might be for another project?
Stay tuned.....
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Got bored, just sitting around....ran the jointer palne around tonight..
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Jointed a few edges with the Old No. 0-7. Ran a couple other planes around a bit..
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Block plane for the end grain, No.9 to smooth out the faces on the lid and shelf..
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Shelf looking spiffy, even the bevel
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Got a Book Rest sized, jointed, and glued in place..
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Had to recheck this set up...Murphy being Murphy and all..didn't want the book rest on the underside of the lid.....I looked at the bevel to make sure...yep, for once I got it right.
Had a LOT of these floating around, tonight..
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This one came from that old jointer plane....
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Maybe I should meander back to the shop..have that lid's lip to finish up. Then plane all them dovetails smooth...then see what other kinds of trouble I can get into....
Looking like the "Top Shelf" will get a few screws, and then some square plugs of Walnut to cover the screws.
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Ok, spent a bunch of time in the shop today, almost done when I remembered to turn the fan on....Clamps came off the lid, needed to plane the edge smooth..
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Tried the Millers Falls No.8 for a bit...was doing a decent enough job, but was a tad too narrow, sooo
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Went with a Stanley No.4c.Type 20.....did a little better job, too
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Will just have to do for now....
Set the lid aside for now, had a hole to patch..
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First off, I chopped out a spot in the groove. Made a thicker Poplar panel to fit in the space..
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Glued and nailed at the ends..
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had to adjust the fit before the nails and glue,,we have ways..
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Until it fits.
Next? well..it involves hanging the case in the vise..
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And a couple planes...next episode is coming right up...
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Now, why hang the case in the vise? well I had these to work on
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Getting there...plane is that English No.4c, again. seemed to work nicely on the end grain areas, too
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I had to keep rotating the case to get to 8 parts of the corner dovetails...
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Once they all looked like this, time to "adjust" the stand a bit.
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Hmmm, about like Ohio...high in the middle. Stand was also clamped into the vise, the high spot scrubbed and smooth planed down....once this end would sit flat, I could rotate the stand..
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Mark the high spot, plane that down level. I do not need to do the middle of the stand's top..
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As this will be all you see.
Fans...need to remember to turn them ON..
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Otherwise, I was just dripping all over the floor....Cardio is done for today.
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Igor, clean up in Aisle #1...
Awaiting hinges, and something to apply as a finish....maybe this weekend? Stay tuned, almost done...
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Here's the caliper that has served me well for fifteen years, it looks suspiciously similar right down to the Made in Taiwan stamp.
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yep.....also had a smaller orange one...til it fell apart. Too cheap..er...frugal to buy a good metal one....someday?
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Hi grade plastic - love it. I have a similar one. Downside is I can't measure very thin shavings with it.Originally Posted by Rick Malakoff
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Looks good steven. A couple soakings with BLO first, then dry and a few coats of Waterlox for a nice satin finish?
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