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Went on-line to the one lumber store....and priced the boards for the base unit
3/4" x 2' x 4" ~$18 1/4" x 2' x 4' just under $7
The pine boards for the base will be about $35 or so.
Haven't priced for the bookcase part..yet.
Now, I just need to talk the Boss out of a few $20 bills...
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Hmmm, need to write down the shopping list, BEFORE I go to the stores..hate to come up a board short
3/4" plywood has been dropped from the list. I can add a second 1/4"x 2' x 4' Luann panel and two 1x2x8' , build two webframes, and apply a 1/4" luann "skin" to the topside of the two shelves. Lowers the cost by about...$8....
Pine @ Menard's...plywood @ Lowes....The two are co-located in a nearby town. Hopefully it all fits in my van.....
Main reason for this post? It shows how I go about starting a project like this. This is a nice way to avoid making a bunch of errors in just flying to the shop to "make something".....My way of a plan for a build. Still all in my head....but the "details" can be worked out ahead of time, before the shavings hit the floor.
Last edited by steven c newman; 02-18-2018 at 4:00 PM.
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Lumber has been bought....letting it sit a few days. Plywood came from the same store....Lowes was closed when we got over there...spent a long time, sorting through the racks....although...I did find a 1 x 6 x 8' with Birdeye figure...Hmmm, might be a drawer front...
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Home Depot around here carries maple. Have gotten some nice figure from them.
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The fellow I bought the Ash off of, also was selling me Maple....Curly, birdseye, and spalted..depending on which stack we dug through.
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I still have a few pieces I am saving....for a small, special project....
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Tis an ugly day, outside the window.....march has arrived almost two weeks early. Lots of thunderstorms, and someone does NOT like thunder boomers..
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Nor does she like "going" out in the rain.
Since the shop is closed on Mondays.....maybe a "good thing"....as little riverlets are going across the floor of the shop.
There WAS a rack of Hard Maple at Menard's last night....it bit too pricey for this project's budget....same with this other wood..
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I don't think these are "Paint Grade" items...
Maybe after the Monsoon quits around here, I can start cutting lumber.....stay tuned..
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Pictures of the new lumber supply?
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2 plywood panels @ 1/4" x 2' x 4'...one is a 1/2" wider? Six 1 x2s,meh.....a 1 x 8 x8' rough sawn one face ( not a biggie) and four 1 x6 x 8'
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Not too hateful for plywood, lighter stripe is from the second panel...
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The 1 x 8, and the herd of 1 x 2s....1x8 will be a glue up, for the top of the case...best side up, worst of the knots in the back edge...
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This is the "Birdseye Pine" 1 x 6...destined to be part of the drawer build. May go back, and see about a few more of these, for the raised panel on the bookcase part of the build..she can paint everything BUT the birdseye....
Kind of wet in the shop today.....keep looking outside, looking for some old guy building a large boat....
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Did not do any woodworking today...but I got a few things set up to do some work, later.
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Mitre saw is set up, and ready to go...
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That stack of Ash leftovers is removed from the workbench....hoping Shop Cat doesn't knock it over..
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Most of the tools have been put away...tool well was cleaned out, and even swept out. Between the tool well and the mitre saw bench, there were about...20 screwdrivers? 10 pencils? 8 drill bits? All those squares.
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Largest one is a Stanley No.20. Two steel rulers..
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Will set things up, to do a bit of cross-cutting later.
Might even find some work for these things?
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User chisels.....what wasn't a normal user, went into a drawer. May even use a few of these ...
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Even that "New" Goodell-Pratt No. 408.
We'll see how Tuesday goes....stay tuned...
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The Birdseye Pine is lovely. Will make a beautiful project.
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Managed to get three 1 x 6 x8'ers down to the shop.....one at a time, and it wasn't easy..
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"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here..." Watch your step, it isn't called a "header" for nothing...about shoulder high....
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Only needed a couple tools. A D-112, 7ppi crosscut, a square, a tape measure, and a pencil...used a couple benchdogs to help hold things, while I cut each plank into two 40" long parts.
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Pushed against one..
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One at the other end, kept things from moving around...
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Two planks done, one to go...had an "issue" at one of the cuts..
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Big,old knot....well, since I cut out a profile to shape the "feet" on the sides of the case..
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I'll set this into the center of the panel....profile will remove the bad spot....
managed to get the third plank to the shop, and cut to lengths....removed a boatload of staples....then stacked all six parts up on the bench....Couple of clamps to keep the stack in place. Will let that sit a while....hopefully they will stay flat enough to glue a couple panels together...
May try that tomorrow...need to joint the edges straight, too...stay tuned
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Parts are 40" long..wonder which Jointer plane to use.....guess it will depend on how tired my arms and shoulders are. May do each each at a time, then stack another to check how close they are to each other. May give the #8 a trial run....but thinking the #7c will do the best job..we'll see.
On that square I used to mark the crosscuts with...that brass face has a "T" shape to it.....there is a skinny groove for it to settle into, then they added a few screws to keep it in place.
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Seems March came in about two weeks early...hope it doesn't tak two more weeks ( in April) to leave....thanks to the local "Monsoons" in my area of the woods, there is also a chance of water across the floor of the shop....just enough to make a mess of things....like a glue up that I would set on the floor. So..I have to leave each on the bench, until the clamps can come off, and I can set the panels where they can stay dry..
Meandered to the shop for a little "Me Time"
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Unclamped this stack, sorted through to get the first three boards for a panel. One of which was that one marked "center". Tried the edges,,,one needed jointed..
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40" long, meant I could use the Crochet and the leg vise...Plane?
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Made nice Moxxon TP curlies, once the edge was jointed...oh, the plane?
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Stanley No. 8...I think it is a type 7..anyway, tried fitting the three panels dry..
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Just sitting there...no clamps used..mooshed some glue around..
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Had to move things back a bit, so a clamp could be used. Finger clamp is only to keep things from moving, just enough pressure to hold things still
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Four clamps, and a couple cauls. Will let this sit a while.
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Cauls and their clamps. Far caul rests on the benchtop. Have already sorted through the other 3 boards....and marked a "center" board for it.
Panels are about 3/4" x 16-3/8" x 40"....hope these are a tad lighter than the ones out of Ash were...
Stay tuned..
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Ok, between the two power outages today (HIGH winds around here?) managed to get first panel out of the clamps, then joint and glue, and clamp up panel #2
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Used a couple pipe clamps this time around....doubled up the cauls..
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Finding SOME use for those Ash scraps....
Jointer Plane?
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Stanley No. 8....a steel yard stick I use as a straight use...called a Tinner's Rule
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Moxxon TP? These just roll right up...
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First panel is sitting way back there, out of my way, and out of any water that MIGHT go across the floor ( sitting right between two "creek beds")
Will get these two panels cleaned up, and ready for feet profiles, and four sliding dovetail sockets each....while I make 4 webframes...stay tuned.
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You are moving along. Nice work. Hope you don't get any water.
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