New stash of lumber

[steven c newman]

Has arrived in the house...will leave it sit a few days, and let it get used to things around here...
Fellow had 4 planks to give me, as "payment" for my wife cleaning his house....at 11'6" or there abouts, they were a bit long to fit IN my van....roughly cut them into halves...so, now I have 8 planks at 1 x 6 x 5'6", or so...got them home, set them up against the wall, and clamped them all together...trying to pull some of the bows out...
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Some longer, some shorter...grain isn't all that "Wild"
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Should be enough ( 23bf?) to do the case work needed. May have to go back and get a second batch...for a pair of doors, and a few shelves. The Boss wants an Entertainment Center, that also holds a fireplace insert (electric one)....may need to straight-line rip a few edges..
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As the sides and the top will be glue ups.
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This stack also came home, but from the Wapak area. May have a use for these....accent pieces?
Maybe have this done by October? We'll see...stay tuned.

[Mark Rainey]

What type of wood is that Steven?

[steven c newman]

Ash for the planks. Seems to be a mix of Flooring "shorts" mostly oak....will have to strip off the finish,and find out. Will need to plane the backs, as well...has those grooves going on. May make them into thinner panels, for the doors.

[steven c newman]

Ok...from the ad...
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THIS is what the Boss wants....rather than this..
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The insert is sold at Menard's...need to measure that to get the opening size. 2 doors..2 drawers ( drat) and a shelf for the cable boxes...open back behind the insert, and the cable boxes....Not sure about adjustable shelves inside the doors....1..2...3? Don't need DVD racks inside...

Black items are metal brackets...bolted in place....we can do better...same with those feet.

While I let the lumber get "Happy", I can plan something up....Looking like 3'6" tall, by 4'6" wide? We'll see....don't want it to look too boxy..

[steven c newman]

Ok...just what I wanted to do today...walk across a parking lot that is having all the cracks filled/sealed....fresh, sticky, TAR....smells like money, to some..

Goal was to take a pen, some paper, a tape measure, and the camera to the local BigLots store in town. Had to go back to the van and retrieve the pen & paper...must be the fumes.

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Sooo, this is what the boss wants? Stands 36" tall, top is 16" wide, and 54" long.....may do some adjusting with that.
What LOOKS like a drawer..
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About like the "wood" in this...fake. Could do a Frame & Raised Panel door....jury is still out about the drawer....
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Ah...no..not going to happen. The top is also this thick ( 3" or so).....we can do better.

R.O. for the "heater insert' is 22" wide, by 20-1/2" tall. Face frame is out of 1 x 4 stuff.....except on the sides of the heater opening..1-1/2" wide.....shelf is 24" wide.

"Feet"? are about 2-3" high blocks.....we can do better.

Depending on how tall she wants this thing to be...I can start gluing up panels...

Boss has just decided....41" tall, over all. Gonna need more lumber...

[steven c newman]

Busy day? Hauled the 5 shortest planks to the shop...
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There are still 3 more upstairs, even longer.
Marked out for about 41" in length...not concerned about square right now...just breaking things down to be close, to what I need....trying to cut off the worst of each plank..
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As much as I like a good handsaw....I didn't feel like using one, today..
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Worked my way down the stack. using a couple scraps and a clamp, and....
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Well, it IS a Vintage saw, right. Stacked the four worse ones aside..
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Then snapped a couple blue lines...
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Plan was to use the bandsaw to cut these. Bandsaw seemed afraid to get any of this blue stuff on the blade...kept trying to follow the grain, instead..
Stay tuned...more to come...

[steven c newman]

Ok, got the lines cut...needed to joint the two parts to match each other..
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Got my "Cardio" for today. Used a couple Jack planes too. Some places were just too .."off" ..had to knock those down a bit...
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hey, it IS a Jack plane, right?
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Got the edges straight and both parts close to the same size...cleared the bench. Those four planks against the washer? each was laid on the bench. I used one of the filler strips I had just done, to mark a straight line along each edge...some needed more work than others...some other day...
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Got to about here..was having issues with the back...decided to just set three parts up...
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Once the Gaposis is fixed, I can glue this up. Will be one of the end panels. Once it is out of the clamps, I can cut one end square, and cut out a foot detail on the other end....and try to remove the worse areas on that end. Then do the second panel...

Right now, back is even stiffer than these boards. was getting tired of dripping onto the lumber. Decided to call it a day...

Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Rested the back a bit, down-sized a plane...from the No. 8 to a No. 7c....
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Got two planks jointed well enough to do a glue up..
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needed cauls on both ends.
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Wanted one end as straight as I could get it. Will call this end the top. Other end will get a foot profile sawn into it.
Didn't make too much of a mess..
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Maybe tomorrow evening..I can have the other side in the clamps?

Stay tuned...

[Stew Denton]

Hi Steven,

When I saw that stack of lumber I though "Steven is back in business," and I was right on the money. Good Job!

Stw

[steven c newman]

Lumber run today...dodging rain showers, too.

Picked seven 1 x 2 x8' Pine boards....webframes. One under the top, one under the center dividers, and one for the bottom. Exposed areas will get a "skin" of 1/4" plywood.

Picked a pair of 1 x 12 x 4' boards...as clear as I could dig out. These will become the two center dividers. Will have to cut both for length...and allow for the webframe to go through. May use a dado to secure the dividers.

First...Bug Bombed the shop. Getting tired of cobwebs on everything I touch....you'd think Hermann Munster lived down there! Spectracide Bug Stop...almost an entire can's worth....letting that do it's thing, before I go back to the shop....Maybe take the clamps off, and try to do the other side panel?....Webframe build will be Friday or Saturday....Boss is still shopping for the fireplace insert....need the size to make the opening for it....

[steven c newman]

This morning was a bit busy, busy, busy.....Computer issues, restarts (4 ), and a bunch of scans.....takes a while...

Decided to kill a bit of time, while it was trying to restart...removed the clamps from Panel #1..
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And jointed the two outside edges...usual suspects for that..
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Jack plane to get things close, No.7c to do the final jointing...set this panel aside..
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Same thing..jack to level things down a bit, then the Jointer to remove the higher spots until the low spots also shine up...checked for gaps..
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And any rocking, end to end. Once a nice fit was made, marked these two mating surfaces...and work on the other 1 x 6. just need a jointed edge for the glue joint...for now
Once that was done, spread a bead of glue along one edge, next part is slid around a bit into the glue, then do the same for the other joint..
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Only thing keeping this together, was the glue. Gaps at this end will go away, once the foot profile is cut out...still, decided to add a few clamps..
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Same as before. Center clamp first, then the ends, then the cauls..
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Set the first panel on top of a piece of scrap pine,,,to keep it off the floor ( in case another creek comes through...
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Busy morning? Well, the floor was clean, before I started in...
Was ankle deep when I quit. letting this sit a while...need to start drawing a "Plan" of some sort...maybe Boris and Natasha won't steal it, this time?
Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Going to drop way back here, was getting a bit long-winded anyway. I may yet have a use for those flooring scraps, too..
Ok, today the door came out of the clamps....needed a bit of fitting..
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Both edges had a slight bow to them...No. 7c took care of that. One end was a bit out of square...got that trimmed.
Was having issues with the cordless drills' batteries....chucked the VIX bit into a corded drill..needed something to drill hinge screws with..
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Works for me. At least to drive the screws in, removing them doesn't go too well. carted the door and some drills to the case..
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VIX bit and a pilot hole drill, and the "screwdrivers" Once I got the top screw installed, things just fell into place..
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Even installed the knob, so I can open the door to work on it, some more. There WAS a predrilled hole...was too close to the edge...drilled a second hole beside it, more centered, this time.
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washer to keep the knob from burying itself into the woodwork. And, to cover the older hole up.
That was the first part of today's follies...stay tuned for the second part..

[steven c newman]

Ok, the other half of today's work...Drawer making.

Blank for the front of the drawer had a rough edge...was still rough sawn..
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Stanley No. 5-1/2 took care of that. There are some who say a 5-1/2 and the #62 are the same size?
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hmm, not even close. I also face planed the blank, trying to see which looked the best..
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And it was this #3c that seemed to work the best. Flip this side down, jig up for the #45 to get all groovy..
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Then set out some toys, and do some layout..
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Once the saw was done, chisels to chop away the waste..
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Managed to get both ends done. Used these "pins" to lay out the tails..
But, that can wait for the next episode.,,Stay tuned BRB...

[steven c newman]

Ok, bandsaw to cut on the waste side of the lines, plus a few extra cuts in-between..
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More chisel work to remove the waste...cut in half way from one face, flip the board over, and complete the chop...pare as needed..
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Meh....work on the other end. Did a dry fit after this first corner was done, to see IF it still fits...
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Then haul these two back to the bench, and complete the other side...and try again...fingers crossed.
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Will do, for now. Still need to groove the sides for the drawer bottom. And a dado for the drawer back. And cut the back to size for the drawer....maybe add the knob?

Then it is back to door building. Need to make 5 fixed shelves. 4 behind the doors, and one above the fireplace insert ( electric type) and make a boat-load of plugs. Hmmm, there MIGHT just be a use for those two scraps of 1 x 6s....IF I can work around them knots.

Maybe tomorrow, I can get the drawer into some clamps? Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Got about an hour in today....dealing with a furnace that won't start up. The hour of actual shop time?
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Running a plane around, to get the two drawer sides flat on both faces...and add a hint of round-over along the top edge
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Stanley 45 to mill a groove for the drawer bottom to sit in..on both..
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Walls for the dados were sawn by..
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Then the waste was chopped out..
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12mm Mortise chisel and the hammer, to hog things out. Then the Stanley No. 39 3/8" to plane things smooth and level
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This $10 chisel came from Okinawa...the No. 39 has a pair of spurs..
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But they weren't needed for this sort of work.
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This is the insert for this project. Lights up like a real fireplace...but is electric.
Stay tuned..