Leftovers,2023

[steven c newman]

That time, again....time to clean up the mess left by the last Project....
Leftovers, cleaned floor .JPG
Dispose of the scraps I can no longer make use of...
Leftovers, about filled up .JPG
Sort through the stacks of Leftovers....
Leftovers, small stuff .JPG
and see what I can find that might be of use....like these?
Leftovers, the big stuff.JPG
Others needed resawn to remove a lot of nasty things, like 1 x 6 KNOTS, or one face that was nothing but bark...
Leftovers, resawn.JPG
All that is left of a nasty 1 x 6 x 5' plank...others just needed a trim?
Leftovers, need sawn .JPG
Just run a saw kerf all the way around...leave the decent part..cut away the junk..may have to get down one of these?
Leftovers, ready for work .JPG
Thinking the one on the right will work a bit better...

We'll see what we have Leftover....might be a Project of some sort?
Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

There is still a 1 x 6 x 6' plank upstairs....trying to decide WHAT to do with it...
From the good end..
Board, one end,.JPG
Lumber is supposed to be Ash..next section?
Board, next section .JPG
and the 3rd section..
Board, 3rd section .JPG
And the other end....?
Board, last section .JPG
and a look at the other face near this spot...
Board, flipped over.JPG
Not sure how much would be of use...yet...$0.80 a Bft...is what I paid...

[steven c newman]

Cleaned off the bench..got a saw at the ready
Resaw, ready to start .JPG
Had the board a tad high in the vise..
Resaw, half way there .JPG
That's a bit better,,,saw down half way, turn the board end for end..
Resaw, and done .JPG
first one done...NEXT!
Resaw, Next! .JPG
Have to be careful..as it is hard to tell when you'll meet the other cut..
Resaw, Ooops.JPG
Ooops..got 3 out of the 5 boards done, before I ran out of "Get up & Go"
Resaw, made some sawdust.JPG
Made a mess, too..decided to try and clean up that first board..
Resaw, clean-up,Aisle#1 .JPG
Plane was sold by Van Camp, no less..
Resaw, 8 inside the D .JPG
Yep...there is an 8 inside that "D"...saw is a 28", 5-1/2 ppi filed Rip...with a thumbhole handle....cost me $1 at an Estate Sale a few years back...

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Tis a Monday,,,lots of rain in the area, tornadoes to the south of here...Kind of sore, at the moment....more of a case of Uncle Arthur (itis) not liking this sort of weather, than anything else.

The way things have been going, today....I don't think there will be any shoptime, tonight.

Unless it is to process that last plank? Just to see what I can "salvage" out of it....too wet outside to get the Fire Pit started up..anyway.

Depending on what comes out of all that resaw work...maybe a fancy box or 2? Choice of corner joints?

Right now...the "save able" boards are around 3/8" to 1/2" thick....Box joints, or Dovetails?....might even try my luck cutting the lids off....?

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Cut, sorted, resaw...and this is all I could save from the nast 1 x 6 x 6' plank...
Last Plank, results .JPG
The rest?
Last Plank, Fire wood .JPG
Thickness?
Last Plank, edge view .JPG
About 1/2" thick...by 2-1/2" wide....
Last Plank, all laid out .JPG
Not the prettiest ones...but way better than the rest of that plank, there was also a piece from the resaw/plane work Sunday..
Leftovers, 1st cleaned up .JPG
Might find some use for these?

[steven c newman]

Since Tuesday has arrived with the wind..time for a bit of Cardio?
Cardio Tuesday, Breaking point.JPG
Had a few more to do...then the clean-ups...
Cardio Tuesday, crowded bench .JPG
Added a "Plane Stop" for some..
Cardio Tuesday, plane stop .JPG
Others just needed Old Heft & Hubris..
Cardio Tuesday, Heft & Hubris .JPG
To get these 2 smooth and flat..
Cardio Tuesday, looking better .JPG
Busy Morning?
Cardio Tuesday, Making shavings .JPG
Along with all the saw dust...the rest of today's "output"?
Cardio Tuesday, Today's output .JPG

So..now I am sitting here, having a bit of Lunch...
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Results of all of this, besides a messy floor?
The Boxmaker, messy floor .JPG
I now have 3 pieces for lids..
The Boxmaker, 3 lids.JPG
A stash (2 actually) of ends and sides...
The Boxmaker, sides & ends.JPG
and..
The Boxmaker, extras .JPG
That I can lay out for the first of 3 box builds..
The Boxmaker, parts for one box.JPG
Once I clear the deck for action...
The Boxmaker, cleared for work .JPG
And figure out how to join the corners....through dovetails, or , Box joints by hand..Hmm?

[steven c newman]

Laying out.
Dovetails,Day 1, laying out .JPG
Was not to happy with it..
Dovetails, Day 1, laid out pins.JPG
Figured I could change it a bit...was not happy with the No. 68 Dovetail saw, either..
Dovetails, Day 1, pins sawn .JPG
Disston No. 4 seemed to work better...
Dovetails,Day 1, half chopped.JPG
Chopping out from the outside "Show" face..then flip over and finish things up..
Dovetails, Day 1, pins chopped.JPG
Used these pins to lay out the matching tails...needle sharp No.2 Pencil works just fine....saw on the waste side of the lines...chop out the waste..dry fit a few times until..
Dovetails, day 1, dry fit 1.JPG
Still need a mallet to fully seat the tails...will do for now..

Tried "Tails First"...did not go quite as well...
Dovetails, Day 1, Done tails first .JPG
5 or 6 dry fits to get this far? Not up to my (Very Low) Standards...will do the other 2 corners as Pins First...
Dovetails,Day 1, compared .JPG
Maybe because I am just used to doing it that way...

Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Friday's session..before the Dungeon Creek started to rise...
Friday's session, Dungeon Creek .JPG
Tools..
Friday's session, tools .JPG
2 SWs and a Bakelite...
Friday's session, chisel selection .JPG
Today's selection of chisels..
Friday's session, Jackson saw .JPG
The Jackson on top..keeps binding up about the 3rd stroke...the No. 4 just motors along...
Friday's session, baseline scribed .JPG
mark a gauge line, darken with a pencil...
Friday's session, laying out lines .JPG
Small combo square to carry line down from the edge...
Dry fit for corner #3...pins first..
Friday's session, #3 corner done .JPG
Yes, that about all the space I have to work in...got the 4th corner done...dry fit all 4..
Friday's session, full dry fit .JPG
Trying to see how the clamps will work, during a glue up....once things dry out a bit....

We also have a roof leak going on..and the Boss is NOT a happy camper about it...
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

This morning..lay out..
The Glue-up, start .JPG
Grab a brush from the bag..
Sunday work, new brushes .JPG
Mallet at the ready? A few clamps AND cauls...and an Anti-bow Device to keep the sides from bowing in...
The Glue-up, Checked for square.JPG
Checking the insides for square..
The Glue-up, anti-bow device, .JPG
Should be close enough...
The Glue-up, 1 more clamp .JPG
Clamp #8 went on right after this shot...

Letting this sit a day..
Stay tuned....

[steven c newman]

Figured the glue had had enough time to dry....so..
removed the clamps...clean up the sides..
Second glue-up, side 1 .JPG
Then, clean up and square the ends to the sides..
Second glue-up, front corner 1 .JPG
Trim a panel to match the bottom of the box...
Second glue-up, bottom panel .JPG
And glue it in place...
Second glue-up, box bottom .JPG
Let no gap go unclamped!....

Tomorrow, I can remove this Flash Mob....clean things up, and start on a lid, of some sort..
Stay tuned..

[Ben Ellenberger]

Two thoughts:

I’m pretty happy if I make one thing a month. You seem to be on a one-per-week pace. That’s hard to keep up with!

I bet some of those scraps are big enough to use, are you sure you want to throw them out?

[steven c newman]

Just keeping me out of the taverns, is all....most of those "scraps" are barely good enough for the Fire Pit...
Thanks for looking in!

[steven c newman]

Unclamped, this morning...
Boxing Day, out of the clamps 1 .JPG
Seems to be a bit hung-over?
Boxing Day, we have work to do .JPG
And, will need to shoot some end grain..
Boxing Day, shoot end grain .JPG
Might just have the plane for that..
Boxing Day, No. 118 .JPG
Seems to work, too...
Boxing Day, shooting plane .JPG
As for that hung-over edge...
Boxing Day, joint an edge.JPG
Size the plane to the work being done. The bottom of the box?
Boxing Day, we have Back-up .JPG
"We can...cooperate, I say, I say..."

Stay tuned..I went to work on the lid, too...

[steven c newman]

Lid work...needed a few parts..
Work on a lid, Parts needed .JPG
The Lid itself needed trimmed to match the box....the 1/4" thick piece needed a few strips ripped...
Needed to shed a bit of light, to better see what I was cutting...
Work on a lid, shedding some light .JPG
Over on the Stanley No. 358 Mitre box...
Work on a lid, cut-off .JPG
What is nice, that most of the cutoffs would just hop over to this..
Work on a lid, No. 358 .JPG

Ok..Dry Fit times...
Work on a lid, dry fits .JPG
Sand to adjust for length..
When things look close enough (will trim after this), a glue up happened,,,smaller clamps this time around..
Work on a lid, Glue up top .JPG
A bit of squeeze out, can be cleaned up, later....
Parts is parts...
Work on a lid, squeeze outs.JPG
Even when a plane does a Photo-Bombing...

Shop is Normally Closed on Mondays....
Stay tuned...