Lumber Run !

[steven c newman]

Time to re-supply the woodshed. Road trip to the Hardwood dealer....he had a few 10' planks of Ash 1 x 6

Took along a saw or 2..
.Ash Re-Supply, Disston No. 7 .JPG
As 10 footers will NOT fit the back of my Chevy....so...hand the camera to the Lumber Guy..
Ash Re-Supply, The Grip .JPG
And get busy....
Ash Re-Supply, Couple more to go .JPG
Goal was to cut the seven 10 footers down to 5' lengths...
Ash Re-Supply, Loaded up .JPG
Stack the 14 planks into the back of the Chevy Equinox....pay the guy his $30......and head back home...

And THAT was the woodworking for the day. Handsaw that seemed to work the best...was the Disston No. 7, 7ppi with nib.

Should be enough lumber to last most of May?

[steven c newman]

Hopefully...there will be enough to build a 4' wide "Garden Bench" with...we'll see...

[steven c newman]

Modeled after Norm Abram's English Garden Bench.....need to clean off the bench....and do some lay outs...before too much else gets done.....Bench will reside in my Gazebo.

4 legs will be glue-ups....as for the arm rests? We'll see......may rotate the rests 90 degrees...?

[steven c newman]

bench needed to be cleaned off, first...
Garden Bench, Srat up .JPG
Boards hauled to the shop..
Garden Bench, 3 more to do .JPG
A "pattern" was marked out..and bandsawn...
Garden Bench, Back leg pattern .JPG
Then 3 more cut out to almost match...
Garden Bench, 4 blanks made .JPG
And 2 were then glued up...
Garden Bench, enough clamps .JPG
One back leg of the bench. Will glue up the other back leg, tomorrow..
Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Leg #2 is in the clamps..waiting on glue to cure.....

Intend to clamp BOTH back legs together, and plane, drawknife and beltsand them until they are exact matches to each other...

Too many health issues today....things can wait until tomorrow...

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

Looks like you have a good project lined up, and enough lumber to keep you busy for a while. I love the prices you pay for your lumber. You did well.

The good news for me is that I now live in an area that has lots of trees, and there are sawmills in the area, so hopefully lumber will be a bit cheaper for me here than it has been before. Although from what I have been able to find out, it is nowhere as cheap as you buy it. I could always go to Lowes or Home Depot, but of course their oak is about $10 a board foot, that is once I get a place to work. Ten bucks a board foot, no thanks.

Stew

[steven c newman]

Front face of the Back legs are done...
Back Legs, front face done .JPG
Had to beltsand the top of the legs until they all matched...
Back Legs, Rounded tops .JPG
Next..flip this mess over...
Back Legs, flipped over .JPG
So I can work on the backs of the legs....
Back Legs, needs cleaned off .JPG
BEFORE I can allow the jointer to work...need to remove the dried glue...we have ways...
Back Legs, Draw Knives .JPG

Trying to decide which Jointer to use...
Two Jointers, side by side .JPG
The No. 7c...or still use the No. 8c...

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Just a bit more clean up was needed..
Stanley No. 65 Block Plane .JPG
A couple "high" spots to level out....Back legs are now ready for joinery.....need to mill and shape the 2 front legs....and the seat supports on the ends...arm rests will be flat....

Need to meander to the shop...and start a bit of lay out work....

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

Front legs have been cut to rough shape...
New legs, front blanks .JPG
2 blanks per leg...the other 2 blanks?
New legs, one front in the clamps.JPG
Decided to keep one of the off-cuts per blank....
New legs, seat blanks .JPG
Figured I could glue these up into the seat supports that go between the front and back legs...

So...right now there are 4 blanks...2 front legs, and 2 seat supports....sitting in a forest of clamps....for about a day, maybe....may add a taper to the front legs....we'll see..

Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

Front legs now have a taper...
A Dusty Monday, Front legs, tapered .JPG
Curved sections cleaned up, until they match each other..
A Dusty Monday, cleaned the front .JPG
Set these 2 parts aside...
A Dusty Monday, one support milled .JPG
While I worked on the seat supports....
A Dusty Monday, The Plan .JPG
"The Plan" for the ends of the bench....

All that work, toes were getting cramps....so..
A Dusty Monday, Quitting time .JPG
I think this will do for one day's work....Quitting Time!

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

In a bit of a rush...as I will soon be getting Cataract Surgery....might put a crimp in the schedule...
1st Mortises, a start.JPG
Started out like this...had to finally move it to on top of the bench...
1st Mortises, 1st dry fit .JPG
Then, transferred the laid out marks to the back leg...
1st Mortises, second lay out .JPG
And chop that out...
1st Mortises, getting there .JPG
Then another dry fit..
1st Mortises, 2nd dry fit .JPG
Then see how it looks, standing on the floor...
1st Mortises, stand it up .JPG
And a dry run with the clamps...
1st Mortises, No gaps allowed .JPG
All gaps closed up.

2 mortises done...6 more to do...plus the ones to hold the back's slats....

Stay tuned...

[steven c newman]

40 minutes in the shop, today....to chop and fit 2 mortises...1" deep..
Weds. Mortises, dry fit .JPG
Dry fit the first one..looking for any gaps....
Weds. Mortises, NO GAPS .JPG
Same on the other end....then dry fit all 3 pieces together...
Weds. Mortises, full dry fit, End #2 .JPG


Have to mill 3 rails, tenon the ends...lay out the mortises for those....BEFORE any glue up can happen....much easier to chop, that way...
Stay tuned..

[David Carroll]

That's looking good! I'm looking forward to the finished article.

DC

[steven c newman]

Back is very sore, today..right between the shoulder blades....and...I am a sweaty mess....currently having a Tonic & Gin....just to cool down..
3 Rails, cut to length .JPG
3 planks were cut down to 48" lengths...Ripped for width....then tenons were milled,,
3 Rails, front rail tenon .JPG
The top or Crest rail was band sawn to shape...
3 Rails, Crest rail, shaped .JPG
A bit rough..we have ways..
3 Rails, cleaned up .JPG
Once I got the depth set just right....there was a few high spots to remove..
3 Rails, one high spot .JPG
Rest of the edges needed jointed..
3 Rails, edges needed jointed .JPG
Used 2 planes for that...
3 Rails, No. 8c Jointer .JPG

Maybe tomorrow, I can lay out and MAYBE chop 6 mortises to house these rails....maybe glue the end frames together?

We'll see...

[steven c newman]

Task for today, before the back said it was quitting time....
Friday Chops, Mortise lay out .JPG
Lay out 6 mortises....lay out a couple 12mm Mortise chisels...
Friday Chops, choppers .JPG
then see how far I can get...
Friday Chops, Depth checker .JPG
Should be deep enough..
Friday Chops, dry fit .JPG
Dry fit....I got 3 mortises chopped, and one tenon cut
Friday Chops, tenon maker .JPG
So the arm rest can be attached. later....

I also managed a glue up!
Friday Chops, glue-up first frame .JPG
Added a clamp to pull the ends of the legs straight..
Friday Chops, pulled for square .JPG
19-1/4" at both the seat and the feet...

Let this sit for a day...stay tuned...