Happy birthday from WV too. Did you ever come up with a name for your business yet? I'm with the others on the "staying out of trouble." I suspect that us largely wishful thinking.Here's a hint:
I'm still thinking something like "Old Noggies Wood Noodle factory" or such for a name. :D
Looks great! Just a heads up. Make sure all your blanks are the same length. Depending on how you made your taper jig, your register may be the same or opposite end as the angle cuts at the top. Making sure they are all the same starting will help negate any difference when cutting/registering from the same or different ends. Also, mark what sides are being cut for each leg so you don't suffer a senior moment at a crucial time! ;)Hah! been there, done that, 3 or 4 times today on the first concept. Check my burn barrel if you don't believe me. ;D Yes, blanks are equal length and registering all from the same end anyway. Marking the sides is a necessity these days. The phones rings, and bang you have more scrap.
such a small angle, you can play with the idea of cutting the splay angle for the legs, on the backside of the aprons. just run it through the table saw, and have the legs splay out, and skip the half lab on the leg. The outside is square but the inside has the 2.5° angle. or with leg taper on the inside 2 sides, the leg will look splayed but is really perpendicular. making it look more refined. I have called my stuff elegant rustic. bark on one side, but a kid cannot scrape or cut themselves easily. sounds like a traditional wood worker problem. so much wood with so many ideas, and so little time, and never enough tools. :DAnother neat idea! But I don't want to test that here. The skirt is WO and I have precious little on hand. I used a lot of it building the shed and these pieces were supposed to be battens for that, but they bent like bananas coming off the mill and have laid in the shop ever since. I planed them, cut them short and got the edges trued up into some nice pieces with a bit of effort.
I don't know if a SS has the power or how hard it would be to clamp them in the lathe since one end has to be free to cut the tenon on it.I have the original Shopsmith 10er (actually 3 but 1 is assembled). The beauty of these machines is the versatility. In the lathe configuration, it is also a horizontal boring machine. You keep the table on it and clamp your stock to it. You can raise and lower the table to get the stock lined up. You can slide the table and your stock so it hits the tail stock for extra support to keep it from wanting to push away as you drill. Most have the original 1/2 hp motor but you would have it belted down to half-speed so you should have plenty of power. I have a 3/4hp on mine.
after you get insurance and your first SS check, all will be well in The Land of Retirement.Indeed it will, I look forward to that peace of mind.
Good luck keeping them on.One thing that didn't get mentioned here. How fast were you driving when you lost them? ;) :)
If I need rest, I just sit in a chair in the yard in the shade or sun, depending on conditions and take a nap, or watch a movie or something.I am looking so forward to that!!!!! ;D
OGH I bet as hard as you work, you will also acclimate to the heat and all the heavy lifting. I am assuming this is more than you did at your prev. job. despite your elderly condition, you can make strides to improve you endurance. the rest of us are happy to have half the energy that you do. people with high expectations end up doing more than those who lower the bar to meet their goals. keep it up! 8) 8) 8)The last 15 years my 'regular job' included no physical labor. They were paying for my brain. :D But I have always been 'out and about' after work and on weekends banging myself up as much as possible. Always need firewood and all that other stuff. Yes, maybe doing this every day for as long as I can will help, but it might also kill me too. ;D I really have got to bite the bullet and get me a 60" Ritelog cant hook as soon as I can sell something. (Oh, and can we cool it on the 'elderly' thing? That is for folks who can't walk or get out of a chair. In my family, you are not elderly until you hit 90 and those folks earned the title. I am just an older kid. :D)
yes... but I think they are gone now. :) great album by Norah Jones, daughter of the Sitar player that taught the Beetles to play. some sad and beautiful songs. great Music. a remake of some of their songs.Ravi Shankar's daughter, yes. I watched some of her stuff a couple of years ago. Not quite certain how she jumped in this conversation, buy yeah, she makes good music. (OK, just saw your next post, I get it now. Didn't know about that.) Her Pop was no slouch either.
i specify the crap wood for the shop. odd lengths ect. i can deal with it, the family cannot. in the house!Yeah, that would be my choice, but it will have to wait until next year to get that organized. I don't even have the stove in the shop yet, or a place to stack that wood established (that's another project on the list). This is an 'organizing year' so I just have to grunt it out and deal with it. I don't have enough hours now and am hoping as the fall approaches I can make some time to get it squared away. The house comes first. I will figure it out eventually. I have to get the idea out of my head that I can do it all at once and that is harder than it sounds. I have been working 7 day weeks and haven't taken more than a few hours 'off' for several weeks now. I figure I might get to do that when the really hot weather comes and work on my tan. :D
I am sure you did the same hours before, but 40 went to the company, and the leftover was for you. we are all proud of the progress you have made. keep us informed and we we all hope we can do half as well as you when we are elderly... like you! :D :D :DWell maybe I am old, but I ain't dead yet.
Yea, a couple weeks would be great. I have a contractor back for 2-3 weeks to help get the metal on this building and I am heavily involved in that but my non-work schedule clears up after that. Sending you home with a dump load of 12-16” dbh ash should be no problem and the good thing is most of the tops have already fallen so there won’t be much cleanup.Once again, the timing appears to work out well. ;D if it goes well, the ground will freeze early and the snow will hold off, then we can cut that roadside area and stack for your mill and for firewood and move when possible. So far my experience with that dead ash is that it will sit for quite a while (if off the ground) provided you seal the ends within 25 seconds of cutting (although sooner is better). :D
There is good landing space on the other side but most of those are much bigger trees and millable so I want to wait on dropping those until I have time to mill my half. Hopefully this fall/winter
Eyebrows, couple curved branches??Yeah, I gotta go shopping in the woods tomorrow. ;D
Cut the bottom outta ya chair and place one of those doughnuts over it you'd have an out house without the house!Ideas are ideas, there is no bad or good, just different. I actually was thinking as I worked my way up the log the holes would get smaller, so I might make some cup holders out of the for the fire ring seats. Not sure how they would be for an outhouse, those holes make a pretty small target. ;D
You could then just sit and enjoy nature!
You asked for ideas. You did not say they had to be good ideas. :D
times ain't got that hard yet.No times are not that hard yet. ;D
I'm thinking glasses and googly eyes and such. Place them at every imaginable position and see what your imagination finds. Get other opinions from family and friends too. They will see something you don't.
Good luck and if you sell out and need more come see me and bring a trailer. :D
No all out 😡I had to settle for a 12 pack, now I have to go back sooner than I wanted to.
looks like fun!!!Sometimes, but it is wearing me out. Now I have another handful of logs to buck and split. Seems like it never ends. ;D
OGH,I could put a little cup at one end to catch the spills. :D Yeah, it's a learning experience and another chance to laugh at my own folly and now see if I can 'fix it' and learn some more. As my little thing on the left here says ' still learning' ( I should add... 'the hard way'.)
On that table tell the customer it is crowned (like a road) to naturally shed water. Or flip it over and let that be the top and tell them it is cupped to hold any spills before they reach the carpet.
I am the same way. I can go gang busters for a few days, and then hit a wall. on your table top, might spritz the unfinished side, and see if it will move back a little. or lay a wet rag on it for a while (on the dry unfinished side). If you think it is a bust, could even float it in some water unfinished side down. or just remove the finish and let it sit. the center board grain looks to be the culprit as the outer rings are flexing the whole top. for the bass wood, remember the flat sawn stuff near the center of the log is quarter sawn. I do not recall your cut throat width, but could start by taking the center three 8/4 boards full width. these can then be cut in half, and cut out the pith wood in the center of the mid slab. you can then cut the remaining two "half moon" pieces on and cut the middle 8/4 slabs from the middle. how long do they want? if they like it shorter, it will make it all easier to move around. Oak cookies may be the hardest to dry in cookie form, but one of the theoretical tricks is to cut out the center. your hollow tree has done that already. as well, with a hole up the center of the log, the inner wood is already dryer than it would be. If barks is getting loose, I gently pull it on off and just glue it back on. the cambium that grows fastest in the spring, is the weak point. after gluing it back on at this separation point, it is on "forever". My apologies for stating things you may already know. what is the outside diameter of your hollow cookies? I soaked my cookies in a 30 gallon mobile oil drum. a close fit, means you need less denatured alcohol. cheapest I found is in 5 gallon containers from Menards. Sunnyside is the brand. As you may recall, I dried them in a box after soaking. Happy Fathers day! good luck.Yeah, I certainly hit the wall but not as bad as I have in the past where not only am I exhausted but the back is also shot. The back has been holding up very well since I started with my Chiropractor on a regular monthly tune up. Things are in balance now so that I don't get silly injuries. Since the back holds up longer, I work longer and harder until the rest of me gives out. Then it all crashes and feels like an all day hangover that won't quit (or so I am told) ;D :D. I just needed a day, so I took it. Also, I broke my own rule of mixing heavy and light work through the day and that did not help my case at all. Today I have a long list of little things.
It is common to find a greenish core/pith in some tulip poplar and occasionally we find it with a purple/blue tint to it. Maybe all the acid rock from the nearby Woodstock music festival curled the leaves and affected the bark and wood texture. :DUm yeah, well, probably not. That festival was about 70 miles from where this tree grew. ;D
Your Grandson does better than mine. ;DLike most human behavior, mine has deep roots. We went through that a couple of years ago (and are still going thru it with the 4 year old to some extent). When I wanted to learn how to use tools and run machines my Dad started me out by learning how to sweep the shop. He said 'you need to learn from the ground up and if you can't keep the shop clean, you can't take care of the equipment, and if you can't take care of the equipment, you have no business running equipment, not my equipment anyway.'
I had him sweeping, next thing I know he is sweeping dirt into the garage. ??? Oh well he was having fun. I don't think he was even 5 years old. One of my friends was here, and I can still hear him laugh about it.
, being your own boss and everything....(mostly) ;) you are married.....That is an illusion most smart women allow us to believe. :D ;D
“Should”I assume this was your referenc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwXF6itJn1o)e?
“have”
“Bought”
“A”
“Squirrel”
Tomorrow I have to take the bride down to Poughkeepsie to drop her sewing machine off for repair, it's an hour drive each way and I know it will kill a good part of the day, but she gets grumpy when one of her machines is not working, so off we go. :DToo bad I'm not in your area. I've been doing machine service, tune up and repair as a hobby since back in the mid '70's, more so in the past 20 years or so. Gotta keep the family and friends happily sewing. Of course my name has gotten passed around since and occasionally get calls from others. I also do sergers, an even more complicated machine to understand the mechanics of. Gotta love the older machines, they were built to last forever.
I hope the back is getting better but if I read anything more about you paying $$ for pine, we’re gonna have problems!😉Sounds appealing (the latter)! The back was coming along just fine until about bedtime last night it started to get a little worse and had me awake at 3:30 this morning. I got up at 4:30. Don't know what it is. I did load a small maple log on the mill last evening just for the exercise but it was only 23" x 6' and I took it real easy. I am trying to work out some of the theory I got from the Doc's seminar yesterday. Anyway, I don't think that's it, maybe something else. I had thought I was through this and on the mend, but I might need to go back another time for more work.
I can’t drop it off in a log truck but if you get it on the ground (I can help), I can drag it to a landing with the Kubota and as you know, we have acres of pine destined for clearing/thinning. In the mean time, if you want to hobble over for a few beers and hours of bsing, you are always welcome.
Already August and we'll start needing heat in 60 days or so if you can believe it.THAT is NOT a pleasant thought and I am sorry you mentioned it. >:( ;D It's so hot now we can barely work, I wish there was a middle ground. I have to put that chimney in the shop and the last thing I want to do right now is think about working in the attic or on the shop roof. I have yet to order the chimney parts, cheap guy that I am. I hate spending money. :D That project will probably kill a week or more between the chimney work, the attic work, and then digging out that stove, cleaning it up, repainting it and moving all the stuff around in the shop. I really have to get my butt in gear pretty quick here.
I look at it like it's a dance. If you don't start swinging your hips at some point and let your partner know which way you are going and what you can do, you will never get in that groove to really let it swing.It is all about music with you! 8) 8) 8)
No Music, No Life
It is all about music with you! 8) 8) 8)
No Music, No LifeMusic is my medication that overcomes the debilitating effects of reality.
Know Music, Know Life.
Get a piece of square tubing and just drill and unbolt your hitch and extend out 🤔Yeah, that's not a bad idea and I think about it EVERY time I try to back up with it on. :D But the truth is if I put a longer draw bar on it, then it becomes harder to handle by hand and it becomes tougher to maneuver in the woods. Right now it is real easy to unhook and place it right over the log, then back the mule up to it. I would have never backed that rock into where it had to go if the draw bar was 2' longer, I didn't have the turning space between trees.
Then I grabbed another log (7' plus trim. I swear, I am going to buy a tape measure for EVERY arborist I know and teach him how to use it)It is a losing proposition. I don't think that the ones down here are capable of doing that. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.
I believe you are correct, not sure they could read it anyway. :)It is a losing proposition. I don't think that the ones down here are capable of doing that. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.
I'm off to my chiro visit in a few minutes for my hand and hope and expect he will release me today. I'll know in a couple of hours.Yeah, you work with what you've got. I have always found that easier than trying to work with what I don't have. :D
Not sure what he is, but he was in a hurry to get away from me.As kids, we called them Katydids (sp)
I have some cars ramps kicking around, and they work well as ends for the stack.NICE! How about using some lag screws through a few holes into some 2x4s or 2x6s to extend higher? I think you might have a few laying around. ;)
from the pics i have seen it looks like you do not need to loose weight. what kind of beer do you drink?I was just about to get back on here and edit my previous post to warn you against making comments about me getting old. Glad you didn't but I know there are some changes afoot anyway. You took the high road. :)
My shirts use to look like that too.The only way is to peel them off inside out. Well, you could cut it off, but...
Note the use too word. ;) I can still remember trying to take them off. ::)
The worst problem area I worked was in Mongolia down in the Gobi Desert area on a gold and copper mine project because most of us were living in Gers (Yurts) and the bathroom was in a separate building sometimes 100 yards away. When the wind was blowing 30 mph and the temperature was below zero outside it was not fun to get up, get dressed and walk that far to go pee (Sounds like the makings of a Jeff Foxworthy tale here doesn't it?) and our guys were very reluctant to drink anything after about sunset.The first time I suffered from hypothermia bad it was caused by dehydration. We were tent camping and it was 15 below. I didn't think to drink water, in those temps you really have to make that effort, and keeping water thawed enough to drink is a challenge anyway. Well, I got it bad, lost my balance, needed help walking, couldn't put my own pants on, motor control was shot. Scary stuff. If I didn't have a crew I could count on to take care of me I would have been in bad shape. SO yeah, I get the 'long walk thing' which is why I usually kept a jug in the tent (clearly marked) for such purposes. It doubles as a good foot warmer too, for a while. ;D
make sure you do not use a gator-aid container with kids around. bon_fire pepsi_smiley smiley_beertoastI think my days of tent camping are now pretty much limited to festivals in the summertime now. I have done enough winter camping to be over it. ;D
Deciding how to saw it is kind of like trying to figure what you wife really meant. Just saw it and take you lumps later when you find you were wrong. :DTruer words were never spoken. ;D
OGH,Yellow poplar, I am pretty sure. But I am not entirely positive on this.
When you say poplar are you talking about Tulip poplar or aspen or cottonwood or such?
Just take a stick and whack that nest to see if there are anymore in there. If not, you are good. If there are, there is another good thread that you can post that in :D.Gee thanks, I never thought of that! Useful suggestion. ;D I will see if I can make time to try that out. I check it when I walk by and there is this one sentinel wasp that hangs out by the front door, so I am pretty sure the family is at home though.
OK, you have already posted enough in the "Did Something Dumb" thread ;D.Just trying to do my part and be a team player. Headed out to do a day of cutting and hopefully I will have no additions tonight. :)
Pressure had been at only 30PSI so I pimped it up to 45 in each tire.Did you add rhinestones or something? :D So you are running LT or car tires? My trailer tires are 60 psi (max) and for trailers, you always run them at max. The idea is to prevent sidewall flexing and creating heat. LT and car tires just aren't as stiff and will heat up with load.
I was thinking of sparkeles, but I went with a paisley design. :DPressure had been at only 30PSI so I pimped it up to 45 in each tire.Did you add rhinestones or something? :D So you are running LT or car tires? My trailer tires are 60 psi (max) and for trailers, you always run them at max. The idea is to prevent sidewall flexing and creating heat. LT and car tires just aren't as stiff and will heat up with load.
Both wheels had a little rock in the bearings, so I took it apart, regreased and reset the bearings. Spins nice now, but no rock. I also checked the pressure and it was low. I had heard as little low pitched whine form the tires I should be good for the next runs.glad you took the rocks out of the hubs, that cannot be good on the bearings. Never new you could get wine from a tire, and I thought you were a beer drinker, and hope you do not get diarrhea (runs) too soon. sorry working like crazy today! :D :D
Good idea to rig something up to keep that spot as dry as possible.Yeah, my thought is that once the snow comes, then the ice, the cover coming down at a long angle and will create a tunnel effect. I won't be able to pull it off easily, But I can work at the pile from the end. In the photo you will see two windows and the one on the right is where the stove will be in the shop (heck I could use that window as a pass through!) and there is also a door on the right of the pile, so I will take off the end of the pile by the door and work my way back from November to April. That's the plan anyway. This is a first time thing for me. I will know more about how to do this right by the spring. I expect I will add a hard roof over the pile next year (hung off the side of the shop, maybe 15' up) so I can hang the tarp straight down.
good advice, and more of a theoretical conversation. for a guy with a sawmill, the glaze and the insulation is the biggest expense. i would imagine a vapor barrier on the inside covered in wood to protect it, and a construction (Tyvek) fabric on the outside with a lap or board and batten so it can breath. I hate to do things half way, but then sometimes it is hard to get started. so just a thought for a first kiln, that would cost less. as @GeneWengert-WoodDoc (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=20498) once said, "it is just a solar kiln". so the weather has changed and it may be better to wait till next year. but it might be cool for firewood ect.Yeah, it's funny but available resources vary widely and can be totally unexpected given a certain locale, connection, or circumstance. Turns out, those UV panels are available locally (Lowes, I think) and not overly expensive. For insulation, we have a had foam insulating plant (maybe still do?) and their seconds have flooded that area. I can get 3" thick for cheap in nearly any size I want. So I was thinking maybe 6" walls and floor to add a couple of weeks on both sides of the season. I think for me, the cash outlay (besides the panels and fitting hardware for same) will be the fans and monitoring equipment (hygrometer, airflow, and wood probe(s)). I do want to find a way to drive the heat to sterilize at the end of the cycle. But it's in the planning stages and I will assemble stuff as time and opportunity permit. First I need to create the flat ground area, and that is the real expense for me.
Similar cart to what I use to bring firewood into the basement. Much better than the arm load at a time method. Do you use a chimney thermometer?Yeah, I love the thing. Used to be that by March, my left arm didn't work too good. ;D
My stove sits about 12" off the floor. I have no fumes in my shop beyond common gastric issues. ;D Dutchess county is filled with panty waist bureaucrats looking for money any place they can squeeze it. They are over taxed and over regulated (and overrun with city folk).
But your advice is sound and I will look into it. Since they have come out with the EPA stoves I don't know if they are permitting new installations to use the older stoves, regardless of efficiency.
Thanks.
Oh now don't be saying that frost word, I am in no way ready for that stuff.Well the boys up north got it in the last 2 nights, now might be our turn. I was jawing with a gal who has a farm stand and garden operation this evening and she told me they had a hard freeze last night just 30 miles to our northwest last night, everything was white, probably right in Bargemonkey's front yard. ;D So we are due. Hope the tomatoes make it through the night for picking tomorrow. The wife wants to hold off until the grandson's are here to help her tomorrow, not that she needs it, but they enjoy the picking part so much. :)
There is about 600 sq. ft. of roof filling that tank.If my math is right, that 330 gallon tank should fill with less than 1" of rainfall.
The tank was full, the overflow tank was full, and everything was stable. Guess I got lucky.Great to hear! Amazing how fast you can fill one of those tanks, isn't it? I cheaped out on my tank set up. I interconnected all my tanks with 3/4" (so the probability of siphoning is high) and I made the overflows about 6" from the top of tank. That way there is a buffer from start of spilling to the next tank to max level. We seldom get gully washers here. Maybe a 2 or 3 that last a minute so I think the buffer helps to alleviate the potential for overflow.
Man I wish I could dig a shallow well here for a yard pump,Yeah, my well is shallow for the area at 148' @60 gpm. Although, I think it is more iron than water :-\ The others are over 600' to get 5 gpm.
And here I was thinking he'd moved his water tank to the roof for better water pressure and it fell off and killed him and I was thinking to see if I could buy his mule cheap off his widow/estate. :DI ain't dead yet. ;D we are 'out of town' and will be back this afternoon. Thanks for the concern. Doc I don't see any missed calls on my phone. Wonder if you have my new number since I retired? It ends in 4319.
You can post to your gang when your out of town 😂And here I was thinking he'd moved his water tank to the roof for better water pressure and it fell off and killed him and I was thinking to see if I could buy his mule cheap off his widow/estate. :DI ain't dead yet. ;D we are 'out of town' and will be back this afternoon. Thanks for the concern. Doc I don't see any missed calls on my phone. Wonder if you have my new number since I retired? It ends in 4319.
You can post to your gang when your out of town 😂Sorry, I didn't realize I had a 'gang'. ;D I didn't get that memo.
You fill the hole with resin, not fit a bowl.Yeah I had thought I might try something like that but it's a lot of resin for what I might be able to sell them for. Not sure it's worth it for how it would look. Most likely I will try one though.
Glad you had a nice trip. I’m looking forward to mine here in a couple of weeks also! Let’s plan to get together in mid-November after my quarantine is over. I’ll have a bit more cargo space for hauling stuff back and forth then and we should probably revisit that trailer discussion from a few weeks back. I also have a few other ideas bouncing around we can discuss then too.Just a weekend of sitting around and chatting, good for the soul.
Sorry I missed this on the first read, I checked these out and if I order from Lee Valley I will be sure to get a couple of these. My urethane is a real problem keeping it fresh, so this will be right handy. Nice find, I never saw this before. Reminds me of the squeeze tubes I used to buy for backpacking, the back end was open and you could put anything in them and they had a clip that then slid on and sealed the air out. They were a bit of a pain to pack with peanut butter, jelly was much easier, but I could live off those tubes for lunch and snacks for days, loved those things. Never see then these days, wonder why. I thought they were better than sliced bread. These bags look the same as far as value goes.
These look useful: https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/supplies/finishing/72867-finish-storage-bag?item=62K0410 (https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/supplies/finishing/72867-finish-storage-bag?item=62K0410)
For storing finish and reducing air issues. Should be good for dispensing small quantities too.
(Getting close to a thread hijack. Sorry OGH :-X)
OGH,I don't use wedges, just glue. I use a 1-1/2 tenon cutter, but they come out pretty rough and give me all kinds of gluing grief. SO I drill the hole at 1-3/8' and sand the tenons round and use a size jig to hand fit them, then I can slide 'em into the bench hole and just give a couple of raps with a leather mallet to set the home.
Good looking cookie projects. I envy you guys with the epoxy skills and the things you do with it.
On the bench legs I use the same size auger bit as my tenon. Ideally the legs would be dry and the top still drying so it gets tighter as it dries. I use metal sledge hammer wedges (I buy them by the pound from House handle Co in Arkansas) and they work good. They can be installed without having to cut a slot like the wood ones which removes another step from the processing. I like the idea of a slightly smaller mortise but have not found a 1-7/16" auger bit to match my 1-1/2" tenon. If you don't like to see the top of the metal wedge you could countersink them a little and make up some wood putty with sawdust and sander dust off the bench top and hide the metal.
looks great. I will be curious about your epoxy brand and the total outlay for the materials as well when done. you have stated you have been well compensated and that is good.Well, I will be. Texted the client this morning with a photo and told him he needs to get some cash from the bank, it should be done in a few days unless I mess up.
I'm impressed.Oh don't be.... ;D I have plenty of opportunities to mess this up yet. It's a pretty simple joint really, but it has to be straight and flat for a good join. The angles have to be pretty much spot on in order for the legs to come in at exactly 90°, and the mortises have to be dead perpendicular to the edge faces and both at the exact same distance from the inside edge in order for the outside edges to meet perfectly when it is glued up. Then of course I need a nice snug slip fit for the tenons in each slot. SO let's all just wait and see how I find new ways to have this go wrong. I know lots of guys do these all the time with ease, but my equipment is not really close to cabinet maker quality or accuracy, so I am having to think of ways to minimize the risk of errors a little bit harder. It's a lot more work than I expected. But, it might look cool.
Edit: I have one of these (tenoning jig)NOW you tell me this?! ;D :D >:( Yeah, that would have been pretty handy and saved me making the jig. It would also allow tweaking of the angle to get it more perfect. Not sure if it will match my table slot and hopefully the tongue is removable for use on the router table, but yeah, I would like to try that out.
https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-tenoning-jig/h7583?gclid=Cj0KCQiAwMP9BRCzARIsAPWTJ_FFLXIxIlLcJpSKROFhcte-j68iFx-8-LQtDnlj5Nf9C7DOxQQEYBMaApuHEALw_wcB (https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-tenoning-jig/h7583?gclid=Cj0KCQiAwMP9BRCzARIsAPWTJ_FFLXIxIlLcJpSKROFhcte-j68iFx-8-LQtDnlj5Nf9C7DOxQQEYBMaApuHEALw_wcB)
It was donated/given to me and I’ve never used it before. Let me know if you think it would be useful.
Nope sorry still impressed. :) That joint is past my current pay grade and equipment, not saying I won't try it, just not soon.OK, tell you what because this is also above my paygrade and pushing my equipment, if I do manage to pull this off, I too will be impressed. It's just that I know me pretty well and suspect I will screw this up somehow.
nd the mortises have to be dead perpendicular to the edge faces and both at the exact same distance from the inside edge in order for the outside edges to meet perfectly when it is glued up.Just theorizing... IF the outside edge does not exactly line up, couldn't you ease the corner (round it over) a bit to
After watching the two videos, while a very nice jig/tool, it wouldn't work for your application. It only flips down to 75° so you wouldn't have been able to get your 45° end cuts with it. It was not designed to do that.Edit: I have one of these (tenoning jig)NOW you tell me this?! ;D :D >:( Yeah, that would have been pretty handy and saved me making the jig. It would also allow tweaking of the angle to get it more perfect. Not sure if it will match my table slot and hopefully the tongue is removable for use on the router table, but yeah, I would like to try that out.
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It was donated/given to me and I’ve never used it before. Let me know if you think it would be useful.
Okay, now for the real challenge - with a bench that thick I think you need a drawer in the middle. ??? ::) :DOK stick that idea in your ear! :D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hey, be careful! I am real sensitive about criticism you know. I just thought you wanted a challenge. :DThe question here then become are you more sensitive to criticism, or am I more sensitive to folks adding to the complexity of my projects when I am already stressed out? :D ;D Just askin'
you should watch Dr. Wengerts webinar on glue if you hav not. I think he would recommend glue, or keep the joint loose so the epoxy has enough heat to cure. looks great, 2 legged bench.Yeah, that is in my queue to watch I have just not made time. Maybe if I am up early I can get that one in. Yes, epoxy needs space for sure.
OGH,Your comfort is my pleasure. 8)
Thanks. That makes me feel more better. :D
Get wv's 500 lb brother to dance to some kick@ss bluegrass on it and I'll give inI'm only 183 but if I jump up and down on it and wiggle a lot will that work for ya? (It may not look to pretty.)
How did you do the trimming to get it dead flat with no wobble?Well, I fell back on my machinist ways. I don't have granite surface plate big enough to handle this bench, so I used MDF on my table saw to give me a flat reference plane. I flipped the bench over and shimmed it to take out the wobble (top has a slight twist, remember, it's a test bench), then I took a vernier height gage and checked it, turned out one leg was just fine but the other had slipped during gluing/clamping and was out almost a 1/4" on one corner.
do they have a caution for elderly retired machinists? :)Hey! I fit that description! Actually maybe I should have a caution sign. :D
do they have a caution for elderly retired machinists? :)They probably need a bright flashing strobe light and siren for that one. :D
after I put wax over Danish oil, I use 000 steel wool for a light rub and to make it all consistent. It was the final step on my favorite walnut bench I ever made. the grain wax I am not familiar with, and it may just have stain or color added, so do a test piece first I would say. looking great.Doc, stick some scotchbrite fine or medium grade on an orbital sander,,,and start smiling. Nice looking project :) Rob
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wedding bench for my cousin.
ARRGH! Another neat trick from the master..... After my shopping trip. ;D I will have to look and see if I have some laying about, I should. I like scotch brite better than steel wool.Doc, stick some scotchbrite fine or medium grade on an orbital sander,,,and start smiling. Nice looking project :) Rob
Here is one of the pics I took that shows the nice contrast between the heartwood and sapwood during that first oiling and as you mentioned, this should increase and become even stronger as it ages.......Well, right or wrong, my philosophy in this stuff is to keep it as natural as possible and show the beauty nature has taken years to present. Trying to hide the sapwood in this case would make it look like something it is not. Likewise taking off the branch bumps. I figured if they presented problems or looked ugly during the finishing process, I could trim them back and blend the shape into the curve of the bench. I also think doing that might have presented a very cool looking effect and I still may try it on another slab. But keep in mind, as you take them back, the heart size decreases and will eventually disappear, so it becomes a gamble. (Do you feel lucky punk? Well .. do ya?) Howard, I figured I would finish them out as presented and it turned out to look appealing (to me) so I just smoothed and rounded them for effect and comfort on the eyes (and calves).
Seems like most projects that use cherry try and avoid this heartwood/sapwood contrast but I feel like this piece is really enhanced by it as it seems to reinforce the waterfall effect. ...
Tom,Last time I was in an O/R I was neither happy nor breathing well. (pneumothorax, 1976) If I ran into Doc it would be in the E/R where he is most comfortable and I am a lot less uncomfortable. :D
Sounds like you have been in the OR with him breathing too much of that happy gas. Be careful. Stay safe guys. :D
By the way, speaking of Danish, do you know that all Danish Boy Scouts are required to have a tattoo? Yeah, it's their Den Mark.That's a good one but to be technically correct, that would be the Cub Scouts - they have Dens, the Boy Scouts have Patrols.
Do not use steel wool on oak. The iron reacts with the tannin in the oak and you will get black spots/streaks in the earlywood pores. Don't ask me how I know this.Danny,
I do however, wish it had grease fittings for at least the main bearings or the lead screw nuts,
The paint is just going to rub off in time and potentially mark up your nice boards.:DYou are making quite the assumption here. Have you seen any of my work? :D ;D
WD 40 will actually pull moisture out of the air and rust your machinery. It is "ok" as a wipe down solvent/cleaner but should not be used as a protectorate film. WOCI truly have never known it to do that. It is an anaerobic material. I used to put a layer down on my machine tables in the summer and it worked well to keep them clean, however it attracts dust like mad! AT least, that's my observation, but mostly I use it as a cleaning lubricant and light oil.