Watcha Makin'?

[doc henderson]

This has been in the cue for a year and finally had enough free time and with Christmas here, I got it done.  Retired Airforce, and now from sheriff's department.  He has a war room he will add this to.  Dave and Ellie. 



 

It is 14 x 18 Elm.  actual size of the Honorable Discharge letter he keeps put away.



 

[doc henderson]

Well, we were having a conference at the table saw, and Jim (not Jimmy) pulled a pair of blue balls out of his pocket.  he said his wife said he could have them for a while but had to return them.  they were a gift to him years ago, as she is an occupational therapist, and she recommended them for stress relief.  he asked if I had a scrap of wood on the floor that I could mill to stop these from rolling around on his desk.  Jim is the one that brews beer, and distilled the whiskey that was in the cask that made it to a pig roast and a sawing project. 



 

 



 



 

 

[doc henderson]

 

 

 

new squirrel feeder for MIL.

We have been busy.



 

had the ED party at our house.



 

 

helped with the luninaries again this year.  with only two active scouts, Dr. Fan and I supervised an honor student group from the high school.



 

here is an elm cookie that @cardiodoc has spent hours and coin on for the past year +.

He wanted me to go look at a slab flattening jig owned by another doc. (retired total joint ortho.) who also showed us what he has been making.  He does woodworking and gets his wood from me.  he is the one that made the epoxy river desk for his grandson.  He has a winery and we have done engraving for boards, coasters, and also on his crystal wine glasses.  he also does astro photography.  here he is with Dr Hagley on the left. 



 

 

 

[Machinebuilder]

I have decided that I need to do some shop/basement reorganization.
After Retiring and bring my tools home and years of accumulating stuff.................

one thing i have been working towards id being able to surface larger slabs.
I watched many Youtube videos about homemade router slab flatteners. I then saw the Lee Valley Tools kit.
I like it for its simplicity and potential expandability, it uses 1 1/2" EMT for the "rails" and 5/16" U bolts with nylon spaces for the bearings.
I have a 4'x8' bench I was using for my workbench/outfeed table that I decided to use.
Then I bought a Hercules router and a 2" planer bit.
I gave it a trial on a really poorly chainsawn slab. it worked quite well. I may have a 1/16"in 60" twist in my long axis.
I want to rebuild my EMT mounts with better accuracy. I really need to put some chip collection on it.
Sorry no pictures yet. I have a bad problem with flat surfaces..............stuff gets piled on them.

Because I took my workbench/outfeed table I needed a new one. Again youtube influenced me to build a MFT/Microjig style bench.

I used red oak for the base and 3/4 MDF for the top.
For the dog hole pattern I bought the UJK Parf guide Mark II system. It is a very accurate method to get a square layout of the holes.
Using the holes and appropriate dogs it makes a very accurate crosscut station with a track saw.



 

I added levelers to my saw to make it easier to get both  in the same plane

[21incher]

Nice table. I put rollers behind my saw so things can't  be piled on them
Get a set of the Armor auto dog clamps for that nice top. One handed and can put hundreds of pounds of clamping  force in a second. Mine are the most used tools in my shop


 

 

 

This place up by me has some nice sled kits also Routing Sled 96x48 | Framing Technology

[Wlmedley]

I've never built anything out of cedar before mainly because I have never had any.Now that I have a little thought I'd try some on a bluebird house.Now I see why people like it.It's a easy wood to work with.Maybe try something a little more complicated for my next project but I'm limited on woodworking equipment and to tight to buy much more.

 

[tule peak timber]

Scratch coating the big live oak island top today. Happy New Year !

 

[doc henderson]

scratch coat?  so is that a thin coat to sand and look for imperfections, or the gloss to show imperfections.  I apologize for using the word imperfection, but that is what you use to make money.  right?   :D :D :D :new_year:

[tule peak timber]

Exactly , many thin coats (that are sanded off) to highlight imperfections.
Imperfections are great as long as I did not cause them!!!!

[btulloh]

That island top looks great. I think your customer will be pretty DanG'd happy with that! 8) 8)

[doc henderson]

 

 

for Dallas.  his recent loss of Sammy, and a prev. cat buried at the end of his coral.

[Larry]

I spent the first day of the year teaching a guy how to use the wood lathe to turn a bowl.  I always enjoy teaching as I often learn more than the student.

I also turned a bowl but I don't think it will hold water......must be art.

[wudshp]

I had my daughter home for a few days over Christmas and she spent some time in the shop helping finish some boxes we made for her apartment.  Its always great to have her home but especially to have time with her in the shop.


 


 


 

[Walnut Beast]

Nice looking stuff guys!!!

[Broncman]

Headboard from some ash and white pine I milled/kilned/sanitized.
Very satisfying to make something from trees you have processed yourself!



 

 

[tule peak timber]

Great looking headboard !

[tule peak timber]

Checking off the honey do list with a pocket door in my house.  Urban lumber Sycamore with a light brown stain and GF Enduro top coat.

 

[doc henderson]

Super nice, any pics of the installation of the pocket door?  I have one to do in the shop bathroom.  My wife says, "you need to get a door in the shop bathroom".  I tell there is one, it is leaning against the wall. :D

[tule peak timber]

Doc, I bought the Johnson pocket door kit with an aluminum I beam. Their instructions detail the rough in. I'll see if I have any pics. The installation is pretty straight forward. I have several Johnson kits here and there in my home and like them so far.

 

[doc henderson]

Tule I cannot wait to wind up close to CA and request a tour of your operation.  Looks like you could charge admission. 

[tule peak timber]

The BBQ is hot and the beer is cold...... 8)

[Old Greenhorn]

And near Disneyland too! I think a lot of the stuff Disneyland has was inspired by the Tule Peak operation and grounds. :D
Yeah, I would love an excuse to visit for sure. Any B&B's near there? Y'all have too many creepy critters to camp. :D

[tule peak timber]

At the Anaheim Disney, check out the park benches in Frontierland. ;D

[Old Greenhorn]

Yeah, actually that's kind of what I was thinking about. "Tule Peak Timber, where dreams come to reality"

[firefighter ontheside]

The standing desk for the judge is built.  I just need to make a couple shelves to go in it.  Now I need to figure out the stain color to match her other furniture.  I'm taking wood samples and stains to work with me and I will try to figure out a combination that works.  I made this with hard maple, maple plywood and the top is a piece of birch butcher block.  It looks nice and it saved a bunch of time over gluing up my own panel.