Watcha Makin'?

[tule peak timber]

Fire pit chairs headed for Wisconsin.

 

[beenthere]

We'll gladly accept them.. thanks a bunch.   ;D

[97redjeep]

Another picnic table, getting pretty efficient at these, might have to start selling them rather than giving them away lol
 

 

 

[firefighter ontheside]

I don't like it a lot, but I finally got a decent finish on the this table top.  There's a couple dust nibs that I need to take care of and buff it.  I am going to deliver this thing tomorrow night.


 

[Old Greenhorn]

 8) 8) 8) 8) THAT was a long time and a lot of labor in coming out! Good on ya man! I go through this a lot more often than you do (like almost every job) and am dealing with it now on the bar, but I am glad you got it out and it looks great!

[doc henderson]

classy!

[Larry]

Steam bent walnut for my Moon Lamp today.  I'm not experienced with the art which seems partly witchcraft with a little science.  Had compression wood failures on the inside of my part the first time.  The pressures made with a back bending strap are extreme.

This is my cobbled up steam box.  A Wagner wall paper steamer provides steam.  I replaced the OEM hose with a short length of radiator hose which delivers lots more hot steam.



This was the first good bend which is now drying.  Some may recognize my bending strap. :D

[aigheadish]

I don't know a lot about steam bending but that looks like quite the tight curve for your first go, Larry! Well done!

[JRWoodchuck]

Nice use of an old bandsaw blade!

[WV Sawmiller]

 

 
While my mom was visiting I decided I'd go ahead and show her a couple of items I routinely make. I first made a raised planter. It is 4' long, 2' wide, 1' deep and on 3' legs. I sell a few at a local bait shop who sells plants and need to take one to a bigger shop up the road to see if they want some.

  Next I made a bench "kit". I took an old white oak 8/4 LE slab and trimmed it a little and cut to about 3' long on the RAS. Next I took a wire brush to the soft punky sapwood on one side. (I don't know why it was only soft on one side.) and knocked it off.  Next I bored 1.5" mortises in the corners using my auger bit. I planed the top smooth then cut 4 legs about 22" long and planed them smooth, ran them through the planer to smooth and finish them to the same size. Then I clamped each leg in the vise and cut the 1.5" X 3" long tenon on each leg. They are now ready for installation and cut them to length. I'll take them with me to an upcoming workshop to do that. ;)

[doc henderson]

How will you ever trim those legs?

[Old Greenhorn]

Doc, did you really have to ask?

[doc henderson]

I assume he will take the mill!?

[terrifictimbersllc]

I'm a bit surprised that you don't find pieces of the bench in the neighbors yard when you trim the legs like that!

[doc henderson]

My concern has always been the whole bench will be lodged up in a tree somewhere and interfear with squirrel reproduction

[WV Sawmiller]

   Oh ye of little faith! :( :( :(

[WV Sawmiller]

I assume he will take the mill!?

I may be wrong but I was assuming there would be one in the vicinity we could use. Maybe we can find a trained operator to run it for us. :D :D :D

[firefighter ontheside]

Maybe you can make a box that you can set the bench upside down in and cut the legs off with a handsaw...

I bought a set of rail and stile bits to make interior or exterior doors several years ago.  Haven't made any doors yet, but I put some elm boards in the shop months ago that would be for a door.  Well, I decided tomorrow is the day to start working on that.  I will probably just make it 4 panel door with elm rail and stiles and some poplar panels.  I have some neat looking poplar 4/4 with lots of knots and eyes that will make for an interesting door.

[Texas Ranger]

A trick I used on doors was to make them over sized and trim to final fit.  Took a whole lot of sweat out of the picture.                               

[WV Sawmiller]

FFOTS,

   I bet I can find a faster and easier way. :D :D

[firefighter ontheside]

Good point TR.  I will make it just a little too big and then either trim down with circular saw or power hand planer.  With the planer I can add a little bevel to the latch side.  The door it is going to replace is a cheap luaun door that only measures about 1 1/4".  I am going to make mine 1 3/8".  It would be neat to have it thicker, but I think a pain to open and close all the time.  My bedroom door is 1 3/4" but we rarely close it.

[tacks Y]

 

 Well I am calling it done. All 1' hard maple but the shelve is soft/spalted soft maple. Not the best finish job, should have had wife do it. Old varnish so time will tell.

[GAB]

I assume he will take the mill!?

I may be wrong but I was assuming there would be one in the vicinity we could use. Maybe we can find a trained operator to run it for us. :D :D :D

I don't know about a trained operator, however there is supposed to be one attendent that has a BACKWOODS degree.  Maybe he can accomplish the task.
GAB

[firefighter ontheside]

Finish still looks wet.  Will probably look better when dry.

I got all the rails and stile material planed and dimensioned, but not to length.  I'm suppposed to make exended tenons on the rails and then mortises in the stiles.  I'm not sure my mortiser will allow that tall of material to stand up under it.  Are the extended tenons needed or will it stay together without?  I've never made a rail and stile door this heavy.  The elm is going to be pretty.

 

 

[Tom K]

It would be better to have a tenon if you can. A spiral bit in a router is also a slick way to cut a mortise. 

I haven't made any passage doors in probably 20 years. That was back before I had a shaper and was too young and dumb to know any better, yellow pine with 1/2" plywood panels. Cut the stile & rails on a router table, slapped them together with some Tite Bond and sent them down the road, no tenon. Those were a 7'-6"? high set of double doors for a local century home, still looked good in the pictures when it sold last year. My point being they will probably hold up fine if you don't have tenon's as well. There are a whole lot of commercial wood doors out there without mortise & tenons.