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Saturday, February 22, 2014
TGIF New projects and project updates
Hi Everyone,
Well, its hot here today and everything is in bloom and we can smell lilac all over the place. It must be the year for them.
Ive been generating a lot of small pieces of lumber and Ive been searching for projects to use them up and one of the projects Im going to start are cutting boards out of assorted hardwoods. Here are some photos and discussion:
I work mostly with domestic hardwoods such as maple, hickory, and black walnut as they are readily available and not terribly costly. I also work with red colored woods such as kempas, Brazilian cherry, and cumaru woods. These woods are also readily available and not endangered. I dont like to waste wood and so here we go- here are some thin pieces that Ive cut off of wider boards:
I decided to trim all of these pieces into uniform a thickness of 1 1/8" on the table saw so the first thing I did was rip them to that thickness and then separate them into colors:
Then I trimmed these strips into 12 1/2" lengths. Here are some for comparison:
This will become a cutting board after Ive laminated these into a turning blank:
And here are some more cutting boards waiting to be laminated together. The larger ones at the top will be cutting boards and the small ones on the bottom will become either trivets or tea box lids:
Im going to glue up all of these blanks and probably make more next week so Ill have a large supply of turning material.
Next-remember the camphor wood trays and bowl I made about a month ago? Well, I took the trays out to see how they were doing and they had dried quite a bit and there was very little distortion in the trays. So Im putting them back on the lathe for their final cutting. Here is a photo of one thats been cut and one that is waiting its turn:
The shop smells like Vicks Vaporub again! Im curious as to what these trays will look like when they are all finished.
Im going to go and make dinner and cool off with some pineapple juice--see you later this weekend.
VW
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Well, its hot here today and everything is in bloom and we can smell lilac all over the place. It must be the year for them.
Ive been generating a lot of small pieces of lumber and Ive been searching for projects to use them up and one of the projects Im going to start are cutting boards out of assorted hardwoods. Here are some photos and discussion:
I work mostly with domestic hardwoods such as maple, hickory, and black walnut as they are readily available and not terribly costly. I also work with red colored woods such as kempas, Brazilian cherry, and cumaru woods. These woods are also readily available and not endangered. I dont like to waste wood and so here we go- here are some thin pieces that Ive cut off of wider boards:
I decided to trim all of these pieces into uniform a thickness of 1 1/8" on the table saw so the first thing I did was rip them to that thickness and then separate them into colors:
Then I trimmed these strips into 12 1/2" lengths. Here are some for comparison:
Now I can play with all of these various colors and arrange and re-arrange them:
This will become a cutting board after Ive laminated these into a turning blank:
And here are some more cutting boards waiting to be laminated together. The larger ones at the top will be cutting boards and the small ones on the bottom will become either trivets or tea box lids:
Im going to glue up all of these blanks and probably make more next week so Ill have a large supply of turning material.
Next-remember the camphor wood trays and bowl I made about a month ago? Well, I took the trays out to see how they were doing and they had dried quite a bit and there was very little distortion in the trays. So Im putting them back on the lathe for their final cutting. Here is a photo of one thats been cut and one that is waiting its turn:
The shop smells like Vicks Vaporub again! Im curious as to what these trays will look like when they are all finished.
Im going to go and make dinner and cool off with some pineapple juice--see you later this weekend.
VW
Monday, February 10, 2014
Another new project a Hall Tree!
My 2 year old son has learned the joys of opening the front door as wide as he can when he gets home. In the course of this learning experience he has demolished the cheap coat rack that I bought at Wal Mart about 10 years ago. It has been on a steady decline for the last year and he finally just finished it off.
As a consequence of this my wife challenged me to make a coat rack in 2 weeks to replace it. She invisioned a board with some dowels sticking out of it screwed to the wall. Where is the challenge in that? I did some looking around at some other projects on www.Lumberjocks.com and decided to make a Hall Tree. It is going to be 5 high by 2 wide and 9" deep. It will have a shelf on top with a 2"back and a 5" stretcher underneath for hooks to attach to. The seat will be about 13" high with 2 shelves divided into 5 cubbys for shoe storage. I also plan on putting hooks on the sides. 1 at the top of each side and 1 down lower for backpack storage.
I went to Home Depot and bought 3 - 1x10x6 and 3 - 1x6x10 common boards. I think they are knotty pine. I also bought a $5 bottle of wood glue and a $.61 dowel for my son and the total came out to $44.40. Initially I was thinking that I would make it out of all 1x6s but with the 2 week deadline I opted for the more expensive 1x10s.
The 1x10s were 9.25" wide which messed me up a little because I was expecting them to be 9.5". I ripped them to 9" wide and 5 long. I ripped the 1x6s down to 5" and then used the miter saw to cut them down to 22.5" wide. I also cut one of the 1x10s into 3 - 9x22.5 boards for the seat and cubbys.
I opted to just cut an angle for the sides to slope up. My jigsaw is not working very well right now and I am not that good with it when it is working correctly so the 2 equal really crappy cuts.
I will be attaching everything using pocket holes, glue, and my nail gun.
The seat and cubbys will also have some extra supports glued and tacked underneath just to play it safe.
Cubby dividers same length as supports and 5" tall. These will be glued and tacked into place.
The next step is assembly.
New Business
Im not sure I can help this guy, but if any of you woodworkers out there want to contact him, Ill give you his email address ...
"Dear Sir,
Let me start with saying that going through your website was an
interesting adventure based on the pleasant looking pieces of
furniture, unparallel designs and craftsmanship found.
But sir, selecting your company out of the hundreds of furniture
makers around is more interesting based on the fact that we do not
want any disappointment.
Therefore, satisfying our quest is the most interesting of all. Can we
count on you; for well-crafted and durable pieces of 3-drawer bedside
chest, a dresser and a mirror/kitchen cabinet?
I will strongly suggest that you send down your printed catalogue
through post. This will go a long way in stressing your potentials as
well as helping the aged who can not expose their eyes to websites.
I look forward to reading from you.
Kind Regards
David. "
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"Dear Sir,
Let me start with saying that going through your website was an
interesting adventure based on the pleasant looking pieces of
furniture, unparallel designs and craftsmanship found.
But sir, selecting your company out of the hundreds of furniture
makers around is more interesting based on the fact that we do not
want any disappointment.
Therefore, satisfying our quest is the most interesting of all. Can we
count on you; for well-crafted and durable pieces of 3-drawer bedside
chest, a dresser and a mirror/kitchen cabinet?
I will strongly suggest that you send down your printed catalogue
through post. This will go a long way in stressing your potentials as
well as helping the aged who can not expose their eyes to websites.
I look forward to reading from you.
Kind Regards
David. "
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