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Project Photos (page 3)
Yet more good sawdust not gone to waste. Don't forget to click on any of the
images if you want to see a larger picture.
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My "Step-stool by mistake"
Sunday came, we were supposed to go to the fair. Liquid sunshine took care of
that idea. I toodled off to the shop to clean it up, and after I was done,
looked for a place to sit. There was none. Spying a piece of childs art paper,
I started to doodle. Soon, the doodle had dimensions and I was eyeing a piece
of mystery wood in the corner. It was an old table top, "donated" by a friend.
Did I have time before dinner? Nope, but I could sure cut some of the pieces.
Dinner time came and I had the sides in the clamps. Desert was done, and out
of the clamps and onto the router table for the sliding dovetails. Onto the
table for sanding and...Oh...Oh... OH... It's cherry. I don't believe it, the
wood is cherry!! A couple of hand rubbed coats of 1/3 boiled linseed oil,
1/3 turpentine and 1/3 varnish brought out the lovely hue. Now I have a place
to park my butt, though it did look pretty good in the living room.... I think
I'll make mistakes like this more often...
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'nuther project with a friend
BJ (in the mirror) was building a bathroom, and renovating two more.
He'd purused the big stores looking for just the right mirrors, but couldn't
find what he needed for one room, let alone three. We started chatting one day,
out came the pencil and paper, an idea was born and we both forgot about it.
After the paint on the new walls was complete, BJ figured it was time to think
mirrors again. He dusted off the "plan", we put together a bill of materials,
and off to the store he went. One Saturday morning, he showed up at my shop
ready for work.
That day, and a couple of evenings turned into these three frames. Sugar maple
provided the stock and we ripped/jointed the rails and stiles to size.
Biscuits provided the required alignment for the corners and a rabbet was
milled on the aft side to hold the glass. Hard to see, but two of the frames have a
narrow shelf on the bottom, sized for a can of shaving cream!!
BJ took these home, two coats of boiled linseed oil brought out the depth of
grain and a couple of coats of poly assured a long life in a humid environment.
The keyhole slots we routed in the stiles provide a stout mounting platform
and the 3/16" mirrored glass finished both of thes off quite nicely.
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These were a huge hit...
I wanted to make a mirror, as in one. I decided that two would be no more
trouble, I'll make two. I may as well make three, maybe (maybe) sell one, to
help offset the cost of the other two. I go to the wood store, bought
"a little extra", and end up with four mirrors. Go figure.
The wood is myrtle, and was a little tough to work with because of the
interlocking grain. The design was from a magazine, and the mirrors custom cut.
I sold two of these, the first time I've sold my work. They went in about 3
minutes, perhaps I should have asked for more (who knew?).
Fun project, that also spawned the jig found
here .
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These were, and are, a hit....
Yup, six of them!! Some of these are for gifts, and some have been sold as
gifts by others, and who know's what to do with the other two. All are out of
red oak, and yes, all those slats are mortised and tenoned. Why? I have no idea.
I keep doing this to myself. 12 slats per rack, 6 racks, 72 slats right? It
gets better. Each slat requires two tenons for a total tenon count of 144, and
each tenon takes 4 passes over the dado blade. Yup, do the math. 576 passes!!
Wait, there's more. Each of the 144 tenons required a mortise, and each mortise
takes five strokes of the mortising machine. 720 of them and would you believe
it? I broke the "return assist cylinder" 1/4 of the way in. Ahh well, no one
said this would be easy!!
They're finished in either medium walnut, or golden oak (Watco) stain, and yes,
that's poly on them ('cause they go in the bathroom, Shhhh!).
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Last of the gifty things (it's a cookbook holder)
A friend of mine brought one of these things over to the house, all folded up,
and asked if I could figure out what it was. Well, I sat down 'till long after
his tea had cooled, but eventually put a name and a purpose to it. I borrowed
it from him, made a drawing, altered some of the things I thought I could do
better (of course!!), and here's the result!!
Made of cherry, I did four of these from one piece of wood. All four were done
in a day, with most of the time going into assembly fixtures to help with
repeatability in accuracy. The inlay is some I had from another project, and
is ebony and holly. The dowels and spheres are birch, and the finish is five
coats of tung oil, knocked down with 0000 steel wool between each.
Though much fun to build, it's time for furniture, so these multiples of
smaller projects will be put aside for a while
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read some of those others before you have left
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