WC Weekend Accomplishments....

Re: WC Weekend Accomplishments....

Steve Clardy

>Worked on a set of kitchen cabinets most of the weekend.

Also did some more work on the shop

Got Tired Thinking About Dennis' Activities

George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

>Geeze Dennis,

Sometimes you have to practise being retired, so when that day finally arrives, you'll be prepared. My own efforts in the shop resulted in finishing up a little medicine box I built from white/red oak with red cedar dovetailed ends and oak back, front and coopered top. I received a new 17/32 straight bit and used it to make a box tray. I finished it all with a couple seal coats of shellac and several coats of brushing lacquer. SWMBO gave me hell over the smell and I was ejected from the house, and took out my frustrations on my chain saw, making 20 bowl blanks from hunks of fir logs. Today my best friend and I will bandsaw and anchor seal them. We watched the Eagles fly over New York Giants last night. I sure admire Tiki Barbar.

George

Re: WC Weekend Accomplishments....

Johanna

>I slept part of Saturday trying to catch up after several long days at a client site. On Sunday I finished the inside of two of the 4 wall cabinets and assembled them. Hope to do the other two today.

Re: WC Weekend Accomplishments....

JL

>Put together my Super Dust Gorilla with the help of my trusty feline assistants. Drove 100 miles back to my other house. Roughed out a couple of maple leg blanks.

Re: Waxed my Bessey K Body Clamps....

Michael Wangler in Rochester, NY

>I have a bunch of Bessey K body clamps and noticed over time that the yellow glue seems to hold very well to the metal bar and builds up easily. Sometimes this seems to affect the operation of the clamp and the ability to close it up against the wood. It was also noted that this glue does not easily come of the bar. Over the weekend I soaked each clamp (with a hot wet rag) and then scrapped the glue off the surface. I was hesitant to put wax (paste wax - bowling alley formulation) on the bar (fearing slippage), but it figured I would try it on one of them. The clamp works much better and there was no slippage. I ended up cleaning and waxing all of them. I also waxed the threaded screw portion. I would recommend it on your Besseys!

Re: WC Weekend Accomplishments....

Ernie Miller

>This was my first time in the shop in forever! I managed to make a carved walking stick with a mount in the top for my camers. I need to turn a finial for it with an insert so it screws on when the camera is not mounted. I carved some twistys on the handle part and some decorations just below that. tapered it with some planes. aluminum ones sell for more than I want to part with and this one is so much better.

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Shane S.

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Shane S.

>Sorry, here's the description of the picture. All I got to do is put a final coat of wax and oil on this cutting board. It was a Christmas present for my wife. She didn't seem to mind getting it late. It was in Wood Magazine a few months back.

Shane.

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Jay St. Peter - Southern MD

>I have been working finishing the other half of my basement for a while now. This weekend I did the final sanding on the drywall and primed the whole place. My shop is now storage, so I can't wait to get enough done in there to move the furniture back out of the shop.

Jay St. Peter

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David Hay @ Denver

>I spent most of this weekend troubleshooting and, ultimately, replacing the garage door opener. The darn thing would open, but refused to close. Ended up with a quieter opener with some nice features as well.

David

Can you provide dimensions and technique?

Terry Alexander

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Bart Goldberg

>I finished up a gift box for my mother-in-law. It's a mitered box made from walnut with Purpleheart Keys and the top is made from Redwood Burl veneer. I gave it to her today - needless to say, she liked it alot.

Bart

OK, Ernie, so where's the pictures?

Don Henthorn

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Re: Sent you an email.

Shane S.

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Re: Got Tired Thinking About Dennis' Activities

Jennifer Young

>I have an answer to your retiree excess capacity! How about online advisor...

My brother made me the most beautiful oak cupboard. The only problem is that is smells to high heaven, especially in the summer months. It has been resigned to the garage. It is, however, really beautiful and I'd love to know how to fishish is so that it doesn't smell so much. Searching through the sites, it looks like shellac is my answer, but I'm not sure. Please advise if you can...

Yours,

Jennifer

Check Your email, Jennifer

George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

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That's Good Work, Bart...

George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

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Re: Got Tired Thinking About Dennis' Activities

Dan Donaldson

>They use a shellac based primer to seal the inside of houses that have had a fire to seal out the smell. I figure if it can do that, it should work for sealing the inside of furniture.