Shelves are done

7/19/19, 4:39 PM #1

Bill Tindall, E.TN.
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Shelves are done

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

1/2" hardwood plywood was veneered with cherry

lots of edges to plane level with substrate

Up to my ankles in shavings from the edges and face banding trimming. There have been discussions on the hand tool forum on the importance of surface quality. A whole lot of planing occurs during building something that never needs to be a lustrous finish. Some good work over there is going to answer the question of whether more durable plane blades are worth the price and effort to sharpen them.

Best place to store parts in progress can be where they go. Granddaughters will be visiting for 2 weeks. I am saving jobs for them like sanding and staining.

I am considering turning knobs from cherry and carving the pattern in them that is on the drawer flanks.

Re: Shelves are done

7/19/19, 7:53 PM #2

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Looking mighty handsome, Bill.

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I’m a fairly spry 82-year-old who had been a reader/participant at WoodCentral since the demise of Badger Pond. I started visiting BP to learn something about finish for a project I’d completed and became hooked on internet forums as a way of increasing my knowledge about all sorts of topics. I have been a moderator for a couple other forums on subjects I enjoy. My interest in woodworking began in the early 1970’s when my wife and I had contractors add to our house near Traverse City, MI, and I ended up doing the trim work to reduce mounting costs. I had no tools. I bought a P-C skilsaw, hammer, screwdrivers and one of those wooden miter boxes with a backsaw. I made trim for windows and doors from one-by lumber and started my woodworking career. At the same time, I started a 50-year career as a ski instructor. I got onto the night shift at a mental hospital so I could ski days, and spent my 30s and 40s with that schedule. I eventually replaced the PC-upside-down-in-a-board with a real table saw and began the purchase of enough equipment to fill a jam-packed 40-foot shipping container we used after we sold our property in Michigan. The ski instructing had taken us to Colorado and we were spending too much on maintaining utilities for two homes. A couple years ago, the dozen years spent at 10,000 feet of elevation was making my body produce too many red blood cells, so we had to leave my “forever” home in the mountains and we moved back to Michigan. Now I have to find myself a shop space for all those tools in the container.

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7/19/19, 8:23 PM #3

Hank Knight
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Re: Ditto! That looks great!

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7/19/19, 11:20 PM #4

Barry Irby
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Looking good, Hand can't be bothering you too much

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7/20/19, 12:15 AM #5

Bill Tindall, E.TN.
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Re: Looking good, Hand can't be bothering you too

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down to one band aid

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7/20/19, 1:18 PM #6

Kneale Brownson
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Down to Les Nessman Bandaid Level Now, Eh?

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I’m a fairly spry 82-year-old who had been a reader/participant at WoodCentral since the demise of Badger Pond. I started visiting BP to learn something about finish for a project I’d completed and became hooked on internet forums as a way of increasing my knowledge about all sorts of topics. I have been a moderator for a couple other forums on subjects I enjoy. My interest in woodworking began in the early 1970’s when my wife and I had contractors add to our house near Traverse City, MI, and I ended up doing the trim work to reduce mounting costs. I had no tools. I bought a P-C skilsaw, hammer, screwdrivers and one of those wooden miter boxes with a backsaw. I made trim for windows and doors from one-by lumber and started my woodworking career. At the same time, I started a 50-year career as a ski instructor. I got onto the night shift at a mental hospital so I could ski days, and spent my 30s and 40s with that schedule. I eventually replaced the PC-upside-down-in-a-board with a real table saw and began the purchase of enough equipment to fill a jam-packed 40-foot shipping container we used after we sold our property in Michigan. The ski instructing had taken us to Colorado and we were spending too much on maintaining utilities for two homes. A couple years ago, the dozen years spent at 10,000 feet of elevation was making my body produce too many red blood cells, so we had to leave my “forever” home in the mountains and we moved back to Michigan. Now I have to find myself a shop space for all those tools in the container.

Shelves are done

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