Mortises in red oak

Re: Is that a Sorby chisel

William Duffield

I think she Identified it as an Estwing.

Re: Mortises in red oak - picture

johannaj

All the furnishings I have made for our home have a "Southwest" look - appropriate, since we live between Albuquerque and Santa Fe! I have photos of most of my work on my Facebook page if you think you might like to do something along those lines.

These dressers are being made to match the headboard of our bed.

Re: Mortises in red oak

johannaj

Here is a line drawing of the dresser design front view. The two dressers will mirror one another (i.e. the drawer sizes on the second and third rows will be reversed). There is a railing at the back of the top like the one on the bed headboard - keeps things from falling behind the piece!

Re: Mortises in red oak - picture

Wiley Horne

That stained glass panel is an inspired idea, and finely done. The dogs are familiar, too, as for years my wife showed salukis and then whippets—in our old age we’ve down-sized to Italian greyhounds.

I should mention, I mostly live on the Hand Tools side, but drop by because the conversation this side is great fun.

Wiley

Re: Mortises in red oak

Wiley Horne

Nice! A study in 3’s to my eye.

Wiley

Re: Mortises in red oak

William Duffield

Which Orientation?

Looks like I need to work on my "Flip Horizontal" and "Scale" tools, but I think this is clear enough to facilitate a design discussion.

Re: OT: Dogs

William Duffield

My "kennel" has two real greyhounds. With the closing of the dog tracks due to the Corona pandemic and new laws in Florida, working greyhound unemployment is at virtually 100%. Most tracks will not reopen, and thousands of these dogs all desperately need to be adopted.

Re: OT: Dogs

Wiley Horne

Hi Wm.,

The reputation here of the track dogs is that they’re docile and not at all sharp. The breeders can’t have sharp dogs around and cull that temperament. When we were first married, we had a track cast-off, Nada, who was a perfect pet. In those days, they tended to run smaller than the AKC greyhounds.

Dunno what happens if the cat gets afeard and starts running.

Wiley

Re: Is that a Sorby chisel

John Pappas

Weaver has found a partial fix for this deficiency. He rounds over the last tiny bit of the edge to create a "convex" edge. The knife people use this technique to strengthen edges.

Paul Sellers (YouTube) does all chisels and plane blades this way. Does not grind. Entire bevel is convex. I am currently trying this. One chisel in particular never held up well. I have sharpened it with a convex bevel and it has, in a couple of limited tests, held up better. We'll see.

different....

David Weaver

something like a 20 degree primary bevel, then a honed bevel of about 25 and a tiny rounded bevel 30-35 degrees or so - whatever it takes to keep it small and strong enough that failure at the very edge doesn't happen.

Far slicker through the wood than the sellers method and faster to refresh.

I think the sellers method has a lot of people working a whole bunch of steel that doesn't get involved in the cutting, but can end up wedging if it's left in place.

Every sharpening method works, but some are more labor than others.

Rules above aren't hard and fast - just whatever it takes to eliminate the edge folding or chipping without creating a wider wedge.

Re: OT: Dogs

William Duffield

Mine are both very sweet, unless you are a rabbit, or a squirrel, or one particular feral cat. They are, or were, both 45 mph couch potatoes. The main reason they wear muzzles when you see them racing is to prevent accidental injuries if they accidentally run into each other, because they have very thin skin and light weight coats. They're built for flexibility, so they run faster.

One of mine is over 80 lbs., but she is overweight.

Re: OT: Dogs

Johanna Johanson

That's a really big greyhound. We have had several in the past, both show dogs and rescues, but we do not have a greyhound right now. We have (in order of size) a rescue Lab (overweight), a border collie/whippet cross (an accidental breeding - also a rescue), a miniature poodle, and a rescue Chihuahua/pom. I showed the mini poodle for awhile, but she is too small to be competitive. So now she is doing obedience and agility - I hope to get her titled in both sports when dog sports resume again.

I have shown and bred whippets, greyhounds, Italian greyhounds, and poodles in past years. I also was an AKC judge of those (and other) breeds.

Re: OT: Dogs

Johanna Johanson

Almost all of the sighthounds (the long-legged, skinny dogs used for racing and/or hunting) find it difficult to resist a running cat. Sadly they can usually outrun the cat. Just one more reason to keep cats indoors (the more important reason is that they kill songbirds).

Have you ever seen lure coursing? That's a sport the sighthounds really love!

Lure coursing

Wiley Horne

Hi Johanna,

Yes, years ago we used to set up lure courses at a big park here in So. Cal. There were no breed classes—you could race an IG, whippet, saluki. Everybody had to be ready to grab their dog at the end of the course, so they didn’t all get to snarling over the pelt. There was also live game (jack rabbit) coursing in Merced Co., up in the San Joaquin Valley, but that we never entered because it was way dangerous to dog legs due to potholes and the like you find in fields. And ours were never in hard enough condition for it. Jack rabbits are durable and tough customers when running and fighting for their life—they’re not Easter bunnies.

Congratulations on your judging certifications. A big achievement.

Wiley

Re: Mortises in red oak

Johanna Johanson

The first one - with the smaller middle drawers to the center.

I'm down to chiseling the corners of the mortises on the last side piece. Then it's off to the lumberyard to buy wood for the top and bottom pieces plus a little more for odds and ends.