Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
weekend projects
Ernie Miller Topeka
>If it�s not to wet in the yard I hope to finish the shed for wood storage. If it is I will start on an Island/bar for the wife she wants it by the middle of April. I also want to spend some time on the bench drawer boxes I almost have one finished and the other tow have one drawer each finished. If I get board I might work and a couple planes. Todd O has challenged me. He had better think about the same thing. Every one have a Safe and Rockin good weekend
totally OT gloat
Clay C in Miami
>I will not touch one woodworking tool - got invited down to a private island in the Keys by this girl for the weekend.
Clay
Re: weekend projects
Angelo in Cornwall, NY
>The fleas reopen this weekend after a winter break, so I guess I'll be rust hunting. Also, rebuilding kitchen cabinet #2. The cabinets that came with the house are pressboard, and keep falling apart. I'm reusing the face frames and building plywood cases.
Re: weekend projects
Luke Herzberg
>More of the neverending bench project. After a long hiatus from it, I've gotten back to work. In my design, the legs are mortised into the top. I had all four installed, and am now going back, cutting off the old tenons, enlarging and resquaring the mortises and cutting new tenons. I wasn't happy with some slop and/or lean to the legs so they are getting redone. Tenon #5 (Leg 1, take 2) was finally acceptable, so 3 more to go! I'm using all hand tools (save for some rough sizing of stock at the outset), so it's all a learning process for me.
- Luke
Re: weekend projects
Rossmoor Galoot
>SWMBO and kids are gone for the weekend. Lots of time in the shop available for tuning up a mid-nineteenth century razee smmother and a Stanley made Craftsman Low Angle Smoother (65 knockoff)I picked up in Frederick, Maryland a couple of weeks ago for $15 (stealth gloat). I will probably practice cutting some sliding dovetails for a box top I'm working on. Work safe!
Re: weekend projects
Jack from Maine
>Shop maintenance/remodel this weekend. I hate it but it has to be done and I love the results. Painted the ugly osb floor this week and I'm rearranging everything so my shop is more efficient,easier to use.Only problem is ,as I move stuff around I keep running into unfinished projects.
Have a great weekend.---Crackerjack
Have pity on me
Steve Kubien
>I'll be visiting the in-laws this weekend. No tools. No shop time. My father-in-law thinks fine-craftsmanship means using a cordless drill and reciprocating saw as oppposed to a corded model and a chainsaw. Handtools are things to open paint cans with and leave on the deck for a season or two.
Grim.
Steve Kubien
Hey Ernie,
Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
>Not so much as a challenge, but an idea. When at the flea market today I had my eyes peeled for suitable plane soles but came up short.
I've got so many iron in the fire these days that I probably won't get to scratch plane building anytime soon, but than again I am intrigued by the idea.
Found a beauty of a treadle grindstone at the FM today, but the $75 asking price was out of my reach. :~(
Anybody else gonna build a "'Nander plane"? Would that be the right word for a plane built from scraps? We need to find a suitable name for them? Suggestions?
Spent most of the day designing and building a large tool rest for my grinder. It is similiar to LV's, just much BIGGER! Probably finish it tomorrow after getting home from the FM.
Todd O.
Oh WOW Clay,
Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
>Nice Boat!! ;~)
Have fun. ;~) ;~)
Todd O.
Re: weekend projects
Rusty Miller
>Well, did get to bend the #3 & #4 shaker oval boxes I've been working on. Also watched the Rob Cosman dovetailing videos again. Boy he makes it look easy.
As useal, tried to clean up the shop a little.
Rusty-Tye, TX
Re: Hey Ernie,
Ernie Miller Topeka
>I don't know it they have to be made from scraps just not from kit. I am an extreem person a cheep bottom feeder who makes every nickle work for me befor being spent. Lets jsut call it the plain plane contest.
Re: weekend projects
deanj
>Not a nice project, but needed: Built the little sharpening station in Kirby's sharpening book. Just to keep it on topic, built it with my trusty handsaws... :-) I really should have been working on the cherry side tables, but needed a better place to sharpen.