Weekend projects

Slant front secretary

jim_reed@marietta

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Blanket chest, baby...

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>Prefinishing the inside today, and pinning the M&Ts on the drawer web frames. Thinking I'll send the wife and kids off to the zoo tomorrow, then glue up and assemble the carcase. Pictures forthcoming should it go well.

The other stuff (fertilize the lawn, replace shower fixture, etc.) t'ain't nearly as fun...

Tail Vise

Paul M. in San Diego

>I made my bench over 5 years ago, and never got around to working on the tail vise. Adam is right that you really don't need one as I've gotten by without it for 5 years. But there have been several occasions where I *wanted* one so it's about time I did it. Besides, my bench looks awfully silly with the big notch missing where a tail vise should be.

Re: Getting a tailed apprentice

Jeremy Osner

>Woo-wee! Sunday I am driving down to South Amboy to buy a jointer from Matt. (And not the bedrock kind either.)

Re: Weekend projects

Brad in Ottawa

>Woodworking will be minimal...

LOML is running a 32km race (essentially 3/4 of a Marathon) in Hamilton. The race is called The Around the Bay and is one of the oldest on the continent.

Hamilton is over 5 hours away though which means that, we will be travelling this weekend. It will give me a chance to visit my family though.

I do hope that this evening and Sunday night can be spent working some Cherry into shape for a project.

Brad

Re: Tail Vise

David Linnabary

>It's kinda like a shirt pocket, you don't necessarily need one but if you've got one it sure seems to get used a lot. :)

David

Going shopping...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Local hardwood dealer is having a clearance sale!

Finishing off some picture frames in Jarrah.

Re: Tail Vise

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>I have managed to get it 1/2 done in 6 months. Every time I wander down to that end of the bench I try to avoid looking at it.

Re: Tail Vise

Paul M. in San Diego

>Hey, you're ahead of me by 4.5 years! ;-)

more clockwork

Jack from Maine

>Still working on the Seth Thomas regulator case.I'm currently shaping the lower rectangular door that covers the pendulum and holds the glass with the regulator logo.As all of these I've seen in pictures are mitered I opted for a lap miter joint.I figured it would be doable with hand tools.I rough cut the joints with a backsaw this week and I'll be paring to fit tomorrow and then rabbeting for the glass.Glue up then get the glass cut to fit both this door and the round dial cover.Have a fun weekend----Crackerjack

Painting

Ted Owen, Pittsburgh

>Expanding the shop about 300 sq. ft. to the last remaining unfinished part of the basement, primarily for veneering and golf clubmaking.

Got to paint the masonry walls, then next week the concrete floor (epoxy paint). A little drywall or paneling. Then more outlets and lights. Then...

Good weekend wishes, everyone.

Best, Ted

Warning Ted

Dave Anderson Chester,NH

>If you decide to paint the concrete walls with a waterproofing paint like UGL Drylock get the latex and not the oil based. when I first started to paint my basement walls I bought a couple of gallons of the oil based stuff. I started painting after SWMBO wnet to bed. Shortly after I opened the second gallon there was a stomping of feet coming down the stairs from the second floor bedroom to the basement 2 floors below. The very high odor of the ammonia and other curing agents made it to the second floor from the basement through closed doors and woke both Sue and the dog from a sound sleep. It took 2 days before the odor was completely gone. The latex doesn't have anywhere near this problem and will help you keep domestic harmony in the house.

Heck, you don't NEED anything but a jack knife

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>but it would sure take a long time to make an armoire with one.

I didn't have a tail vise for a long time either, but there are quite a few other tools I give up first now that I have one.

Easier on the painter too

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>In my foolish youth, I was painting a bathroom in an apartment where we were living in Michigan; back then, oil paint was necessary for bathrooms and kitchens, latex not being as advanced as now (Matt Curley: before you pick up on this obvious opening, it WAS being sold, and no, we did not have to grind our own pigments). The window, as I recall, had already been painted shut, so I did not bother to pry it open, and nearly passed out from the fumes. The current lower-VOC oil paints are safer this way, but the solvents released are lower in amount, not absent.

Thanks, guys, I didn't know that.

Ted Owen, Pittsburgh

>Guess I lucked out when I bought latex UGL for the first part of the shop, than again for this extension.

Best, Ted

Warning

Russell Seaton

>The latex doesn't have anywhere near this problem

But latex's "anywhere near this problem" is still bad. Years ago I painted the inside of a 8x24x24 garage in the middle of winter with latex primer paint. Doors all closed. After finishing and stepping outside to the crisp below zero (Fahrenheit) night air did I realize how much fumes latex paint produces. Use a proper mask and/or keep plenty of air moving through the area.

Trimming Citrus Trees

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL

>Now that the fruit-bearing season is over, it is time to cut them back, and remove the deadwood.

I have to hack away at the bananas, too.

maybe I can sneak into the shop to make a chisel storage rack...

Re: Jointer came with a scrubber

Jeremy Osner

>I drove down to South Amboy yesterday morning to by Matt's old jointer (Delta-Rockwell) -- and what do you know, he decided to throw in an old woodie scrub plane when I commented what a nice looking plane it was! So I came home with a power tool and a hand tool.

THis scrub is way superior to the plane I am currently using as a scrub, in that: its body is about 3/4 as wide; it has no chip breaker; and its blade is about half again as thick. I do not see any makers mark on it which leads me to believe it was built in someone's shop. There is a mark on the blade but I forgot now, what it is.