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    • wtnhighlander
      Stickly / Shaker hybrid display cabinet

      By wtnhighlander · Posted

      After the glue on th added slats dried, I had to start leveling the panel. All the clamps and cauls at my disposal failed to keep the slats from shifting around. Fortunately, the electric hand plane excels at bulk stock removal. The back side has no grooves, and was facing down during glue-up. Lots more squeeze-out to remove, and offset edges to smooth out. The electic plane leaves tracks, so I followed it with a smoothing plane, and in some spots, another tool. The spokeshave: it isn't just for spindles anymore.
    • Chet
      Feet Up Rev 2

      By Chet · Posted

      The real fun starts when she gets big enough to start attempting to shinny over the railing.
    • Chestnut
      Feet Up Rev 2

      By Chestnut · Posted

      Finally got sit outside weather. Our deck is a great play pen so i get about 5 min of this a day now. And times up time to stop the toddler from trying to self destruct.
    • JohnG
      Parts organizer organization?

      By JohnG · Posted

      For fasteners, I use these drawers from the hardware store I worked at long ago. When we switched suppliers, they installed new drawers so I took home a bunch of these (were destined for the landfill). Over the years I gave away a lot of them, just keeping 3 units of 3 drawers each. I kept extra dividers in case I want to adjust the layout. I keep common (for me) sized wood screws, kreg screws, finish/fender/standard washers, a couple lath and sheet metal screws, and a small selection of machine screws and nuts. Drywall and decking screws are stored with my home project stuff. Anything I don’t keep on hand is usually something I plan for in a project and have time to buy/order. I have a couple metal drawer units that I use for jig parts, picture frame parts, and other smaller things that can be grouped together. 
    • wtnhighlander
      Stickly / Shaker hybrid display cabinet

      By wtnhighlander · Posted

      I spent a little time on the cabinet today, cutting a rabbet / rebate for the back panel to fit in. An unfortunate router bit slippage left a gouge. It will be really had to see inside the finished piece, I'll probably just glue in a patch. However, distrust of the machine forced me to complete the task with chisels and router planes. Now for an argument against dragging a project out as ling as this one: I stacked the rabbeted case on top of the back panel so I could scribe the panel for trimming. Much to my surprise, rather than being about an inch wider than the case as planned, the panel was a full slat too narrow! Somewhere in the downtime between shop sessions, I managed to lose track of the measurement. The rest of my shop time today went toward milling, shaping, and gluing 2 more slats to the panel to ensure enough width. Argh.

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