shaneymack Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 The Dude never sleeps! Never! Ahhh thats the trick.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Ahhh thats the trick.... That plus he's good! And he still has time to take pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 You know I couldn't leave for work until this was done. Flush cut, pared off with a chisel, followed by the flush trim bit and some sanding. It's not a perfect match in color by a long shot, however it's flat and will never been seen, and I'll be able to rest at night knowing there are no divots in my bench, anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 You know I couldn't leave for work until this was done. Flush cut, pared off with a chisel, followed by the flush trim bit and some sanding. It's not a perfect match in color by a long shot, however it's flat and will never been seen, and I'll be able to rest at night knowing there are no divots in my bench, anywhere. Until the first project is built on the new bench, at least .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Resawing the piece for the dog hole strip. I had 1/8" on the thicker side and 1/16" to mill to get the thin side to 3/8. Somewhat of a please don't mess up moment.... Sure enough, I realized that I didn't mill the boards to 4" wide. A few expletives later I decided to throw a couple of 1" pins in the center of the boards (won't affect anything since there will be 2ish" of wood above the pins) to hold the pieces together to get them to 4" from 4 3/8" I couldn't get all the pins out, which usually I can. So being that my blades needed to be turned anyway to a fresh side since they were getting a little dull and leaving small ridges, I decided to hell with it and ran the thicker board through the planer and finished off the blades. Knocked the ridges down with a card scraper, and got a nice surface and a board 1 3/8" thick. I spent 25 minutes spinning my blades and cleaning my planer. Next up will be the routing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenaqua Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 There are a lot of those "please don't mess up moments". Just try and eliminate or keep the damage to a minimum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 You're the man now dawg! Wow that took a long time, and was messy, messy and messy... 5 machines running dust collection at once, kept it under control to an extent. Had the CT running on the OF1400, my dust collector running with a dust hood to catch stuff that shot out, my Jet air filter, Rigid air filter, and my shop vac. The more dogholes I did, the easier it got. I was able to feel all the stop points by the 5th one and not have to go back and make anymore passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Congrats ! It feels good to get in the groove and be able to repeat successful cuts again and again doesn't it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 It was smooth, cleaned up the edges with the router plane Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 That new whiteside 1/2" spiral upcut bit I got yesterday is an animal. The 1/4" shank pattern bit is not my favorite.. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 The 1/4" shank pattern bit is not my favorite.. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk Do explain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Tom looks great. You are the roubo animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Do explain 1/4" shank bits lack the strength that inspires confidence when making a 1" long flush cut. They vibrate a bit, they can flex if they aren't almost bottomed out. 1/2" shank gives me the warm and fuzzies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 So your gripe was with the 1/4" shank? Not the bit style? . I'm about to order a big Whiteside pattern bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 That'll do it for the night. Tomorrow I make the legendary Phoenix tails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 So your gripe was with the 1/4" shank? Not the bit style? . I'm about to order a big Whiteside pattern bit Correct, 1/4 bits feel flimsy on bigger operations. I have a 5/8 1" cl whiteside and a 1/2" 1 1/4" cl freud bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Ran the glued up dog hole strip over the jointer and took about 14 thou off, ran it through the planer and took off about 14 thou. My top was 4.028 thick. It is now 4.000 thick, as are all the other pieces. Left it a touch thick on purpose for some wiggle room. Now it's time for dominoes and glue, and then some Phoenix tails! Because it sounds cooler than Condor tails. Sadly those have to wait until tonight, as I'm going to see 3 Doors down in a few hours. Sent from my 831C using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 What's sad is someone postponing anything to see 3 Doors Down. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 What's sad is someone postponing anything to see 3 Doors Down. LOL They're a fun band and put on a decent show.. They'll play all 3 of their hits and it'll be a short show 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 They're not my favorite, however it's a huge festival carnival thing. A couple of years ago Flava Flav hosted and he yelled many an obscenity and was asked not to host again as there are lots of children present. Was quite amusing. The people I'm going with wanna see 3 Doors Down. Me, I'd probably be happy finessing the tails for the bench. Bench dog strip is glued and in clamps right now. I check the orientation of the dog holes about 40 times. That'd be one hell of a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom Cancelleri Posted June 6, 2015 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 and... I checked again just now because I'm insane 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 3 doors down. .. are they giving directions to the closest bar in case you get bored? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Everything looks great...I'm looking forward to seeing the Phoenix tails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 What's sad is someone postponing anything to see 3 Doors Down. LOL and what is wrong with 3 doors down? Aww crap, I just subscribed to this madness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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