Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted October 18, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Here we go again! Parts cut and panels glued for four more boxes some cutting / serving boards. I ran so low on clamps that I resorted to squeezing panels between battens and wedges on my workbench.Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Time to tell everyone in your family you want Santa to bring you clamps! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Man Ross, you really pound out the projects! I guess it pays to get up at 3am and be in the shop by 4am! Youre an animal!! Sent from my SM-P550 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 So I had done a bunch of glue-up earlier this week. I had a few minutes to work on the cutting / serving boards tonight. First at the bandsaw: Followed by the spindle sander. Here is what they look like now. Next up is rounding over all the edges. Then on to the boxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 How in the world are you keeping up with all of these? I can't brush my teeth and look in the mirror at the same time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 How in the world are you keeping up with all of these? I can't brush my teeth and look in the mirror at the same time! Ha! Cleaning all the other crap off my workbench helped a lot. This morning, I routed a roundover on all the cutting boards, but no pics, because you really can't see much difference. That took all of 5 minutes, and spent the rest of my precious half-hour setting up a dado stack in my tablesaw. More on that soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 So, a little more progress today. I used a dado stack to form rabbets on the vertical corners of the poplar box. Hete it is as I prepare to add some aluminum trim: My dado stack is pretty cheesy, so I switched to a flat-top ripping blade to cut rabbets & grooves on the pine boxes. Various shapes of wood trim will be added later. Here, I used the rip blade, just kissing a sacrificial fence, to make a 1/8" x 1/2" rabbet. The boxes look like this now. I hope to get a bit more done tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Aluminum trim, that's a novel idea. Gonna be one beefy box! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 25, 2015 Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Ross, you going for a contemporary look with the aluminum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 Ross, you going for a contemporary look with the aluminum? We'll see. I'm pretty much making this up as I go along! I initially planned to do all the edges with aluminum, but figured I would make a mess of the three-way miter at the corners. Butting the verticals straight into the horizontals didn't look good in my imagination, so a wooden trim of some type will go on the horizontals. I haven't decided how far down to split away the top, either. Or on what kind of hinges to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Um, I don't think you're using those card scrapers correctly, Ross. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 SIDEBAR:Feeling a distinct slump in box-building motivation, I put my 'apprentice' to work sanding the cutting boards, while I turned my attention to another small project I have been procrastinating on:A knife-making friend gave me a scrap of brass that was thick enough to drill and tap. I am carving it into a (very) simple branding iron. Not shown in the photo, it is tapped to 1/4" - 20 on the back, and a 5" hex bolt is threaded in and fixed with a jam nut. I plan to cut the head off the bolt, and turn a handle for the iron later. This is sloooow work with a scribe and some files.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 SIDEBAR:Feeling a distinct slump in box-building motivation, I put my 'apprentice' to work sanding the cutting boards, while I turned my attention to another small project I have been procrastinating on:A knife-making friend gave me a scrap of brass that was thick enough to drill and tap. I am carving it into a (very) simple branding iron. Not shown in the photo, it is tapped to 1/4" - 20 on the back, and a 5" hex bolt is threaded in and fixed with a jam nut. I plan to cut the head off the bolt, and turn a handle for the iron later. This is sloooow work with a scribe and some files.... Man of many talents!! What does the M stand for? Or is it a W? Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 M. Last name is McCormick. Unfortunately there is this largish spice mfg. that uses the "Mc" logo. Plus, that would have been harder to carve .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 That's pretty cool Ross. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Ross, What did you use to "carve" the relief? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Well, that worked ... Ken, I used a carbide-tipped machinist's scribe to mark the outline, then a couple of files and a dremel diamond engraving bit. I have a little more than an hour of labor into it so far. I'd like to deepen the relief a bit more to get a cleaner edge on the burn. And I still need to make a handle. A CNC machine would certainly be better for a more intricate design. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Do your butt next!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Do your butt next!!! You first! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 So, here is the branding iron in its final form. Handle is assembled, but not epoxied on yet. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Really cool Ross! Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 That branding iron is pretty ambitious and I'm impressed. Since it's just one letter, ever consider getting your hands on some old typeset from a printing press? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 That's a very good idea, Vinny! Any idea where something like that would be found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I've seen them a lot in antique stores...seeing as I hate antique stores and have only been in a few, I'd say the odds are good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 (edited) All over eBay. http://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/321905770907 EDIT: Strike that. Missed that most are lead. Lead melts at too low a temp to be worth it. Edited October 30, 2015 by C Shaffer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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