Popular Post h3nry Posted April 25, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Well it's time to get going. You guys are going to be really disappointed when this build turns out a bit more banal than the previous one ... but we'll see what I come up with. The plan is for a dressing table - I've got about 2 dozen sketchup ideas - hopefully I'll be able to pull together a single design from them as I get going. Before getting started I needed a visit to the lumberyard... Always an interesting experience - this is the view through the doorway on the street, and it doesn't change as you go back into the warehouse. The reception desk is just to the left of the chop-saw. I picked up about 75bdft of a wood called Sapan - it's quite a common local lumber, quite hard and dense but nice straight grain with no knots, I don't know what it's like to work with. With 9ft boards and 7ft ceilings they had to be broken down before I could stash them in the shower And then it's time to get started with stock preparation ... starting with some resawing ... One day I'll get a band-saw to do this, it's not my favourite task, but for now I'm stuck doing it the slow way. Hopefully that should be most of the thin stock I need: Next there's a whole bunch of ripping and planing to be done before I can actually start building anything. This is going to be another slo.o.ow build... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 h3nry, I just went out to the shop and gave my bandsaw a hug and told it how much I appreciate it? that wood looks interesting. Looking forward to your build. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 20 minutes ago, K Cooper said: h3nry, I just went out to the shop and gave my bandsaw a hug and told it how much I appreciate it? that wood looks interesting. Looking forward to your build. Ahmen! I don't envy prepping the stock in that fashion but, hats off for sticking with it and making some sawdust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 H3nry, this sounds like another winner! The lumber looks quite appealing, and I'm sure you will find an interesting way to 'dress up' the dressing table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 That wood looks really interesting, excited to see the design you choose. Even if it's simple doesn't mean it's going to be any less interesting. Pardon the spelling sent from my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted April 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Careful Coop, or you'll be hugging all your tools before I'm done - and hopefully some of them are a bit sharp for hugging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I applaud anyone with the dexterity and skills that can resaw a board with a handsaw! When doing so, do you have to ensure that you follow a line on both edges of the board throughout the entire cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted April 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 1 minute ago, K Cooper said: I applaud anyone with the dexterity and skills that can resaw a board with a handsaw! When doing so, do you have to ensure that you follow a line on both edges of the board throughout the entire cut? No, the trick is to follow the line on just one side - then flip the board round and follow it on the other side and the saw will just ride in the kerf in the middle ... then repeat ... once I get so far down the board that I start cutting into the vise I flip the board upside down and start again from the other end, until the kerfs meet. That said, it's still a pretty tedious job ... but marginally more fun than the gym session it replaces. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janello Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Coop, he has you fooled... on the other side of that fake shower wall is a room full of powermatic. In all seriousness, you are impressive in your work Henry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I'm definately going to take your word for it but at least now I can tell my grandkids how "we" use to do it! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Nothing very interesting here yet ... Ripped some pieces to make the internal frames: The ripping was a bit rough, so I had to make a few shavings to square them all up: Now I've got some wood ready for some joinery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Milling always seems to chew up the most time.. Nice job! Curious how you like that Veritas inset tail vise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted April 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, TIODS said: Curious how you like that Veritas inset tail vise? I love the Veritas inset vise ... but then I don't have much to comapre it to, my Bench is made from construction lumber and my face-vise is just pipe-clamps - the Veritas kit was a definite upgrade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Just now, h3nry said: I love the Veritas inset vise ... but then I don't have much to comapre it to, my Bench is made from construction lumber and my face-vise is just pipe-clamps - the Veritas kit was a definite upgrade. I've been considering adding one to my OF/Assembly table.. Thanks for the response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 I'm glad you posted about that vise because i was going to ask about it as well. I'm in a state of transition and was thinking about getting it. I don't have the time to make a roubo and don't want to because i plan on moving in 1 year and 3 months. Do you mind posting some pictures of your face vise as well. I have a construction lumber bench as well and would like to add something so I'm not using quick clamps for hand-tool work. My setup is miserable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 12 hours ago, Chestnut said: Do you mind posting some pictures of your face vise as well. I have a construction lumber bench as well and would like to add something so I'm not using quick clamps for hand-tool work. My setup is miserable. Two things I will say about my vise are: 1) It really doesn't get any simpler - it's just a piece of 2x6 with holes drilled through the apron for the pipes. 2) It does work like a vise ought to - but it racks horribly, so shims are sometimes required to manage the racking. But definitely better than quick-clamps. Looking from underneath the bench you can see the pipes - I can open this vice up to 20" if I could find a reason to. But there's only about 2" of travel on the screw part of the clamp, so to change the opening more than that requires sticking a hand up under the bench to adjust the back end of the clamp. It also serves as storage for two of my pipe-clamps. You can also see under the bench that my dog-holes are all reinforced with an extra piece of 2x4 glued/screwed on to give a full 3" thick bench-top and apron where the holes are. While we're at it ... I have three types of holdfast. The small cast iron ones are essentially useless. The screw down ones work really well, although the handles occasionally get in the way of my knuckles when working. The Veritas holdfast is in a different class though, it's big, heavy, expensive and holds a workpiece down to the bench so tight an elephant couldn't move it - but most of the time it's over-kill so the other screw-down ones get used more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted April 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Spent the morning chopping mortices... Thirty-two of them Now I need 32 tenons... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 That's a lot of chopping! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h3nry Posted May 1, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I've heard people here say that dominoes help when cutting M&T joints ... so I made some out of the end-grain off-cuts. I must be doing something wrong, because they don't seem to be helping much. Will they work better if I paint them green? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 The tenons are all cut, and fit into their mortises - and now I have some sub-assemblies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Starting to take shape now! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Nice work..Whats a hand saw.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 H3nry, you really knock stuff out quick with hand tools. I'd be amazed to see you tackle the ubiquitous roubo bench project with a fully-powered shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Managed to get a few hours in during the week. So it was time to start work on the panels for the back and sides. I thought it would be easier to cut the rabbets and grooves for the frames before gluing up the panels. This wood has horribly reversing grain directions. I'm now pretty much resigned to not getting too worked up about some tear-out on non-show surfaces. Still it seemed easier to hog out the bulk of the rabbets with a chisel, then finish them off with the rabbet plane taking just a light cut to minimize tear-out. cutting rabbets: rabbets all cut: side panels in clamps: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted May 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 I got all the tenons cut on the case parts: But while I was cutting them - disaster! - well, hardly an oak tree crashing through my bedroom wall - but I had a glue-joint fail! I don't know what happened, glue joints never fail. None of the other joints failed so it probably isn't the glue having gone bad. Oh well, back into the clamps it goes. But now I finally have to do what I've been putting off all along ... design the legs and cut out the leg blanks... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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