Chestnut Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Friend of mine got married. He was renting from me for 2 years before this so i told him for a wedding gift I'd make him something and have the labor be my gift. Hashed out a design with him and his wife and came up with a simple design. She originally wanted to try and match the trim and go with stained oak but i am sick of working with oak so i convinced her to go with cherry. The bar top is going to be a slab of some sort, we'll see what i can find. Made a to scale cad drawing, boy was that useful already used it to verify measurements. When i went to buy the cherry, that Jatoba was just sitting out looking like it needed a home. My rear entry has been my overflow storage for a while now ... Cut some plywood and used some Domino. I know it's obvious but dang that tool is nice. I'm still climbing the learning curve for the domino but it's not very steep and it's defiantly not a bumpy ride. Got some of the plywood together. Gluing dominos is less fun then i would have guessed. It's awfully tedious spreading glue on those things. Got some cherry milled. I have to go to the yard again today. I bought all the cherry they had that wasn't awful. They should have gotten a delivery today so I'll go buy the rest of what i need. My TS wrench is on the table because i pulled the combo blade to put in my Forrest WWII 20 tooth. Boy is that blade nice, there is no feed resistance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Nice gift. What CAD program did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 17 hours ago, drzaius said: Nice gift. What CAD program did you use? Civil3D 2016 We haven't upgraded to 2017 yet but it's just a matter of time. I do all the drafting at work when things are light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted July 24, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Been working this weekend on this some more. I'm really enjoying working with this cherry. After it came out of the planer it was so buttery smooth i wanted to just hit it with finish and be done. There are always struggles with working in a small shop for me it's 12 foot boards. I couldn't get the width i needed in 8 footers for the panels so i bought 12s. Once i got them cut to length it was as easy as resawing and planing. My resaw king cut through this wood like butter. I was happy with the results as well it took me one half of a turn on my DW735 to remove all the planer marks or less then 1/32nd of removal. For my hack skill level that's pretty good. I cut stopped groves in the rails and stiles except i forgot to stop. I was planning on joining the rails and stiles together with shop made 8mm dominos with the joiner on it's widest setting for some extra strength. So i dug out some scrap from another project and filled the groves with some oak. The only time you'll ever be able to see the patch is with either the top removed or if you flip it upside down. I'm using space balls to keep the panels in place. Beings that it's summer i shot to squish down each side by 1/8th of an inch. Here it is all clamped up. I ran about 3 dry fits to make sure i had everything down. I figured out in the dry fit that space balls don't squish down as much as i was hoping so i reduced the width of my panel and each space ball is getting compressed by 1/16th. I hope that's enough but i couldn't really clamp it together with much more then that. Now to rinse and repeat for 5 more panels. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 During the week i tend to my garden as well as do household chores so i only get like 3 hours of woodworking a night. This week it felt like 30 minutes. I got the front 4 panel glued together and boy were the shop made tenons really nice to get a good sturdy fit on this. During the glue up i used space balls to hold the panel in place side to side and i realized that the .3" slot i normally do was going to create a problem fro this large project. I used some blue tape to keep every thing held where it was supposed to be while i spread glue and slid the panels in place. After panel 2 things got too long for my 48" clamps so i had to break out the pipe clamps with my 5' and 2' sections joined together. Having those around are really nice for moments like this. Used my typical cauls white oak and purpleheart. They were sections left over from a picture frame that i know are perfectly strait and quite rigid. Things got cramped. While i was working on this i glued up a couple clamping squares from scrap plywood. They work really well when i need to clamp things square and beings that i made them from scraps i don't care if they get damaged. When i go to attach the front and sides together i know I'm going to need some right angle support. I don't want to cut any corners .... I squared the 2 outside sides with my miter sled. The inside is never square. In case any one needs good white balance. Festool's systainers work as a great grey card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 I hate to divert from this cool project, but, where did you get the blue pipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 1 minute ago, K Cooper said: I hate to divert from this cool project, but, where did you get the blue pipe? That's a secret between me and some guys in the oil field .... It's just painters tape. I didn't want all the grime from the pipe on the cherry. Until you asked i forgot i did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Do you unwrap and rewrap every time you use the pipe? I.e. How do you slide the clamps down the pipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted July 28, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Your doing some very nice work there, chestnut! I would kill for 3 hours of shop time a day ! Enjoy because that'll change quick once misses nut wants some little baby nuts ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 8 hours ago, K Cooper said: Do you unwrap and rewrap every time you use the pipe? I.e. How do you slide the clamps down the pipe? I didn't wrap it i just laid 2 pieces down the length of the pipe it peals off easily. It also took 30 seconds to stick on there. As far as sliding up and down i only use these clamps if i encounter something my 48" parallel clamps can't handle which isn't often. I suppose if i needed to i could take a utility knife and cut around the pipe and peel back to that cut line and then slid the clamp. It sure is nice though not getting dirty hands every time i grab these things. 8 hours ago, shaneymack said: Your doing some very nice work there, chestnut! I would kill for 3 hours of shop time a day ! Enjoy because that'll change quick once misses nut wants some little baby nuts ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk I know i get more time then most of the married with kids and job types out there. I've just been stressed because work life is really busy and home life is really busy. I don't generally get weekends to work on things so my weekday evenings is usually all i get. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted August 3, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Cleaned up glue and flattened out all the joints and did some minor cleanup with the hand planes. My work bench is far to small for this project so i had to move to the table saw which is barley big enough. This project is making me feel awfully cramped in my shop. Cut both of the little curves at the bottoms of the face frame to spice things up a bit. It is really nice having a band saw that isn't a pile of junk. I've been cutting with the steelex blades that i bought recently and so far so good. I haven't really stressed them much so we'll see how they fare when i put then through the paces. Got all the face frame mounted and glued up. I used biscuits here because i still have a large stock and i felt that long grain to plywood wouldn't need the extra strength from a domino. I changed the design and didn't have the bottom face frame butt up with the curve. The curves were slightly different and if i ran the piece flush it would be on crooked and would end up looking odd. I ripped the piece smaller and had a step in it. Now i just need to figure out bracing for the left side and back and attach that. As soon as i have all the cherry mounted I'll bust out the sander and then head to finish. Once this is out of my shop i'll start on the top. I'm still not entirely sure what I'm going to do there. If any one is curious i used birch ply made by tigerply or Shelter Forrest International. It's not bad but it's not good either. I'd use it again for budget items and shop cabinets but nothing serious. It is better than the Chinese stuff I've seen other places but it's not as good as the domestic ply i usually use. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Looking good Chestnut! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Nice work Chestnut.. Love that table saw also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Thanks @mat60 & @pkinneb. Table saw is awesome to have. I don't know how i got by with my job site dewalt that i had before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brendon_t Posted August 4, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Some how I'm just seeing this journal. Everything looks great so far. And the next time you complain about 3 hours of shop time a night, I'm going to FedEx you a molotov cocktail. You'll just have to light it for me when it gets there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 39 minutes ago, Brendon_t said: Some how I'm just seeing this journal. Everything looks great so far. And the next time you complain about 3 hours of shop time a night, I'm going to FedEx you a molotov cocktail. You'll just have to light it for me when it gets there. I need to learn to convey my thoughts better. I was complaining about 30 min of shop time which was far shorter than the 3 hours i normally get. If you want the address for the molotov PM me I'd welcome some fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Its looking nice so far Chestnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted August 6, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Well weekend is here and i got a lot done last night. I finished gluing the front panel assembly to the plywood case. Things went smoothly and the domino is a HUGE asset to have it makes this stuff simple. The glue up did make me a bit more nervous than usual because i was in my garage and it was probably 100 in there. The glue looked like it was starting to dry very fast but i still got squeeze out and the joints closed. Sanded everything up with my RO. Thanks to @Ronn W for giving me the idea to test all the grits to to see if there is a huge difference between 150 and 400 grit. On this cherry and my test board there was minimal difference so i sanded to 150 and left it. Thanks Ron you saved me some valuable time. Woke up this morning wiped everything down to remove the dust and got the first coat of poly on. My finishing schedule is going to be 1 coat of regular minwax poly followed by a wipe on poly. I have another test board to see if this finish won't work. This is just coat 1 and is pictured wet so it looks splotchy in areas. Here is a picture of the "foot" If you scroll up you can see how i planned it and how the change looks. I like the change in practice better then the original plan. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Looking great, Chestnut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Looking great! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted August 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Thanks guys. Now i'm trying to figure out the top I have 2 bootk matched slabs i was going to use fro the top but they aren't wide enough. Would it be weirder to put a piece between the 2 slabs or should i add on to the back or front? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 Coming along great. IMHO, its either book matched or its not; partial efforts often look last minute. Depending on the figure you might be able to get away with a contrasting wood strip in the middle of book matched pairs but again, this often looks "fixed" (or "cool" if your doing the 1960's racing-stripe thing or echoing a guitar back) . Wait, the more I think about this the more it may work. What is the theme of the basement? Is it a man-cave or a family room? If a man cave the racing stripe idea might be made to fit in with other decor; posters, racing helmet table lamp. You know, a campy style. Is there part of the book matched piece's figure that happens to have fairly straight grain along one edge of each? That is the only way I could think that you might make it look planned using same-species material; adding a similarly straight grained piece to connect the two straight grained edges. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 I know that some bar tops have a trough on the bar tender side. I think they are there to wipe possible spills into. You could think about adding this to the top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted August 7, 2016 Report Share Posted August 7, 2016 12 hours ago, Chestnut said: Thanks guys. Now i'm trying to figure out the top I have 2 bootk matched slabs i was going to use fro the top but they aren't wide enough. Would it be weirder to put a piece between the 2 slabs or should i add on to the back or front? I would either use three random pieces with similar widths (including your bookmatched pair but not with those two together) or find all new material for the top and save the bookmatched pair for later. Focus on board width, grain and color matching and forget about bookmatch. I would not do a racing stripe or add a skinny strip anywhere. That always looks amateurish and frankly terrible...to my eye. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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