shaneymack Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 41 minutes ago, wdwerker said: So Christmas is past have you gotten back in the shop yet ? Inquiring minds want to know ....... Ive done a few things here and there but no real shop time. Crazy busy during the holidays. Hopefully I will have an update in the next week. Stay tuned ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted December 30, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Finally an update. Feels like forever since I've worked on this thing ! Next step was coopering the seats. I set the bevel gauge to 3°. Transferred that to the jointer. Just for fun i double checked with the digital guage. I was surprised it was exactly on. Probably lucky. Here are the angles marked out that i had to do on the jointer Done I dominoed all the joints using 10x50 dominos Time to cut the notches that will house the tenon The front notch was kerfed out Cleaned it up at the bench Now for my least favourite part. Rabbeting the notches to create the tenons. This is a dirty step even with dust collection. I went to the bandsaw to hog out a bunch of material so there was less to sculpt. Last sculpted seat i did i glued it up at this point. I decided to sculpt as much as I could before gluing up this time. I started with the ras115 with 24 grit. The bubinga was waaaaaaay to hard even with the 24 grit. It was like cutting steak with a butter knife. ....or my finger. The ras would work great on a normal wood that wasn't hard as steel. I really didnt want a huge mess in my shop so i held the grinder in one hand and the vac hose in the other. I REALLY wanted to keep the mess down. My forearm is exhausted now lol Screwed the end of my hose...lol Here are the parts as far as I was willing to take them pre glue up. Finally glued up !!! I got all the front leg parts milled up with one test piece out of poplar. Thats how I left it this evening. Want to start the joinery fresh another day. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan G Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking great Shane!! What was the advantage for the additional sculpting before glue that you mentioned in the post as opposed to your previous sculpted seat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 I can't wait to rub my butt on these! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 I was wondering earlier why you had started grinding before gluing. Makes more sense now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking great Shane!! What was the advantage for the additional sculpting before glue that you mentioned in the post as opposed to your previous sculpted seat? Thanks Alan ! It is much easier to manouver the grinder when dealing with the individual seat pieces. I much preferred doing it this way. Definitely the route I will take for all future sculpted seats. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk I can't wait to rub my butt on these! You want to buy them? Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, shaneymack said: You want to buy them? Nope, just rub my bare ass on them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Llama said: Nope, just rub my bare ass on them! My last dog got in a habit of doing that. I ended up putting him on a trot line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking awesome Shane! Shame about the hose but, I understand having been there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 My digital angle box has amazed me. I'm getting 1/2 degree angle accuracy or better ! Your getting some beautifully clean cuts on wood that's so hard. Shame you chewed up your hose end. Maybe your Festool dealer will hook you up with at replacement ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Nice work as usual Shane. 6 minutes ago, wdwerker said: Maybe your Festool dealer will hook you up with at replacement Seems to me you should have earned a freebie by now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 You sir must have some serious arm strength to hold a running grinder in one hand and sculpt a seat LOL. Having said that they look great! Thanks for sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 My digital angle box has amazed me. I'm getting 1/2 degree angle accuracy or better ! Your getting some beautifully clean cuts on wood that's so hard. Shame you chewed up your hose end. Maybe your Festool dealer will hook you up with at replacement ? Ya the cuts are surprisingly clean. I was sure to clean all my blades before starting this project. Im also using the heavy duty rip blade for all rip cuts which really helps. I will get my guy to throw one in on my next big order. I wasn't being careful at all knowing it's a replaceable part. Collecting the dust was more important to me. For now it still works . Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Nice work as usual Shane. Seems to me you should have earned a freebie by now. Thanks Chet. I've received lots of freebies already. Don't tell anyone though Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk You sir must have some serious arm strength to hold a running grinder in one hand and sculpt a seat LOL. Having said that they look great! Thanks for sharing Ya its the carpenter grip strength. You end up getting crazy grip strength from carrying materials and using tools all day long. Ive probably lost some of that from my main tool being a laptop and cell phone now but its still there. All that said, my forearm is killing me lol.... Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking good Shane! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 20 minutes ago, Woodenskye said: Looking good Shane! Was that a "good looking Shane!" statement or addressing him as "good looking Shane" in reference to the other ugly Shane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, Brendon_t said: Was that a "good looking Shane!" statement or addressing him as "good looking Shane" in reference to the other ugly Shane? I really don't think Shane can hold a candle to nicely sculpted bubinga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Awesome. I was getting anxious for an update on this... Had forgotten that Shane updates are worth 3x normal updates. Nice work, fast progress as usual! Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 I really don't think Shane can hold a candle to nicely sculpted bubinga. I can't argue with this ! Sent from my SM-P550 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan G Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 10 hours ago, shaneymack said: It is much easier to manouver the grinder when dealing with the individual seat pieces. I much preferred doing it this way. Definitely the route I will take for all future sculpted seats. Now I get it...So you just work one piece of the seat at a time, apart from all of the others? At first I thought you sculpted the seat with the unglued pieces just clamped together and could not figure out why that method was helpful. Always enjoy following your journals. Learn something new each time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking good Shane. That wood just looks hard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking good Shane. That wood just looks hard! Thanks, Mike. At 2400 janka it is pretty damn hard ! Its definitely a challege but I think the real challenge will be when its time to card scrape and sand. Im enjoying it though, its fun to work with. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 That end grain sure has a nice shine right off the saw. You're using a router plane to clean up the kerf. Since I inherited my Dad's ancient Stanley router plane, I've found it to be invaluable. So quick & easy to get a perfect, even, flat bottomed dado or groove. And it seems like those never come out perfectly even depth off the dado cutter when doing sheet goods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elroy Skimms Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 13 hours ago, shaneymack said: Just for fun i double checked with the digital guage. I surprised it was exactly on. Probably lucky. I started with the ras115 with 24 grit. The bubinga was waaaaaaay to hard even with the 24 grit. It was like cutting steak with a butter knife. ....or my finger. The ras would work great on a normal wood that wasn't hard as steel. Do you flag your jointer somehow when you set it to some angle other than 90 degrees? Especially when it's something small like 87 degrees. I don't always have the luxury of finishing one project before I have to start another, so I hate when I adjust something small one day and then come back to it 2 days later assuming it's 90 degrees and I find out that it's at 87 AFTER I use it. Also, with the Bubinga, would something like an arbortech do a better job on the power sculpting over the 24 grit? I know it's not the right shade of green, but we promise not to tell your Dealer. -E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 That end grain sure has a nice shine right off the saw. You're using a router plane to clean up the kerf. Since I inherited my Dad's ancient Stanley router plane, I've found it to be invaluable. So quick & easy to get a perfect, even, flat bottomed dado or groove. And it seems like those never come out perfectly even depth off the dado cutter when doing sheet goods. Totally agree, Frank. Router plane is invaluable. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Do you flag your jointer somehow when you set it to some angle other than 90 degrees? Especially when it's something small like 87 degrees. I don't always have the luxury of finishing one project before I have to start another, so I hate when I adjust something small one day and then come back to it 2 days later assuming it's 90 degrees and I find out that it's at 87 AFTER I use it. Also, with the Bubinga, would something like an arbortech do a better job on the power sculpting over the 24 grit? I know it's not the right shade of green, but we promise not to tell your Dealer. -E No its pretty obvious that it isnt 90°. If you look at the photos, there is one of the grinder and kutzall wheel i used. There was no way the 24 grit would have gotten through that bubinga. Or I would still be in there sculpting ! Lol Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looking good Shane. That wood just looks hard! This could be misinterpreted in soooooo many ways .... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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