Eric. Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Chet said: I know a lot of people here don't care for the smell of Red Oak but it is one of the smells that take me back to ninth grade I thought you were gonna say you got a lot of swirlies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Most of the kids in our shop classes used red oak too. I was the only one in the class that used mahogany. Damn I hate the smell of that red oak. Kiln dried isn't as bad, air dried or green firewood is horrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 I've had a couple of good days making sawdust. The slabs are all broken down into roughly-sized components, and stacked to dry for a bit. Even after 18 months as a slab, and the tree obviously downed for several months prior to sawing, the interior moisture is still higher than I am comfortable with. BTW - I picked up a new blade for my circular saw, to do the ripping cuts of the breakdown. I got an Irwin-Marples blade from Lowe's, about the highest quality (well, highest price, at least), blade they sell. When I put it on my 30+ yr. old saw, the bolt would get tight, but the blade would spin on the arbor. Seems the plate was so thin that the bolt bottomed out on the arbor. Compared to the dewalt blade it replaced, it was maybe 2-3 thou thinner. The dewalt was dull as a deer horn, so I resorted to an old B&D blade I found in a drawer. At least it was sharp, since I never used it! And it was easily twice as thick as the Irwin blade. Anyone else run into that problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Life sucks man, sometimes! How friggin thick is that 2nd slab? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted September 15, 2017 Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 Red oak might not be the best smelling wood but ironically it does well with beef in the smoker. I experimented a lot and red oak with mesquite makes one tasty brisket! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) On 9/14/2017 at 11:38 PM, K Cooper said: Life sucks man, sometimes! How friggin thick is that 2nd slab? Just a shade over 2-1/4". Circle saw cut depth was about 1/8" shy. Had to finish with a hand saw. I had to look at that again ... this slab is actually a full 10/4 thick, in rough form! Edited September 19, 2017 by wtnhighlander Misinformation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted September 19, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Slowly working toward final component dimensions, letting it acclimate as I go. You know its been a good day in the shop when this is what it looks like out the door. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 I see now, you're making mulch. Slick! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted September 24, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 I spent more tume milling, glueing milling again, cutting, and so on.... To this point, I have the 'feet' of the trestle base mostly made, minus the mortises for the legs. I also have the legs cut to size and tenoned, and the top cleats cut to size as well. Maybe one more Saturday, and I'll have a base that I can throw some plywood on and use as a work surface for the remainder! My shop-made tenoning jig worked well. Scraps and clamps serve as a cut length stop on my sled. and pretty legs all in a row. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Looking good Ross, keep after it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Looks like some nice clean work Ross. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Best song on the album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Anyone else notice their hands turning mildly purple-black after working with oak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: Anyone else notice their hands turning mildly purple-black after working with oak? Yes, and very purple black with walnut sometimes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 9 hours ago, Eric. said: Best song on the album. That's a wrong opinion. legs looking great Ross! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, bgreenb said: That's a wrong opinion. I also like Wasted Time and the Meisner track. Either way, the title track unjustifiably overshadows the entire album. Can't stand Life in the Fast Lane but you hear it every day on classic hits radio. Sorry for the hijack Ross (even though you started it )! Someone should send you a rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Eric. said: I also like Wasted Time and the Meisner track. Either way, the title track unjustifiably overshadows the entire album. Can't stand Life in the Fast Lane but you hear it every day on classic hits radio. Sorry for the hijack Ross (even though you started it )! Someone should send you a rose. Hotel California is among my least favorite classic rock songs, by the Eagles or otherwise. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me, or like hearing someone build a Roubo from alder. Love all the other tracks you named though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Neither Hotel California, nor Life in the Fast Lane hold much interest for me in their story telling, but I enjoy the guitar work in both. If you like music with a story, and good guitar playing, check out Mark Knopfler's solo work. He also has several cllaborations with other well-known artists. Two of my favorite Knopfler titles are "Prarie Wedding" and "Private Investigations". And most of the "Shangri-La" album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: Neither Hotel California, nor Life in the Fast Lane hold much interest for me in their story telling, but I enjoy the guitar work in both. If you like music with a story, and good guitar playing, check out Mark Knopfler's solo work. He also has several cllaborations with other well-known artists. Two of my favorite Knopfler titles are "Prarie Wedding" and "Private Investigations". And most of the "Shangri-La" album. Great call Ross. I love private investigations. I saw MK solo in Boston a couple years ago. Very underrated guitarist. He's seldom mentioned up there with the greats but he can play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Hotel California is an over-rated and over-played song but there's no denying Joe Walsh's guitar genius at the end - chills...every time - even though Don Felder gets credit for the melody. Totally agree - Knopfler is god. Totally under-appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted October 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 After taking the boy fishing this morning, I managed to get a couple hours of work done on the table. A couple of parts for the trestle ends are too wide for my jointer, and shorter than I like to run through the planer. To make them flat and parallel, I broke out my 1.5" straight bit and put it in the router table. After ripping the edges a pair of 2x4 pieces to make straight and of consistent width, I glued them to the edges of one of the parts to be milled. I used my table saw top as a flat reference surface, and raised the rough part up with some door shims before gluing on the 2x4 rails. Once these rails were firmly in place, I ran the part across the router table like an inverted router planing sled. There's an old video on my Youtube channel, if you want a better explanation. Sorry, forgot to take pics today. After milling those pieces, I started making mortices in the 'feet' to accept the leg columns. Here, I remembered to take photos! Hogging out a 2" deep mortice is a pain. I tried my plunge router, but it came up a little short. A forstner bit in a hand drill, followed by a lot of chisel cleanup, finally did the trick. In retrospect, I should have just made a through mortise in the top section of the 'foot' before gluing it to the bottom section. Would have been faster. Anyway, I got 2 of them done before calling it a day. 20170930_170529.jpg 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 After finishing the 'stopped' mortises in the feet, I worked on tbe through mortices for the top cleats. Here is my drill press setup for hogging out the waste: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 28 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: After finishing the 'stopped' mortises in the feet, I worked on tbe through mortices for the top cleats. Here is my drill press setup for hogging out the waste: 20171002_182128.jpg The photo isn't working for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 No photo also but nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 2 hours ago, davewyo said: The photo isn't working for me. Fixed now (I hope). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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