treeslayer Posted July 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 A little progress today, final fit of the top and glued it in place, put walnut splines in the corners, a little strength but mostly looks cool, and glued the shades to the skirt. the skirt won’t be cut for the stained glass until I’m closer to the end, bases start tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted July 29, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Out of the clamps, block plane, ROS to get the angle on the edge of the shade, these get set aside until the bases are done 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmac Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Really nice clean joints! Looking good 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted July 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 more progress today, squared up the pieces for the base, then cut them in half then on to cutting a LOT of box joints that will be the corners of the base, sorry I didn’t take a picture of the box joints being cut, homemade jig 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted July 29, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 dry fit the box joints and they are pretty tight I may need to do some light sanding-fitting to get them all to fit right then I put the pieces thru the taper jig, they will be 4” at the top and 6” at the bottom, my nerves are shot and I have to go bury another friend this afternoon, more tomorrow I hope 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Great project post. Beautiful work. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 2 hours ago, treeslayer said: ... my nerves are shot and I have to go bury another friend this afternoon, more tomorrow I hope Man, I sure hope you mean more work on the lamp ..... Sorry about you friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDi Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 I'm really enjoying this build. Can't wait to see more. sorry about your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Very cool base! Sorry to hear about your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted July 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Thanks guys he was a good man, I meant more work on the lamps Ross, although the obituaries are starting to look more like a high school reunion invite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 When you get to my age, you go to more funerals than trips to Mickey D's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 Looking at one of the first photos- you can never have too many clamps. Thanks for the series of photos. Nice project! treeslayer, we're at the age where we don't buy green bananas! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B Anderson Posted July 30, 2019 Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 Looking good Dave. I was wondering how you made the angled base on the other lamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted July 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 54 minutes ago, Steve B Anderson said: Looking good Dave. I was wondering how you made the angled base on the other lamps. Thanks Steve, I had it in my head that I would have to box joint them before I tapered them but that is not the case, so more work for me then I was hoping that the grain pattern would be more interesting but it’s not, still very nice I think, glue them back together tomorrow then square up the top and bottom as the top is like a birds mouth and the bottom has a slight point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted August 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 slight delay of game while I re-did the wood on our glider with Cyprus , fought me for 2 days. I did get a dry fit of the bases, the box joints were just too tight so some careful sanding got them real close 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted August 2, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 squared up the tops and bottoms, I used a marking knife and scrap block to get a reference line, worked well but as you can see they still don’t set flat because if the angle, I’ll deal with that after I mortise for the support arms, it will be easier to mortise when they are apart 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B Anderson Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) Looking good Dave. Hope that’s ketchup from your hot dog in the first pic. Never mind, after a second look I can see it’s something hanging on the wall. Edited August 3, 2019 by Steve B Anderson Review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Dave, do you have a router table? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted August 3, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 8 hours ago, K Cooper said: Dave, do you have a router table? Yes Coop I do, built this one several years ago, 2’ X 4’, Rockler lift, as you can see lots of storage for my small shop (garage) my apologies for the pace of this build, I’m trying to enjoy the process and taking my time but I really want to finish and get on to the next thing, it’s teaching me to slow down and enjoy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted August 3, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Clamp tree? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Dave, sometimes for me, the obvious is not always obvious, even with pics. So you cut the side pieces in half to obtain the taper you were after, thus taking the taper from the insides of the boards instead of cutting the taper on each outside of the board? Hope that question makes sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 That is correct Coop, I was hoping to create a more interesting grain pattern by removing the waste from the inside but it didn’t work out so more work for not much result, I should have just tapered the outside then I would not have had to deal with the birds mouth and point at the top and bottom but in the clamps now so all is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 3 hours ago, treeslayer said: Clamp tree? Nice thing about working with box joints - your glue up stays together while you get you clamps going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 On 7/30/2019 at 6:59 AM, Bankstick said: Looking at one of the first photos- you can never have too many clamps. Thanks for the series of photos. Nice project! treeslayer, we're at the age where we don't buy green bananas! I agree, there is no such thing as too many clamps, this plus a selection of pipe clamps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 You have more clamps than me. I guess this means you win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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