What's on the bench.

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:30 AM, Chestnut said:

They can be quick and easy. For some simple projects like the one i'm working on the reduced noise vs other options allows me to get more work in despite the handwork taking a bit longer.

What are you working on? 

I don't usually see ppl leave a half tail on the end of a piece. Is that part of your design? 

[Chestnut]

More progress. I guess my hand sawing is louder than my power tools.... Go figure.

7 hours ago, D W C said:

What are you working on? 

I don't usually see ppl leave a half tail on the end of a piece. Is that part of your design? 

Working on some kitchen wall bins.

Nope i guess I've just always done them this way. I guess when i do drawers with a veneer front the half trail helps me hide the drawer bottom grove. They are more function than aesthetic.

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

On 9/27/2023 at 8:05 PM, Chestnut said:

More progress. I guess my hand sawing is louder than my power tools.... Go figure.

Working on some kitchen wall bins.

Nope i guess I've just always done them this way. I guess when i do drawers with a veneer front the half trail helps me hide the drawer bottom grove. They are more function than aesthetic.

On 9/27/2023 at 11:30 AM, Chestnut said:

They can be quick and easy. For some simple projects like the one i'm working on the reduced noise vs other options allows me to get more work in despite the handwork taking a bit longer.

On 9/27/2023 at 8:05 PM, Chestnut said:

More progress. I guess my hand sawing is louder than my power tools.... Go figure.

Working on some kitchen wall bins.

Nope i guess I've just always done them this way. I guess when i do drawers with a veneer front the half trail helps me hide the drawer bottom grove. They are more function than aesthetic.

 

Drawers look very nice! 

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

On 9/27/2023 at 9:07 PM, D W C said:

Drawers look very nice! 

 

On 9/27/2023 at 8:05 PM, Chestnut said:

More progress. I guess my hand sawing is louder than my power tools.... Go figure.

 

 

You know it's funny you say that. My shop is detached garage without a great heat source so in the winter, i mostly do  stuff with hand tools in the basement. 

And my wife's #1 complaint?

The noise.

And here i thought i was being quiet... or at least quieter than running machines. Guess not. 

 

[Coop]

And yet, noise at a nice restaurant isn’t so bad, right? 

[JohnG]

Power tools might be louder but they are often a more constant sound, especially if you have the DC running. I can run any power tools in my basement shop and the kids don’t stir at all. But repeated “sharper” sounds like a mallet on a chisel or a hammer on a nail will wake them (sometimes).

 

[Chestnut]

2 minutes ago, JohnG said:

Power tools might be louder but they are often a more constant sound, especially if you have the DC running. I can run any power tools in my basement shop and the kids don’t stir at all. But repeated “sharper” sounds like a mallet on a chisel or a hammer on a nail will wake them (sometimes).

Oh i agree but the wife's perception is more important than if Hazel wakes. Also if Hazel wakes, which she always does at least once before we go to bed, it's always my fault. Most of the time that's fair, i tend to be loud.

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

Sharpening station make over. 

I'm moving to diamond plates as my primary abrasive, as I'm tired of constantly flattening my water stones. 

I scored this weight lifter belt for free on Craigslist, by way of a "wanted" ad. Today I'll cut it and mount to plywood for a bigger strop. 

 

[Chestnut]

Got the first bin completed and mounted. I'm going to work on the 2nd. Once i get both done I'll do a post showing some more details and how I managed to hang them with out exposed fasteners.

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

Looks very nice! 

[RichardPatterson]

very cool

[Chestnut]

Doing the stay at home dad thing again. Its going a bit rough soldering on 28ga wire is tricky at times.

Just making a flashing light board with switches lights buttons and a buzzer.

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

On 11/2/2023 at 1:33 PM, Chestnut said:

Doing the stay at home dad thing again. Its going a bit rough soldering on 28ga wire is tricky at times.

Just making a fladhing light board with switches lights buttons and a buzzer.

Looks like a mad scientist setup to me! Carry on sir! 

[Chet]

On 10/6/2023 at 7:18 AM, Chestnut said:

Got the first bin completed and mounted. I'm going to work on the 2nd.

That's a nice design Drew, I really like it.

[JohnG]

It’s been a while since I’ve done any woodworking projects that weren’t more of a house project, so I grabbed a board and started making something. This will be a wall shelf for my wife. A couple years ago I made one to organize her spools of thread, and she’s filled it to capacity.

The other wall cabinets I have made were ~5/8” case thickness, this one is about 3/8”. We’ll see how it turns out. 

First project using my Leigh DT jig. In my focus on the instructions I got the tail/pin boards reversed  This won’t be carrying a lot of weight so it’ll probably be fine structurally. 

Cherry, of course.

[Mark J]

On 11/2/2023 at 1:33 PM, Chestnut said:

Doing the stay at home dad thing again. Its going a bit rough soldering on 28ga wire is tricky at times.

Just making a flashing light board with switches lights buttons and a buzzer.

Is that for Hazel, or are you just tinkering? 

[Mark J]

1 hour ago, JohnG said:

First project using my Leigh DT jig. In my focus on the instructions I got the tail/pin boards reversed  This won’t be carrying a lot of weight so it’ll probably be fine structurally. 

Still looks like a good fitting joint.

[JohnG]

On 11/4/2023 at 9:48 AM, Mark J said:

Still looks like a good fitting joint.

It did turn out pretty well. Since I haven’t used it much yet, I started well on the safe side and made the adjustments in small increments. 

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

I got to do some woodworking on the company dime. 

This is a mailbox for inside the office. Each driver gets a slot. 

 

 

[Coop]

Pretty cool Ron. How do the shelves connect to the upright dividers? 

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

On 12/9/2023 at 5:55 PM, Coop said:

 How do the shelves connect to the upright dividers? 

Each shelf has 2 cross lap slots in it, like in this pic, only larger. 

[pkinneb]

On 12/9/2023 at 4:48 PM, Ron Swanson Jr. said:

I got to do some woodworking on the company dime. 

This is a mailbox for inside the office. Each driver gets a slot. 

 

 

If you use tiger maple for a mail slots...you may be a woodworker 

Looks great!!

[Ron Swanson Jr.]

On 12/9/2023 at 6:36 PM, pkinneb said:

If you use tiger maple for a mail slots...you may be a woodworker 

Looks great!!

Thanks @pkinneb !   Admittedly, this may be a little overboard for a trucking company, but what the hey. It won't hurt to have something a little fancier to brighten up the place. 

[Tom King]

Looks great!

 

[gee-dub]

A bit of nostalgia.  Dad bought a new bench brush when I was in high school.  He gave me his old horsehair bench brush in 1970 . . . still going.