Coop Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 That’s going to tickle Spanky! Especially with Cody’s love of trains. I believe I was there when y’all loaded that up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Coop said: That’s going to tickle Spanky! Especially with Cody’s love of trains. I believe I was there when y’all loaded that up. ... and not a single one you yahoos tried to talk Cody out of it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 7:03 PM, wtnhighlander said: ... and not a single one you yahoos tried to talk Cody out of it! I think you should mount the remaining piece on his wall! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted January 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Spent a couple hours pushing a saw today. It was 18* in the shop this morning, but I didn't need any heat by the time I got this far. That shine is definitely not my natural glow. I really owe Spanky for this one! The task is actually going fairly well, considering the saw has about twice the teeth it should for this job. Thankfully, once this rip is complete, I'll have pieces that I can manage with machines. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Hats off to you Ross, that’s old school stuff right there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 6:57 PM, treeslayer said: Hats off to you Ross, that’s old school stuff right there Or to show that he can handle 18* temps in a tee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 7:03 PM, wtnhighlander said: ... and not a single one you yahoos tried to talk Cody out of it! I resemble being called a yahoo ...Cody needed that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 Wow that's an impressive hand saw feat. It appears that you are keeping that cut mighty strait good work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted January 24, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 Channeling my inner John Henry today. Got the the remaining 42" or so done in 75 minutes. Had a little help from Cody. It was a lot warmer today, but he has the metabolism of an iguana. Doesn't do well in the cold. Mostly, I did the sawing, and he helped me rotate the cant every 200 strokes. I did let him make the final cut, though. The result. He likes the heartwood coloring, so we'll make the case from the near end of this plank. The rest of the cant is now thin enough to pass through my bandsaw, thank goodness. That was a lot like work. With a saw of the proper tooth count, and maybe a kerfing plane to get things started straight, I can see how this might go fairly quick. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 That heartwood color looks awesome. I don't think I've seen maple heartwood that dark before. I wonder how if it's going to lighten quite a bit with age or stay like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 No idea, Drew. I'm not sure what variety of maple this is. Might be some of that mineral coloration Spanky talks about with poplar in cow pastures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted February 3, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Well, shop time has been limited for a while. I did manage a couple of before-work sessions this week, but the task at hand is to plane the plank smooth and parallel. I'm not about to run my Dewalt screaming machine at 4:30 am, that would be worse than when the neighbor brought home 4 new roosters! So, I've been doing a lot of this: My bench is small, and not very heavy, so a prop-stick is sometimes helpful to keep it from running away from the hand plane. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 5:40 AM, wtnhighlander said: my Dewalt screaming machine at 4:30 am, that would be worse than when the neighbor brought home 4 new roosters! I'd rather have the dewalt than the roosters next door to me. Good tip on the bench. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted February 5, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 Finally, time back in the shop! Here's a small-shop hack: Put the planer on a low rolling cart when the boards are long. If the outfeed end hits an obstruction, the machine can 'crawl' itself along the stock to finish the pass. Once the planks were uniform thickness, I started to resaw at the TS. I recommend making the first pass very shallow. Keeps from wasting much if you aren't centered, but also clears material so subsequent passes cut cleaner. Unfortunately, the planks are wider than my saw can cut through. So, back to the handsaw. I had to get creative with the workholding, and switched to an older saw. The old saw is a better quality tool, and although rough from years of hanging in a barn, the handle is much more comfortable. Most of the morning, it was so cold that I couldn't feel my fingers. After the resaw was done, the ambient temp was just above freezing, and I had soaked through three layers of shirts. Gotta respect the old timers that did this day in and day out. The rip cut left a ridge down the middle of each board. I knocked the high spots down with a Stanley #4, then ran everything back through the planer. That was a lot of work, just to get boards to START a project with! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 Ross why don’t you use some of that butter and egg money to but a 220V electric heater in there, mine hangs from the ceiling and makes the garage nice and toasty even when it’s below zero out, oh and nice work, enjoy following along with this one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, treeslayer said: Ross why don’t you use some of that butter and egg money to but a 220V electric heater in there, mine hangs from the ceiling and makes the garage nice and toasty even when it’s below zero out, oh and nice work, enjoy following along with this one Hard to make that work on a single 120v, 20a circuit! Power upgrades are definitely on my wish list. I can't even run the DC along with the planer for more than a pass or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 I get it, my son has the same situation, it’s not cheap or easy to run a bigger line sometimes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted February 6, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 I need to hook both of you guys up with a Houston realtor! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Ross, that's not only a labor of love, but real ingenuity on the work holding. There's Japanese pull saws, but that must be a Tennessee up saw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 @Mark J, all that manipulation was just to keep the cut going in the same direction as I had to re-position the work. I've never had much luck in keeping a straight kerf if I try to come from each end and meet in the middle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 I'm surprised your body heat didn't warm your space up ....that's a LOT of work. For all the hand work that you do have you thought about making a resaw frame saw? I see you do the kerf and finish with a panel saw method often. I just feel like making a frame saw would make these tasks a bit better and easier? Just a thought. Carry on with the great work! The maple looks more and more awesome as this moves on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 Drew, I have indeed considered a frame saw. But not from a desire to fo this hand work, trust me. There is too much of the "work" part involved. I think I'd be happy to just have a coarser hand saw for these occasions. Guess I could learn to re-file one of the old saws I have collected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 With a half-hour of pre-workday time to myself, I got started laying out the cuts needed to make the grain matched corners. I consider these 'sanity marks', because they keep me from orienting the pieces incorrectly on the saw. Machine setup will determine the actual cuts. First, stack the resawn pair in their natural orientation and mark. Next, 'open the book' end to end. Confirm that the grain of the inner faces is a good match. Now I mark the parts to length. From one end, label bottom, side, top, side in that order with the boards still laid end to end. The result: Ever beveled cut is marked all the way around. Keeping my sanity, remember? Not pictured, but I also marked the beveled rip cuts that will remove a 2" strip from the front edge. That strip becomes the frame for the acrylic door front. Now to begin machine setup. I find these plastic drafting squares to be very accurate. Step 1 is to match it with my bevel gauge. Step 2, align the saw blade. I had to stop here, as I uncovered a problem. I was planning to shift my single-runner crosscut sled from the left slot to tge right, and cut the bevels with it. Lo and behold, the right miter slot in my saw table is a few thou wider than the left, so the runner isn't snug. Since I have just one shot to make these cuts without losing the grain match, I guess I'll be making a new sled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 This may not solve your problem, but I have used layers of packaging tape, or similar, to "shim" a miter slot runner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted February 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 11 hours ago, Mark J said: This may not solve your problem, but I have used layers of packaging tape, or similar, to "shim" a miter slot runner. I actually tried that before time ran out this morning, but it was too snug to slide well. I also discovered that my saw seems to be a little out of square at full tilt. I rarely cut bevel than need this much precision, so never noticed before. I ruminated on the problem during my morning commute. I think I have a solution, but want to validate by experimentation before I lay it out here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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