The Sawdust Chronicles 2010 Build Challenge Part II

My saga of the 2010 Sawdust Chronicles Build Challenge continues.
The Build

My milling equipment is set up
and ready to go.

The build was done mostly with power tools. I prepped the stock with my jointer and planer and dimensioned with my table saw. I used a 5" random orbit sander to smooth the pieces once they were cut to size.
I ended up fabricating three (3) of the center sections as the first warped before I could tile it and I miss dereferenced a joinery mark on the second. As I had never tiled before and I had plenty of tile, I chose to tile one of the unusable center sections and the real section. Since both the mortar and grout had mixing ratios and pot lives I set the real tile immediately after the test tile and mortared the real tile immediately after the test tile. Even though this only gave me about 2 minutes practice, I feel it did help and Im glad I did it.

The bottom lip and upper wing
section are Dominoed and ready.

All of the joinery was done using Dominos and Tightbond III glue. I used Tightbond III because of its longer open time when compared to Tightbond II. As many of the glue ups were clamped at odd angles with custom made cauls, I wanted as much open time as I could easily get. Luckily, the glue ups went smoothly. Once the top section was done I smoothed some misalignment in the face with my block plane and flattened the back of the center section to the wings with my new Rotex in a moment of mental ineptitude (I bought the Rotex during the project with no intention to use it. As I did use it for this one step, it is included in my project expenses under power tools).

Gluing the base/arm assembly to
the top assembly using one
funky looking caul.

After 5 glue ups the book stand was assembled. It unfortunately needed dramatically more touch up sanding at this point than I was planning on, so I went to work with a variety of sanding sponges and my 5" random orbit sander. Once the sanding was finally done, I began with a 1 lb cut of shellac applied with a rag. After that I switched to the full 2 lb cut of Seal Coat and applied 5 more coats by rag, sanding with a "00" steel wool equivalent synthetic pad between coats. When the final coat of shellac was dry I installed a thin bead of tile caulk to act as an expansion joint between the glass tile and the walnut which surrounds it.
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Selasa, 21 Juni 2016

The Village Carpenter Part II

Im back from a fantastic weekend with all my new best friends at Woodworking in America. While Ill eventually probably write a post about it, this week Im back to writing about The Village Carpenter. So heres a laundry list of sorts about Karis tools and benches.

The completed book stand.

Karis Saw-as-a-sawbuck-table-rack.

Following a somewhat typical arrangement, Karis Powermatic cabinet saw takes center position in the shop. When I visited it was protected under a drop cloth and the pieces of Karis Sawbuck table were laid out on the saw, in various stages of the finishing process. I think the dominant position of her table saw and its use as a finishing/assembly table is an apt metaphor for Karis appreciation of power tools and her love of hand tools.

A corner of Delta goodness.

Other power tools which surround the perimeter of the shop include a Delta benchtop mortiser and drill press, a Delta belt/disc sander, a Delta benchtop shaper, a Makita miter saw, a Delta ambient air filter, a Yorkcraft 6" jointer, a Delta lunchbox planer, two (2) Jet lathes, a Jet bandsaw, a Delta benchtop bandsaw, two (2) Delta bench grinders, a Tormak sharpening station, three (3) dust collectors and two (2) shop vacs.

Karis Bench with dog hole residing light.

There are various benches throughout the shop, mostly along the side wall. Starting at the entry door from the bedroom, there is a sharpening bench in the corner. This is followed along the side wall by an antique workbench and a modern commercial bench which have Karis wall mounted tool cabinet and her vintage plane shelves tucked between them. Between the bedroom entry door and the table saw there is a functional (and mostly complete) assembly table. The final bit of bench space is more of a counter in the far corner, between the back entry door and the French doors. This counter provides a home for the benchtop bandsaw, midi lathe and woodworking books.

Karis hand tool depository.

When all of these tools and benches are added together in their purpose built room, Kari ends up with a purpose built woodshop that caters to her needs and allows the Village Carpenter to turn out quality pieces demonstrating her dedication to, and mastery of, fine woodworking.
Next week, Ill write up my brief Q&A with Kari (Ill warn  you now my notes are lacking) and well wrap this up with more photos and Karis own shop tour video. Until then, how many power tools in your shop?

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