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Selasa, 08 November 2016

The newest additions to the hand tool arsenal

Waited for the UPS guy to deliver this week and deliver he did! A LN #4 Bench Plane plus a Rip Cut carcass saw and a Cross Cut carcass saw are the newest additions to the hand tool arsenal. First the plane, I have never felt anything like this in my life!! I have Stanley planes sharpened and set up and I thought they did a good job until I used this #4. For those of you that have one you know the feeling, for those of you that dont, save your money and order one when you can.
Now the saws, it is a real pleasure to work with hand tools that are set up and sharp. I have a LN dovetail saw, so I thought I knew what to expect when I handle these carcass saws. Again, I was quite surprised as to how easily these saws cut.

Senin, 20 Juni 2016

Boxing in the Bastard Tool Cabinet

Those of you following along have now realized that I havent posted about the Bastard Tool Cabinet for a few weeks. Lately Ive been busy attending the Woodworking Shows in NJ and preparing for the Northeast Woodworkers Showcase in Saratoga (more on that in some upcoming posts). Ive also had tons of work to do at my day job, which has frequently become my night and weekend job too.

So many woodworking shows. So little time.

Through most of the Bastard Cabinet build the posts have been about a week behind my actual progress. As its been a few weeks since I worked on the cabinet, this week the post will catch up. Hopefully the cabinet build will jump ahead again soon.

Dominoing the top.

The most recent work Ive done on the Cabinet was to install the top and sides. As with all of the other joinery on the Cabinet, the top and sides are attached with many, many dominos. For both I referenced the Domino off its base rather than its fence. This let me rest the carcass and Domino on the bench, eliminating the wiggle that occurred when trying to balance the Domino fence on the 3/4 edge of the Carcass back. When I was Dominoing the top and sides, I clamped a fence to their edge to provide a reference and then rested the face of the Domino on the face of the top & sides. Lining the Domino mortises up was as easy as using the pins in the face of the Domino to reference each of the previous. As long as I remembered to begin on the same edge (which I did, thankfully) all the mortises line up with each other.

Thats 23 Dominos holding on the right side.

Once the parts were Dominoed it was just a matter of clamping them. I glued up the top first, then the sides. For both I used my clamping squares to ensure a square glue up.

Lots of clamps and clamping squares for good measure.

A word of warning, as is preached by almost all woodworkers, do a trial glue up first. While gluing on the right side, I had to move the carcass with the side and clamps attached from my bench to saw horses. Not having moved the carcass with side and clamps attached before, I was surprised by how heavy and awkward it was to hold. In the process of moving it, I found that the plane shelf hinged out and hit me in the face/head too many times. Once I had it positioned on the saw horses, I took a screw to the plane shelf and temporarily attached it to one of the shelves beneath it so I wouldnt get hit anymore.

Did you finish youre Wood Whisperer Guild Wall Cabinet Build yet, or are you as far behind as I am?Other Bastard Wall Cabinet PostsWinter Wall Cabinet WonderlandThe Bastard Wall Cabinet (for tools!)Trudging Towards Tool StorageCutting the Cabinet Carcass (in relative terms)A Home For My PlanesContinued Wall Cabinet AssemblyWhats a Bastard Wall Cabinet without Shelves?

Minggu, 06 Maret 2016

Niks Most Important Tool

Some of you may realize that Im a bench junkie (thanks, Schwarz). To any of you who share the obsession, heres a post from Nik Brown you have to check out.

The bench when Nik began.

For those us you not familiar with Nik, hes a great woodworker who I was lucky enough to hang out with at Woodworking in America. In this post, he recounts the refurbishment of the bench that came with his new house. He turns it from a cool relic into a fantastically useful modern bench. Well done, Nik.
Now these photos are just a teaser of Niks great work, so go check him out. Nik Brown: The Most Important Tool In Any Shop.
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Selasa, 23 Februari 2016

Cutting Tenons by Hand

The new saws in the post below couldnt have arrived at a better time. I am building a quilt stand and it calls for a through tenon on the stretcher. I couldnt wait to do these by hand verses setting up the tenon jig for my table saw. For those of you that have done this before, there probably isnt anything new, but for those, like me, who have never tried it, I thought I would document the steps I took to finish the tenons. Not sure this is the "right" order of cuts, but it worked for me.

(1) Once I marked the dimensions on the stock, I began my cut by tilting the saw back for the back edge, forward for the front, then cut down through. (2) Once those cuts are completed, rotate the stock and cross cut on both sides, flips the board and repeat. (3) Cut each side of the tenon following your markings and clean up with a chisel to fit.

The tenons came out great (better than the photo) and I didnt compare the time difference between the machine and the hand saw because I did take time to shoot the photos.