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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
How To Build A Coat Rack Part 3
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| Put the jig on the drill press table, (I have extended my table top, this is not necessary, but helpful.) Measure the bottom of the peg, and use the right size drill to make the holes. Use a piece of scrap wood to make a test hole, this will prevent you from ruining your already carved coat rack.The peg should fit nice and snug. |
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| Roll the end of the peg in the glue. |
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| Use a rubber mallet to tap the peg in firmly. Then wipe off any excess glue. If you dont wipe off the glue before it dries it will not stain neatly. |
Monday, February 24, 2014
A GLIMPSE INSIDE sneak peaks
On Mothers Day I shared some of Joannes home and teased you with
the thought that I might share more,
Todays the day you get another glimpse into her wonderful decor.
Also I am currently working on 2 large Canadian made dressers.
The first one is coming along in a distressed turquoise
and the other has these amazing details.
And finally a sneak peak into our re-arranged and re-decorated dressing room.
I will get you more pictures of everything going on around here soon.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
A DIfferent Kind of Sandpaper Storage
It has been over a month since I have had the time, opportunity, or energy to step into the shop. Life gets in the way in funny ways sometimes, but today I made it back and I even had a plan for what I wanted to work on. I will continue on with the tall case clock soon, but for now I am just happy to be making sawdust again.
I have a storage problem in the shop that Ive been searching for a while to answer. You see my sandpaper storage looks like this:
For a couple of years now, whenever I think about it, I have looked for ideas for storage solutions, Ive seen a variety of shelves, individual boxes, ones that sit on shelves, ones that hang on walls, ones made completely from scratch, and ones using plastic boxes purchased from Wal Mart. They all seem to work fine for their owners, but none of them look like something I would be happy with. So I stay with my little, too small, blue bin, and swear and sigh on the occasions I need to go fishing for a piece.
Recently I had to buy a full 4x8 sheet of 1/2" plywood for only about 10" of its width. I dont use plywood often in projects so I dont have a good storage solution for that either. That means I have spent a good amount of time moving it back and forth from one side of the shop to the other, yet again sighing and swearing. Well the one thing I have had time for on my shop sabbatical is thinking. Thinking and sketching and planing. I decided I would kill 2 storage solutions with one fell swoop. I would use up the plywood making a sandpaper storage center.
So I searched again for new ideas, I asked those who follow my on Twitter for ideas and I found several that were OK, but none that seemed right for me and my shop. A while back my wife and I went to a flea market and I saw an old tool box that was labeled as a blacksmiths tool box. It was completely enclosed with a slanted door. Inside there were several different partitions and this intrigued me at the time but I just filed it away in my mind but now it came to my mind again and I decided to use that idea.
Here are the pieces for the main carcass, I cut everything down to size using my trusty table saw, there was no point in dulling the hell out of my handsaws on plywood.
No fancy joinery, similar to the utilitarian packing box built in "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker" just some glue, butt joints, and finishing nails. I know what your thinking, that is so unlike me. The box itself measures 18" wide and 12" deep, it is 14" tall in the back and slopes down to 9" in the front.
With the basic case assembled I took up a plane and went to planing an angle on the front board to match the slope of the sides in preparation for the lid.
Now the consideration became, if I have to move this about at times, how can I make that easier. So I made to fashion a couple of simple handles for the sides. I started with a couple of 1 1/2 square sections of pine. and I marked out the areas to recess for a grip.
Using a chisel, a gouge, some rasps and a small block plane. I shaped the handle. Once it was done I started on the other.
I measured and drilled some pilot holes in the box. add a little glue and a couple drywall screws and the handles seemed to fit very nice.
Now it was time to plan to fill the partitions inside the box. I cut some more plywood to begin to create those. I use 4 kinds of sandpaper typically, I keep belts for the belt sander and 5 inch disk for a random orbit sander. I keep triangle shaped sheets for a mouse / detail sander. but the thing I keep the most of is a variety of sheets of fine wet/dry paper for sharpening chisels and plane blades. I started with the sections to separate the full sheets.
I cut a shallow swoop into seven of the eight sections using my coping saw. I know I could have done it on the band saw or with a jig saw, but often I just find it easier to grab a hand saw and make the cut. It really takes less effort than most people think once you take the time to develop some technique.
I set each partition with a 1/2" space inbetween each. They got glued into place and nailed with a couple of finishing nails.
I got all the sheet partitions in and built the partitions for the sanding belts and decided to call it a night in the shop. I actually get some shop time tomorrow as well. Two days in a row after such a long drought, I could get used to this.
With any luck...more tomorrow!
Cheers
Oldwolf
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I have a storage problem in the shop that Ive been searching for a while to answer. You see my sandpaper storage looks like this:
Recently I had to buy a full 4x8 sheet of 1/2" plywood for only about 10" of its width. I dont use plywood often in projects so I dont have a good storage solution for that either. That means I have spent a good amount of time moving it back and forth from one side of the shop to the other, yet again sighing and swearing. Well the one thing I have had time for on my shop sabbatical is thinking. Thinking and sketching and planing. I decided I would kill 2 storage solutions with one fell swoop. I would use up the plywood making a sandpaper storage center.
So I searched again for new ideas, I asked those who follow my on Twitter for ideas and I found several that were OK, but none that seemed right for me and my shop. A while back my wife and I went to a flea market and I saw an old tool box that was labeled as a blacksmiths tool box. It was completely enclosed with a slanted door. Inside there were several different partitions and this intrigued me at the time but I just filed it away in my mind but now it came to my mind again and I decided to use that idea.
Here are the pieces for the main carcass, I cut everything down to size using my trusty table saw, there was no point in dulling the hell out of my handsaws on plywood.
Cheers
Oldwolf
Monday, February 17, 2014
How to Build a Chicken Coop and Save a Bundle Doing It
Isnt it cool that raising chickens takes so little resources? There is a reason why the term "chicken feed" is in our language meaning something very inexpensive. Certainly that can be true if you are going to build a chicken coop. Chicken coops are responsible for the safety and environment for your chickens. The right chicken house will maximize the number of eggs that your chickens lay.
A healthy chicken will lay five or more eggs a week but this is affected by heat, cold, rain, and other environmental conditions. Your chicken house must be able to create the best environment possible in each of these cases. A house with sliding doors and windows is a great benefit when its hot. And of course you need a house that will keep your chickens and their bedding dry when it rains. All of these factors must be considered when selecting plans. With the right plans you are assured a good egg yield and healthy chickens.
There are many chicken coops for sale and these can really run your costs up. Another problem with pre-made chicken coops/chicken houses is they may not have all the enhancements that you can add inexpensively if you build your own chicken coop.
Check also this chicken coop guide.
Monday, February 10, 2014
the S A T for adults
i thought this was pretty good ...
click the photo to enlarge it ... i still flunked it though, just like 48 years ago ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
A Good Days Work
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Beginning a Journey of Homeric Proportions 1 6
Perhaps my favorite woodworking blog is Chris Schwarzs over at Popular Woodworking. How he produces the discharge of substantive output is beyond me. Then again, it is his job.
John Economaki recently pointed out that Chris has the exact voice of Tom Brokaw. Click the hyperlinks to see for yourself. Watching his videos are never the same anymore. I also see that Mr. Schwarz is coming to Alpharetta in March to teach some classes. That might be fun.
Anyhow, yesterdays blog entry was titled "A Dovetail a Day-Hurray." Not the cleverest title, I know. Apparently he had written a little article in Popular Woodworking a couple of months ago about getting really good at dovetailing by knocking out one every day for a month. His blog links to the article which I think raises a really good point. Ill quote:
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John Economaki recently pointed out that Chris has the exact voice of Tom Brokaw. Click the hyperlinks to see for yourself. Watching his videos are never the same anymore. I also see that Mr. Schwarz is coming to Alpharetta in March to teach some classes. That might be fun.
Anyhow, yesterdays blog entry was titled "A Dovetail a Day-Hurray." Not the cleverest title, I know. Apparently he had written a little article in Popular Woodworking a couple of months ago about getting really good at dovetailing by knocking out one every day for a month. His blog links to the article which I think raises a really good point. Ill quote:
"So many times we learn woodworking on the fly as we build something. We get our skills just good enough to accomplish that project and then we move on. Its rare to get out a board and just saw it. Or plane it. Or mortise it with our router."
True, true. A reader took him up on this and the results are pretty good. By limiting yourself to only one at a time you have time to scrutinize your previous mistakes and try to do better the next time.
So thats my plan: 30 joints. I have some poplar ("the other softwood") floating around that I think will be pretty good for it. Poplar is pretty soft and can be unforgiving to the heavy-handed. Im also going to add speed to the mix too. My goal--inspired by Konrad Sauer--is to be very efficient while increasing accuracy.
Here are the rules:
-the stock will be prepped and ready to go
-tools will be laid out and ready to go
-no pre-layout is allowed
-all marking and measuring gauges must be zeroed out...no presetting
-Start=touch tools
-Finish=plane the pieces flush and put down the plane
Cell phone kept time.
Every joint will have 3 tails, 2 pins and 2 half-pins. Here are the results of day one:
Some observations:
-I think I should throw away my dovetail angle guides. The slope of my tails here were defined by eye and cut freehand. I think that they are pretty darn consistent.
-It would be worth the time to be a little more mindful of my depth of cut. Im shooting through my scribe line just about every time. Usually Im not too bad with this but I neglected it here because of the clock...not smart.
-The jointer plane was used to finish out the joint. There was no need for that big thing...next time Im using the smoother.
As the picture says, I finished this one in 12 minutes and 7 seconds. Thats not really too bad but the quality needs to come way up. Joinery maestro Rob Cosman (another Canadian, by the way) has it down to under 4 minutes and Frank Klausz has it closer to 3.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
Now I Have Something To Take A Bead On
I had a pleasant surprise this morning. The postman arrived with a little package for me; the Stanley #66 I purchased last week on eBay.
Looking at this thing, I find it a bit unbelievable that it could have been made at the beginning of this configurations manufacturing run, which would be 1909. If it was, the guy who bought it brought it home and put it in his wifes underwear drawer where it sat until momandpopcybershop scooped it to sell on eBay. It is just way too clean, but it is exactly as momandpop described it; very clean and very complete. Heck, even the washer under the thumbscrew that holds the fences on is there.
Im really pleased to have it. Im starting a new chisel rack next week and have included some reeding in the design. In a couple of weeks we will see what this thing is made of.
Peace,
Mitchell
Q A Gabbi Retro Ranch Reno
We found a place yesterday!! Its not perfect, but it will do for the next few months (were staying through April). Not going to lie ... I was getting scared because everything I found was furnished and "designed," picture green carpet and wallpaper or multi-colored walls. Yikes!
The place that were staying is unfurnished and pretty neutral. Its also unfinished now, so while we wait for them to finish installing the appliances etc. were staying in one that hasnt been updated. More details soon!
Up next in my Q+A is the talented Gabbi from Retro Ranch Reno!
Gabbi is a girl after my own heart because she loves paint and stenciling - I love all her projects, but especially her mid-century modern pieces that shes refurbished recently! Gabbis amazing kitchen was featured in BHG Real Life Kitchens and Baths - oh my gosh - what a transformation! If you havent seen it, check it out!! Its amazing how tearing out a wall and using white can make a space feel SO much larger! love love love it!!
Heres a little more about Gabbi.
The place that were staying is unfurnished and pretty neutral. Its also unfinished now, so while we wait for them to finish installing the appliances etc. were staying in one that hasnt been updated. More details soon!
Up next in my Q+A is the talented Gabbi from Retro Ranch Reno!
Gabbi is a girl after my own heart because she loves paint and stenciling - I love all her projects, but especially her mid-century modern pieces that shes refurbished recently! Gabbis amazing kitchen was featured in BHG Real Life Kitchens and Baths - oh my gosh - what a transformation! If you havent seen it, check it out!! Its amazing how tearing out a wall and using white can make a space feel SO much larger! love love love it!!
Heres a little more about Gabbi.
Anyone who knows me, knows I looove to eat. Fall is an awesome time for food…warm and hearty meals, tons of yummy dips on football Sunday, and lots of delicious pumpkin flavored desserts. Those desserts happen to be my favorite. Whether it’s pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin whoopie pies, pumpkin cookies…I’m down for it all! I recently came across these pumpkin brownies with brown sugar icing that I’m dying to try, along with this apple cider sangria. ;)
One of my favorite ways to freshen up a room is using fabric. I like to change things up between seasons, and the easiest way for me to give a room a new look is to DIY new curtains, runners and pillow cases for the space. You don’t need a ton of time or crazy sewing skills to complete any of these projects. If I can do it, anyone can! :)
Thankfully, I haven’t had any major DIY fails to date {knock on wood}. One of the biggest blunders I did make was on a recent furniture makeover. After painting the entire piece, I decided the detail on the drawers needed to be taped off and painted gold to make them stand out and add a little something to the piece. After taking all the time to prep, tape and paint, I quickly realized I made a huge mistake. It just didn’t look right. I was super bummed since I spent so much time on the piece and really didnt like the outcome. I tried to live with it for a few days, but it just didnt grow on me. So I grabbed my paint brush and primer, and started painting the drawer fronts again.
I learned a few things from that mishap. Sometimes you need to give things a chance. Sit with a change for a few days to get adjusted to it…but if it still doesnt feel right, don’t force it. It’s okay to wave the white flag and admit something doesnt work. I don’t want to have anything in my home that I don’t love…and putting in the extra work to tweak things until they are what you envisioned is definitely worth it in the end.
Ive completed quite a few projects in the two years Ive been blogging. My top two have to be my hearth re-tile and my paint-dipped bedroom furniture.
I wish I could pick a single pattern I’m crushing on right now, but there are way too many fabulous ones to choose from! Tribal, stripes, animal prints, geometrics, ikat, greek key, houndstooth, herringbone…I love them all!!
I’m currently trying to convince hubby that we need another bold stripe somewhere in our house. I love our striped hall bathroom, but I’m craving something less tone-on-tone and more in-yo-face!
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LOVE both of Gabbis project choices, she had me at marble and hexagon - that fireplace looks SO good! Also, love the white with gold accents on her nightstands, that hardware is amazing!
If youre new to Gabbis blog, make sure to check out her painted projects page, and upholstered projects page.
Thanks so much for sharing Gabbi!!
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