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One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-11-2020
In theory, yes. Have a stack of 4/4 x 6" x 54" Ash planks...
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Pick one plank, because it was free of warp, free of knots, free of live edges....and as straight as I could find...helped that the grain wasn't too "plain", either..
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Project? Well Simon's hero, Paul Sellers, is doing a build-along video...an "Organizer". So, signed up, and downloaded the plans ( all free, I like that part
)Moose and Squirrel had to fight their way through my printer, past Boris and Natasha...to deliver 4 pages...
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A "Front View"...
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A view of one of the ends...
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Drawer details ( Paul does drawers a bit different than me
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The ever important Cutting List.
So, I guess I had better start making sawdust?
Stay tuned
RE: One plank project? - hbmcc - 01-11-2020
Are you sure this will be only one 54" plank? I think the last one started with "scraps" that grew.
Just keeping everyone honest....
RE: One plank project? - MarkSingleton - 01-11-2020
Another Bandit build along!! Cool!
RE: One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-14-2020
Lets see...plank was hauled to the shop...
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Had to clear the deck for action, was a bit too full..
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Even had to put some things away
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Plans laid out...Disston D-8, 11ppi for the crosscuts ( tried the Atkins 65...like the D-8 better) laid out the first cut..
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And got busy with the Cardio Workout...
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Was hoping to get enough leftover, for both the base and the lid....usual luck..
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Was enough for either, but, not both...so, this is either the lid, or the base of the box...
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I need to joint both edges, and will be just wide enough...however...plan says this needs to be 11/16" thick...
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caliper says I am at 0.998" thick.....might have to plane this a bit?
Cardio over, for now....need to rip the other boards for width...
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These will be the front, the back, with the shorter one being cut into the 2 ends...I jointed one edge, then set the rip fence on the tablesaw to a tad wider than needed...then, reset to a hair wider than finished width....except for the piece going out front. When placed together after they have been sawn into 2 halves, they still have to match the width of the back and ends pieces....more fence adjustments..
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Ok, problem here? These pieces need to be 1/2" thick....not 0.998"....so, next episode, I take care of that...
Stay tuned
RE: One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-14-2020
To get from 0.998" down to about 0.500", I need to resaw a bit off. Plan was to rip the worst face off, leaving the better one intact, to be smooth planed...reset the tablesaw and the fence...blade as high as it will reach ( lowered it for the 2 narrower ones) and set 9/16" away from the fence...
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height of cut barely reached to the mid point...on the wider two boards...
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Which left a ridge down the middle to plane away...
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But, blank is at 0.520" thickness. I did save the thinner "cut-offs" for other things...but,
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All 4 pieces are ready for the #3 smooth plane. Box needs a wood floor, between the drawer and the storage compartment above it....found a bit of Poplar
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That might be the right size....may use some of the other cut-offs...
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For drawer parts? May have spent a little over an hour in the shop, today....may try again after Supper?
Stay tuned..
RE: One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-17-2020
Ok, will try to get this caught up..
Used a Millers Falls V-Line smoother ( #4 size) to smooth things out..
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Couple needed jointed, to match up with the rest..
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Squared things up, cut one board down to make the two 5" long ends. Found a couple thinner sticks...
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To make drawer sides and a back with. let these sit a while....
Ok, next shop session. Cleaned the top of the bench off...and dug out the dovetail tools..
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Layout toys, and such.....backsaw was put to work, though..
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Not a big fan of "tails first", but the plan and video call for it....Mr. Witherby stopped by...
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To help out on the tails....
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But, I got better as the day wore on
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Until..trying to do the second end piece....had a split fly apart...had to go back and re-do the end from scratch...finally..
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Able to do a dry fit (no glue, yet) clamped up to keep things together...
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The "good" end. This mess took about 2 of the 3 hours of shop time, yesterday....be back later, to tell about the rest
Stay tuned
RE: One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-17-2020
Ok..remember this plank?
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A little rough around the edges...and too thick...
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0.998" is a long way from 11/16". Ends needed squared up and to length of 12-3/4". Edges needed buzzed to 5-3/4" for a width....AND parallel...Then set up the tablesaw to 7/8" between the blade and the fence. Problem being, even with the blade raise all the way up, it still won't reach the middle of the board...
Ran all 4 edges through. Resaw at the bandsaw to remove the waste....had a 1" wide strip down the middle...
That will need planed down. Set the board under the dry fit, to check how it will look.. [attachment=23031]
Clean it up, smooth the underside....might just do..
Task today, after a late Lunch?
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The upper half of this box needs a floor, to keep things from falling into the drawer. I need to plough a groove to house the floor, then cut the floor to fit, and then, maybe, do a glue up....we'll see....
May even start on the drawer?
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May need an entire day in the shop for that...but, after a 3 hour stint in the shop, it was time to hang things up..
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Stay tuned.... the cussing has begun
RE: One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-17-2020
First a rebate, to house the storage compartment's floor..
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Needed this, to lay out the other grooves, for this plywood panel to sit in...
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Meant I needed to move a fence a bit...
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Then had to move it again, because I went up, instead of down,,,,
Got all the grooves done...dry fit? [attachment=23063]
This is the underside of the "floor", topside?
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Ok, glue and clamp time next..
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And, check for square...
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Set this aside...had to plane the base flat...
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Had to resaw it, to correct a spot..then a plane to level the playing field..
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Until it looked presentable...
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I also had Laundry Detail to do....sweep the shop floor after making a big mess of shavings...and even planed the back and side parts for the drawer...then hung the apron up...and closed up for the day..
.Stay tuned...the cussing has begun...
RE: One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-20-2020
Ok...box came out of the clamps...did a bit of clean up
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Plane and the sanders..trying NOT to split out a tail, or two...
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Well, I at least tried....now, about that botom panel, I call a Base...needed round overs...Sellers used a plane..
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And a sand paper smoothing...I guess I can too...end grain first..
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Then the long grain edges...Sanded all down...( helps if I mark a center line first. ) Sellers marked where the box will sit, centered on the base, marked a line to follow, and avoid when doing the round -overs....Then..he simply glued the base to the box...
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Just going by his plan. Up front, where the drawer goes...I had a bit of splay going on....needed to pull things back into line..
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We have ways....
This morning...clamps came off. Last night, had the 7 planks left planed down to about 3/4", or so....will go through the stack...looking for the best grain for the lid.
Once That is cut to size....I need to plane a rebate around the underside. Set for the hinges to be used. Then the round-over around the edges of the lid...
need to size the drawer front, and the sides and back of the drawer....Sellers used "slips", I'll use a groove....stay tuned
RE: One plank project? - bandit571 - 01-21-2020
Well, out of the 3 candidates, #2 won out...
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So, hauled it to the shop, Charlie Horse cramps and all...I picked the best behaved section, and marked out for the lid. Idea being to be a bit oversized, to allow for any trimming for square.....needed 5-1/2" width..board was 6-1/4" wide..
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Figured the Disston D-8 was enough for the job....26" length, 11 ppi....even the operator was cutting straight....problem? Like a tree, board was tapered a bit along it's length...trick was to get rid of the taper. 12" Stanley #20 square, mark 2 lines..
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Side with the least to plane away, was jointed straight, then that edge went against the tablesaw's fence, where I discovered the blade had a 3 degree tilt. Fix that, then planed off the saw marks. Box came out of the clamps..
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Which I will try to do later, today. Back to the lid....Sellers used a rebate around the underside of the lid, more to clear the barrels of the hinges...might as well do it all the way around...plus a round over...to match the base...( cheated on the round over a bit, roughed out with the router bit, final shape with the #3 plane)
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Sellers and I used the same plane to mill the rebates, except..the spur was used on mine.
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Small hinges, maybe too small?
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Will have to see what else I have in the hardware spares box....sit the lid on the box, for now..have a drawer to cobble up..
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Parts are sitting, waiting to get sized. hardest part was getting things to slide in and out easily..
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Back had to wait a while. It was cut to size after the grooves for the bottom were milled, then was fitted to the sides in dados...test drive?
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Mainly to see if the drawer would slide in...before I did any glue up....that will be the next episode..
Stay tuned...