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RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - bandit571 - 03-03-2020
Hidden in a stack of flooring cut-offs....it did look like wood.....turned out to be a molded PLASTIC that used two colours of plastic resin to extrude the board....
Beware of Flooring, they're are not always what they seem..
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Face grain..
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Edge grain...and..
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the end grain...
When you hear a SCREEEECH instead of the usual swoosh.....STOP.
It is that straight piece, between the arch and the insert..
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And, NO, it did not stain...at all..
RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 03-05-2020
I went a bit further in electrical cuts, and from here forward I'm looking forward to getting time to fit things together with more of a hand tool focus. Nice knurled nuts are supposed to arrive soon, too
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RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 03-07-2020
Some Saturday morning progress:
The Tuesday "blue-tape sawn" walnut pieces will be yielding straps, roughly chipped out as shown here:
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The knurled nuts arrived! Now a test-fitting of the two primary shelves, with their small tongues and their grooves for threaded rods. The Pre-Rise of Gusdorf Stickley!
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Have a great weekend,
Chris
RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 03-08-2020
I told my brother back home about the Gusdorf inspiration. He still runs the shop there, and he texted me a picture of leftover US Patented assembly wrenches from those days:
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With 2 walnut planks cut to fit, I started working on the oak planking, which is a bit more tedious. Once one of these was in place, the whole think starting pulling 'square' a lot more readily.
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RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 03-14-2020
A bit more work along the way. Also, as long as black threaded fasteners are used, black wrought nails might as well join the club:
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Chris
RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 03-16-2020
Just an aside here,
It is almost the NEW YEAR in some cultures (Thursday night March 19 around 11pm in my time zone).
Some such folks I know received this from me as a culturally appropriate gift back in 2007. I realize now I didn't even have a decent hand-plane at that time. And the 'inlaid' carving was with Exacto Knife, Dremel tool, and wood putty. Where there's a will, there's a way!
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My recent shelves project, I'll get back to after a few more days.
Chris
RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 03-18-2020
Interesting times...
St. Patrick's Day had me wearing green, working from Home for the first of many days coming up, and enjoying a moment of lunchtime sun, 'swabbing the decks' on the shelves:
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The previously-kerfed strap boards, I first chopped out a bit with a chisel, and then used my super LN140 skew block plane. It's my only L-N tool, and it's a rock. I don't know if the original Stanley 140 was any good, but this thing is a joy:
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Of course there's a lot still to do, but the general design is starting to firm up:
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Stay healthy!
Chris
RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 03-20-2020
I'm calling 'er done!
Shortly after oiling the walnut pieces and spreading out the combustible walnut-oil-soaked paper towel in my office, I loaded it up with so many papers I can hardly see it any more!
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Thanks for watching,
Chris
RE: "He Mocks Me", Boards were heard to say - C. in Indy - 07-27-2020
There was some leftover wood, and I needed a small gift box.
Instead of thru-dovetails, I did a thru-drawer... a little like a Follansbee valet. Very small!
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