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   oldusty | Jan 02, 2013 10:40am | #1

   Hi Gregg ,

          A bull nose is prolly the most forgiving profile to make as a rule .

       Try the same plane , if it will not work a block plane is my first choice to rough

         out the shape and depending on the wood I may use files then sand paper to finish the shape.

               good luck   

         regards dusty

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   roc | Jan 02, 2013 06:17pm | #2

   An Inspiring Post and Photos ! Thanks !

   Welcome to the Knots forum !

   This DVD may help you.

   Molding Techniques The Basics

   http://www.planemaker.com/

   Probably plane the end grain first. Use a runout block to keep the last bit from splintering off. Use the block plane to take off the sharp edges first before using the molding plane.  Sharpen the blade a couple few times on the molding plane while you are doing the end grain.  Wetting the wood a bit helps.  Files are good on end grain if you are judicious and have sharp files.

   Mostly do what the guys in the DVD say.  They really know this stuff.

   PS: oh and don't forget to play some nice orchestral music while you work.  Now that you can hear it (no screaming router).

   My first posts here many years ago were about music in the shop so I may as well start out 2013 right and post what I am listening to :

   http://www.amazon.com/Vaughan-Williams-Greatest-Hits-Ralph/dp/B0009XFJ36/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1357168109&sr=1-1&keywords=ralph+vaughan+williams+greatest+hits

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   user-64052 | Jan 02, 2013 08:55pm | #4

   I have been listening

   to Henry Gray and Jerry McCain this afternoon  and Axel Zwingenberger this morning while useing a spoke shave and a circumference plane

   ron

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   Saville | Jan 02, 2013 09:06pm | #5

   Nope - no music of any kind

   I tried that once years ago and I got to rockin' out so much to the music that I made horrid woodworking mistakes.

   Nope - tis better to be quiet in my mind and pay attention to what I'm doing.

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   roc | Jan 03, 2013 02:33am | #7

   Yep

   Yah I know what you mean.  Some times quiet is best for concentrating.  Some times though, for repetitive work, music has a place.  You probably haven't found the right groove yet.  Funny how I listen to different types of music for different work:

   For woodworking orchestral : Mozart, Corelli etc. with some Sati or Mahler around the edges

   For mechanical work, blues : Tab Benoit, Eric Clapton, SRV

   For jewelry like metal work and brazing , big band : Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, 

   After mid night and for heavier metal work, country : George Strait, Randy Travis, Johnny Cash

   Yah with the rock you got to be careful you don't drop your plane and start doing air guitar but it is just as dangerous with the classical . . . might start conducting or playing air violin with a winding stick.

   For a while there after I got the new speakers I admit I found myself doing a pretty good imitation of Nipper the RCA logo dog.  That is , just standing there listening.

   :   )

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   Saville | Jan 02, 2013 06:51pm | #3

   Some pictures

   I tried to upload some photos of the project with my main post but I don't see them. So I will try again here:

   
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   roc | Jan 03, 2013 02:03am | #6

   Photos

   Nah, they worked the first time.  On my end I am seeing, in your first post,  little rectangles at the bottom of your post with question marks in them.  When I clicked on them I was able to see your three photos.  The first one scared me, from the clutter I thought you had some how snuck into my shop to work but the other two made me relax again.

4. 
   Saville | Jan 07, 2013 01:11pm | #8

   no power saurs either

   Aside from unlimbering, sharpening and joyously using my Stanley #71, the other tools that have hung unused for years are my hand crosscut and rip saurs (saws).  I occasionally used the crosscut....but never enough to acquire some real facility with cutting square and too the line. I decided I was going to do that with this project and so all board sizing was done with the 20 year old (i.e. nothing special) crosscut and 20 year old, highly unused Diston rip saurs.

   I was amazed at how, with just a little practice, I cold crosscut square and to the line.  This GREATLY reduced the amount of shooting I had to do at the shooting board to square up the end of the piece.

   While manual sawing has been enjoyable, I can see what my next project will have to be once I get done making the hutch:

   a saw stool.

   I can see this will make all the difference in the world as to how easy it is to steady the work and repeatedly cut square and true.

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   Saville | Jan 23, 2013 11:00am | #9

   Bullnose completed...

   ....with a block plane and some (ugh) sandpaper.

   THe bullnose along the front edge of the hutch work surface was easy as it was with the grain.  But I was a little concerned how I'd do the bulnose at the worksurface ends. This past weekend I dove right in with a chisel and the block plane and it was really simple. Chiseled the corners off to avoid spelch then just planed the bullnose in. I finished with sandpaper  - I hate sandpaper and I hate sanding but it was the only way I could figure out how to smooth the bulnose surfaces.  Came out very nice and was prety simple.

   So now all the parts are ready for the assembly of the carcase. I will be doing that Saturday. After that it'll be face frames, doors and back.  Then varnish.