Well the mess finally got to me, and I used some precious shop time yesterday to clean. As I very rarely see more than 10% of my benchtop at a time, I decided to capture this rare circumstance in a photo:
Now to mess it all up again!
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Sean,
What's the sanding block for?
Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
(soon to be www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
um .. sanding.
Nice bench! You still have a lot of crap on it, though lol. Of course, not as much as mine.
Nice cleaning job but from the picture posted the bench top is still cluttered. :>)
AND that long jointer setting up on a block to protect the blade?
I have always thought if you set (not slam) the plane down on a non-metal surface (as on wood) why would you need to? That bottom edge 'see's' wood all the time.
Just funnin' ya a bit but I have never 'ruined' an edge just setting my planes down in a reasonable manner. However I have an area on my bench to do so. Some stick on Cork Bark pads.....
Edited 1/27/2009 7:05 am by WillGeorge
I don't worry about setting planes down on my wooden top bench much, but given the choice i will put them on handy bits of wood, just so as to keep from inadvertently "planing" the top. It'gets plenty of dings in the normal course, so no neef to invite more.
Samson.
OK, now could you show us your nice shiny shoes?
Yes, I do remember that discussion.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
I don't remember it. I hope it was funny and not rude.
I see that you still have a lot of junk on that benchtop. To fully clean off the bench, you should pack up the remaining tools and send them to me to keep them out of your way.
just a thought..
-philjohnwilliams
Does anyone have software for laser-engraving a photo onto/into a granite slab? This image deserves *real* archival preservation. ;-)
Maybe a gold anodized aluminum plaque, that can then be attached to a spacecraft, like the pioneer explorers in the 70's, and shot into space.
Or, silkscreened onto the back of a glass panel, and turned into a shop-wall clock. Might be the start of a new cult - The New Arid-zona Woodworker. ;-)
I'm still making places for the tools. Most recently, this weekend I made a little cabinet from scraps:
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I need to learn some new door catch hardware - brusso bullets. So I decided to build a quick wall cabinet from scrap (note the worm holes etc.) to use a practice subject. Here it is testing the french cleat and ready for the door, which is still in the works. I also tried out a new sliding dovetail method for the shelves. I learn something new with every turn ...
Anyway, sooner or later, they'll all have a home.
That's a nice little cabinet. Can't wait to see it with a door.
-philjohnwilliams
Thanks. She's plain, but she's stout. The wood had some checks, so I practiced a few small butterflies too (she has bows in hair). Anyway, I'll be sure to post a shot with the door and give a report if I find out anything useful in the process of installing the bullet catch. Thanks again.
Nice little cabinet. I'll soon be building a lot of that sort of thing myself in the new place, so I'm soaking up lots of ideas. However, I just got through admonishing WillGeorge for bringing sex into the discussion in another thread, so . . . just a word to the wise as it were. Now, if we were talking boats, that'd be a different thing alltogether. ;>)Verne
If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to cut it up and make something with it . . . what a waste!<!----><!----><!---->
Here's the door installed. I tried out some square ebony pegs for another practice adventure. As for the bullet catch, it has a great action. The hardest part about installing them is getting them back out cleanly if you need to make depth adjustments. If anyone has any tricks, I'd be glad to hear 'em.
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Edited 2/2/2009 10:25 pm ET by Samson
Very nice work.. The ebony pegs are a nice touch.
-philjohnwilliams
Samson,Get the depth right the first time! But seriously, do the bullet catches you use have shoulders? I use ones like these http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=1&cat=3,41399,41404,40617&p=40617.To install them, I bore a hole for the shoulder, erring on the too-shallow side. Then I bore a hole for the body, drilling a little too deep than necessary. Then I test fit the shoulder by inserting the catch backwards (ball first) and deepen the hole little by little until it fits well.
Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
No, mine are these (no shoulder):
http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=1&p=40483&cat=3,41399,41404&ap=1
I'm not sure how they think you can take them out a time or two for fitting? Sometimes a tiny hole and piece of stiff wire or fine nail on the reverse side might work (could be filled later). I dunno?
Sean,Well, the spring under the SS ball should give you a little room for error to get it to function properly, but to get the rim of the brass body flush to the surface of the wood is a bit of a trick. Do you secure them with epoxy? If so, you could drill your hole a little deep, put some epoxy on the ball catch and carefully press it into the hole until it is right where you want it. Then let the epoxy dry.The SS ball isn't magnetic SS, is it? (Some lower grades of SS are magnetic, though I would not expect that from Brusso.)Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Hey, Chris.
The quality is top notch, and the action is smooooth. I have no complaints there.
I do use epoxy for the ball piece, but so far have used shims for the detente as I want the option to make small adjustments over time if the wood moves at all.
I haven't checked the magnetism.
I have a call in to Brusso to see if they have any tips. I'll let you know what they say.
Also, I'll be installing more soon, so if I figure out anything that works well, I'll be sure to share it.
Tipe from Brusso?
It's been awhile since you posted this thread but, since I'm about to install the ball catches in a cabinet I was wondering if Brusson ever responded to you with tips for installation?
Jack
Here's a better picture that shows where I chose to put the ball. I did this at Ray's suggestion, if I'm remembering right. He said something to the effect that one option is to put the catch near the handle (especially for larger doors) as the forse is in line with the catch (as opposed to if you had the catch at an end - or even one at each end).
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Sean,That makes good sense. Otherwise, the resistance on the door caused by the catch when pulling on the knob would tend to rack/bow the door.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Hey, Chris. Did you see that in the new FWW, there is a tip for this exact question! The tipper uses Glide dental floss - looped in the hole, to remove the pieces for test fitting. Cool.
I always get my issue later than everyone else. Nice timing.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Chris, your postalman is also a woodworker. I overheard him saying he has a free subscription to FWW. LOL
Hmm. He always has something to say about all the nice wood in my garage...Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Samson,
Ya seen my dental floss anywhere?
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Nice new mallet/gavel. Congrats.
Samson,
Saw your response this afternoon and thought, what is he talking about? Went back to look again, nothing. Here I am much later, looked again and saw the mallet/gavel icon. DOH!
Started in the woodshop @ 5:30 this AM and very few breaks. I'm too pooped to participate methinks.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Bob,So what's the story - are you a judge now?Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Chris,
are you a judge now?
Yes, I have been appointed the overseer of Kidderville as there is a self appointed mayor here (Tink) who swears worse than a truck driver and rides around in his pickup watching what everyone does. When noone was looking I think he also appointed hisself tax collector too.
It doesn't take him long as there are only about 30 houses in Kidderville. I saw him eyeing my wood stash so will have to keep an eye on him too.
Actually that little icon is a plane hammer for adjusting blades in woodies, but I think I'll request an egg.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Mayor,Maybe we should propose a ranking system, indicated by a little icon like yours. Some get dovetail saws, some get routers, some get machetes...Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com(soon to be http://www.flairwoodworks.com)
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Bob,
Naw, but I did see your shop tip on holding those short cutters.
Ray
Ray,
What a hoot that was. I use the Scary Sharp method and holding those da%m^ things in yer finners was downright bloody. Couple of finner nails just grew back!
I was working at the landfill and the operator drives up in the AlJohn, a HUGE trash compactor <weighs 140,000 lbs., each wheel is over 6' tall and weigh 11,000 lbs. each> and it's all steel. There must have been 100 magnets stuck to it everywhere!
Lightbulb in heed goes on so I grabbed a handful of the magnets. Went home that night, went up to the woodshop and drilled a hole in the bottom of a piece of 2" x 4" about 6" long and stuck the magnet inside the hole. Passed the block over a blade and whap, the magnet sucked the blade onto the block, then fell out of the hole with the blade.
Hmmmmm, drilled a pilot hole in the bottom of the first hole and drove a screw into the pilot hole. The magnet shot into the hole like it never saw a screw B4! Viola! When I went to place the blade on the block it shot out of my hand like it never saw a magnet B4.
Ran the blade across the sandpaper on glass and it slipped a bit but didn't fall. Aha, let's make a heal. The rest is, uh, nope not history - yet.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
FWW # 204, pg. 22 "Methods of Work" shows using dental floss, supposed to work if catch has no lip.
I hope my wife doesn't see this thread, I would have to make beautiful cabinets for my tools!
Pete
I realized later that you had already received the info about dental floss under theBrusso catches. Sorry about that.
Pete
Hey, I'd much rather be told twice than not at all. Thanks for thinking of me.
Samson , cabinet looks great. Those ball catches can be a bugger as I have recently used the same type and found that using dial calipers work best. I measure the brass cylinder from the bottom to where the little bevel begins then lock the caliper. I then sneak up on the depth while drilling using the depth feeler end of the caliper. IMO the catches are a one shot deal when fitting, I have removed them with less then stellar results. 3/32" gap yields optimal performance as well.
Tom.
Thanks for the tips! I dunno if I capable of working consistentlu to caliper tolerances though (lol).
Sean you can do it , Just hide them when your done.
Tom.
There's a tip in the new FWW involving dental floss. Really.http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/subscription/workshop/workshoparticle.aspx?id=32159
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