Study - WIP

[elanjacobs]

Better take her up on that offer before she changes her mind, it's not every day you get a free pass to upgrade machinery.

[Glenn.Visca]

Chainsaw out to chop down another money tree I guess.

[Pittwater Pete]

Looking really good Glenn.

im gonna start making more noise with my tools and see what happens. Who'd have thought that she would be suggesting tool purchases. Awesome!

Pete.

[elanjacobs]

Yep. Why do we always have to complicate everything with money?

[Glenn.Visca]

Looking really good Glenn.

im gonna start making more noise with my tools and see what happens. Who'd have thought that she would be suggesting tool purchases. Awesome!

Pete.

It's funny actually. The majority of the noise is the air from the dust extractor being pulled through the rotating knives. The cutting of timber is almost inconsequential.

So my advice .. get a big dusty and pull the air through the cutters ... More noise ! [emoji4]

[Glenn.Visca]

My bronze bushings arrived, so was able to make dowelling jig MkII. Much much better. Holes dead plumb, nicely aligned producing flush joints. At $12 each (and I got 9 of them...) they will be retained for other jobs.

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All sub assemblies are now done.

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This is the size of the chamfer I chose. Maybe a tetch under 2mm.

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Tomorrow we finish chamfering the pieces and start the glue up.

[Pittwater Pete]

Coming along nicely Glenn
Pete.

[Glenn.Visca]

Thanks Pete !

I wish I could work at the same pace as you .. but hey .. no hurry I guess.

[Pittwater Pete]

Hi Glenn. Just take your time, do it right and most of all enjoy the process. No one is timing you. I, particularly, am watching and enjoying your progress.

Regards

Pete.

[Glenn.Visca]

Cheers Pete.

Time for an update.

Had Dad over for fathers day lunch the other day, and after I explained the issues with my dowelling jigs a week or two back, he dropped my grandfather's trusty Stanley jig into the garage.



I am not sure of their reputation, but I gave it a go on some test pieces. Holes not even close to parallel to the faces of the board. I put a square against the clamp mechanism, and understood why. After shimming with some strategically placed painters tape, it became quite functional. I used 8mm x 40mm dowels. After using the jig, I opened up the holes by a 64th ... we have to give space for the glue dont we ??





And so, all glue ups are now done.

While the glue on one section was drying, I took to the the "panel piece" section C with my trusty cabinet scraper to get the joints nice and flush.



Took me a little while to get the blade set just right, but after some machinations ....



Nice finish and nice movement through the timber. If I am honest, it didn't need much as I tried to use the faces prepared on the buzzer with segmented head as much as possible.

Some would say I could have used a plane for this, but I am still weary of dig ins from my past experiences, and honestly, it took maybe an hour to finish off.

I have machined and chamfered all the drop fronts, so they go on next. Followed by some more surface preparation, grain filling and final sanding.

Here we are assembled so I can assess the best layout for the drop fonts to be mitred.







My cracking pace will slow a little now ... as I am in hospital Tuesday for carpal tunnel on my right hand, which is then followed by a dupuytrens operation on my left hand a few weeks later

The recovery for dupuytrens is apparently 6 or 8 weeks ... Oh joy oh joy.

Thanks again for looking ...

[Pittwater Pete]

Hi Glenn

Sorry to hear that you need surgery. My Fingers are crossed that all goes well and you are back in your workshop soon.

There may be something wrong with your photo attachments as I can't see them, but then again, I could be doing something wrong?

pete.

[Glenn.Visca]

Nope .. not you Pete.

I messed something up when I posted. Have now corrected photos (I hope).

Cheers !

[Pittwater Pete]

Yep, good now Glenn.

[Pittwater Pete]

Hey Glenn

1. Whilst I really like your Grandfather's stanley dowelling jig, and Love the fact that your Dad brought it over to you on Father's Day, I wouldn't be as thrilled to use it. Give me a bickie machine any day. The lateral play that it gives is indispensable especially on longer glue ups. Really great you used it.
2. I have some concern where you have mitred around the central glued up boards. There is a real risk of movement in the central planks causing the mitres to open up. It has happened to me in the past, and I have run the same risk in my recent Crows Ash benchtop build https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...=196500&page=2. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. There are a lot of factors involved.
3. I like to use a plane and then fine sand but we all have different methods and that's great.

Good luck and a very speedy recovery.

Best regards

Pete.

[Glenn.Visca]

Yeah ... A little nervous about those mitres. We shall see if the joints pop .. and if so, will make another with breadboard end.