Galoots,

Back at the beginning of June I had a bit of an altercation with
an inanimate object.  I was trying to retrofit some old and new
bits of our dock too make something land/sea-worthy.
I managed to fall into the lake, and sprained my left knee in
the process.  No torn ligaments (thank goodness) but I was
immobilized for a week and am only now walking without a limp.

So I was put out of the shop for a few weeks.  Now that I am
able to get back to the bench, I needed a project.  And with
Pennsic just around the corner, I found a project: a piece of
campaign furniture.   I saw this on one of the Woodwright's
Shop episodes that featured Chris S.  A set of folding shelves.

This is supposed to be portable, so I want light-weight wood.
I had a couple of pieces of pine left, so those will work fine.
It's just basic rough-sawn stuff from Home Despot I think.
Some was cut down to 6 inches already, and I ripped the 12
inch piece in half for enough stock.  6 inches is fine for our
purpose, as it is supposed to sit on the kitchen prep table.
Anything deeper would get in the way.

The one serious thing that this project requires is HINGES.
Lots of hinges.  Like 12 of them.  Is this a problem for your
average Galoot?  Nope.  Where is the bag-o-hinges I picked
up at the Tools Of The Trade sale?  Aha, there they are!
Are there enough?  Yup, 20 of them in fact.  Almost enough
for two sets of shelves.  No, no, don't get any crazy ideas
about making a pair of these things - there is enough to do already!

First and most important question:  how long do I make the parts?
The WWS episode had zero measurements, just "hey, look at this".
I held my hands about how wide I thought it should be, then how
high, and started looking at the hinges and the wood.  Nope, no
way I will figure this out like this.  I grabbed a sheet of cardboard,
a utility knife and a roll of hockey tape, and proceeded to make
a mock-up.  The tape was for hinges.  Once I had a folding
cardboard shelf I transferred the measurements to the wood
and started cutting.

I figured accuracy probably counts for a lot with this many
hinges, so I used my shooting board to make sure all the
same-parts were actually the same.  I laid out the hinge locations
and started cutting.  Lots of router and chisel work.  I put the
hinge mortices on the wrong side of the line on one piece and
had to cut a new part.  But I had enough wood so it was only
mildly aggravating.  This kind of thing usually happens when I
have NO spare wood.

Once I had all the hinges in place I tested the foldidity.
It WORKS!  And it even folds up with the reference edges
neatly liked up, almost like I actually knew what I was doing.
Then I measured for the centre shelf, disassembled the
sides and cut the dadoes.  I used my Galootaclaus Bishop
saw with the depth-stop, it works very well for dadoes.

Looks like a pile of boards, yes?
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/shelf1.jpg

But no... it is actually an attempt at some campaign furniture!
It unfolds into a shelf unit...
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/shelf2.jpg

The centre shelf keeps the whole thing from collapsing.
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/shelf3.jpg

I will now slap a coat of shellac on it and start packing for Pennsic.
It's good to be back in the shop.

-- 
Darrell LaRue
Oakville ON
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User

Nice job.


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-------- Original message --------
From: Darrell & Kathy  
Date: 7/19/17  10:42 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Galoots  
Subject: [OldTools] I have been shelved for a while 

Galoots,

Back at the beginning of June I had a bit of an altercation with
an inanimate object.  I was trying to retrofit some old and new
bits of our dock too make something land/sea-worthy.
I managed to fall into the lake, and sprained my left knee in
the process.  No torn ligaments (thank goodness) but I was
immobilized for a week and am only now walking without a limp.

So I was put out of the shop for a few weeks.  Now that I am
able to get back to the bench, I needed a project.  And with
Pennsic just around the corner, I found a project: a piece of
campaign furniture.   I saw this on one of the Woodwright's
Shop episodes that featured Chris S.  A set of folding shelves.

This is supposed to be portable, so I want light-weight wood.
I had a couple of pieces of pine left, so those will work fine.
It's just basic rough-sawn stuff from Home Despot I think.
Some was cut down to 6 inches already, and I ripped the 12
inch piece in half for enough stock.  6 inches is fine for our
purpose, as it is supposed to sit on the kitchen prep table.
Anything deeper would get in the way.

The one serious thing that this project requires is HINGES.
Lots of hinges.  Like 12 of them.  Is this a problem for your
average Galoot?  Nope.  Where is the bag-o-hinges I picked
up at the Tools Of The Trade sale?  Aha, there they are!
Are there enough?  Yup, 20 of them in fact.  Almost enough
for two sets of shelves.  No, no, don't get any crazy ideas
about making a pair of these things - there is enough to do already!

First and most important question:  how long do I make the parts?
The WWS episode had zero measurements, just "hey, look at this".
I held my hands about how wide I thought it should be, then how
high, and started looking at the hinges and the wood.  Nope, no
way I will figure this out like this.  I grabbed a sheet of cardboard,
a utility knife and a roll of hockey tape, and proceeded to make
a mock-up.  The tape was for hinges.  Once I had a folding
cardboard shelf I transferred the measurements to the wood
and started cutting.

I figured accuracy probably counts for a lot with this many
hinges, so I used my shooting board to make sure all the
same-parts were actually the same.  I laid out the hinge locations
and started cutting.  Lots of router and chisel work.  I put the
hinge mortices on the wrong side of the line on one piece and
had to cut a new part.  But I had enough wood so it was only
mildly aggravating.  This kind of thing usually happens when I
have NO spare wood.

Once I had all the hinges in place I tested the foldidity.
It WORKS!  And it even folds up with the reference edges
neatly liked up, almost like I actually knew what I was doing.
Then I measured for the centre shelf, disassembled the
sides and cut the dadoes.  I used my Galootaclaus Bishop
saw with the depth-stop, it works very well for dadoes.

Looks like a pile of boards, yes?
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/shelf1.jpg

But no... it is actually an attempt at some campaign furniture!
It unfolds into a shelf unit...
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/shelf2.jpg

The centre shelf keeps the whole thing from collapsing.
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10074/shelf3.jpg

I will now slap a coat of shellac on it and start packing for Pennsic.
It's good to be back in the shop.

-- 
Darrell LaRue
Oakville ON
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User

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Very cool.  

Ed Minch