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263848 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑11‑12 | what's on your bench |
GGG I just finished a dressing table: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/36768206774/in/album-72157680433239633/ and now in the middle of guitar maintenance. I have 6 instruments here built over 5-1/2 years and most need a little tune up. Then I have to build a base to mount a deer antler a neighbor found in her backyard. Then I get to start my next guitar - all Alaskan Yellow Cedar, body and neck, with ebony and abalone trim. Ed Minch |
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263849 | Bill Webber <ol2lrus@v...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
Well, I too have a list of projects. Tool cabinets, plane kits, new toilet seats, the last grass cutting, putting the convertible away, obliterate the moles in the back, clean up the workbench, etc. For the moment I'm finishing up a smoother plane kit... nearly done. http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/1711-029.JPG I'm not wild about the African rosewood, a.k.a., bubinga... Bill W. In Beautiful downtown Nottingham, PA |
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263850 | Dwight Beebe <dwb1124@g...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
GG, My accomplishments are simpler: I finished a hurdle made of split and riven red oak. Basic mortice and tenons, pegged together. The usual greenwood hand tools. https://photos.app.goo.gl/p9MyCtVs2EHApVmb2 Next up, some spoons, some story knives (Inuit) for kids at school, caning a child's toy high chair seat, and maybe that second chest. Regards, Dwight |
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263851 | John Leyden <leydenjl@g...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
I recently cleared the bench of a dozen of these. Hope this link works…. https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPhM88O7RykDqrqgszKIYFyEA40YwwYwuV S9vPO">https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPhM88O7RykDqrqgszKIYFyEA40YwwYwuVS9 vPO <https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPhM88O7RykDqrqgszKIYFyEA 40YwwYwuVS9vPO">https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPhM88O7RykDqrqgszKIYFyEA40 YwwYwuVS9vPO> |
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263852 | John Leyden <leydenjl@g...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
Let’s try that again….. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ XxvALwemOwWyiqa13 |
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263854 | Bill Webber <ol2lrus@v...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
OK, so what is your hurdle for? Nice work, but too elaborate for high school track hurdles. Bill W. In Beautiful downtown Nottingham, PA |
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263856 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
John Are those your photos, or your frames, or both? Ed Minch |
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263857 | Dwight Beebe <dwb1124@g...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
Ha! It's for keepin' them sheeps from strayin'. The legs are pointed and driven into the ground, adjacent hurdles are tied together. Make another 20 or so, and I'd be set. It was the product of a Plymouth Craft ( https://www.plymouthcraft.org/) class run by Peter Follansbee, Rick McKee, and Pret (who's last name completely escapes me at the moment). Splitting and riving, with more of a focus on the riving part. Lots of work with hatchets, drawknives, and shavehorses. Great group, great class. Dwight |
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263858 | John Leyden <leydenjl@g...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
The frames are my work, the cyanotypes are by an artist neighbor. There’s another frame in progress on the dining room table at this moment (cuz it’s a wee bit too cold for the glue and poly to dry) but my wife steadfastly insists that the table is NOT my workbench, so I didn’t include it in the photo gallery. ;-) John |
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263872 | Charles Driggs <charliedriggs@i...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
> > Well, I too have a list of projects. …. Same story here. After several false restarts, I’m actively working on a project I had started way back in January 2007 at the request of LOML — and which I had been forced to suspend by an unexpected need for in-spine surgery a month later. That project has seen two attempts to restart it in the past. Changes over that period required some redesign of the plans done over the past two weeks, and I’ve been making shavings again. I'm finally committed to getting it done of my own accord. Now, a Queen Anne style lingerie chest is something folks living 250 years ago never even heard of much less considered as needed furniture, but today is a different story. Progress is interrupted with other things that pop up needing repairs on a weekly basis. Over the last week, my shop activities also had me … a) doing a quick dismantling of a windsor-style white oak eating area chair we discovered on Thursday had suffered glue failure in four of the ten leg structure joints; those were repaired with 260 gram strength hide glue and the chair was back in service Friday; b) doing a successful search for the long parked box of parts and blanks needed to resume (after two years of other projects) turning, finishing and assembling a pair of pepper mill kits per requests by our children as Christmas gifts; these were parked after discovering that the kit maker had screwed up the supposedly concentric bores in the wood blanks while laboring on them before Christmas 2015, and that may still require remaking the blanks using the kit pieces as guidance; c) going through roughly 150 back issues of Fine Woodworking donated by Bill Ghio for handout at the next SAPFM chapter meeting, after I identify and scan any articles I want to have available; that has generated a nice backache standing over the printer/scanner, provided confirmation that the older issues were the more informative ones, and showed that FWW does seem to repeat the same topics every 5-6 years — although their approach to each repeat seems to differ. d) figuring out whether the rubber primary seal on a brand new yet leaking Contigo travel mug could be replaced with a similar size standard O-ring (to be resolved on Monday when the 99 cent ordered size arrives). There is little woodworking involvement in the last one, but the magazine review has pleasantly immersed me in furniture making and related topics and the imaging will take at least this week to complete. Except for the lingerie chest, none of the other projects above match any of the other items on the list of projects I want to build or perform at some point that was created when I retired. I just slowly work towards completing that list, interrupted often by home maintenance, spouse maintenance, and other needs. Charlie Driggs |
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263881 | Nathan Goodwin <hiscarpentry@g...> | 2017‑11‑12 | Re: what's on your bench |
Snip: It was the product of a Plymouth Craft ( https://www.plymouthcraft.org/) class run by Peter Follansbee, Rick McKee, and Pret (who's last name completely escapes me at the moment). End snip. Woodburn. He is a cool cat. That’s a great class man. Invaluable for anyone who wants to start working with greenwood. https://hiscarpentryblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/give-me-sass/ Nathan Goodwin (617)347-6744 H.I.S. Carpentry Honesty. Integrity. Service. |
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263910 | Micah Salb <msalb@l...> | 2017‑11‑13 | Re: what's on your bench |
I recently reupholstered a set of Stickley chairs (the 1980s pleather was not so nice!): https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArS-Ih_xdc4MkfMuOa8-FvPIfbu4sw Yesterday I fixed the spindle on a 1950s mahogany chair for a friend: https://1drv.ms/f/s!ArS-Ih_xdc4MmZADqcFtE4cPJuI2sQ In September I built a stand to hold my Gerstner chest (which was my mother's wedding gift to my father!): https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArS-Ih_xdc4MmOos0agX6aYPjdp4Lg During the summer I finished a saw till that I'd been meaning to make for a long time: https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArS-Ih_xdc4MmOoroeTCQWglXrfTSw I also made a case to hold some of my tools: https://1drv.ms/i/s!ArS-Ih_xdc4MkfVRl6WdQIM_sxY8YA And best of all, yesterday I finished a bookcase as a gift for my nephew for his 5th Birthday: https://1drv.ms/f/s!ArS-Ih_xdc4MmZAFl57IcUjaCTrTWA Micah Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information and are intended only for the individual named. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please delete this e-mail from your system and notify the sender immediately by e-mail. Thank you. |
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263911 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑11‑13 | Re: what's on your bench |
The chair repair is very well done. And I bet your nephew would fit in that bookcase. Ed Minch |
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263912 | Micah Salb <msalb@l...> | 2017‑11‑13 | Re: what's on your bench |
OK, I admit I tried to cram him into the bottom shelf! (He wiggled too much.) From: Ed Minch [mailto:ruby1638@a...] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 11:01 AM To: Micah Salb |
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263937 | curt seeliger <seeligerc@g...> | 2017‑11‑14 | Re: what's on your bench |
After spending a weekend cleaning the garage, I have a load of dishes & c. to catch up on. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbaTw7bnLfE/ |
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263938 | Don Schwartz <dks@t...> | 2017‑11‑14 | Re: what's on your bench |
On 2017-11-13 10:35 PM, curt seeliger wrote: > After spending a weekend cleaning the garage, I have a load of dishes & c. > to catch up on. So much fun, so little time! For myself, I have cleared some space & begun attempting to reinforce the structure of several 'mid-century' termite-barf room divider/shelving units, using some of these: http://www.leevalley.com/en/Hardware/page.aspx?cat=3,43715&p=45375 Who would manufacture knockdown furniture using nylon bolts and inserts? They snap at the least excuse. A pox on the maker! Don -- "You can tell a man that boozes by the company he chooses" The Famous Pig Song, Clarke Van Ness |
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263952 | Darrell & Kathy <larchmont@s...> | 2017‑11‑15 | Re: what's on your bench |
On 14/11/2017 12:35 AM, curt seeliger wrote: > After spending a weekend cleaning the garage, I have a load of dishes > & c. to catch up on. https://www.i nstagram.com/p/BbaTw7bnLfE/ Ahh, Curt is doing greenwoodworking. Are you interested in a really cool greenwood event next May? The Bodger's Ball in the UK is loads of fun. SWMBO and I are returning for the 2018 Ball. And we have maybe got another Galoot interested as well. Nudge nudge. Your slope is already greasy, right? -- Darrell LaRue Oakville ON Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User |
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263954 | curt seeliger <seeligerc@g...> | 2017‑11‑15 | Re: what's on your bench |
>> After spending a weekend cleaning the garage, I have a load of dishes >> & c. to catch up on. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbaTw7bnLfE/ > ... > The Bodger's Ball in the UK is loads of fun. > SWMBO and I are returning for the 2018 Ball. > And we have maybe got another Galoot interested as well. > Nudge nudge. > Your slope is already greasy, right? Aww, Darrell. You know it's greasy. It makes the Vitalis I got as a kid seem sticky as pine pitch by comparison. You know that. You also know about the Greenwood Fest next June that Follansbee and Plymouth Craft is putting on yet again. And you know about the classes that are held in the days before the Fest proper. And of course you know tickets for that go on sale Feb 2. I get calluses on my hands just thinking about it. Maybe, if there's enough bad news in the budget for water research, I might go. Might even take my resume and an extra change of underwear while I'm at it. cur |
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263955 | <gtgrouch@r...> | 2017‑11‑15 | Re: what's on your bench |
I'd go to the Bodger's Ball, but I'm afraid I'd take a turn for the worse. Safer to stay home, Gary Katsanis Albion New York, USA ---- Darrell & Kathy |
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264006 | Michael Suwczinsky <nicknaylo@g...> | 2017‑11‑20 | Re: what's on your bench |
What's on my bench he asks *You go to Knock on Wood, and discover yourself surrounded by Aluminum and Plastic* said someone once, MLW (My Lovely Wife) got in the habit of knocking on wood in commute traffic, and asked for a block of something nice to sit on the dash of the old Volvo wagon. A piece of lacewood, cut to fit the little dash shelf under the radio has served. Now that we've upgraded to a vehicle made in this century, I got the chance to do the same for the new Camry. A bit of very figured, 3/4 white oak was cross cut oversized in the Langdon Miter Box, then marked for a fat 1/4 inch thickness with a Marples rosewood cutting gauge. Resaw duties fell to a Disston backsaw for the corners, followed by a now mis remembered panel rip saw to free the blank. http://galootcentral.com/component/option,com_copperminevis/Itemid,2/place, displayimage/album,lastup/cat,0/pos,0/ the still oversized blank was butted up against a batten, that was in turn butted up against a the benchstop, with the batten held in place by a shop forged holdfast. Took down the saw marks with an old GalootAClaus gift, a MF plane in the 4.5 size (is that a MF#10?) but once I got past the saw marks, the tearout began, even with that heavy plane. Boring, produced by the millions #80 scraper plane to the rescue. I've owned, used and left sitting on the shelf the fancier, rosewood soled and such scrapers, always finding a bone stock #80 to really get the job done. Gentle block planing down to the final shape (a barely noticeable trapezoid) and finished with my favorite combo for figured wood, 50/50 BLO/linseed oil followed by spray shellac (Gasp??!!) and the shine taken down by 0000 steel wool. and now a new bit of wood in a sea of offgassing plastics to keep MLW safe in traffic. -- Michael |
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