Oklahoma Projects in Progress!
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:23 am
The Daughter in Oklahoma and her family all wanted Grumpy projects for Christmas, and knew in advance it would be a time crunch, but didn't care. The "boxes" will arrive late, but they knew I'd make them something cool. The toy box for Izzy is done, and delivered, and they three boxes have begun.
The Son in Law is in line for a Masculine Jewelry Box....
The Granddaughter wants a Jewelry Box as well, but a Bandsaw Jewelry box... she has seen pics of my bandsaw boxes... she has to have one.
The daughter doesn't care which style or what kind, she just wants a box. (I think hers will have a carved leather inlay on the top.) We'll see if I have progressed that far.
First step was to pull some wood from the Boathouse storage.
I thought I would make them each a custom box, but tie the three together a bit by using a base wood in each. Mahogany. Dad gave me that Mahogany from the Golf Course tables, and I have used it here and there as trim and accents.. this time... it will get the lead role. I pulled all the Mahogany from the Golf Course out of the boat house and brought it to the shop. (Hmmm. How did that slab of walnut fall into the back of that UTV?) From the back of the Ranger to the shop cart it went, so I could move it around the shop . When I first got the wood, it was in the form of three table tops. I disassembled the table tops, and then ran them thru the bandsaw to reduce the thickness, and stacked them in the boathouse until needed. You can see the angles where they were used as the edges of the tables, which had cheap pressed centers covered with fake wood. The centers went to the dump.
Step one today was to cut off the angled ends. This meant a visit to the chop saw.
A lot of wood in that cart, but I made progress. Wasn't too long and I was thru the stack.
Then it was on to step two. We needed the table saw for this.
When I ran the boards thru the bandsaw several years ago, I had cut each into three pieces, two outside pieces with a rolled edge and a straight edged center, slightly thicker piece. I set up the table saw first to cut the rolled edge off the two outside pieces. After all the outside pieces were cut, I re-adjusted the fence and ran those center pieces thru the saw and trimmed off that thin edge with the varnish on it. Now the stock was all ready for the planer. I kept the rolled edges I had trimmed as well. I can use those down the line as corner or toe molding. Miss T helped me with the planing, catching ... the catcher is on the back side of the planer, catching and stacking the wood as it leaves the planer. The person on the feed side runs the planer, setting the depth of cut and feeding the boards smoothly and assuring they enter the planer level and straight. Miss T has done her job on many occasions and knows that the catcher can't LIFT the end of the board, pull on the board or press down on the exiting board. To do any of those things will ruin the board, or at minimum, cause a lot of extra work.
We had to run two sets, there were two thicknesses and they had to be run separately.
They were finally done and I think the boxes will turn out beautifully. I just need the wood to tell me how the boxes will be shaped and what design they will take.
The planed thick stock... and the thin stock after the planing.... Now the fun begins....
The Son in Law is in line for a Masculine Jewelry Box....
The Granddaughter wants a Jewelry Box as well, but a Bandsaw Jewelry box... she has seen pics of my bandsaw boxes... she has to have one.
The daughter doesn't care which style or what kind, she just wants a box. (I think hers will have a carved leather inlay on the top.) We'll see if I have progressed that far.
First step was to pull some wood from the Boathouse storage.
I thought I would make them each a custom box, but tie the three together a bit by using a base wood in each. Mahogany. Dad gave me that Mahogany from the Golf Course tables, and I have used it here and there as trim and accents.. this time... it will get the lead role. I pulled all the Mahogany from the Golf Course out of the boat house and brought it to the shop. (Hmmm. How did that slab of walnut fall into the back of that UTV?) From the back of the Ranger to the shop cart it went, so I could move it around the shop . When I first got the wood, it was in the form of three table tops. I disassembled the table tops, and then ran them thru the bandsaw to reduce the thickness, and stacked them in the boathouse until needed. You can see the angles where they were used as the edges of the tables, which had cheap pressed centers covered with fake wood. The centers went to the dump.
Step one today was to cut off the angled ends. This meant a visit to the chop saw.
A lot of wood in that cart, but I made progress. Wasn't too long and I was thru the stack.
Then it was on to step two. We needed the table saw for this.
When I ran the boards thru the bandsaw several years ago, I had cut each into three pieces, two outside pieces with a rolled edge and a straight edged center, slightly thicker piece. I set up the table saw first to cut the rolled edge off the two outside pieces. After all the outside pieces were cut, I re-adjusted the fence and ran those center pieces thru the saw and trimmed off that thin edge with the varnish on it. Now the stock was all ready for the planer. I kept the rolled edges I had trimmed as well. I can use those down the line as corner or toe molding. Miss T helped me with the planing, catching ... the catcher is on the back side of the planer, catching and stacking the wood as it leaves the planer. The person on the feed side runs the planer, setting the depth of cut and feeding the boards smoothly and assuring they enter the planer level and straight. Miss T has done her job on many occasions and knows that the catcher can't LIFT the end of the board, pull on the board or press down on the exiting board. To do any of those things will ruin the board, or at minimum, cause a lot of extra work.
We had to run two sets, there were two thicknesses and they had to be run separately.
They were finally done and I think the boxes will turn out beautifully. I just need the wood to tell me how the boxes will be shaped and what design they will take.
The planed thick stock... and the thin stock after the planing.... Now the fun begins....