Got out a couple times today to work on the Cutting Boards. My problem is that things distract me. I was cold this morning and I had to wear my sweat pants and hoodie out to the shop... and
that was a problem.... caused a distraction. For the last couple years, I just draped the jacket over something and covered it in sawdust. Then I would take my apron off it's hook and think, there should be more hooks.
So today, before I got started, I figured I would put up more hooks. I knew I had a half dozen of the brass coat hooks somewhere, I had remembered seeing them. I hung my jacket over the back of the walker and started looking. In the drawers and cabinets. I knew I had seen them in the last few months.
I had laid them all out on the bench for something. I know I had seen them and .... I looked in the different cans on the shelf. Where did I put them...
Oh... I remember why I laid them all out. Tina wanted a rack made for the dog leashes and collars..
There are now eight brass hooks mounted on a pine board in the laundry room. (Gibbs Slap.) Half Hour Wasted.
So, I took a pine board and cut it to 18", marked three equally spaced locations and drilled a one inch hole with a Forstner bit... then... Boom, four inch long 1" dowel. Coat rack. Now where to put it. Needs to be near the door, but...
Oh... I have been thinking I need to move the pencil sharpener nearer the workbench, WHY walk all the way back to the door to sharpen a pencil? Duh. Disassembled the sharpener... (AND discovered it was packed full... I MEAN packed full of two years of shavings.)
unscrewed the sharpener from the wall and shavings went everywhere.
Installed the sharpener to the left of the tool cabinet near the work bench after spending a few minutes cleaning it out. Then Installed the coat rack beside the door. Place to hang the coat and the apron. Extra hook for Miss T when she comes in. (Half hour now gone.)
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Got out the shop vac to clean up the mess on the workbench and under the new coat rack from the filthy sharpener. (How long has it been since YOU cleaned out your sharpener?) Remembered that the filter in the vacuum is packed with sawdust and it will barely suck.
Took all the tools out of the rack on the vacuum, disconnected the hose, and lifted off the top, removed the filter. 1/2" of dust packed on the filter. Whacked it in the trash can and got the soft brush and cleaned it out, took the canister out and dumped it in the can, and reassembled the vacuum. (Geez, where does the time go?) Time for lunch.
Back out to the shop after lunch.... took the clamps off the cutting boards, and put them back on the rack.
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Put the two rough cutting boards thru the planer, to shave off the old glue and then get two flat sides, removing the slight imperfections. A lot less than in the last four practice boards since I had my pvc rack to assemble them on and the GOOD clamps.
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After they were planed smooth, I put them in the SLED I built to allow for this operation and trimmed both ends square. This would not have been possible without the sled. The miter bar would not have been deep enough to allow the width of the cutting board to fit nor strong enough to handle the weight.
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Once both were trimmed, I used the 1/4" roundover bit in the hand held router to round the top edge of both cutting boards then switched to the orbital sander and smoothed the tops, sides and the bottom to 120 grit, rolling the edges and the corners at this grit. I took my time and made sure it all looked good. Next I upped to 220 and worked the edges and top again and the result was a surface like high quality glass. I wish you could feel it.
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The next step is to order a CA glue kit with all three levels, Thin, Medium, and Thick. I will CAREFULLY fill the worm holes, VERY minor cracks, and some knots on the back; prior to applying the three coats of mineral oil. I also plan to add the small rubber feet. Then done.