I learned a new lesson.  Do not glue wood while tired.  I figured that I would get a step up on the hall tree build and glue some boards together tonight.  I wasnt thinking and didnt clamp the wood down to the bench before I drilled in the pocket holes and the wood drifted.  I hate it when that happens.  The good news is that the boards I glued together go behind the cubbys and nobody will ever really see them.  Im hoping that I can just sand the hell out of them and even them up.  Once again, this is the main reason I am using cheap wood.  So I can make mistakes like this.

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Table assembly

I started assembly on the kids table last night.  I used a 1/4" spacer to recess the aprons back a little from the edge.  In hindsight I should have recessed them back about 1/2" because one of the legs split a little when I drove in the pocket hole screw.  Its not too bad and it is up at the top of the leg so you wont see it under the table top but it is still a bummer.  The legs are also bowing in a little so I will probably put in a cross brace on the inside angles.

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Senin, 07 Maret 2016

Dinner Tray

Another quick and small but satisfying project ... 

 A simple Pine Dinner Tray which I have made for my girlfriends mum as a thankyou for the tools she gave me a while ago.

I am starting to feel a lot more comfortable simply knocking together these small projects on request. 

The simple joinery for the side pieces was cut mostly by eye with very minimal measuring and mark up. I need to be careful that I dont get too lazy!

Another first for me was the Edge to Edge joint I used to make the base board from two pieces of 15mm thick by 145mm wide Pine.

The longest and most tiring part of this project was reducing the thickness of the base board to minimise the overall weight of the tray, while retaining flatness.

Lastly, a quick coat of Boiled Linseed oil to highlight the grain a little and I called it done.

I hope she likes it ...

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Senin, 29 Februari 2016

Happy Birthday To Me

Happy Birthday to me ... !!!

As a birthday treat to myself I have purchased a few more goodies from Axminster tools.

So what are we looking at here:

Stanley No#6 Fore Plane

DMT Diamond Stones

Veritas MkII Honing Guide

Joseph Marples Mortice & Marking Gauge

Axminster Marking Gauge

Joseph Marples 75mm Square

and lastly just out of shot a Japanese Marking knife.

Unfortunately, the room I will be setting up as a workshop isnt ready and has to be decorated first (sometime next week), so until then I have been sharpening tools and messing about with offcuts of wood etc.

The DMT Stones and Veritas honing guide are amazing and I can sharpen chisels and plane blades to razor sharpness very quickly. The 2 3/8" No#6 Plane Blade is a bit awkward to sharpen on the 2" wide stones but I managed fine.

More soon ...

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Jumat, 12 Februari 2016

Happy Birthday To Me 2

In the tradition of my last birthday, Axminster Tools and their free next day delivery got the better of me - again! I treated myself to a few shiny things ... as Ive said Its an addiction!.

Firstly, a Lie Nielsen no#4 Iron bodied smoothing plane. I decided against the Bronze body as this more than meets my needs for a smoother. It has the standard A2 blade and I have the option of a high angle frog at a later date if needed. My beater Stanley no#4 will be kept set rough, as thats all its capable of anychoice to be honest. 

Secondly, an imperial Lie Nielsen Dowel Plate. I have some riven Oak and Walnut stock that will make nice draw bore pegs for Mortise & Tenon joints and dowels for boxes etc..

The other items include, a really posh Cap Iron screw driver which is lovely to hold and prevents scratching up your nice new premium planes as the brass collar captures the large screw head. A joiners Scratch Awl which unfortunately has a round shaft. I thought it had a square shaft when I ordered it... Oh well, it will still be useful.

And Lastly, I decided to get some Veritas honing compound to add to my home made leather strop block. A number of well known wood workers use it and some swear by it, so I thought I would see if it improves my sharpened edges.

Now I just need to put them all to work...

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