Category: Woodworking
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The mill I get my wood from threw in a board of catalpa to see how I like working with it. I’ve decided to make a box out of it. I ripped the board down to ~5.5 inches and processed it in the planer and then cut the sections on my new miter sled. Next…
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I’ve finally completed the miter sled, but not without some issues. I had to sand down the rails quite a bit more so that they would slide without sticking. Then I applied a liberal layer of paste wax to the bottom of the sled and to the surface of the table saw. This will lower…
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I’ve saturated the one-purple heart block cutting board with mineral oil. It got really dark, which I expected. I used a mineral oil that I got at local coop, but I haven’t noticed any difference from one brand to another.
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I have a handheld sander that was leaving squiggles in the wood. It was because the sanding pad had compressed and the screws were exposed. You can buy new pads at the hardware store, which you should, but in a pinch you can use a foam sheet (if you have one). They are sold at…
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The epoxy set overnight. I scraped the epoxy down to the surface with a hand planer. I sanded the areas with 110 grit. The area on the right is sanded. The one on the left is not. It takes a bit of elbow grease to get through the epoxy, but eventually it comes up. The…
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The pine end boards bonded to the walnut cutting board overnight. I took maybe 5 millimeters thickness from the board all together. The pine end-boards did great. I’ve processed an end cut cutting board through a planer without the boards and it destroys the end of the board as it exits the planer. You can…
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I finally got the bench top planer out to process the 2x4s for the miter sled. It is nice planing down the thickness of pine because it is so fast and it ends up being a pretty flat edge. I am a big fan of pine, by the way. I took a second to make…
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I picked up pre-cut 2x4s at the hardware store for the sled fences. I measured and cut them down to length of the plywood. The rails needed a good sanding to get any glue from the push out. I ended up just pulling the finishing nails because it felt like they did their job. I…
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Similar to the previous cutting board, I planed off the beaded-up glue with my hand planer and trimmed up the sides with the miter saw. I ripped some 2x4s to size for the sacrificial boards on the font and end to protect the board from chipping out. They are glued and will clamp overnight.
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My parents have had a basic idea for tables that go over their no-longer-operational radiators on their front porch for a while. I drew up 3d models for them. The frame (above) will most likely be pine or poplar: i’m thinking poplar. I’ve had 3 boards of rough spalted maple that I think would look…