These are some projects I have been working on. Finally got batteries and flash card in the camera at the same time.
First is the Chris Schwartz tradition saw bench. Not electrons were murdered making this project.
This is the first time draw boring and using wedged tenons.
What I did right.
Face jointed the legs from 2 pieces of SYP. I was really happy with myself
Draw boring, some of the joints were so tight, I didn't bother with glue.
I hand cut all the 10° bevels on the legs.
I though I did a decent job of planning and laying out the boards
What I did wrong.
I'm still a mess cutting tenons (and mortises. They were way too loose and I had to come up with this diagonal wedge around to fill it out,
Mounting the top to the legs was a mini disaster. Schwartz doesn't really tell you how to do this and nothing seemed to fit or clamp together very well.
Cutting the front fork didn't turn out all that great either. I was getting impatient and just drew the curves by hand.
The legs aren't quite flush with the top.
I really like this bench. I've already started making another. Talking to 02blues about making this, is that these are just too handy. I just ripped one of the leg pieces on it and I could have gone more than 1/32" off the mark. Once I get another, this may become trade bait.
Next, marking gauge. When I first signed on, eyekode sent me a link to this and I was intrigued. The picture's a bit crumby and does look as good as it really looks. I only killed some electrons to grind the pin.
What I did right.
I didn't have 5/4 stock s glued 2 pieces of walnut together from the same board. It was really difficult to find the glue line nad looked like one piece.
I had to saw a 1/4" off the face to get it to size. I was really happy with how that turned out
I really took a lot of time marking out the mortises and learned to leave a little extra wood and planed away the marking lines.
Although the mortises still aren't pretty, I didn't tear out and most of the ugly is hidden on the inside.
I was really happy with the way I milled the beam. Kept it parallel and slowly shaved it off until it fit nicely
What I did wrong.
I wasn't happy with the curved part. Also started getting careless at the end.
All and all I like this. I want to try Salem's 2.0 gauge, but just wanted to finish. It marks well on pine, but not great on hardwood. I'm going to give this to a guy at work who helped me scrap some oak from a pallet. I doesn't WW, but I think he will get a kick out of it.
First is the Chris Schwartz tradition saw bench. Not electrons were murdered making this project.
This is the first time draw boring and using wedged tenons.
What I did right.
Face jointed the legs from 2 pieces of SYP. I was really happy with myself
Draw boring, some of the joints were so tight, I didn't bother with glue.
I hand cut all the 10° bevels on the legs.
I though I did a decent job of planning and laying out the boards
What I did wrong.
I'm still a mess cutting tenons (and mortises. They were way too loose and I had to come up with this diagonal wedge around to fill it out,
Mounting the top to the legs was a mini disaster. Schwartz doesn't really tell you how to do this and nothing seemed to fit or clamp together very well.
Cutting the front fork didn't turn out all that great either. I was getting impatient and just drew the curves by hand.
The legs aren't quite flush with the top.
I really like this bench. I've already started making another. Talking to 02blues about making this, is that these are just too handy. I just ripped one of the leg pieces on it and I could have gone more than 1/32" off the mark. Once I get another, this may become trade bait.
Next, marking gauge. When I first signed on, eyekode sent me a link to this and I was intrigued. The picture's a bit crumby and does look as good as it really looks. I only killed some electrons to grind the pin.
What I did right.
I didn't have 5/4 stock s glued 2 pieces of walnut together from the same board. It was really difficult to find the glue line nad looked like one piece.
I had to saw a 1/4" off the face to get it to size. I was really happy with how that turned out
I really took a lot of time marking out the mortises and learned to leave a little extra wood and planed away the marking lines.
Although the mortises still aren't pretty, I didn't tear out and most of the ugly is hidden on the inside.
I was really happy with the way I milled the beam. Kept it parallel and slowly shaved it off until it fit nicely
What I did wrong.
I wasn't happy with the curved part. Also started getting careless at the end.
All and all I like this. I want to try Salem's 2.0 gauge, but just wanted to finish. It marks well on pine, but not great on hardwood. I'm going to give this to a guy at work who helped me scrap some oak from a pallet. I doesn't WW, but I think he will get a kick out of it.
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