laptop and console stand

[devonwoody]

Another two days of little progress (owing to weather, 60mph gales)

Tidied up the side panels and fitted the drawer carcasses.

Put the table top timbers away under the bed the other day to keep all the wood happy, and got a design idea for drawer fronts as soon as the weather calms down.

 

[devonwoody]

I went and got out my mitre jig (doing fancy drawers) and it would not slide on the tablesaw because of the dampness in the workshop, the jig has expanded or the cast iron tabletop has shrunk because of the cold.

So brought the jig indoors for the night and will try again tomorrow.

 

[Mike.C]

I went and got out my mitre jig (doing fancy drawers) and it would not slide on the tablesaw because of the dampness in the workshop, the jig has expanded or the cast iron tabletop has shrunk because of the cold.

So brought the jig indoors for the night and will try again tomorrow.

Bleeding heck DW it must be cold in your workshop. You always seem to be having trouble with the temperature, so why not think about insulating the building, or at least using a dehumidifier because your cast iron tablesaw must be open to rusting if the damp effects your mitre gauge or slot to that extent. I have granite walls in my workshop which take an age to heat (once heated they do hold it) and the dehumidifier makes an huge difference in keeping the dreaded rust at bay.

Like where you live, the weather does get a bit nippy up here in the north of Scotland.

The table is coming along very nicely.

Cheers

Mike

 

[devonwoody]

Hi all, surfacing from the damp and cold briefly, been shopping by the way, got a Tormek T7.

Got these maple and sapele strips glued up in pairs ready to use for the drawer fronts, (when I have got my tools sharpened)

 

[devonwoody]

Got the heaters out.

Mitre jig has dried out and slides on the tablesaw again.

For those that have not seen this jig in action, a picture display.

Screw timber to sled at waste areas.

Other end a piece of waste offcut screwed on to sled to act as a stop.

In the meantime I had to get this proven loaf out of the warm cupboard.

Shortend, more waste screwed on, I can cut this 4inch piece without hands on cut piece.

Two drawer fronts cut .

Bread progressing well.

drawer fronts glued up in the conservatory where its warmer. The spaces are to accommodate laminated handles.

 

[Mattty]

Your using your Loaf on this job DW

 

[9fingers]

These two task clearly knead careful work

Bob

 

[Mattty]

I think he can rise to the challenge though

 

[9fingers]

That will be proven by the end result

Bob

 

[Mattty]

Doh!

 

[9fingers]

I reckon John has been making a meal of this job today.

Bob

 

[Mattty]

Thats very harsh, he's just trying to earn a crust..

 

[9fingers]

Crumbs! this thread keeps rolling on.

Bob

 

[Mattty]

We should prob loave it alone. It's rude to take over Dw's thread with this Drivel.

 

[9fingers]

You are probably right

(a rye grin?)

Bob

 

[devonwoody]

Thinking of making another jig, to slice bread on the tablesaw.

 

[wobblycogs]

That's the best idea since sliced bread. It could earn you a lot of dough and if you get it working I'm sure we will all toast your success.

I'll be leaving now...

 

[devonwoody]

No one mentioned the grains, they were quite wild.

 

[devonwoody]

Drawers again.

Prepared the carcass and under drawer fronts to alignment with various pieces of waste timber and covered with polythene, one of the waste bits of timber came from a door panel that must have been fitted to our bungalow in 1963, so its done its final service.

dropped fronts on with liberal amounts of adhesive.

clamped up everywhich way.

Picture this morning with partial fronts on plus a laminated piece of black walnut and maple which will have the handles fashioned from.

 

[Oryxdesign]

Thinking of making another jig, to slice bread on the tablesaw.

Slicing bread has to be done by hand without the use of a jig, just like dovetails and chisel sharpening.