Hudson Carpentry
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You may get some more WIP out of me now, I still don't like using the DSLR in the shop while worked and I broke the camera in my phone, however I now have my old Fuji F700 point and shoot in there. So when im not rushing around ill grab it and try to do more WIP's.
This one was started last year. My partners Father died and she asked me to make a bench she can donate to his tennis club. Naturally im not going to say no. Its been on the back burner for a while due to paid work. She needs it done for the 5th next month so its time I got a move on!
Im at the stage where I need to machine the slats, do there M&T's, final shape of all and sand then finish.
Its all made from Iroko and started out at 175x50mm stock. 6 or 8 meters worth, I forget now but as below (just longer, this is left over).
I made some templates for the shape of the rear legs, arms and top stretcher. Mainly using the band saw to shape the stock. I made the other stretchers and braces using a table saw. All these fit together with mortise and tenons.
Yesterday I started with the task of making the slats. Now I wish I had just brought pre sized stock. (hammer)
As normal I set about tuning the bandsaw after putting the blade one I use for resawing. All perfect or so I think. I need these slats sawn to 20mm and need 42 of them. The first two slats seemed to take an age to resaw. The blade is new, it was the one that came with the saw so thought maybe that was it and after I had done this first block of 7 ill but another blade I have to the same specs but unopened. Now on the third and I notice somethings not cutting true. Check the fence is running parallel to the blade which it was and assumed I must of moved the timber and not realised. I flipped the timber over so the opposite and straight edge is riding the fence and continued. I got two more slats and started the 6th to which the problem became apparent.
The timber under its natural pressure release was moving. In the second picture you can see the gap where the cut was started and the only path the timber was letting the saw take (hammer) .
Anyhow, a little annoyed I machined some more Iroko to the side length I needed for the slats, put it though the planner and sanded it as I did all the others and set about putting a thin kerf blade in the table saw to tackle this movement issue with a resawing method designed to counter it. I now machined all 42 slats by running each piece over the saw blade 6 times which the blade at a different height each pass. This taken some time and also had its risks. There was one drama where cutting close to the centre the timber popped with some force. It split down some where I had nearly cut through in the last two passes under its own tension release. It was so forceful it broken the end off my push stick.
(again this was yesterday, i was taking pictures today so if I remember ill get a pic of the damage to the plastic push stick)
This one was started last year. My partners Father died and she asked me to make a bench she can donate to his tennis club. Naturally im not going to say no. Its been on the back burner for a while due to paid work. She needs it done for the 5th next month so its time I got a move on!
Im at the stage where I need to machine the slats, do there M&T's, final shape of all and sand then finish.
Its all made from Iroko and started out at 175x50mm stock. 6 or 8 meters worth, I forget now but as below (just longer, this is left over).
I made some templates for the shape of the rear legs, arms and top stretcher. Mainly using the band saw to shape the stock. I made the other stretchers and braces using a table saw. All these fit together with mortise and tenons.
Yesterday I started with the task of making the slats. Now I wish I had just brought pre sized stock. (hammer)
As normal I set about tuning the bandsaw after putting the blade one I use for resawing. All perfect or so I think. I need these slats sawn to 20mm and need 42 of them. The first two slats seemed to take an age to resaw. The blade is new, it was the one that came with the saw so thought maybe that was it and after I had done this first block of 7 ill but another blade I have to the same specs but unopened. Now on the third and I notice somethings not cutting true. Check the fence is running parallel to the blade which it was and assumed I must of moved the timber and not realised. I flipped the timber over so the opposite and straight edge is riding the fence and continued. I got two more slats and started the 6th to which the problem became apparent.
The timber under its natural pressure release was moving. In the second picture you can see the gap where the cut was started and the only path the timber was letting the saw take (hammer) .
Anyhow, a little annoyed I machined some more Iroko to the side length I needed for the slats, put it though the planner and sanded it as I did all the others and set about putting a thin kerf blade in the table saw to tackle this movement issue with a resawing method designed to counter it. I now machined all 42 slats by running each piece over the saw blade 6 times which the blade at a different height each pass. This taken some time and also had its risks. There was one drama where cutting close to the centre the timber popped with some force. It split down some where I had nearly cut through in the last two passes under its own tension release. It was so forceful it broken the end off my push stick.
(again this was yesterday, i was taking pictures today so if I remember ill get a pic of the damage to the plastic push stick)
Still nearly a year on, I use these often and not a single one has broken in anyway. I plan to get more this year (hammer) 
