duke
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As soon as you get rid of them you will need them.
Lovely timber and lovely sharp lines on the box you made, especially impressive with wood that can be a little soft.A small box made form Japanese cedar (possibly) construction waste. I picked up about fifty metres of the stuff, so plenty more box making practice!
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I also picked up about five metres of oak from a different construction site (now I'm quite famous locally for being the odd guy that rumages through bins on construction sites) but wanted to practice first on the cedar.
Hi DukeNice, interesting morticer you have, can we see more of it.
Thanks, I'll try to find one over here.Hi Duke
It’s a mortise jig for door locks but you can buy different size cutters and rods for deeper mortises
Std jig does 100mm deep
Mortises which was perfect for this job think up to 170mm deep
Comes with x3 cutters
And you can buy different adaptors for off set mortises /locks also
SOUBER DBB MORTICE LOCK FITTING JIG (JIG1)
Thank you for the compliment. I think the picture flatters the piece; it actually has more gaps than a small insurance market. I'm working on improving my marking!Lovely timber and lovely sharp lines on the box you made, especially impressive with wood that can be a little soft.
Nothing like a new and shiny machine. What is the turning length on your lathe Morag?Bench for a slight upgrade of lathe. And to make it the right height for me. Jobs always take longer than you think. All timber I’ve been keeping because “that will get used for something”.
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Good bits of damaged construction timber.
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Legs Douglas Fir left over from a pergola.
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Splay 5 degrees sideways and fore and aft. Front rail a bit of Oak that came from a recycle yard, Rubberwood shelves from discarded furniture and scrap metal collection for added weight!
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Arghh! Disaster! The base packers meant the bolts were too short, so had to part with a fiver for a length of threaded bar and some nuts. Had all the coach bolts in stock.
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Well it works, but clearly needs doors! Has taken 8 days.
Funny you mentioned decorations , the missus just yesterday requested some. My response was I'm too busy, her response ya right!That re turning of the spelted bowl is the first Turing for nearly two weeks, the chest infection has had my flat on my back.
So armed with a p2 grade mask I went and sorted the work shop, I popped in doors for a coffee before going to the docs for yearly jabs.....intending to get back at it after appointment.... did not happen
So today was clear up, sharpen tools and as I was in that sort of mode I addressed the fact my lathe was too high on the altered work surface. Ripped off new top, packed out difference between two surfaces then adjusted feet on lathe to ensure it was flat and did not rock. Ok it was only an inch and half lower but it’s made a heap of difference
I don’t feel that I am reaching to use the lathe_
All that remains is to refit my dust extraction hose and relocate the vac/drum
Don’t tell any one but I have plans to have a few hours making Christmas trees and attempting to make tree decorations.... bought the book now to see if my skill level has reached that required.... will post if succeed otherwise more wood for the log burner
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