What did you do in your workshop today ?

[pops92]

Opened parcel with my new Draper 52001 disc/belt sander arranged all the bit,fitted them switched on ! NOTHING!.
Took all the bits off packed it back,now awaiting pickup and replacement. Next time switch on first. Not an happy poacher. :evil:

 

[MarkDennehy]

Tried a cheapo approach to shavings&dust collection. Didn't work.

Did some steambending of a test offcut of walnut.

Lots of mistakes led to partial failure:

But this is why we do tests, right?
Besides. Not a complete failure...

 

[MattRoberts]

You need a proper seal on the bin for the cyclone to work Mark

I'd recommend these sorts of containers - they have a good sturdy top and a quick release metal ring to secure it. You can get a 30 (perfect for shop vac) or 60 litre (perfect for main dust extraction)

30 Litre airtight storage container https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0093C7OB4/ ... dybBYJK2V6

 

[MarkDennehy]

Aye, I know, but ordering one off amazon would lead to me not being able to look the postman in the eye for a while, and they're surprisingly hard to locate in bricks-and-mortar shops over here for some reason. Not to worry, I'll get one eventually and the bin won't go to waste. Or rather, it will, because I'll use it for garden waste.

 

[DaWoodster]

Made an end table out of Yew, or a stool if you are brave enough.
It is surprisingly stable considering the legs are 30 degrees off vertical!
It still needs sanding and a decision on what finish to use.

 

[n0legs]

Cut a big shelf in half to make two small ones for the good woman's wardrobes
Reinstalled my vice on my workbench following a little upgrade. Lacquered the apron on the front of the bench.
Added some bases to my pillar drill and morticer so they glide about a bit better on the bench top and can be clamped down better when in use.
Replaced a light fitting.
Swept up and tidied up.

 

[MattRoberts]

Made an end table out of Yew, or a stool if you are brave enough.
It is surprisingly stable considering the legs are 30 degrees off vertical!
It still needs sanding and a decision on what finish to use.

Great design! Nice work

 

[skipdiver]

That Yew is beautiful and the table looks as if it is about to take flight. It's quirky and i like quirky.

 

[Fitzroy]

Made an end table out of Yew, or a stool if you are brave enough.
It is surprisingly stable considering the legs are 30 degrees off vertical!
It still needs sanding and a decision on what finish to use.

Are the legs just glued on half-lap type joint?

F.

 

[skipdiver]

Today i went into my workshop to gauge the task of moving everything starting tomorrow, so i can insulate and board it all out, which i am not looking forward to. Just been on the phone to my merchants to order all the stuff and am now over £600 poorer. It'll all be worth it in the end i keep telling myself.

 

[DaWoodster]

Made an end table out of Yew, or a stool if you are brave enough.
It is surprisingly stable considering the legs are 30 degrees off vertical!
It still needs sanding and a decision on what finish to use.

Are the legs just glued on half-lap type joint?

F.

They were just half laps, but I added splines last night.
Just finished it, shellac then wax.

 

[MarkDennehy]

Lots of rough-cutting after a trip to the timber yard, because I had a minor storage problem...

 

[skipdiver]

Getting on with my workshop re-fit for the second time this year. The first was a hurried temporary affair to get my new venture off the ground and meet orders at the busiest time. Now it's slackened off, i can take my time and do it right. Got one side of the workshop clear including the roof, where i found stuff i'd forgotten about. The dust was evil and always seems to be worse when it's old dust. Clunking about in the rafters with an airshield mask on was a nightmare, so i resorted to a face mask and sweated my nadgers off.

Got half the shop floor insulated and boarded and found an unused tub of Magnolia emulsion, which had gone off a bit and was a bit whiffy but got 6 of my 20 OSB boards 2 coated ready to fit in the roof tomorrow. Was going to use white but a 10L tub of paint going spare appealed to the miser in me, so on it went.

I have been taking pictures this time and will do a thread at some point.

 

[selectortone]

Today, with the help of forum member Woodpig, my workshop went from this:

to this:

 

[custard]

Made an end table out of Yew, or a stool if you are brave enough.
It is surprisingly stable considering the legs are 30 degrees off vertical!
It still needs sanding and a decision on what finish to use.

Are the legs just glued on half-lap type joint?

F.

They were just half laps, but I added splines last night.
Just finished it, shellac then wax.

Sorry Woodster, but the joinery is pretty terrible!

Without long grain to long grain glue surfaces you need a lot of help from dowels or dominos if your table is to survive many contacts with a vacuum cleaner. A spline, especially a spline that doesn't follow the line of the grain down the leg or cuts across the grain of the top, just isn't going to cut it.

 

[Fitzroy]

Brutally honest there Custard, but that's how we all learn I guess. So ideally the splines would have run down the legs at the same angle?

 

[Wizard9999]

Brutally honest there Custard, but that's how we all learn I guess. So ideally the splines would have run down the legs at the same angle?

But even then two of the splines would run across the grain in the table top, so not completely sure how splines would work here.

Terry.

 

[DaWoodster]

The joinery isn't sound, I did realise this when designing it.
It was only made as a one off for my own use, when it does fall apart, I can just epoxy it back together

 

[custard]

It would be a dull old world if every piece of furniture had to be built like a tank. But there is a dividing line between fragile and foolish. I sometimes make furniture that I recognise is on the "fragile" side,

With items like this I tell clients that they're probably not suited to households with small boys or big dogs.

If Woodster's table had two or three dowels in each joint instead of splines (they could have been blind and invisible, or "through" dowels in a contrasting timber) then it would have been a fragile but viable piece, as it stands it's just not.

Don't take it to heart Woodster, I've made plenty of cock-ups too. The lesson is to get your joinery fully thought through before cutting any wood.

 

[DaWoodster]

That's a better idea for when it fall apart, through dowels to pin it back together, with epoxy
All criticism is welcome, how else do we learn?