What are you working on currently?

raspberrypi67 · 14-10-2016 8:59am

magicbastarder wrote: »

you mean in terms of purchasing it, or just learning from your experience making it?

Well, just if anyone else is going to make one. Not selling this one. I may make another.

Grueller · 15-10-2016 1:12am

Oak sideboard for my entrance hall. One photo with the doors not made. The other with the doors and drawer fronts made and loosely sitting in place. Need to fit the drawers, will use bearing guided runners, hinge the doors, make and fit the top and apply a finish.
For the finish I am thinking 3 coats Danish oil followed by beeswax on top. It gives a lovely lustre to oak and if done correctly is as smooth as glass.

raspberrypi67 · 15-10-2016 11:05am

Grueller wrote: »

Oak sideboard for my entrance hall. One photo with the doors not made. The other with the doors and drawer fronts made and loosely sitting in place. Need to fit the drawers, will use bearing guided runners, hinge the doors, make and fit the top and apply a finish.
For the finish I am thinking 3 coats Danish oil followed by beeswax on top. It gives a lovely lustre to oak and if done correctly is as smooth as glass.

Looks well, nice job.

Sparks · 24-10-2016 12:07am

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...

Dave! · 01-11-2016 11:25pm

Just finished this chair on the weekend. It's based on a chair I saw on Pinterest. Not a million miles from an Adirondack chair.

https://twitter.com/davemcginn_ie/status/793140280019021825

I stuck it on adverts.ie for the craic! Would be happy to recoup material costs. If nobody buys it, then it'll be a present for somebody

Double Barrel · 05-11-2016 8:00pm

New apron and glue up.

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Clamp glue blocks.

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Grueller · 06-11-2016 11:53pm

Grueller wrote: »

Oak sideboard for my entrance hall. One photo with the doors not made. The other with the doors and drawer fronts made and loosely sitting in place. Need to fit the drawers, will use bearing guided runners, hinge the doors, make and fit the top and apply a finish.
For the finish I am thinking 3 coats Danish oil followed by beeswax on top. It gives a lovely lustre to oak and if done correctly is as smooth as glass.

Hope I have attached the photo properly. Here it is finished and in its final resting place.

raspberrypi67 · 10-11-2016 12:26pm

Here's an Electric Guitar based on the Strat. Just finished it and quite pleased with it. plays well too...

Dave! · 12-11-2016 10:52am

I did a class in working with green wood with Alison Ospina in Skibbereen - made this nice little table/stool.

Dave! · 15-11-2016 11:40pm

Busy couple of days!

Made my first lamp out of some pallet wood and scrap, which I'm super happy with! I suspect it won't be last lamp I make...

Working on this little table now - first attempt at a dado joint, and it was angled, using the circular saw! Hard work. It's pretty rough, but feels strong. Gonna add a piece of wood connecting the two side panels to secure them, possibly mortise and tenon through them.

Getting a bit frustrated with my tools now - would have loved a drill press and/or bigger bit for the lamp, and would have loved a table saw for the table dado. Would also like a router to add some detail to the lamp.

And I'm unsure how I'm gonna do a mortise and tenon for the table, because my chisels are all blunt! And I don't even have a belt sander to try and sharpen them myself

Incidentally does anyone know somewhere in Dublin I could drop in some chisels and get them sharpened? Thanks

Sparks · 16-11-2016 12:18am

Sheet of sandpaper and a flat surface. Belt sander, professional services, not required

Glass, MDF, tiles, anything flat.
Take some masking tape, stick it down on the flat surface, rub it on. thin line of superglue down the tape, then put the sandpaper on top of the glue, smush it a little to spread it and then hold it in place for a few seconds to set. Now it's not going to shift sideways on you while you sharpen. Then lift the tape off the surface at the end to remove the paper cleanly.

Sellers covers this really clearly and there are fifty other videos on this on youtube.

Sparks · 16-11-2016 12:19am

(and if you can get some stropping compound and some leather, stropping for a few strokes every so often keeps the edge nice and sharp for longer without doing a full resharpen)

delaney001 · 16-11-2016 8:48am

Sparks wrote: »

(and if you can get some stropping compound and some leather, stropping for a few strokes every so often keeps the edge nice and sharp for longer without doing a full resharpen)

Any links to a good compound?

sheriff_os · 16-11-2016 12:37pm

Built a quick & dirty miter sled for my new table saw - going to use it to make some Christmas picture frame gifts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xcXlucOZHw

Sparks · 16-11-2016 12:53pm

delaney001 wrote: »

Any links to a good compound?

This is the stuff I use but there are loads of different ones from loads of different places.

delaney001 · 16-11-2016 2:24pm

Sparks wrote: »

This is the stuff I use but there are loads of different ones from loads of different places.

Lovely stuff, cheers

delaney001 · 16-11-2016 11:11pm

Making a present for a wedding. Bottle of whiskey in a dovetailed box.
First pic is the 4 corners of dovetails cut and ready to be glued.
Second is the box glued and clamped.
Third is jointing and flattening the material for the lid.
Hopefully it'll come together nicely.
Any suggestions on a finish?

mobfromcork · 16-11-2016 11:24pm

Nice idea for a present. Dovetails look good

Sparks · 16-11-2016 11:35pm

Holy carp but walnut is so much nicer to do joints in than that crappy whitewood crap.

Gryzor · 17-11-2016 12:29am

Gryzor wrote: »

Making this coffee table from white oak. Source material is rough sawn 1x6 boards, and it is pretty rough in places! Handtools only for me at the moment, so it's slow going dimensioning everything, but it's coming out ok so far.

Finally done, hard to get time these days...happy with the result. Lots of learnings along the way!

delaney001 · 19-11-2016 3:40pm

Corners went together thank feck. Happy enough with em. Of course there's always one crap corner to hide!

Dave! · 19-11-2016 11:00pm

The table I was working on was a bit too wobbly and I wasn't arsed trying to fix it, so I used the wood to make one of these sofa arm rest table things instead! The table top is on hinges so I can leave it behind the couch when not in use, and it has magnets to hold it in place when it's open. The magnets are not effective at all! So will get a little hook and hoop thing maybe to hold it in place

Sean Farrell · 21-11-2016 2:02pm

delaney001 wrote: »

Corners went together thank feck. Happy enough with em. Of course there's always one crap corner to hide!

Nice job....looking forward to seeing the finished product....but methinks you've already polished off the bottle of whiskey already judging by evidence from the photo.

delaney001 · 21-11-2016 2:14pm

Sean Farrell wrote: »

Nice job....looking forward to seeing the finished product....but methinks you've already polished off the bottle of whiskey already judging by evidence from the photo.

No that was empty to begin with

Just using it for scale and size.
Have it assembled and just need to finish it. Anyone any experience of using danish oil, just wipe on with a rag? Do you sand between coats?

peter bermingham · 21-11-2016 3:02pm

delaney001 wrote: »

No that was empty to begin with
Just using it for scale and size.
Have it assembled and just need to finish it. Anyone any experience of using danish oil, just wipe on with a rag? Do you sand between coats?

Ya wipe on thin coats you could give it a rub with 320 when dry

Sparks · 21-11-2016 3:34pm

delaney001 wrote: »

Anyone any experience of using danish oil, just wipe on with a rag? Do you sand between coats?

I painted on for the first coat last time I used it on an outdoor patio table. Standard oil finish routine though; paint or rag on, leave for 20 minutes, wipe off excess, leave to cure, rub down with fine sandpaper or 0000 steel wool, apply next coat.

delaney001 · 21-11-2016 3:45pm

I'll give it a go over next 3 nights and post a pic of it finished. Need to get a move on though, the wedding is Friday!!

delaney001 · 22-11-2016 7:40pm

Update.
Good news - Danish oil is very easy and nice to use. Just keep putting on until it won't take anymore.

Bad news - the moisture content must be very high in the workshop cause as soon as I brought it to apartment, the corners started cracking and separating. Serious disappointment.

Dave! · 18-12-2016 5:11pm

First attempt at carving a spoon - turned out a bit lumpy cos I've nothing to scoop out the bowl, but happy enough with it!

Sparks · 22-12-2016 12:21am

Been testing some finishes for the crib. Top to bottom, shellac on walnut, same shellac on ash (ugh, not doing that), osmo clear thin wax on ash, milk paint on poplar (this will be the inside of the drawer, just for laughs). Goes on all vibrant and lovely:

Then dries to a fairly dull look:

But some osmo over the second coat of milk paint does bring it back up somewhat. And hell, it'll be the inside of a drawer.

BTW, anyone have any tips for applying different finishes to different parts of the same assembly? Asking on behalf of a complete amateur.

Oh, and got the back panel of the base of the crib almost finished.

Sparks · 22-12-2016 11:30pm

Front frame assembled (and the panel is done too, but I managed to stick a chisel in my finger while cleaning a tenon so I haven't gotten the grooves ploughed yet).

Minor problem - that's actually wedged.
I'm not sure I can fit this thing on the bench to assemble it...

laugh · 23-12-2016 12:23am

Sparks wrote: »

Front frame assembled (and the panel is done too, but I managed to stick a chisel in my finger while cleaning a tenon so I haven't gotten the grooves ploughed yet).

Minor problem - that's actually wedged.
I'm not sure I can fit this thing on the bench to assemble it...

Nice, nice bench too!

woodturner · 23-12-2016 7:37pm

Building a vacuum chucking system for my lathe. Have some of the fittings together, just have to get the rotary adaptor for my lathe and a vacuum generator.

Sparks · 24-12-2016 1:35am

Installed the front panel.

Also cut more tenons and tested drawboring in this walnut.

I rather like that.

delaney001 · 29-12-2016 6:47pm

Have a set of dining chairs that the backs of are gone very wobbly. See attached (very poor) pic of the leg set up. Rear leg and back are one continuous piece.
Would inserting a stretcher from front leg to back be the best job?

Sparks · 29-12-2016 9:21pm

So, just a back support, top crossrail, two drawer runners and twenty-four slats to cut joints for and fit, then one drawer to make, and some finishing, and by the time this sodding thing is done, the kid is going to be five years old...

(And no, I can't assemble it on the bench in the shed, it's too big

)

delaney001 · 30-12-2016 11:39pm

Done, not too much hardship in the end.

Dave! · 31-12-2016 12:39pm

Was working on a table from hazel wood, carving the tenons by hand with a knife - took bloody ages, and very hard on the hands - but I made them a couple of them too loose :mad: So I decided to ditch it cos I couldn't be arsed trying to fix them.

Turned one of the legs into a spoon though, which turned out a hell of a lot better than my previous attempt!

Dave! · 31-12-2016 3:02pm

My sister-in-law has asked can I build a bookshelf for the kids, which is to be mounted on a wall - exciting!

The wall in the kids' bedroom is hollow drywall, and I'm a bit concerned about pulling it down - are the wall plugs for this purpose pretty sturdy/capable of holding decent weight, or should I be looking at screwing into the studs?

Bonzo Delaney · 31-12-2016 4:21pm

Try and make the book shelf that it incorporates a solid cross batton
Locate the studs in the wall and screw the cross batton to the wall
I wouldnt trust plaster board fixing when it comes to book shelves

Wossack · 02-01-2017 8:35pm

My very first project..! The sister was wanting to make a Christmas Eve Box for the new arrival, so I somewhat foolishly said I'd make one (no bother says I). Got done, but only just (delivered Xmas eve..!)

Sister provided the lettering on the lid, care of Amazon. Pine from the most cupped board imaginable, finished in tinted danish oil, and paste wax.

Initially tried planing the board, but it would have wound up a third the thickness.. so cut it into 50mm strips, jointed and edge glued it back together. Pretty happy with how it all turned out, warts and all

mayo.mick · 02-01-2017 11:01pm

Nice job!

Sparks · 04-01-2017 5:24pm

Dave! wrote: »

The wall in the kids' bedroom is hollow drywall, and I'm a bit concerned about pulling it down - are the wall plugs for this purpose pretty sturdy/capable of holding decent weight, or should I be looking at screwing into the studs?

Kinda screams "french cleat" really...

Grueller · 17-01-2017 11:45pm

Pair of cabinets made for the kitchen/diner.

delaney001 · 31-01-2017 8:20am

Making a Small side table for beside the couch

Dave! · 31-01-2017 11:27pm

What kind of wood is that delaney001? And where'd you get it?

I still only get timber from Woodie's/B&Q :-/ I don't really know where to get it (in Dublin) other than that!

Dave! · 31-01-2017 11:30pm

I got a decent pocket hole jig recently, so I'm looking forward to using it on... something

Also got a cheapo bench grinder and belt sander from Aldi - just used it to sharpen some stuff so far, but I may in the future have another go at knife making

Wossack · 31-01-2017 11:33pm

delaney001 wrote: »

Making a Small side table for beside the couch

looks well! That from Nick Offermans book? He's got something similar in it (Jupiter table)

Sparks · 01-02-2017 5:08pm

Dave! wrote: »

I don't really know where to get it (in Dublin) other than that!

The Timber sticky has a few places (I've been using Quinns myself, they're out near the long mile road).

Sparks · 01-02-2017 5:19pm

Still pushing to get the cot finished.

Slats are now almost all done (the curved tenons at the top of the side slats are all that's left):

And the frame work is pretty much all done, bar the last two lap joints for the drawer runners and some rounding over, final finish planing and the drawboring holes; but all the major stuff is now done.

So my to-do list now looks like:

Curved tenons for side slats
Final fit&finish trimwork on the frame
Final finish planing/scraping on the panels
Make a drawer (seems such a small task, doesn't it?)
Drill drawbore holes
Shellac walnut bits
Paint poplar bits
Assembly, drawboring, glue-ups (this is going to be done in a stage or two because it's an awkward sod to fully assemble)
Osmo wood wax on all the bits, including the shellac'd and painted bits
Deliver, lock shed, never touch a project with a deadline ever again

Oh, and I made fences for my #43 and #44 planes:

And a new, better shooting board for my new T5 plane (which is just so much better at shooting than faffing about turning my #5 or #7 on its side):

What are you working on currently?

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