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[DLJeffs]

Actually they are a little long but i wasnt going to take the time to cut them all down.

Slacker

 

[woodtickgreg]

Weld your mix up back together lol

If I had a tig. Not really worth the hassle for a 3 dollar rod.

 

[Mr. Peet]

I worked a half day today and then I got some shop time.
Last week I picked up some hardware from home depot so I could continue on the loom.
So first thing I did today was countersink the holes I drilled on the bottom side for the flathead screws.
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And this is how the frame goes together with wingnuts. This way it can be taken apart for storage.
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Now i need to drill a bunch of 3/32 holes for the finish nails. I set the depth stop so i dont drill through.
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Holes are drilled every 1/2"
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Thats a lot of holes, lol. But predrilling them makes it easy to get the nails into the ash and wont split the wood. The ash is so hard that the drill bit would deflect while drilling and follow the grain of the board.
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Then i gave everything a sand with some 150 grit and broke all the edges by hand.
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I rounded all the corners on the disc sander and then hit them with the ros.
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8d galvanized finish nails. 2 1/2" long. Actually they are a little long but i wasnt going to take the time to cut them all down.
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Tap tap tap tap, voila!
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I love calico and olive ash....does it smell good?

 

[Eric Rorabaugh]

You'd use it after retirement if you had it. Go buy one.

 

[woodtickgreg]

You'd use it after retirement if you had it. Go buy one.

Funny, I've been thinking about it......

 

[woodtickgreg]

I love calico and olive ash....does it smell good?

Not really much smell or distinct, very dry, I've had it for at least 10 years. I dont have much left of it though since I salvage this when the emerald ash borer came and wiped out the trees here. Now it's all gone.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Well I took a vacation day at work as I'm waiting for a ups delivery. So I started spraying some wbp, trying the varathane brand out.

 

[Nature Man]

Looking good, but want your conclusive assessment of the Varathane brand. Chuck

 

[woodtickgreg]

Well 2 coats on each side is enough to seal it. The varathane seems to be about the same as the minwax polycrylic brand. Smells about the same, dries really fast as most wbp does. I'm ok with it, I wouldn't say one is better than the other, but some projects a spray finish is just easier than brushing on. I'll say it's a good product, easy to use, and dries fast.

 

[DLJeffs]

How much did it change the color of the wood? I found the wipe on poly caused the least color change on those curly maple thins Mike sold me.

 

[woodtickgreg]

How much did it change the color of the wood? I found the wipe on poly caused the least color change on those curly maple thins Mike sold me.

Very little, wbp really doesn't change the cor of the wood and sometimes that's a good thing. What I really like about it is in the winter in an indoor shop there is no odor and no flammable fumes. And it dries really quick, like 30 to 60 minutes between coats.

 

[JerseyHighlander]

Funny, I've been thinking about it......

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[JonathanH]

It's a weaving loom, I'll get pics of it in use when Betty uses it.

This is a cool project Greg. Did you ever get any action shots?

 

[woodtickgreg]

No, not yet...........but when I can catch her using it I will.

 

[ripjack13]

Finshed pictures of it man! The wife wants to see it....

 

[ripjack13]

And I do too....but that's a given.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Well here is the finished loom. I can't believe I forgot to post pics of the finished project. But once it was done my new ebike came and I instantly switched gears and worked on that project.
So this is a rug loom for making rugs out of old t shirts or other fabrics.

The rods on the ends are made to pull out to remove the finished rug from the loom.

Heres the detail of the rods and also the wing nuts if you ever want to take the loom apart for more compact storage.

So this is what you need for the weaving, balls of t shirt material.

Here Betty is cutting the shirt into 1" wide strips, stopping just short of the end so everything stays connected. The strips will be cut at a diagnol so it stays as one long continuous strip. But short pieces can be tied together as well.

What it looks like after cutting the 1" strips.

So lets start with a new shirt victom, lol

Betty cuts of the arms and neck portion, that will get used as well.

This leaves her with a large portion of the shirt.

Again cutting 1" strips stopping about an inch short.

 

[Nature Man]

Progress pics are terrific! Any finished products? Chuck

 

[woodtickgreg]

This is what it looks like after cutting the strips.

And this is the portion thats left after cutting. This small section will be cut at an angle so the one long continuous strip remains.

Cutting the waistband.

Cutting at an angle.

Once the strips are cut you pull on them and that makes the flat material round. T shirts are excellent for this. Then you start by wrapping the material around the nails.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Progress pics are terrific! Any finished products? Chuck

It will be coming. Patience grasshopper.