What did you do in your shop today?

[woodtickgreg]

Lots of work done today on the lathe stand.
Started by sanding everything flush, 60 grit to 150, blowout on the bottom came out ok as well and I sanded the excess epoxy off.
Then I routed all the edges with a 1/4" round over bit. I done one to go.
More roundover.
I swear all you have to do is set a router near cherry and it burns. Lol.
Ash cross stretchers glued up and in the clamps.
While the glue on the cross stretcher was setting up I worked on the top. Rounded over all the edges except the bottom, sanded it to 150. You cant see it in the cell phone pic but there is some nice figure in this board.
Nice smooth edges now.
Stretches rounded over and sanded.

 

[Eric Rorabaugh]

Watching intently. Looking good so far.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Now that all the sanding is done on the main frame it's time to attach the top.
Set the top on, marked the holes, and pre drilled the ash top.
I started the lag bolts in the base. These are the only fasteners or hardware in the whole thing
Top is on, everything is glued up at this point and sanded to 150.

 

[woodtickgreg]

So I just had to set it in place where it's going to go for a test fit.

 

[trc65]

That is a really nice looking stand!

 

[woodtickgreg]

Time to make the shelf.
Selected another piece of Ash from the same lot. All of this Ash was rejects from another Sawyer with a band mill. Free wood is good!
I used the RAS to break the board down and cut a 27" piece out of it.
Ran it through the planer to clean it up and then jointed one edge.

After joining I put the cross cut sled on and squared up the ends.
Cut to length.
Front and back edges rounded over, sanded to 150, and test fit.
Glued and clamped, no fasteners.

Tomorrow it will be a quick sand to remove any glue squeeze out, and then start to put a finish on it.

 

[Spinartist]

@woodtickgreg
I think you need a drawer also!!

 

[woodtickgreg]

@woodtickgreg
I think you need a drawer also!!

Drawers for the pen turning stuff for this lathe are under the RAS.
But that's a great idea and may be a future project one day.

 

[ripjack13]

I walked through my shop.....it's a mess and I have no desire to clean today.

 

[trc65]

Just think, if you had cleaned it today, you might have nothing to do tomorrow.

Procrastination prevents boredom: one never has the feeling that they have nothing to do!

 

[Sprung]

In addition to working some more on setting up the shop, as detailed here, I also dug into my Sprunger 8" table saw to figure out why I couldn't get the blade aligned. We're talking 1/8" off alignment was the best I could get it across the 8" blade. Yeah, that's bad... After lots of digging and taking things apart, putting back together, taking apart, etc, I finally figured it out. The pin that the arbor bracket pivots on was bent. Somewhere during the restoration process, probably when I was working on bearing/arbor replacement (it's an integrated bearing), it got bent. Ugh.

Going to call tomorrow and see if the part is maybe still available as the person who owned Sprunger Brothers when they ceased production still has a supply of NOS parts. I've bought a few parts from him already. Hopefully he has this one. Otherwise I am going to be looking at finding someone to make me a new one.

So much for getting this saw up and running this weekend... I just need one working table saw in the shop so I can keep going on getting the shop together. The next thing I'd really like to do is build a new rack to hold all my hardware containers. But, nope, not going to happen this weekend...

 

[Mr. Peet]

@woodtickgreg
I think you need a drawer also!!

I think 2 drawers, side by side, flush mounted with the top board to limit chips and dust from getting in is a great idea.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Well when I set the stand on the ground it had quite a wobble, guess I didnt pay attention to it during glue up or the 2 inch thick top was a little warped and pulled it out of wack.
2 feet are like this.

So I shimed it to keep it from moving and then set a height with a compass.

And then scribed a line on the 2 feet that needed material removed.

I flipped it over onto a rubber mat and hit it with a block plane.

Then I blew all the sanding dust off of it and set it on the workbench for a coat of finish on the bottom. Water based poly slathered on with a 3 inch brush. Even though the poly is clear you can still see how it richens the look of the wood.

1st coat on the bottom and sides.

Once this dries in about 30 minutes I'll flip it and give the top 2 or 3 coats for some protection.

 

[woodtickgreg]

First of 3 coats on the top side.

Got all 3 coats on today. Tomorrow the lathe will be mounted and it will be put in its spot next to the big laguna.

 

[Gdurfey]

Working on a few more candle holders, er bud vases.... really messed the oak one up, will explain later.....just in a hurry. But, it’s okay to keep for our own use, live and learn. Loving this aspen though!!

 

[woodtickgreg]

Today is the day I get the rikon off the bench.
Finish is done and shes on the ground waiting to be paired up with the lathe.
This is a scrap from a rubber floor mat, I layed out a 4" strip to be cut off on the bandsaw.
And cut that into 4" squares. These are great to put under machines, cushions them and keeps them off the concrete floor, keeps them from walking also.
I drilled the holes and bolted her down.
I love it when the plans you have in your head come to fruition.

 

[woodtickgreg]

After finishing up the lathe stand I worked on the table saw dust collection. I'll post a thread on how I did this in the classroom if others are interested.
Then I put up another holder for an extension cord.

 

[Wildthings]

@woodtickgreg heck yea on the TS DC. I need to do mine

 

[woodtickgreg]

And since I have crossed so many things off my list I made a new list.

 

[phinds]

And since I have crossed so many things off my list I made a new list.

You're not doing too badly. My list is 11 pages long, inside the red folder. The index cards are recent items that will make it onto that list if I don't get them done first.

I was 5 years and 1 month behind but thanks to the quarantine, I'm now 5 years and 4 months behind.