What did you do in your shop today?

Feeling a little better today so I got in the shop for a couple hours, not 100% but better. At least it's not cv19, just some other kind of upper respiratory virus thing. Still a little wheezy but on the mend.
 
First order of business today was something for Betty. Awhile back we picked up a little anvil for her leather work and jewelry crafting. The surface needed a little love.
A large coarse file was the preferred tool to flatten the top.
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A few strokes of the file revealed that it touched on the front and back but not in the middle.
20200329_154019.webp Getting there......
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Done with the file.
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Sanded it with the r.o.s. with 60 grit to 150. Then gave it a coat of wax.
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My hand to give it some scale, it's a small anvil, perfect for what she does.
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Whoa, dude ... you MUST be feeling better. That looks like it was a lot of work.

Nice job by the way.
 
Next I sanded the handle and wedge flush on the whammer and sealed it with some finish. It's good to go now.
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Now that the whammer is ready I needed to show my new mortising chisel some love.
This is my preferred method for sharpening chisels and plane irons. I usually use a plate glass or marble slab under the paper but in a pinch any flat cast iron surface will do.
I use a roller guide and take it through the grits of paper, finished at 320.
20200329_163118.webp if you look carefully you can see it is only removing material from the front edge of the chisel. This method doesn't remove much material at all and produces a razor sharp edge relatively quick.
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I also flatten the back with each grit of paper.
 
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The new whammer and the sharp chisel worked really well, until I got near the bottom. I totally blew out the bottom because it was unsupported. A crap load of CA and a couple of clamps and it's fixed good enough so I dont have to remake the whole part. I plan to use epoxy during the assembly so I'll fill in everything with it. I'm not perfect and make mistakes just like everybody else.
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phinds said:
Whoa, dude ... you MUST be feeling better. That looks like it was a lot of work.

Nice job by the way.
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Not really, it went pretty fast actually. The file cut well.
 
So since I blew out the piece I was working on I decided to select the material for the rest of the lathe stand.
Ash.
20200329_171205.webp This is exactly why I rebuilt the R.A.S. For wide cross cuts, makes it easy to handle and safer to cut. Cuts wider than my miter saw.
20200329_171858.webp It did a nice job.
20200329_171910.webp After planing to surface and jointing one edge I ripped the top to width.
20200329_175258.webp The material for the top and the stretcher boards.
20200329_175355.webp This should be all the material I need for the stand, as long as I dont screw anything else up.
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That was enough for today.
 
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I think I saved it. I ordered some fresh epoxy to glue it all together for the assembly and I'll fill in anything else that needs it at that time. All the damage was on the bottom so once it's done no one will see it anyway. You guys wont tell anyone will you, lol.
I'll try and clamp a block of wood to the back side when I do the last mortice and try not to blow it out with the whammer.
After the CA set up I sanded it down.
20200329_180412.webp I think once everything is epoxies together it will be fine.
I just need to test fit it and clean up the mortice.
20200329_180415.webp One more mortice to go on the feet.
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Spinartist said:
Just was telling my girlfriend we need to buy one of those!!!
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I just had to take it to the shop. I got a large piece of really tough green bark wrapped around the fly wheel, enough to bring it to a stop. Got that unwrapped but I think I broke a shear pin inside because now it won’t start.
 
I chopped out the last mortice today. I put a piece of plywood under the foot as a backer. I wished I was smart enough to do that in the first place, lol.
20200330_153728.webp Then I emptied the dust collector so I could use it today. Amazing how fast it fills up when your running the jointer and planer
20200330_161135.webp Then I did some more lay out for the top cross bearers for mortices.
20200330_161954.webp I ran the top bearers through the planer again before chopping the mortices, reduced them to 1 1/2"
20200330_162004.webp 1 done........dry fit.
20200330_173456.webp after getting all the mortices chopped I set the lathe on the top board to mark it for cutting to size. Nice 2" x 11" ash slab.
20200330_181201.webp Getting a feel of the proportions and how it's going to look. Also figuring out how to space the legs. I dont think it would look right with them all the way to the end.
20200330_181741.webp After looking at it for a bit I cut the top cross bearers flush with the leg post.
20200330_181754.webp Then I did some more lay out.
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