What did you do in your shop today?

I got a chance to put my new bandsaw through the paces. I cut legs, rails and styles (with tenons) for my outfeed table. Mortises will be cut tomorrow. Frame will be pulled together with a dab of glue and draw pins.

There was very little waste and I ended up with several nice bowl and end grain box blanks.

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Frame assembled. I prefer draw pins over clamps when assembling frames. The pins pull the joint tight and into alignment. It took 15 minutes to put it together and it’s dead nuts square when measuring diagonally not to mention the joints are extremely strong.

For those that haven’t used draw pins, it’s quite simple. Two holes that are slightly misaligned so when you hammer the pin in, it pulls the joint together. You can buy dowels but I prefer to make my own so I can choose the wood depending on the look I want. Be sure to put a chamfer on the end and a pencil sharpener works best.

Now I get to start building the drawers and then the top.

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Didn’t get much time today to work on the outfeed table but did get the panels installed so I can work on the drawers tomorrow. My wife walked in the shop today and told me the table was way too nice for the shop.

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Nubsnstubs said:
Sequel #2. I broke this one yesterday. It was complete other than putting some lacquer on it. Ebony base. I think that shadow on the log end is pretty cool. PLEASE, NO SINCERITY's. Turds happen, and this is another example to go on with life instead of whining about it. OK, enough of that.

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This log is a piece of Texas Ebony that @Crocy in Aus. helped me get the first time he visited, about 5 years ago, and then when he was here about a month ago, we split it where the crotch was, picture #3. He got some of the wood off the other trunk. Anyway, I'm gonna cut it for some bottoms of the Cholla I'm hoping to succeed in completing.
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You can see a gap at the fence and table. I thought I was a pretty good cabinet make and could see mistakes before I made them. This piece was taken to the jointer 3 times and a 1/16th was removed each time before I realized the last time I used it was to joint a bevel on a door, and hadn't set it back to 90 degrees. DUH!!!!
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More later. .............. Nubs
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I love Texas Ebony almost as much as DIW.
 
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