Sooooo how much wood working did you do this weekend?

reible · Post by **reible** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:22 pm

Maybe this picture says enough.

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dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:16 am

It looks as though you have done some but I have not. In fact, no sawdust in over a week.

bffulgham · Post by **bffulgham** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:48 am

The first was to mount rails in a couple of drawers for hanging file folders. Had to rip 13/16 x 3/4 sticks to mount the 1/2 x 3/4 aluminum angle and then mount the rail assemblies to the inside of the drawers. This little project went well and only took an hour or so of actual work time.
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This one ate way too much time. After 1 1/2 years of putting it off, I finally replaced the lock set on the garage to back patio door so all the locks on the house match. The old lock set had a 1 7/8 hole for the cylinder/knob, so I had to enlarge it to 2 1/8, so set the 510 in drill press mode using a couple of extension legs to support the table and a sawhorse for outside support. Then lug the heavy sucker across the garage and horse it up on the table/sawhorse. Either I got weaker or this door got heavier than the other 3 that I've done.....Naaah...blame it on the mid 90's temp..... Fiddle for an eternity to get everything aligned and enlarge the hole. The new lock set had a dead bolt, so I had to drill a new 2 1/8 hole for it. It did not take long to get the alignment set for this one....just shift the door 5 1/2 inches, clamp to the fence and go. A 2 1/8 forstner bit generates a LOT of chips on a 1 7/8" deep hole! Horse the door off to the side and set the 510 to horizontal bore the 1" hole in the edge of the door for the new dead bolt. Horse the door up on the tables and fiddle for an eternity to get everything aligned, then take 30 seconds to drill the hole. Horse the door back to the sawhorses to mortise the dead bolt to the edge and mount the new locks. Horse it back to the doorway and mount it back to the frame. Did I mention that door is heavy?
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I was out of time and out of gas, so I still have to drill the door frame and mortise the strike plates for the dead bolt. I think I will do that one morning while it's still cool in the garage instead of doing it in the afternoon when the sun is coming in that door.....Maybe I learned something here....

carverken · Post by **carverken** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:09 am

I looked out and saw the shop both Saturday and Sunday, but alas and alack no sawdust from me this weekend:( . But hope springs eternal:rolleyes:

joedw00 · Post by **joedw00** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:00 pm

Spent Sat. with Boy Scouts pulling Brush Honey suckle from one of our parks. It is taking over a lot of area, and nothing else will grow. One of them was 8" dia. so had to bring home a chunk of it to see what it will look like turned. Most of it would come up by pulling it, until they got past 2" then out came the chain saw.

saminmn · Post by **saminmn** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:47 pm

Started a new table top for an old workbench. It is to become a woodworking bench. Will be 2 layers of 3/4" MDF topped with a hardboard sheet and a maple apron. Got a used cast iron face vise to mount on it. Do to space constraints it will normally be backed up to a wall. Today, I cut up the MDF with only minor problems.

Then it was time for yard work (I have a couple of cubic yards of mulch that I have spread, that much more on the driveway to be distributed and will probably need more). I am hoping to drill holes, screw and glue MDF layers together in the morning, but there is no real hurry.

Very enjoyable weather here in MN; I may go fishing instead:D

wa2crk · Post by **wa2crk** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:27 pm

Maybe not too much woodworking but how about "plastic working"
A bunch of seam rippers for the wife's friends and gifts.

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Bill V

greitz · Post by **greitz** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:14 pm

A couple of scroll sawn items (but alas, with a Dewalt 788, not a Shopsmith):

Cocker Spaniel design by Judy and Dave Peterson
word art design by Steve Good

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Gary

tgamel · Post by **tgamel** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:37 pm

I bought a 1983 Shopsmith Mark V 500 w/bandsaw and joiner, but no wood work. Have to clean, lubricate and align tomorrow...

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:41 pm

wa2crk wrote:Maybe not too much woodworking but how about "plastic working"
A bunch of seam rippers for the wife's friends and gifts.

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How do they work? Where did you get the metal parts?

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Sooooo how much wood working did you do this weekend?

Sooooo how much wood working did you do this weekend?

A couple of little time eating piddley projects