mickyd's Woodworking Projects

[mickyd]

Hey Mike!
Thanks for the offer of glass, but I think that I am going to recycle some old picture glass and do a plain acid etch. My rails are coming along nicely. I am only making 1 lantern. I had an old piece of wood (Cherry I think) I cut the cherry to about 15" long and used my fence to cut the strips. I cut a 1/16" groove down the middle of my rails and glued a strip of Walnut in them. I sanded them flush with a drum sander in the quill.
Mark
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I made a couple extra, 'cause if I didn't, I would screw one up!

Man, you don't let any grass grow under your feet now do you?? Nice job. I really like that contrasting walnut insert. Adds a nice visual effect. You'll be gluing up before I even finish my ZCI!!!. Microwave vs. a slow cooker!!!

[mickyd]

Hey Mike!
Thanks for the offer of glass, but I think that I am going to recycle some old picture glass and do a plain acid etch. My rails are coming along nicely. I am only making 1 lantern. I had an old piece of wood (Cherry I think) I cut the cherry to about 15" long and used my fence to cut the strips. I cut a 1/16" groove down the middle of my rails and glued a strip of Walnut in them. I sanded them flush with a drum sander in the quill.
Mark
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I made a couple extra, 'cause if I didnt, I would screw one up!

Man, you don't let any grass grow under your feet now do you?? Nice job. I really like that contrasting walnut insert. Adds a nice visual effect. You'll be gluing up before I even finish my ZCI!!!. Microwave vs. a slow cooker!!!

[judaspre1982]

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How about the white Ed. What kind of fastening is going on there?

Hi,

That is the sketchup item I used to locate the holes in the two components (green and yellow) so I could see where to put the holes in them... I guess there are other ways but this works.

I was planning on finding some military surplus hardware from a SR71 that had been wiped with a chlorine treated towel, so far no luck.

Ed

[iclark]

I was planning on finding some military surplus hardware from a SR71 that had been wiped with a chlorine treated towel, so far no luck.

ooo!:eek: be careful! titanium doesn't like weak chemical solutions:rolleyes:

sorry to the thread purists - I just could not resist.

[mickyd]

Finally, some significant sawdust off the Mark 5!!! Managed to get my 21 linear feet of 1/4" x 1/2" x 8" mahogany 'lumber' for the candle lanterns cut last night. Put a little fork lift on the side of this pile and you'd think the stuff was huge.
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Because of the narrow width strips, I had to first make up a zero clearance insert. Found some .250"x4"x24" poplar at Home Depot. ($2.50). Traced the outline of the table insert onto it and cut it out on the jigsaw / table saw. I made up the ‘shoe’ style push stick suggested by shipwright prior to the table saw work.
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This style push stick worked great. I felt real comfortable using it. Need to get in the habit of keeping three fingers on the other side of the fence as I pushed the stock through.


Based on the 'no cut' advise, I opted to not resaw the 4" width into 1/4" thicknesses. Instead, I cut strips. Since I only had 3 pieces of the 4"x8"x13/16" stock, I had to minimize waste by first ripping 1/2" wide full thickness strips then ripping the full thickness strip into the final 1/4" thickness, flipping the strip, and cutting the other side, leaving the center 1/8" as waste. Again, with the ‘shoe’ pushstick, very controllable. Notice my handheld featherboard alternative.
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Thanks to all that posted methods in this post. It was interesting to see the various methods members come up with. It really showed that there is more that one way to skin a cat.

[beeg]

It really showed that there is more that one way to skin a cat.

PLEASE DO KNOT use that expression here. Someone's SWMBO belongs to P.E.T.A. And ya know what "they" want for Pa. Phil.

[mickyd]

PLEASE DO KNOT use that expression here. Someone's SHMBO belongs to P.I.T.A. And ya know what "they" want for Pa. Phil.

'Cat' is short for uh....uh.....cat-o-ninetail....ya, that's the ticket! I love P.I.T.A.!! Especially with tuna, lettuce, and tomatoes.

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Coool!! Making sawdust

[joedw00]

Doesn't P.I.T.A. stand for Pacific International Trapshooting Association