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Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 11:58 am
by idcook
It’s look’n good to me. The contrast is beautiful.
What I think I like most about it, so far, is that it clearly shows the workmanship involved.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 7:47 pm
by nuhobby
Thanks for the encouraging words!
I found out I was missing some pieces of hardware so they've been ordered. In the meantime....
I heard about Scratch Stocks from Jim McCann & Nick Engler at the SS Owners Weekend in 2008; they demonstrated them. While they're simple enough to make yourself, I bought one last year from Hock Tools. This is real nice for cleaning out little beading details; I used it to get the tar-like bits of old finish out of the drawer beads:
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It was time to put on the drawer knobs after the drawer-fronts were planed, 'scratched', and refinished. The 11 drawers were really hard to manipulate in & out while the knobs were removed. Also I wanted to double-check clearances of the new front panel from all the drawers+knobs. Of 14 new knobs, 12 went in perfectly in the old holes. One needed a dab of Loctite, and one hole was bad enough to drill out, plug with wood, and redrill. Starting to look like a chest now!
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Latest
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:35 am
by nuhobby
I've been pretty busy with other stuff lately, including a vacation in which I prepared a few turned pens for folks we were visiting.
Getting down to putting the felt linings in now. The drawers are trickier than the top bin since they have metal bottoms. So I've been using Gorilla Glue as a (sometimes foamy/messy) way to bond felt to metal. One drawer I'll probably redo as a bead of foam got out of control. I can do about 1-2 drawers after work each day:
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:20 pm
by JPG
nuhobby wrote:I've been pretty busy with other stuff lately, including a vacation in which I prepared a few turned pens for folks we were visiting.
Getting down to putting the felt linings in now. The drawers are trickier than the top bin since they have metal bottoms. So I've been using Gorilla Glue as a (sometimes foamy/messy) way to bond felt to metal. One drawer I'll probably redo as a bead of foam got out of control. I can do about 1-2 drawers after work each day:
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You need more glue!
Gee, can I send you my naugahyde(or whatever) chest for 'refurbing'?:D:D:D:D:D
Just kidding. Too much nostalgia for that. Inherited(with over 100# of contents) it from a dear friend.
Light of Day!
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:24 pm
by nuhobby
I'm finally ready to move on! This nephew will receive his chest in July:
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:48 pm
by beeg
Looking GOOD there. Very NICE work.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:55 pm
by JPG
beeg wrote:Looking GOOD there. Very NICE work.
As usual!!!!!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:24 am
by fitzhugh
This was one of the projects that first caught my eye when I found this forum and I live seeing it because there are just so many cool things going. I love the chest, especially your bringing it back to life. I always thought machinist's chests were sheet metal. Just never thought through that they weren't always that way.
Anyhow, congrats and thanks for sharing!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:27 am
by JPG
fitzhugh wrote:This was one of the projects that first caught my eye when I found this forum and I live seeing it because there are just so many cool things going. I love the chest, especially your bringing it back to life. I always thought machinist's chests were sheet metal. Just never thought through that they weren't always that way.
Anyhow, congrats and thanks for sharing!
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Never seed one!
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:16 am
by fitzhugh
I Just meant the many drawered metal tool chests that are distantly similar... Meaning I was missing the whole idea.
