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Winter Projects
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thunderbirdbat
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Winter Projects
My husband asked me to make him a collapsible stool that he would be able to be stored in a vehicle to take to different work areas. He works on the airport navigation system so his equipment is spread all over the place with a lot of it being outside. He wanted something that would allow him to sit down while working on repairing it but not take up a lot of storage space. The taller one is about 24" tall and the short one is about 16". The taller one was my prototype that he decided he would also use. After I made the taller one, he tells me he wants one about table chair height instead of workbench height. I used square wire lock pins on lanyards to fasten the parts together for portability and storage.
My daughter asked for a small catapult for her birthday. It is about 2" tall by 5" long.
My daughter asked for a small catapult for her birthday. It is about 2" tall by 5" long.
Brenda
1998 510 upgraded to a 520, upgraded to power pro with double tilt and lift assist.
1998 bandsaw
2016 beltsander
jointer
overarm pin router
1998 510 upgraded to a 520, upgraded to power pro with double tilt and lift assist.
1998 bandsaw
2016 beltsander
jointer
overarm pin router
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rjent
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Re: Winter Projects
How cool it that! The stools are amazing and the catapult .... I want one! LOL
Nice work Brenda!
Nice work Brenda!
Dick
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Winter Projects
I like them!
Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!
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BuckeyeDennis
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Re: Winter Projects
I oughta make a stool like that for my shop. I don’t use one a lot, so a stool usually just takes up space. But on occasion, I do want to sit and think.
Re: Winter Projects
Very nice!
BTW, my late father also worked on airport navigation/beacon equipment. It was a different sort of work that (for the particular stuff he supported) not everyone wanted to undertake. He actually would drive up from lower Illinois to way up Iowa-way to support certain fields.
Unique chairs like you have done would have been right up his alley. Also, for the field closest to his house, he found a way to comply with "low vegetation near the building" regulations by growing certain vegetables in circles around the round building off the airstrip. The veggies didn't shoot up like the native grasses...
Chris
BTW, my late father also worked on airport navigation/beacon equipment. It was a different sort of work that (for the particular stuff he supported) not everyone wanted to undertake. He actually would drive up from lower Illinois to way up Iowa-way to support certain fields.
Unique chairs like you have done would have been right up his alley. Also, for the field closest to his house, he found a way to comply with "low vegetation near the building" regulations by growing certain vegetables in circles around the round building off the airstrip. The veggies didn't shoot up like the native grasses...
Chris
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thunderbirdbat
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Re: Winter Projects
The stools were made using construction grade 3/4" plywood scraps laying around the shop. I know that I put way more dowels than needed in the taller stool but I had just received the new Jessem doweling jig, I wanted to try. I figured that stool would be staying in the shop. The legs do have a slight taper to them so the base is larger than the top but I did not measure it. Each side tapered in 1 1/2" from the bottom. I used the taller stool as a template to get the same taper on the smaller one. The holes are just to decrease the weight. The seats are 12" square that I rounded the corners on and then the top edge. I deliberately put the lock pins in about the center of the legs to be used to carry the chairs. Paint was was just what I had extra from a previous project.
Chris, the work is spread out as one work center is responsible for multiple airports and some of the outer markers can be over 20 miles from the end of the runways.
The catapult is made up of scrap pieces as well. Rjent, let me get my notes together on making it and I will get them to you.
Chris, the work is spread out as one work center is responsible for multiple airports and some of the outer markers can be over 20 miles from the end of the runways.
The catapult is made up of scrap pieces as well. Rjent, let me get my notes together on making it and I will get them to you.
Brenda
1998 510 upgraded to a 520, upgraded to power pro with double tilt and lift assist.
1998 bandsaw
2016 beltsander
jointer
overarm pin router
1998 510 upgraded to a 520, upgraded to power pro with double tilt and lift assist.
1998 bandsaw
2016 beltsander
jointer
overarm pin router
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rjent
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Re: Winter Projects
Thanks Brenda! I have just the kid to give one to. It will drive his mother nuts LOLthunderbirdbat wrote:The stools were made using construction grade 3/4" plywood scraps laying around the shop. I know that I put way more dowels than needed in the taller stool but I had just received the new Jessem doweling jig, I wanted to try. I figured that stool would be staying in the shop. The legs do have a slight taper to them so the base is larger than the top but I did not measure it. Each side tapered in 1 1/2" from the bottom. I used the taller stool as a template to get the same taper on the smaller one. The holes are just to decrease the weight. The seats are 12" square that I rounded the corners on and then the top edge. I deliberately put the lock pins in about the center of the legs to be used to carry the chairs. Paint was was just what I had extra from a previous project.
Chris, the work is spread out as one work center is responsible for multiple airports and some of the outer markers can be over 20 miles from the end of the runways.
The catapult is made up of scrap pieces as well. Rjent, let me get my notes together on making it and I will get them to you.
Dick
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
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robinson46176
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Re: Winter Projects
Very nice, shows thinking.
If you want to keep him on his toes make those pegs up through the seat a lot taller and sharpen them...
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If you want to keep him on his toes make those pegs up through the seat a lot taller and sharpen them...
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
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JPG
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Re: Winter Projects
Are we speaking of 'omnis'?
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Re: Winter Projects
JPG, for my part, yesJPG wrote:Are we speaking of 'omnis'?
Here is a vintage photo of my Dad in the 1960's. War-Surplus equipment has just been brought on-line at the local airport. They are standing inside the corrugated omni building. Dad did the bring-up work (on the left); and the regulatory guys are on the right.
(sorry for the thread derail...)
Chris
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