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2018-07-02
02 July
By Mark Dennehy
On Jul 2, 2018
In Shed, Woodworking, Workbench
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I can see clearly now…

It’s entirely possible only other people who do woodwork in tiny, tiny sheds will understand the unbelievable awesomeness of what’s on my bench at the moment.

I even gave it a coat of BLO&turps since I have no idea when I’ll next see it that clear again.

Now I just need to tidy up down by its right front leg so I can stand in front of the end vice and I might be able to plane the sides of the bookshelf project without swearing too much…

Also, I need to have a rule in the shed that I will never ever ever ever again put a box or box-like container on the bench for just five minutes to hold one or two small things out of the way.… Read the rest

2018-06-10
10 June
By Mark Dennehy
On Jun 10, 2018
In Finishing, Japanese Toolbox, Locker, Woodworking
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Plugging away…

So first things first, take the clamps off and see if the hide glue cured…

Not too bad, lots of squeezeout in places but I can deal with that.

Well, bugger. I thought I had that better aligned than that and there’s no real way to fix it now. Feck.

Clean up the squeezeout and smooth the surfaces. Mostly the #04 with a few pieces done by card scraper. Not too bad.… Read the rest

2018-01-28
28 January
By Mark Dennehy
On Jan 28, 2018
In Shed, Woodworking
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Cleaning down

It's post-project loss-of-traction wheel-spinning time so I guess it's time to clean down the shed and get more tools on the wall...

2018-01-17
17 January
By Mark Dennehy
On Jan 17, 2018
In Baby blanket chest, Woodworking, Workbench
With 2 Comments

Groovin’ right along…

The rails were all prepped and squared last night so today at lunch I hobbled out to the shed and started grooving them with the #044.

First off, checking the position of the groove and the shadow lines (if we have any) with the long rails.

Line up the reference face of the rail with the stile and nick the corner with the marking knife at the edges of the groove on the stile. Then use the marking gauge to run those lines around three of the four edges and reinforcing the lines on the edge with the groove using the cutting gauge.… Read the rest

2017-12-10
10 December
By Mark Dennehy
On Dec 10, 2017
In Side Table, Tools, Woodworking, Workbench
With 0 Comments

Standing upright

Last few days have been the first really cold ones of the year. -2C to -3C in the shed. And work was… somewhat excessive in the last few days so tonight was the first time in the shed in a few days and a to-do list was waiting. So…

Ran a slightly larger drillbit through the aprons to give some flex room for the bolts, and flattened the top of the aprons (I also spent a half-hour before this with the scrub plane and #5 flattening the underneath of the tabletop and hand-cutting the panel to width to trim out the worst of the bandsaw wobble).… Read the rest

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⁣It’s cheap, loud, it vibrates too much. It’ll walk all over the bench if you don’t bolt it to something. It’s as rigid as fresh bread. It’s hilariously underpowered. The chisels are really quite remarkably dull. I have no idea how to store it in the shed (except maybe by disassembling the thing). The chisels are pointy enough to hurt and they’re packed with nothing shielding the pointy bits in an unmarked box that opens from either end and which you’re remarkably likely to tip out into your hand. The faceplate is pure pot metal. The wrenches don’t fit the spindle, just the centers. It feels cheap and not exactly flimsy, but definitely like it won’t survive more than a year or two. It’s an M18x1.5 spindle thread and I’ve no idea if the small cheap chinese chucks would fit or if it has the power to spin them. The odds this thing could turn a bowl big enough to fit two lumps of sugar in are pretty low. ⁣
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