tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12139974049576760322024-01-19T22:11:05.981-08:00Second Wind WorkshopPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-64868245109639972662014-11-03T21:56:00.000-08:002014-11-03T21:56:32.196-08:00Yet Another Clean Slate
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Its official…we have a new house and a new space for a
workshop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m out of the basement and
back in the garage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be giving up some
floor space compared to the Colorado workshop, however, this two car garage has
some nice natural light and ten foot high ceilings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ll need to replace the band saw, drill press and air
compressor I sold when we left Colorado, so it looks like there is some
shopping in my future to make building up another shop even more fun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some other nice features include a storage attic with ladder
access and a dedicated electrical panel.</span></div>
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install a dedicated AC (and dehumidifier) system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ll try to make as many of the tools as mobile as possible
and will run as high as I can with shelving and storage racks on the
walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house and garage are both concrete
block construction, so I’ll need to learn about tapping into the structure to
secure everything to the walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any tips
from those with similar shops would be greatly appreciated!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our goods are currently stored in two moving pods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll receive the first pod, with most of our
household goods, in two days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second
pod with the rest of the household goods and the workshop’s tools (and some
choice lumber I wasn’t willing to part with) will arrive the following day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While it is fun to start with a blank canvas it’s still a
lot of work and the actual woodworking is still a little ways off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
keep you all posted on the progress and will rely on your, always generous,
comments and feedback as we bring The Second Wind Workshop back to life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wish us good luck, steady hands and strong backs this week!</span></div>
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</span>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-44449433484535124172014-09-06T00:04:00.000-07:002014-09-06T00:04:19.943-07:00A New Shop on the Horizon
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s been four and a half months since we left beautiful
Colorado for sunny Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
great opportunity was afforded me with my company and so we’ve relocated for
the third time in just the last five years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Life is certainly full of adventures…be sure you’re taking them!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While settling into my new role we’ve been researching schools
and house hunting for a place to settle the wandering Harbins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve finally landed on a home in the
school district we were targeting…a townhouse in Jupiter, FL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aside from a short stint in an apartment when
we were first married, we’ve always owned a single family home.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But you want to hear about this new shop!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of new changes in that arena as
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shop in Colorado was my first
foray into woodworking in the basement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have to say that I really enjoyed that shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a walk-out basement, so it was very accessible,
and the ease of temperature control was really nice for year-round woodworking.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I will find myself back in the
garage, as I was in New Mexico and Minnesota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The biggest change, and challenge, I foresee will be in
dealing with climate control. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
Minnesota could see higher humidity levels at certain times of the year, it’s
not even close to what I’ve already felt here during the Florida summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new shop will exist in a detached two car
garage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does have its own small electrical
panel, so while I won’t be able to link off the home’s AC I should be able to
install a small, stand-alone system to control both temperature and humidity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We should close on the house in late October, so my tools
will just have to wait in their moving pod for just a bit longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To any fellow Floridian woodworkers out there…I
sure would appreciate any tips you have on wood movement and tool protection
that you’ve picked up along your own journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s been too long and I can’t wait to get back at it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m sure you can’t wait to see another
series of blog entries of me setting up a shop again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is starting to become my “thing!”</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-8950114880739588612014-04-26T23:03:00.000-07:002014-04-26T23:03:39.467-07:00On the Wind…Again!
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know it’s been really quiet here on the blog and in the
workshop lately…OK, so for the last couple months!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shop time has been pretty scarce as I was
pursuing another career opportunity with my company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The good news is that I was successful, and
that means another relocation for the family and the workshop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Harbin family and the Second Wind
Workshop will be on the move from beautiful Colorado to sunny Florida!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Denver</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There aren’t too many basements in Florida though so it
looks like I’ll be back in the garage again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
I probably won't need that space heater anymore either! </span>Any tips from the Florida woodworkers out there?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m already assuming lots of paste wax on the
big tools and oil on the hand tools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And so it goes without saying (of course I’m getting ready
to say it) that my box-a-week challenge will have to be put on hold until we’re
completely moved and we have a new shop…er…house!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before winding things down I was able to
knock out quite a few boxes to leave behind as gifts for many of the amazing
folks I’ve worked with here in the West, some for most of my 11 years with the
company on this side of the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It always
feels good to gift something you’ve designed and built.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’ll probably be another couple months before I’m back in
my own work space again, so I’ll have to feed my woodworking habit through all the
great content that so many amazing woodworkers post online for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep it coming guys!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Pete</span></div>
Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-18032027214689281242014-01-26T23:40:00.000-08:002014-01-27T00:06:21.667-08:00Not the Boxes You're Looking For<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At the end of the week, near the end of the game the score
is Wenge – 1 and Pete – 0.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This week’s box (three boxes actually) was intended to be a
small Wenge box with a Marblewood sliding lid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The corner joinery was to be a half-lap/shoulder scheme with Maple dowel
pegs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week has actually been a
painful lesson in the highly difficult nature of working with Wenge, especially
when it is quarter sawn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As beautiful as
it is to look at it, is a chipping, splintering, almost shattering nightmare…or
I just need more practice and patience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Surely it’s the wood’s fault though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With all the pieces milled to size, I had set about to start
with the joinery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First I set up a 1/8 inch straight bit in the router table
to cut a stopped rabbet into the bottom of each box side to receive an inset
lid, another first for me on this project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These went fairly well, however a few passes on some test
pieces gave me quite a scare with some serious chipping at the end of the cuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The real struggle came when cutting the shoulders of the
corner joints.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A sharp, flat-toothed
grind blade with the support of a crosscut sled was not enough.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Severing the wood fibers with a marking knife
was not enough.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even cutting a line with
a chisel and then paring some relief to that line was not enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Despite several different efforts this testy wood did not
cooperate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Almost all of the pieces experienced tear-out and
splintering on the inside faces of the shoulder joints.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even with several extra pieces handy, there
were not enough to make even one clean box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In a last defiant push, I was able to thumb my nose at Wenge
and salvage enough from the carnage to build this all-Wenge lift lid box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The corners are mitered and pegged with Maple
dowels, located in the same orientation as the original intended shoulder
joints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sliding Marblewood lid is
replaced with a Wenge lift lid slab, and even the bottom (which was intended to
be a Baltic Birch inset panel, covered in felt) is solid Wenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m still torn on the title for this one…either
“Black Box” or “Take that Wenge!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It wasn’t a pretty outing this week, but I do believe I’ve
settled the score…until we meet again!</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pete</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let’s take a quick walk through the construction of the <a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2014/01/in-box-out-of-box.html">Bottomless
Box</a>. To emphasize the nature of openness
and exposure I opted to forgo the front panel of this box. Perhaps another exercise could be to completely
skin all but bottom and allow the exposure to be experienced in an object’s
form behind the paper skin, or in shadow from a light behind or within the box…hmmm,
better sketch that one out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being inspired by a stick-form design and box kites, I
decided to use a small collection of Cherry “sticks” I had milled up for a
previous project several years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The chosen joinery is the half lap. I used my crosscut sled to index all the
measurements and cut the joints with a 1/8 inch flat grind rip blade.</span></div>
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the sled to cut the next series of half-laps.</span></div>
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back sides. The point at which the top
and back pieces meet makes for an interesting joint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That small opening between the two stretchers will serve as
a “glimpse” into the box when viewed from the back of the side. (Perhaps I could add these to the front panel
as well, making the box and its contents a little more mysterious but not
completely hidden.) Once all of the
parts had been glued together I got to sanding.</span></div>
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semi-transparent, almost frosted paper.
I found this Elmer’s Glue Tape that ended up working out brilliantly for
fastening the paper to the stick frame.</span></div>
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reveal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really enjoyed this exercise of stretching the design and
purpose of an object. With another 49
boxes on the docket for 2014 I can see myself taking this journey again…soon!</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-12905068185942858752014-01-20T04:07:00.000-08:002014-01-20T04:07:51.814-08:00In the Box - Out of the Box<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago I was challenged by a twitter exchange
with Chris Wong of </span><a href="http://www.flairwoodworks.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Flair Woodworks</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">
in which he posed the question, “What is the value of a box that doesn’t have a
bottom?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An interesting avenue to
explore for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I did some research on whether any value or use has ever
been identified in a bottomless box and came up with only a few results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most findings were of boxes in which the
bottom was missing, removed or destroyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was able to find several engineering applications in which a chamber
(box) incorporated an open bottom, usually for the purpose of modifying and/or exchanging
fluids or gases…interesting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In light of my challenge to build a box each week through 2014,
I really wanted to follow this opportunity to stretch myself and take on this
bottomless box question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I think about
the boxes I’ve built, of boxes by others who have inspired me, and just the
innate, raw purpose of a box…I always come back to the same thought, that boxes
are designed to protect or conceal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
usually go out of our way to box things that are important to us because we don’t
want to see them damaged or stolen, or maybe to keep some very personal things
private, even secret.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In considering a bottomless box it’s almost like identifying
the exact opposite functionality of a box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Without a bottom a box is incapable of carrying and protecting contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could flip the box over, but then it
wouldn’t be a bottomless box, and without a top it wouldn’t do a very good job
of concealing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So other than gas…why
would one build a bottomless box?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How about to fly?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Box Kites were one of the few examples I found of a
bottomless box with a purpose, and its structure gave me some inspiration in
how to consider my own design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Follow me along the trail of considering that a bottomless
box would serve in a manner directly contradicting the form and purpose of
boxes as we understand them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if
that was the gist of the design?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if
I have something special that I don’t want to protect and hide, but rather expose
and share?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Consider this box kite inspired, bottomless box…designed to
display its contents through an open front.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What purpose would it serve to create a box that can be
dropped over the top of an item already in full view?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why place an open box form over a picture selected
and framed for display?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Perhaps, when you consider the motivation for placing an
item inside a box, the purpose of the bottomless box becomes the emphasis on
how important the contents are.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">By
placing the box over this picture of my family, taken when our youngest son was
born, I’m communicating that this picture is so important to me that I would want
to keep it secure and protected, yet I desire to share it with everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One could find themselves thinking a similar away about
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A favorite item…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Maybe a box for your boxes…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A present from a foreign land…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While there are few things I would tweak in making something
like this again, it was really fun to break out of the box (sorry, had to do
it) a bit and consider objects and purpose in a new way.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ll share the construction details in a follow-up
post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks for following my exploration
of the bottomless box, and be sure to follow Chris on twitter (@FlairWoodworks)…who
knows where that guy will lead you?!</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-76423020082119061952014-01-13T00:17:00.000-08:002014-01-13T00:17:24.146-08:00Which Box?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This week’s box plan had changed several times over the
course of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was originally
going to try my first sliding lid box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
spent an evening mulling over various wood species, contrasting colors and
grains, as well as size and design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then it happened…it was just a short Twitter conversation
with Chris Wong of </span><a href="http://www.flairwoodworks.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Flair Woodworks</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">
that set me off on another path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris
asked, “What is the value of a box that doesn’t have a bottom?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, that got me thinking!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you who don’t know Chris…he asks
a lot of those types of questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(His
website is also definitely worth a look!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With this interesting thought rattling around in my noggin,
I set out to consider a box with no bottom and what purpose it might
serve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Queue eerie foreshadowing music
here…)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While my intent was to pursue
this bottomless box, I had another project awaiting completion that I also put
my mind and hands to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was making good progress on both projects, with the
bottomless experiment being conducted with some left over sticks of Cherry from
a previous endeavor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I’m now about 70% where I want to be with this exploration
and have a significant amount of the construction completed…not ready for prime
time this week though.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I gave up some
Sunday shop time to go help my brother-in-law with some really big boxes…kitchen
cabinets!</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I even got to build a jig and
put the Lie Nielson No 4 ½ bench plane into action.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Alder cabinets look great in their kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Undaunted though…I do present a completed box for this week’s
challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here we have another offering
from those old salvaged dressers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
box is Oak with Cherry corner keys and a Karelian Birch veneered panel in the
lid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That Karelian Birch piece is from
my first attempts at pressing veneers (</span><a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/06/pressing-matters.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pressing
Matters</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">) and veneering onto a substrate (</span><a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/06/first-veneered-panels.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First
Veneered Panels</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feel free to check
out my previous links. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used those processes several times with
great results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proof that you don’t need
to spend a lot of money to start using veneers on a small scale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I chose red felt to line the bottom, and the finish is hand
rubbed Danish Oil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This box is designed to hold a break-down candle holder,
also constructed from the recycled Oak dressers. (</span><a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/09/break-it-down.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Break
it Down</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is room for the disassembled candle holder and half dozen
tea-light candles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Stay tuned to find out what happens when the bottom falls
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-4443906497426695792014-01-05T16:02:00.000-08:002014-01-05T16:02:58.162-08:00Box-a-Week Challenge - Number 1
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wrapped up the first box in my 2014 Box-a-Week Challenge yesterday…after
a heavy dose of shoveling snow!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This offering was built with the Oak I salvaged from some
old dressers that belonged to Jill’s parents and grandparents.</span><br />
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<a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/07/let-recycling-begin.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Let
the Recycling Begin</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The corners are mitered with Walnut keys and the lid includes
a Maple burl veneered panel. My original intent was to attach the lid with some
5mm barrel hinges, however I ended up settling on some basic brass hinges I was
able to find at Home Depot.</span></div>
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attempt to align them precisely.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There must have been the tiniest amount of slop in the fit,
or just enough offset when the jig was reversed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I tested the hinges…</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fortunately I had some Walnut dowels and was able to fill
the attempts at the barrel hinges…matching the Walnut corner keys quite nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The box bottom is lined with green felt. Not only do I like the look of the felt in the bottom, I like the way it changes the sound of the box when it's being closed.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The finish is three coats of hand buffed Danish Oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really warms up the Oak, but also brings
it into the same tone as the veneered lid panel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next time I use that veneer, I’ll couple it
with another wood of a stronger contrast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We’ll see how long this box survives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I write this Denver is covered in snow and
we are without a furnace (motor has seen its last days) so the fireplace is
blazing and the space heaters are cranking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is 6 degrees out right now with an overnight low of -1 expected, but
we’re holding up pretty well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
furnace tech will be back tomorrow to replace the motor and save this box from
becoming fuel!</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-77412916165799332542013-12-29T23:22:00.000-08:002013-12-29T23:22:01.513-08:002014 Box Challenge
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As a way to celebrate my 100<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> blog post and ring
in the new year, I’ve decided to give myself a woodworking challenge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some of my favorite projects to build have always been
boxes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a great way to practice
techniques and joinery on a small scale, they make use of smaller scraps and
off-cuts of what is sometimes expensive wood, and they make great gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The boxes I have made over the past few years
have given me my first exposure to topics like keyed miter joints, veneering,
inlay and bent lamination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There is just something about a box that invites a story, or
the expectation of a story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost
everyone I know has some old box (or other container) floating around in their
possessions that belonged to someone special, perhaps preceding them by two or three
generations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Acknowledging that the
United States is still a fairly young country, many of us have relatives that
came to these shores from all over the world…usually with very little…about
what might fit in, say, a small box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We have stories of our grandparents and great grandparents
coming to the U.S. with a sack of clothes and a small collection of precious
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe they were pictures…medals
of family heroes…a special piece of jewelry...a rock, twig or leaf from “home”...maybe even the only few
cents to their name, tucked lovingly into a little box that hid in that sack of
clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their careful selections of
those choice items that meant the most to them traveled across the world,
protected by wood, leather, cardboard or tin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The thought that I might build a box that serves someone well beyond
their own years is very inspiring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve never been a New Year’s Resolution kind of guy, but I
do have a desire to spend more productive time in the shop doing things that
inspire me…so, I’m challenging myself to build a new box every week throughout
2014 and give them all away as gifts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve got a little bit of a cheater’s head-start in that I
have a few unfinished box projects in various stages of works to help get my
mojo going again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll start with knocking those out first and
then move on to new designs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Stay tuned for Box #1 to be revealed on Sunday, January 5<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"I think that
I’m fairly proud of the fact that I have not changed because of material
conditions – that I have not adapted myself to the marketplace and said, “I’ve
got to make things that I can sell,” instead of “I’ve got to make things that I
can like and other people hopefully will like.” In other words, I can still
look in the mirror and the guy I see there – he’s not good looking, but he’s
still the same guy I used to know."</b> – James Krenov</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Over the years, as I’ve read more and more about Old Jim, I’ve
really come to appreciate his humor, his insight into doing what you love and his
take on drawing your own line in the sand about what’s important to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A journey through those first few chapters of
“A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook” reveals Jim’s humble beginnings. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tight budgets and tight spaces were a common
theme as he launched himself on his woodworking adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The fact that he emphasizes not playing to the market sort
of flies in the face of most of the sales and marketing advice we often hear…especially
when trying to keep the lights on and your belly fed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His tact even strays from what many have
taken as business gospel…find a need and fill that need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While many successful endeavors have been launched
in that vein, Jim takes things in another direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His life was a focused effort in perfecting
the construction of designs that spoke to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In doing so he created works of art that celebrated and honored the
material for himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resulting
pieces were then admired and desired by many.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Did Jim actually, unwittingly, find and fill a need as dictated
by the market…or did he produce works with so much passion in the craft he
loved that the results couldn’t be anything less than amazing to those who saw and
bought them?</span></div>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/mbfhjxx"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Krenov Part 1</span></a></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-1793662294453712692013-11-21T13:44:00.000-08:002013-11-21T13:44:32.936-08:00Getting Ready for the Woodworking Show
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This weekend the Woodworking Show comes to Denver and I’m
looking forward to a little extra time off from work and down in the shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a busy few months and the show
comes at just the right time to recharge my woodworking mojo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The snow is falling and I’m home today as we
have a new garage door being installed as I write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The show doors open tomorrow at noon…only 21
more hours to wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve been browsing this year’s seminar list and am excited
to see that show stalwart Jim Heavey (Wood Magazine) will be in full swing with
three different talks on cabinet construction, doors and drawers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s, by far, one of the best reasons to
attend the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back again this year is Andy Chidwick (The
Woodworking Coach.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really enjoyed his
talks at the last show on design, creativity and sculptural work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s good to see him on the docket
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andy lends a spark of creativity
and credibility to the show that was beginning to fade out a few years back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The schedule is rounded out nicely with the
likes of Roland Johnson (Fine Woodworking), Bradley McCalister and Bob Settich
(what woodworking magazine has this guy not written for?!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have no problem filling a few days
with seminars and a lot of pages with notes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I review the list of classes/seminars, I spy several new
faces that I’m looking forward to seeing as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year Marc Adams (Marc Adams School of
Woodworking) has signed on and is making his way around the country with the
show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His talks are a full three hours
(four different topics) and are paid seminars for an additional cost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I haven’t decided yet, but I am considering
attending one of his sessions…”Methods of Woodworking” or “Joinery.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cost is $50 per session, but hey…it’s
Marc Adams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’m also looking forward to visiting the turning area of the
show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This past Father’s Day I received
some new turning tools that I have yet to try out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be spending some time with the folks
from Easy Wood Tools for some hands-on practice at the lathe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say…the tool vendors will be on
hand with all their temptations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray
for me…my wallet…the boy’s college funds…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Three years ago I blogged about being a little disappointed with
the show when I was finally able to attend them up in Minnesota (</span><a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2010/12/not-so-big-show.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The
Not So Big Show</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">) however, there has been quite a spark of redemption
starting with the last Denver show back in February.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New ownership has really started to revive
excitement around the show and make it an event worth attending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For any of you fellow Coloradans planning to
attend the show, hit me up in the comments here to let me know when you’ll be
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m planning on attending all three
days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The guys are almost done with our new garage door…let the
long woodworking weekend begin!</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-82941181281531249732013-09-08T01:49:00.000-07:002013-09-08T01:49:42.887-07:00Nihon no surudoi nomi!
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I really hope Google Translate can be trusted and that
I haven’t just declared that I use goose fat for deodorant or that I drive a
hairdryer to work...only one of which is true.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago I took my first crack at using
barrel hinges on an Oak box project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
measurements were just a hair off so the lid didn’t line up perfectly with the
box when closed.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After kicking the cast iron base of the drill
press...much harder than my foot by the way...I set my mind to salvaging the
box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, there is a pretty spiffy
looking Maple burl, veneered panel in the lid.</span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Because the
offset is so slight one’s eye cannot really tell that the positions of the
holes aren’t symmetrical, so I opted to plug the holes with Walnut dowels to
match the corner key splines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can just
hear Jim Heavey now, telling me to “Shut up!”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After gluing and trimming the dowels I needed to
pare them down flush with the surface of the box wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The box material is only 3/8 of an inch thick
so I didn’t want to risk any rocking with a block or chisel plane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, I reached for my nihon no surudoi
nomi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To you, that means I pared down those
dowels with razor sharp Japanese chisels...or a hair dryer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s been a while since I used my Japanese chisels
as my Marples and Stanleys are the go-to chisels out on the bench.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I chose the Japanese chisels because of the
position of the blade in relation to the handle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the length of the chisel iron to
ride flat along the wall of the box and allow for some control to skew and draw
the edge across the end of the dowel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>They
cut like a dream!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even end-grain
Walnut was no match for these keen wonders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then it hit me...I had snapped a few photos a while back when I was
sharpening and setting the hoops on the handles and still hadn’t shared them
here on the blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So grab some popcorn,
sit back, relax and enjoy the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, maybe don’t sit back too far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You still have to read and work that scrolly, wheely, thingy to see the
pictures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Setting the hoops onto the handles has to be one of
the most frustrating tool prep exercises I’d ever done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read the booklet that came with the chisels
and did some follow-up research online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The process of hammering the sides of the handles to compress the wood
so that the hoops could slide onto the end...not very effective for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I was a little too impatient, but I was
really wailing on one of those handles and it didn’t seem to have much effect
at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ended up using a carving knife
to sneak up on just the right width for each handle, followed by some very
light sanding.</span></span></div>
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the handle protruding past the hoop, I was able to use the hammer to preen the
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With the ends set, it was on to flattening the
backs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the unique features of
Japanese chisels is the hollowed back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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process is pretty quick compared to western chisels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used the sandpaper on glass method...Scary
Sharp!</span></span><br />
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with sandpaper on glass or water stones...that is until the Work Sharp
3000!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds like something from the
late night infomercials in Robocop, but it works great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t get it for a dollar though.</span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Another difference with Japanese chisels is in the
make-up of the chisel iron.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are
actually two layers of steel, one hard (at the cutting edge) and one softer
(along the top of the iron.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had to be
extra careful using the Work Sharp to avoid heating the softer layer too
quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a little longer than
when sharpening my western style chisels, but the edges came out razor
sharp...or covered in goose fat, depending on translation.</span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Included in my set is a very thin, 3mm (less than
1/8 of an inch) chisel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one did not
fare so well on the Work Sharp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
temper is fine, so no damage done to the steel itself, but the end is no longer
square. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can also just make out a bit
of a facet in the surface of the edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll
have to rig up a jig to hold the narrow iron and fix this one on the sandpaper
or water stones.</span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I said...they cut like a dream!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those Walnut dowels never had a chance, and no
unsightly gouges or scratches left in the surface of the Oak.</span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They also served me well a couple months ago when
trimming some Wenge inlay banding on another box project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was face-grain, but Wenge can be very
splintery and unforgiving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just look at
those smooth shaving curls.</span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I had trimmed the inlays down quite a bit with block
and chisel planes and then fine tuned the final cuts with the hair dryer...uh,
Japanese chisels!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was fortunate enough to acquire this set several
years ago at a special discount price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
the time I thought it was a bit frivolous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the end though, I’ve come to appreciate the unique qualities of these
chisels and on many occasions they have been just the right tool for the
job...and they make my armpits smell terrific!</span></span></div>
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</span>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-46238795038300407152013-08-18T15:31:00.001-07:002013-08-18T15:31:04.102-07:00You can never have too many, well you know.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One thing is for sure…the longer you’re a woodworker, the
more and more clamps you’ll accumulate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They come as gifts, they tempt you on the shelves in stores, you see
Norm using them on TV…and then somebody online shares a link to a sale or a
once-in-a-lifetime coupon for so much off that it would be financially
irresponsible for you to not buy them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I had amassed quite a little collection, and believe it or
not, I actually found myself coming up short on a few glue-ups over the years…especially
once I started pressing some veneered panels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s not that we don’t have a lot of clamps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s that we usually don’t have a lot of any
particular clamp when we really “need” them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Due to a massive sale many years ago I was able to acquire quite a pile
of Bessey K-Body Parallel clamps…and I do mean massive…think 75% off the normal
price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like I said, I didn’t want to be
financially irresponsible...so I may have bought a dozen...or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fast forward a few more years…a few birthdays and
Christmases later…then layer on another stack of clamps that I brought home
from Dad’s old shop a couple months ago, and you just might be thinking, “If
anyone has enough clamps now, it’s that knucklehead Pete!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I won’t even try to argue with you…well, not until that next
project comes along that finds me scrambling for just the right clamps to
execute a “precision” glue-up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yesterday I finally got tired of moving stacks of clamps
around the shop from place to place when I needed to work, or kicking over
those that were leaning up against the bench or cabinets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free wall space is starting to become a rare commodity
in the shop, but I was able to tuck another rack in for some of the shorter
K-Bodies and UniKlamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This freed up a little space on the existing wall rack to be
a bit more organized with the various sizes of clamps that seem to be
multiplying in my shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Previously, I had been keeping the long K-Bodies (40 and 50
inch) on rolling clamp racks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were
great in the big, garage shop back up in Minnesota, but down here in the
basement shop floor space is becoming almost as precious as that rare, open wall
space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, I found myself frustrated
with having to move these rolling racks around the shop to work…sometimes even
to get from one side of the shop to the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No, that still doesn’t mean I have enough clamps!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At my wit’s end, I looked to the heavens and cried out in desperation…OK,
maybe I was crying because I nailed my shin on that dang clamp cart again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There it was, the answer to my prayer…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A few quick stretchers placed across the ceiling joists, and
voila!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only are those big, heavy
clamps out of the way, but they’re perched quite handily right above the work
table where they’re most likely to be used.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That means that these shin-busting, toe-cracking, knee-biting...uh...I mean wonderfully, useful rolling clamp racks will be finding their way onto Craig's List, to bless the shop of another sucker...er, woodworker!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Side note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrapped
up all this clamp organization and starting writing this entry last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I finish it up today I see that our good
buddy, Tom Iovino, over at </span><a href="http://www.tomsworkbench.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.tomsworkbench.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">
has just posted his weekly poll entry on…you guessed it…clamps!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Head
on over and share your clamp situation in the poll.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have a look at the options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-75283762103499366732013-07-22T00:23:00.000-07:002013-08-30T01:35:53.300-07:00Danger Boy's New Bench<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Since setting up shop almost four years ago at our home in
Minnesota I’ve made a space for our #1 son, Danger Boy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you, there is nothing like
watching your kiddo’s eyes light up when you “get it right” with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between the bench I cobbled together from an
old Gorilla Rack and a generous donation of tools from Grandpa, he just went
nuts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After just a couple short years up in the Great White North,
we packed up and moved to our current home here in Colorado two years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Gorilla workbench came along with us and
fit nicely under one of the windows in our basement workshop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One of the drawbacks of his bench is that it was designed
for a much shorter four year old. Now that he’s pushing eight, you can see that
working with a benchtop at about 20-21 inches high is getting to be a bit of a
problem.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Almost a year ago, my Dad, my boys’ Grandpa passed away…way
too soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/09/god-speed-dad.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">God
Speed Dad</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">About a year or so prior he had shut down his own woodshop
as his breathing became more and more difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Please, if you’re a smoker…stop!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you need help…get it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Dad’s last couple years were laced with
regret that he knew he would be missing so much, and we’re left with a pretty
big hole in our lives, missing our hero.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of the items Dad earmarked for DB was a small Craftsman woodworking
bench that he had placed along the back wall under his tool rack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This last Memorial Day we made the long trek
from Maryland to Colorado and this bench was one of our pieces of precious
cargo.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">About a month ago we made a few repairs to the salvaged drawer
cube and box shelving unit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We placed
the drawers on the bench and secured them in place with some heavy duty carpet
tape, and placed the shelving block on top of an old metal filing cabinet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The boy has quite a bit of storage space with
those drawers, shelves and filing cabinet now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After a bit more shop organization on my part we’ll clear out a space
for him on the lumber rack as well.</span><br />
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wall above the workbench and added another section of pegboard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s a big fan of spring clamps…and it shows!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Eventually, when he’s ready, we’ll add a magnetic tool bar
for some chisels and modify one of the storage cubbies to store his hand
planes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A while back I picked up a Groz
block plane as well as #3 and #4 bench planes for him to get started with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that he’s got a working vise with bench
dogs we may have to start ramping up our hand tool lessons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I get excited with every step he takes in learning something
new in woodworking, and that he seems to enjoy it so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Helping” my Dad was such a key set of
moments for me growing up and it’s a whole other level of joy to be experiencing
it on this side of fatherhood.</span></div>
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space that will allow your budding woodworker to start dreaming up something
amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just don’t be surprised if the
first designs involve four pounds of nails and half a bottle of glue…I know
mine did!</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-79884461917542888592013-07-14T03:12:00.000-07:002013-07-14T03:12:35.224-07:00Pete’s Take on Piet
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This project is a little blast from the past for all my new friends
over at the Mid Century Modern and the Rebuild|Restore|Reproduce groups on
Facebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This piece is an interpretation of Piet Mondrian’s work that
I made over four years ago in my garage woodshop in Albuquerque, NM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has since traveled with us to St. Paul, MN
and now hangs on the wall of our little loft here in Lone Tree, CO.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It all began with a spark of inspiration that occurred at
the Tempe, AZ Ikea store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw these
black, metal CD racks and the thought of using them to mimic the lines in
Mondrian’s work (in 3D) just hit me.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wanted to make a piece that was interactive, so I cut four
panels from some left over cabinet-grade plywood and installed three double
sided cleats on each panel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Stay tuned
to see the cleats in action.)</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then it was on to some VERY careful layout using painter’s
tape and craft paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This process
required some real attention to detail to maintain a specific grid pattern.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hanging the piece requires four small French Cleats all
evenly spaced and level.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Having three double-sided cleats on each panel allows the
piece to be arranged in many different configurations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is where the precision of the cleat
placement and the measured grid of the color fields really pays off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each panel can be placed at differing heights
and can be flipped upside-down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are
a few examples from our old home back in Albuquerque.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Part of the inspiration of using the CD racks was to create
a 3D effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you view the piece from
different points in the room, the “lines of the painting” shift, the color
fields are broken and the wall becomes part of the painting.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I definitely like the piece more on our orange wall here
than on the flat, white wall of our older home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think it adds a new twist with a color that Mondrian did not use in
this series of paintings, and the whole piece just pops off the wall rather
than blending in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thanks for looking, and if you’re interested in one of my
latest pieces that incorporates salvaged shop materials, you can check it out
here…</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-75867280388773816302013-06-29T00:19:00.000-07:002013-06-29T00:19:12.974-07:00Woodworkingless Vacation
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The family is winding down a wonderful week away from it all…including
woodworking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wrangled another family
into joining us up in the mountains of Granby, CO and have had a fantastic time away
from work, TV (except for a couple Stanley Cup games) and hustle and bustle of
the big city.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There were several times throughout the week when I thought
about the shop and the projects that I have in the works, and there were other
times when I would see something that would inspire me and make me want to
tinker with a new idea in the shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those inklings were pushed aside quickly though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as my mind tends to wander off toward
woodworking there was no competition to the amazing things I witnessed on this
trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Mighty Quinn discovered his hiking legs and pushed
through several long adventures like a champ, discovering rocks, bugs, chipmunks
and the oh so natural feel of a stick in your hand while blazing new trails.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He growled like a bear or howled like a Lobo
at any other travelers we encountered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s quite formidable!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Danger Boy lived up to his name and then some.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The boy has very little fear and will dive
into almost anything!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a hard time
keeping up with him at times, and found myself drawn back into my own memories
of tromping through the woods of Maryland and Virginia, or exploring the
deserts and canyons of Nevada and New Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had forgotten so many of my own adventures until this trip, and this
daredevil brought them back to light.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And just when I thought I couldn’t be any more blessed…I
look over to see this stunning beauty sharing this whole experience, living in
these wonderful moments with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My boys
would not be who they are without the grace and love of this amazing woman…shoot,
I wouldn’t be who I am without the grace and love of this amazing woman!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would be three lost knuckleheads for sure!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As you look out over the summer on the horizon, dreaming of
time off to get into your workshop (or studio, or craft room, or dark room…)
make sure there is time to appreciate and celebrate those few people who
inhabit the most special places in your heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sure they’re proud of your hand-cut dovetails, your amazing painting or
that hand woven masterpiece, but what they really crave is time and love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get out of the shop from time to time and be generous
with the time and love…oh, and look at a few mountains along the way too.</span><br />
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-25394573501027714562013-06-22T00:43:00.000-07:002013-06-22T02:09:56.305-07:00The Long Road Home<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The last couple months have been packed with quite a bit of business
travel, however, one trip was very absent of the day job’s influence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few weeks ago I made the trek back east to
Maryland for Memorial Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the
first Memorial Day without the hero of our family…our Dad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My youngest sister lives there in Maryland and
my other sister came up from Georgia so that we could all visit Arlington
together with Mom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We spent a fair bit of time at Dad’s grave remembering,
telling stories, hugging, crying and laughing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The flags were placed at every grave, and off in the distance you could
see the movement of wave after wave of Boy Scouts placing roses on every headstone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I failed to notice the day we laid Dad to
rest…Arlington may be one of the most beautiful places on earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thousands upon thousands of our heroes all
placed in rows that echo the focus and precision with which our bravest lived
their lives…and saved countless others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was in awe.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The second purpose for the journey was to collect many of
the things from Dad’s shop that I would bring home to my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad was a woodworker, a craftsman of skill, precision
and passion…and he taught me at every chance we had together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For almost 20 years every trip back home
included woodworking lessons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times
we would pre-plan weeks before I arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can recall his voice and his words in almost every task I execute in
the workshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My youngest sister was gracious enough to loan me her truck
for the trip back to Colorado, and my Mom and other sister were brave enough to
drive cross country with me to bring this load of precious cargo home…and then
drive back!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot thank them enough
for delivering my Dad’s treasures to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I could proudly list the contents of an entire pick-up bed
of tools, jigs and wood that we brought on our journey, but there was really
only one thing that I needed to come home with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I’m very grateful for routers and
sanders, wood slabs and a mortiser…which I’ll enjoy using for years to come, the
whole, long drive would have been worth it if all that came with me was this…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is where Dad held court in his workshop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I helped him build the doors and frame the
top at his little shop down on the Potomac River almost 20 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This bench cabinet was built to match the
height of the table saw and served as an in-feed surface and storage for all
things needed to use the saw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While specifically
designed for this cause, complimenting the table saw would not be this treasure’s
greatest purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For two decades woodworking and life happened around this
cabinet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were many woodworking
lessons, but even richer were the conversations…memories, our marriages,
raising kids, politics, money, war, love and life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were sitting at this cabinet the first
time he told me about Viet Nam, and the first time I ever saw his eyes well
when describing the heroism of an Airman who threw himself on a loose phosphorous
bomb to save the rest of his crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met
those parts of my Dad that he was ready to introduce me to right here at this
cabinet, in this chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There is a patina on the bench top where he used to sit, a
well worn surface where his hands and arms rested when he sat there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are cuts, nail holes and hammer dings
from all of his grandchildren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The grain
of the plywood top is raised by the moisture of many Maryland summers and the
sweating beers and coffee drips that left countless little puddles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say it will never need sanding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And always at the ready was “the chisel.”</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He kept it razor sharp and probably used it on almost every
project for little touch ups or fine tuning any joinery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had nicer chisels, but this was the go to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some variation of, “Oh, hold on…hand me the
chisel Bubba” was spoken to me probably a hundred times over the years.</span><br />
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behind my table saw ready to serve the next crew of Harbin woodworkers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be giving the lessons now and hopefully
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-11198777188370882013-06-20T20:37:00.000-07:002013-06-20T20:37:13.265-07:00The Latest Herd of Boxes<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Shop time has been precious and rare over the past couple months...other than late evenings when power tools are off the menu. Lots of travel and work, but despite the busy schedule I was finally able to put the wraps on five of the boxes that I had in the works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And now, without further ado..."Behind this first door...box number one." <em>(Eric Idle game show voice...)</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Recycled Oak with Claro Walnut corner keys and a Sapelle veneered lid panel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Unfortunately the camera isn't catching the shimmer in the Sapelle as well as it looks live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Box number one will be headed back east to Bonnie, the most generous contributor to the "Go Lobos" WCC fundraiser. Please visit <a href="http://www.nywolf.org/">http://www.nywolf.org/</a> to lend your voice to the HOWL in protecting our endangered wolves, including my favorite (and college mascot) the Lobo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Box number two is made with woods that span three continents...American Oak, African Padauk corner keys and a curly English Sycamore veneered lid panel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This was the box that received all of the test cuts along the way before working on the WCC charity box. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">See some of the gory details here...</span><br />
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<a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-slip-of-bit.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-slip-of-bit.html</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/filling-gap.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/filling-gap.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Three coats of hand rubbed Danish Oil really warms up this old, recycled Oak and makes the English Sycamore POP! Again...I wish my camera and lighting did this thing justice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And finally, you may recall the earlier sightings of this triplet set of Padauk boxes...</span><br />
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<a href="http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-happy-mistakes.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://secondwindworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-happy-mistakes.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The lids for these boxes are quarter-sawn, spalted Maple. I experimented with the design of this first lid by cutting a small stepped profile along the top edge. I'm still deciding if I like this style or not. Click to enlarge these pics to get a good look at the stunning grain and funky spalt-line patterns. All three boxes were finished with three coats of hand rubbed Danish Oil, buffed between each coat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">No extra profile treatment on these next two lids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The third box didn't receive any Wenge inlay as I was able to get a clean match of the heartwood/sapwood transition around all four corners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You're probably thinking, "Hey, that's great Pete! Must feel good to get caught up on your projects." Of course, if you're thinking that you're probably new to my blog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em>(Queue Eric Idle...)</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Behind door number two...an unfinished display table."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Behind door number three...a pair of Rietveld Chairs resembling a pile of sticks."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Behind door number four.........."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-34303437759873414562013-05-05T13:57:00.000-07:002013-05-05T13:57:15.805-07:00Krenov Comments - Part 2
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What makes a master craftsman decide what they want to build
and how they’ll go about doing it?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Most of the
work I do is fairly small. This is partly because to me wood is precious, and
very often I have planks with parts that contain something that interests me
and may lead to a certain piece being made. Also, my shop is small, with rather
unprofessional equipment; it is difficult for me to join and surface wide
stock. And finally, by my nature I have a tendency toward detailed work; there
is a dimension beyond which I feel I will accomplish less rather than
more."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- James Krenov</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While looking at Old Jim’s lifetime of work, one might never
consider that he made decisions about the pieces he built based on the size of
his shop or the quality of his tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While he does state that he prefers detailed work, he eludes that
working in a small shop with modest tools does impose some limiting factors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just chose to not let those things limit
his enjoyment and advancement of his craft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don’t think anyone could look at JK’s work and imagine
that he suffered any “shop limitations” with “rather unprofessional equipment”…
yet there he was, humbly happy in his own environment, making the enormous
contributions he has via his vision and his hard won skill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Does this look like the work of someone held back by not
having a massive shop or the latest and greatest collection of tools?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would be remiss to not confess that I would
happily move into a spacious shop equipped with the hottest new tools, but the
fact remains…none of us should be limited by the accessibility of these
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the masters that we
admire so much started at a very stark beginning, working with humble tools and
materials for pleasure of the craft and with a hope to learn something new with
each and every task…oh, and maybe to feed their families!</span><br />
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</span></span><br /></span><br />Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-42905154715596547842013-04-21T01:23:00.002-07:002013-04-21T01:23:56.754-07:00Krenov Comments - Part 1<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve had to make a fair bit of travel for the day job
lately, so I found myself with lots of reading time…a.k.a. hours and hours spent
in airports and on planes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While not the
most comfortable place to lounge with a good read, I have been using the time
to finally take in James Krenov’s “A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don’t believe that I’ve met another woodworker who isn’t
inspired by Krenov’s pieces, moved by his words and challenged by his passion
and methods of work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a sad day on
9/9/09 when we all learned of his passing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As I dug into “A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook” I became interested in
tracking down some of his other works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember seeing a copy of “With Wakened Hands” in a bookstore many years ago
and now I kick myself for not purchasing it then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only copies I can find online are used
and are fetching quite a price…over $200 in some places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As difficult as it is to find copies of some of his books,
it was incredibly easy to uncover a multitude of articles and quotes
online.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While surfing for an affordable
price on “With Wakened Hands” (still not found) I came across several
interviews that really got me thinking about the man and his life of woodworking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today I’ll share this quote to consider for
thought…</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"...form is only a beginning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the combination of feelings and a
function; shapes and things that come to one in connection with the discoveries
made as one goes into the wood, that pull it together and give meaning to
form."<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are several
accounts of how “Old Jim” would often set boards on end, leaning against the
wall so that he could look at them for extended periods of time, sometimes
days, weeks, even months…just waiting for the wood to
reveal shapes in their grain and tone to inform him of what he should fashion
them into.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve only done
something similar a few times over the years. I’m now considering setting some
space aside to display several of the more special pieces from my wood
collection so that they are always on display…quick to come to mind, waiting to
inspire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How many of you
have tried this before, or are moved to try it now, knowing that one of the
greatest masters of our craft produced some of his most famous designs by
observing and waiting…thinking and dreaming…and maybe even stubbing a toe on those
boards he left laying around from time to time? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have you ever
been struck by a piece with such a striking pattern or form that you knew
exactly what it should be used for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have a pair of book-matched, Padauk boards that are screaming out to become the
doors of a cabinet, consequently in the same design aesthetic as Old Jim
himself.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So go on then…step into
your shop and find that special slab of lumber that you bought and have been
holding onto “just because.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set it on
display, in full view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let your eye and
your mind wander to that piece and really consider what it should become.</span></span></div>
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</span>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-85629855275028050362013-04-16T00:53:00.000-07:002013-04-16T00:53:18.280-07:00More Happy Mistakes
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the spirit of celebrating those little missteps that make
us rethink, reevaluate and recover, I offer you three Padauk boxes that have
been sitting on my unfinished projects shelf for some time now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">These boxes are made from a couple of very special Padauk boards
with both heartwood (red) and sapwood (white.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The intent was to have the transition line between heartwood and sapwood
wrap around all four corners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For any of
my long-time readers, you may remember this…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve since learned a different way to achieve this effect
with some creative resawing, however that doesn’t solve the issue with two of
these three boxes.</span></div>
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material, around all four sides of the boxes, that would capture the transition
line all the way around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little clean
up with a sharp chisel afterwards and my mismatched corners are nothing but a
memory…a well documented memory, but still.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I then pressed the Thin Rip Jig into service (find this
little gem at </span><a href="http://www.rockler.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.rockler.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> ) to cut inlay
strips from some quartersawn Wenge stock.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I decided to experiment with two different looks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the inlay features the face (tight
grain lines) and some of it shows off the wilder edge grain surface.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I attempted to trim the inlay pieces, with mitered corners
to match the box joinery, on the table saw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The pieces are so small and the Wenge is so brittle that many of the
cuts chipped out…very ugly!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re
looking to spend a little bit more of your woodworking allowance (You do get
one, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>) you can pick up this great
little Razor Saw and miter box from </span><a href="http://www.leevalley.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.leevalley.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">
for about $30.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Razor Saw gave me perfect, clean miter cuts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked my way around the sides of the
boxes, cutting each piece precisely to fit.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Every now and then a little tuning was required on the cordless
sander.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Once all four pieces were cut I taped them up into a dry fit
to test all of the mitered joints.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then it was time to lock it all in with the glue and clamps.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I
left the inlays just a little proud in thickness so that I could trim them
flush once the glue had cured. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The box
that does have a successful transition around all four corners was left
alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I make mistakes, but I’m no
dummy!</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dad’s old Lie-Nielsen
chisel plane did a great job paring down the Wenge strips.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then it was back to the cordless sander to clean up all of
the surfaces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I find myself using this piece of plate glass with sandpaper
on most of my smaller projects now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
a great way to turn a piece of sandpaper into a fine tuning tool, and it doesn’t
make any noise…perfect for those late night, gotta-get-some-shop-time sessions
that occur when the rest of the family is asleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tune in next time to see how we’ll put a lid on these boxes
and move them from the unfinished project shelf for good!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pete</span></div>
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</span>Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-17027738540319952262013-04-15T00:46:00.000-07:002013-04-15T00:46:07.170-07:00Filling the Gap
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After the unfortunate “Bit Slipping Incident of 2013” I was
inspired to a solution by some time away from the problem, and found great
confirmation in my online, woodworking brothers and sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This gap can be patched and the box side
saved!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I marked the corner of the groove with a Sharpie to
emphasize the grave nature of the dilemma.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To size the patch correctly I used blue tape to form a
pattern of the side wall of the groove so that the shape needed could be transferred
to the replacement stock.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I then applied the pattern to an extra piece of the salvaged
Oak.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Using a gel pen, I traced the pattern onto the side of the piece
and marked out the length and width needed on the face.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After ripping the part to width on the table saw I made the
final cuts to add the mitered angles and bring the piece to the final length.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A little fine tuning on my “cordless” sander…</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">…and the patch slips right into place.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A little glue and the deed was done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After curing overnight, the piece was ready
to be re-cut at the router table.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Given the sour reputation of the Hitachi M12V and it’s 1/4 inch
collet insert sleeve, I opted to install the DeWalt DW621 in the router
table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 621 is actually my favorite
router (not sure why they stopped producing it) however, I’ve had the Hitachi
in my router table for so long that I didn’t think to switch it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was reminded of one of the features that make
the 621 so special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While re-cutting the
grooves in all of the box sides I ran a vacuum line to the dust port on the
router and the cuts were virtually dust free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With the exception of running larger profile bits, the Hitachi may not
see much duty in the router table for a long time to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-24580763091394930552013-04-02T06:34:00.000-07:002013-04-02T06:34:54.201-07:00A Slip of the Bit
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This past weekend I experienced one of those days when I was
really excited to be out in the shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was anxious to try a new technique of making fitted lids for some boxes that
are in the works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had watched a video
online several times, making sure that I had accounted for all of the
steps.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then it was time…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bit selected…check!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Test piece selected and marked…check!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I even traveled to the Fourth Dimension to set the max bit height
on my test piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first step of this process is to route a groove in all
of the inside surfaces of the box, before assembly and glue-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case I’m routing a 3/8 inch wide
groove to a depth of half the thickness of the box walls…5/16 of an inch for
these boxes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My plan was to route these grooves in three passes to reach
the final depth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My test piece and the first
box part were successful on the first pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Upon routing the second part (one of the longer sides of the box) I
noticed a little different sound and feeling as I came to the end of the cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I shut down the router and examined the piece…oh man!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I pushed this part over the router bit it
had gradually slipped up and cut my groove deeper and deeper along the length
of the piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would not have been too
drastic had it not gone beyond the final depth I was shooting for, however…</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At this point all excitement became frustration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was sure that this piece was ruined and
that all my planning was for naught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
decided it was time to step away before I tried to fix it and make it worse. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The time away has been very fruitful though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By stepping away and giving the problem some
good thought I believe I have a very workable solution that will allow me to
salvage this piece and complete the box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Stay tuned for a post on that process!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The time away (surfing the internet) also revealed that a
common cause of a slipping router bit is the presence of any debris or rust on
the bit shank or collet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure enough I
did find a little bit of dust and rust on the collets of my M12V router.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little WD-40 bath and a good wiping have
them cleaned up nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also learned
that the M12V has a reputation for slippage when using 1/4 inch shank bits
because you’re using a 1/4 inch collet insert inside of the 1/2 inch
collet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My DeWalt DW621 has dedicated
collets for both 1/4 and 1/2 inch shanks, so I believe I'll swap routers when I’m
ready to finish routing these grooves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It’s always frustrating to see a plan fall apart or
experience an error where you weren’t expecting it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The key is to take a step back, stay calm and
give it some thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Solutions will
come to those who look for them and ask the right questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll confess to getting a little angry and
sulking for a few minutes, but if you’re passionate about something you’ll come
back to it quickly, renewing your focus and digging in to repair or even
reinvent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t give up!</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-58623676272120826182013-03-13T21:26:00.000-07:002013-03-13T21:31:57.888-07:00If it’s Worth Doing<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was fortunate to enjoy some extra time in the shop today,
so I decided to start working on a long box to hold the break-down candle
holder I built a while back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’m using the same recycled Oak from the old dressers that I
used for the candle holder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While cutting the miters for the corner joinery I found
myself needing to make some slight tweaks to my 45 degree cross-cut sled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I built this sled about three years ago, back
in Albuquerque, and it’s survived two big moves and some pretty big temperature
swings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After adding a strip of strategically placed tape I was
getting nice, square cuts again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
cutting the parts for the box I found that those pieces to the right of the
blade had glass-smooth cut surfaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had never noticed this previously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
could be that I’m using a nicer, 90-tooth blade this time around, but it was
quite a surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are no
adjustments made to that side of the sled, and when I put a square up to the
pieces…dead on!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I discovered this as I
was about half way through my planned cuts, and armed with this new observation…it
was worth resetting and starting over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here’s a quick pic of the box taped up into a dry-fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All four mitered corners lined up and closed
up very nicely!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">While celebrating my good fortune of having discovered this
higher quality cut to the right of the blade, I recalled the parts to three
other boxes that I had milled and cut a few months ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew there was some slight gapping and
rough surfaces in the miter joints on those boxes, but was sure I could pull
those joints together in the gluing process with some extra clamping
pressure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My gut was also telling me
that there was some risk of those slight errors showing in the joints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mind kept going back and forth…it was
worth giving up about 1/8 of an inch on these boxes to re-cut those joints…it
was worth the hour of time to pull these “completed” box parts off the rack and
make them even better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The difference was noticeable right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I taped these boxes up into a dry-fit I
could tell that these joints were going to be crisp and accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are no visible gaps at any point along
the surfaces of the joints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now…I could have muscled these boxes together and then spit
and cussed my way through bringing these joints in line and correcting/hiding
any gaps, and they probably would have still looked pretty darn good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have had some success in fiddling my way
through some inaccuracies in the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is something about knowing that I’m putting these boxes together
with my best effort though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knowing that
I’m achieving the highest quality I’m capable of (for now) injects a little bit
of extra pride in my work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In re-working those three boxes I didn’t get to all of the
plans I had for the day, but it was worth taking a step back to elevate my
craftsmanship just one more little notch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Work…learn…re-work, and then stretch! What are you skimping on? Are you mailing it in on anything? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.</span></div>
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Petehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128921553833942986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213997404957676032.post-63130298212648023952013-03-12T06:17:00.001-07:002013-03-12T06:17:25.969-07:00Inspiration - Wait for it, or Find it?
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When posing a question like, “What role does inspiration
play in the creative process?” there is an almost immediate, gut reaction to
reply, “Inspiration is the most important part of the creative process you
knucklehead!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s take a step back
though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does art or design really come
from a sudden revelation of thought…and if it does, how do folks arrive at that
point?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I offer up a point to consider, in a quote I first heard
while watching an episode of “Art Race.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An interesting concept for a show, for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody
who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for
amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for
the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are
not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the
process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you’re
sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea, you can sit there a long
time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur
to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject
will push you in another direction. Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and
somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get
down to work, and I find that’s almost never the case.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- Chuck Close</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Chuck is a painter and photographer known, as a photorealist,
for his large scale portraits. A spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him
severely paralyzed, yet at the age of 72 he has continued to paint and produce
work that remains sought after by museums and collectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If anyone had an excuse to fall back into a “waiting
for lightning to strike” posture, it would be the old man suffering from
paralysis, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe Chuck has it
figured out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe lightning does strike,
but not in the comfort of your living room, sitting on the couch…wondering and waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If your aim is to be struck you need to go
where the lightning is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to
climb a high hill, run around in the rain, getting wet and muddy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only those who are attractive to lightning
get struck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Where is your high hill?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is it a studio?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it a
workshop?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it a garage?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it a desk?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Go to your high hill and FIND that next great idea by exercising the
things you know about your craft, push yourself to test something new…scrape a
few fingers, ruin a piece of wood, waste some paint or a canvas while experimenting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re just waiting around they weren’t
being used anyway, right?</span></div>
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