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Someone made a comment asking about the shooting board so I thought I’d make. Few videos of the process to size the parts including the shooting board and using it. This shooting board is a design by @timothyrousseau that I got to use at @woodschoolmaine and made one when I got home. You can find a description of making one in @finewoodworkingmagazine issue number 267.
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Tiny drawers are not to much easier then big ones. Two sets of drawer parts fit two to go. Trying to push through to get to dovetailing. These are 2 1/2” tall, 5 1/2” wide and 9” deep. The process is to tune up and fit with the shooting board after cutting the rough width on the bandsaw and cutting length with the old Stanley 150. I can’t imagine trying to do this with more machines. A sharp plane is quick and precise.
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Working on several projects at once, the main one for my shop mate. But right now I’m just waiting for some glue to dry so I’m filling in with drawer fronts for my tool cabinet. Drawers are never really quick, even small ones like these. This is where in my opinion, a hand tool kit really shines. Cutting with my Stanley 150 and fitting with plane and shooting board. Easy to keep everything laid out on the bench as I’m working.
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A seeming relatively simple project. I’m always surprised all that goes into a straightforward veneered piece. I’ve done a relatively small amount of veneer work having come out of boatbuilding. In the class I took at @woodschoolmaine last summer we did shop sawn veneer and i veneered a set of cabinet doors over plywood. I got hooked on shop sawn veneer and have had the opportunity to do it several times since then for projects where veneer was really the best way to go. Having additional tools in your arsenal really can expand your woodworking.
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I am definitively not getting into instrument repair. Although it was a lot of fun. Put the last touch on this job, gluing the nut that holds the strings off the fret board into place. The hardest part was definitely attempting to retouch the color and make the crack disappear. And I didn’t do that well. You can see some of my efforts if you zoom into the first photo. I’m going to stick to things that can only be used as a drum for now.
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I was trying to do a simple veneer glue up today that I kept taking two steps back, had to fix things and then get back to zero. Nothing catastrophic but all either stupid mistakes or not going far enough. All in all very frustrating. So here’s a few more shots and details of the coffee table that as long as I don’t drop anything on it before it gets delivered is safe. Onward and upward and time for a beer.
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Shots from the photo shoot earlier in the week of the completed coffee table in black walnut.
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I’ve been waiting for today’s sun for the past week.
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Here’s the section piece I glued up yesterday. This fits inside the bottom section of my tool cabinet for a little extra storage of planes or whatever and 4 drawers for lots of small tools, spare blades and who knows what else. .
A little while ago, I tried out the wood slicer bandsaw blade from @highlandwoodworking for a dining table with shop sawn veneer. That thing is amazing. It leaves such a clean, smooth surface. I sliced up an 8/4 Board for drawer sides and the drawer bottoms to get quarter sawn material. This is a trick I learned at @woodschoolmaine. Really digging it!
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