Thread: WIP. Redgum Buffet.

Great job so far

I reckon that redgum is going to come up very nicely with finish on it - how about wiping some metho on a section to get an idea of the finished colour, and take a pic for us??

Originally Posted by Rickey Herb

I own one of these machines and I thought it was a thicknesser! Have I got it wrong?

Good work by the way - love redgum.

Rickey

I was reading back and realised i had written thicknesser instead of jointer. My bad!!!

Looks good, looks blessedly heavy.

Thankyou all for your interest and kind words, much appreciated. Hope you are all patient, i mostly only get into the shed on weekends. This project may take a while..

Originally Posted by Wongo

This is nice work Steve. It must be hard not having a jointer. Are you planing to get one soon? Does your thicknesser have a spiral cutter because the Redgum looks pretty tough for a regular cutter.

Would really love a jointer but just have no room in my garage, may have to make room. My thicknesser has standard knives and if i regularly touch them up they do a reasonable job on this redgum. I couldnt stretch to get a spiral head at the time of purchase but am already saving to retro-fit one later on.

Originally Posted by Petethebutcher

Looking good Steve.
How have you avoided a red workshop after all that router work on Red gum?
Any pics of your mortice jig working?Peter

I try to keep the red dust at bay and the spiral cutter makes more shavings than dust, but there is still some settling around the place.
Next on the agenda is side dividers so i will try to get some pics of the morticing jig in action. Hopefully soon.

Originally Posted by Lplates

If you are a "garage hack" then I'm not sure what that makes the likes of me. Your workspace looks very impressive for a garage setup. I have similar constraints since i like to park my cars inside every night so all my tables have to roll away and fit against the walls nicely.

I like my woodwork by i love my car. So i too need to have all my machines mobile. Everything has to be moved to be used, then moved when im done to get the car back in for bed. That means no 10 minute sessions in the shed, if im out there it has to be more than half an hour because of the hassle of setting up. But you get that.

Thank you all again, will update when i next make a racket in the shed.

Steven.

I agree with what everyone has said above, good job


Pete

Looks great so far Steven, and don't worry about the time it takes, a lot of us are in the same boat, just keep those pics coming.

Had an hour or so in the shed today so decided to fit the dividers to the end assemblies.

Pic 1 shows 3 of the 4 side rails marked out and pic 2 shows the end of one of the dividers marked out. My Incra t-rule makes this easy.



Next i fit one of the rails in the jig lining up one of the center-lines of the rail to the center-line marked on the jig. Along with the positioning of the adjustable fences on the jig, this set-up determines the length of the slot to suit the loose tenon. Then i sit the router on the jig with my setting-up point fitted and adjust the jig table so the point lines up with the other set-out line on the rail. This ensures the slot is centered on the rail.



I remove the router and fit the router bit to complete the cut. Unfortunately the battery carked it in my camera so have no pics of this. After all rails are finished the side dividers can be fitted to the jig in the same way (except upright instead of sideways) and the corresponding slots cut.

This is the end result.



Hopefully i might get more shed time tomorrow, see how i go.

Steven.

Another few relatively non productive couple of hours in the shed.

Really only cut and fitted the two rear dividers and then started preparations on the timber to be used for the side panels by flattening them top and bottom.




My plan for the front doors is to use raised panels along with the use of a rail & stile router bit for the door frames, but am not sure wether to use raised or flat panels for the side assemblies.

What do you all think, would flat panels on the sides and raised panels on the doors look a bit strange? Or would i be better off just using flat panels all round?
I dont want it to look too plain.

Steven.

Do you real clamps?

Enjoying this WIP. For my money I like the idea of flat on the sides and raised on the front. With that timber I don't think you have to worry about it being too plain. Just my 2 bob.

Love the work in progress on this one. Glad I found this one.

Originally Posted by Wongo

Do you real clamps?

Hi Wongo. I have sash clamps for big glue ups and use the Irwins for smaller stuff. I use the Irwins for dry fit-ups (which is what the above pic was) only because they are easier.
One day i would like to slowly purchase better quality clamps such as Bessey or the like.

Originally Posted by 3 toed sloth

Enjoying this WIP. For my money I like the idea of flat on the sides and raised on the front. With that timber I don't think you have to worry about it being too plain. Just my 2 bob.

Thanks for your input 3 toed. My original intention was to have flat panels on the sides and raised on the doors but had a moment of doubt as to how this would look, so sought other peoples opinions. I think i still may go in this direction.

Thanks everyone for your encouragement and ideas and glad you are enjoying my WIP.

Steven.

Hi all.

Spent some time in the shed today. Only managed to prep more timber for panel work. Nothing too exciting !!!



Also thought i would show you the straight line/taper jig i made from Aust.Woodsmith. Very useful for breaking down rough sawn timber after its been flattened in the thicknesser. I used it to remove the outer barked area giving me a straight reference edge. It not finished to plans but still very useful. It runs along the miter slot using a runner underneath.



Until next time...

Steven.