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6th May 2007, 05:11 PM #1.
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Back to boots!
Here is something I've been planning for a while.
I think I'll let the pictures tell the story.
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6th May 2007, 05:19 PM #2.
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More pics
Velcro removable sandpaper feet.
A handle closeups:
And finally how it is used.
Thanks Sturdee - you inspired me to get on with it. I borrowed the sloped handle idea from you.
Cheers
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6th May 2007, 05:37 PM #4
Nice job Bob
It looks as if it will work a treat
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6th May 2007, 07:44 PM #5
Beautiful work . I also love the timber.
Another one of those, one day I'll make one ideasNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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6th May 2007, 08:03 PM #6
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6th May 2007, 08:57 PM #7
Good job, Bob, if a little rough around the edges..
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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6th May 2007, 08:57 PM #8
Envious
Mmmm...... beautiful design, execution and material.
Mike
"Working to a rigidly defined method of doubt and uncertainty"
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6th May 2007, 09:10 PM #9.
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The timber is Jam (Acacia acuminata : See this post for pictures of initial milling). The biggest logs I used were 110mm in diameter with a final max milled width of 95mm. A fair few cracks so lots of resin used as fill but as you can see it is well worth it.
It's THE hardest, densest timber I have ever worked (the boot weighs in at just over 2Kgs) face planing was a waste of time, with my limited sharpening skills - should be be a good test material for Dereks planes & sharpening skills. I milled it as close as I could to size and then used a belt sander and finally a scraper blade on the faces. The ends were squared up using my mini-shooting board and a LN LA Jack. Drilling (especially end grain) was a hit and miss operation with the bit wandering around (even when deep in the hole) like a feral shopping trolley. In the end I had to use a 1/4" forstner bit with a 3/8" shank in a DP as a pilot bit but not before I messed up a few holes, hence some of the screws are not too straight or central.
However, the grain is simply sensational with portions near the heart showing a very deep translucent fiddle, it seems 3D-like under sunlight.
Perhaps the most intruiging thing about making this tool was the faint aroma of raspberry jam every time a wood fibre was cut.
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6th May 2007, 09:20 PM #10
Extraordinary Bob. Looks like a real pleasure to use.
Well done.
Tex
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7th May 2007, 05:10 AM #11
Just send that right on over to me....!
Great work, great design, I'm going to start pawing through the firebox........
Cheers,
WN-....just older and uglier
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7th May 2007, 09:23 AM #12
Bob, that is one very beautiful tool.
Every HWMNBO was interested
cheers
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7th May 2007, 09:28 AM #13
did you run out of MDF
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7th May 2007, 11:06 AM #14.
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I have no real firm idea why I make tools/jig like this other than the satisfaction of (whenever I can) making everything as functional and attractive as possible. Sure I could use MDF but why shouldn't shop tools and jigs be functional/attractive/tactile, after all we spend a lot of time using them. If they get cut or damaged, hey, that's life.
Most of my resawing/milling is done with only a vague or non-specific purpose. When I milled up the little Jam logs I had a general idea of making a jewelry box but I changed my mind when I saw the grain (of course I haven't told SWMBO who asked for a jewelry box in the first place). When I saw the Jam grain it said, "you want to be handling me as much as possible" (RufflyR will understand) and a push block seemed like a good tool to make. Another feature I wanted my push block to have was a decent weight as most of the plastic or MDF just feel too flimsy or gutless to me. Jam has a very high density so this push block has a dead weight of just over 2 kg. It sits on top of the wood to be cut like a fat elephant requiring little downward force to hold small pieces in place. You just glide it thought the saw like a hot knife through butter
BTW: I do have some more to make that jewelry box out of.
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7th May 2007, 06:19 PM #15
Simple, Bob. Make the jewellry box out of MDF...
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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