Woodworking and carpentry thread

[masraum]

Originally Posted by gregpark

Board and batten ceilings finished in the mountain cabin. Sugar Pine and shellac

Beautiful! Great work, Greg.

[gregpark]

Thanks! The only real skills involved with the ceiling were avoiding disaster. Fastening 13" wide 15 ' long boards by myself took a bit of figuring out but disaster was avoided. The walls will be Pecky Cedar as you can see in this pic. No candles allowed in the cabin!

Ceiling battens were glued and pin nailed on one side only to allow for expansion/contraction of the wide boards

[TimT]

I guess this is the best place to post this...

My mistake could be your gain..

I saw magnetic feathers for table saws and decided I needed them.. so I ordered, When I got it, it sat because I was between projects...fast forward to me starting up another project, out come the feathers.. and alas my table saw has a composite top.. so these are no use to me...

First person to pm gets them...

[flatbutt]

I have no idea what that is.

This vid was very informative

[TimT]

I'm going to post my little projects here... instead of the fixing thread..

Finished a charcuterie board/serving tray that my GF instantly absconded with..

That's ok... I have more wood..

Black Walnut.. I layered the epoxy to emulate 3D rushing water..



In person the layers all blend to look like a quick running stream... hard to photo..

[TimT]

I have no idea what that is.

Feathers are used to hold a long piece of wood against the fence of a saw to keep the cut the same width.... sometimes depending on the wood, and when cut it tends to spread after the cut... if the wood is to thin or thick its behavior is different.. feathers hold it tight and to the same dimension during the cut.. they can also be used to hold the scrap down at the end of a cut.. ...

Woodworking stuff..

[TimT]

[masraum]

Originally Posted by TimT

I guess this is the best place to post this...

My mistake could be your gain..

I saw magnetic feathers for table saws and decided I needed them.. so I ordered, When I got it, it sat because I was between projects...fast forward to me starting up another project, out come the feathers.. and alas my table saw has a composite top.. so these are no use to me...

First person to pm gets them...

Very cool. The board is full of great folks. I don't have a table saw, so no need for me.

[TimT]

This vid describe use of feather pretty well, and shows the magnetic one I mistakenly bought...

And yes I used to make my own feather boards frequently... I saw this on my feed and impulse bought

[masraum]

I've got this on the way. Millers Falls #97.

It's got 5 modes (in addition to the 2 speeds)

Mode 1 - turn the crack and the bit goes the direction that you're turning.
Mode 2 - turn the crank clockwise and the bit goes clockwise, turn the crank the other way and it ratchets. (useful if you can't get a full rotation due to tight space)
Mode 3 - The same as mode 2 but for left handed rotation
Mode 4 - Turn the crank in either direction and the bit goes clockwise
Mode 5 - Turn the crank in either direction and the bit goes counter-clockwise.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I have no idea what that is.

This vid was very informative

Cool. THe other "lamb's tongue" that I'm familiar with is specific to saw handles.

Down at the bottom of the handle in front of where your pinky would be

lamb's tongue


no lamb's tongue



Online Reference of Disston Saws -- No.7 and D7 Models

and a tidbit about the nib towards the toe of the plate.

A few words about decorative features on the older saws. Theories abound for the purpose of these features. The notch on the top of the handle is said to be a way to hold a sheath on the saw with a string. I must admit it works. The nib has been given every reason to be from testing the temper of the steel in the factory to a means to start a cut by notching the wood. Evidence that this theory is an old one is shown by the high number of these saws with a missing nib. They snap off when you try to start the cut that way. The fact is, these old saws were designed in the Victorian Era, a time when workers took pride in their tools, and manufacturers added embellishment to tools in order to attract buyers. The nib is like the hood ornament on an old car, it's meant to look nice.

Nib and lamb's tongue
Disston saw from the late 1800s, lambs tongue handle and intact nib on the blade

[masraum]

This is pretty hard core. Some guy posted a photo to a facebook group. He lives in an apt.




And completely unrelated is another guy that builds new handles for old hammers... out of rosewood!

[TimT]

Almost finished with a table I made... just waiting on more epoxy to arrive

Black Walnut with various blue pigments and mica powders.. white pigment to imitate the seafoam..

[masraum]

Originally Posted by TimT

Almost finished with a table I made... just waiting on more epoxy to arrive

Black Walnut with various blue pigments and mica powders.. white pigment to imitate the seafoam..

Very cool and very well done! It looks like water.

[gregpark]

Got a start on the pecky Cedar walls to go with the knotty ceiling in the cabin. No trim at the sliders. I prefer the routered round over, butt to glass look. Less is cleaner with the busy peck.

Beautiful table Tim! love the "moving" water. Thanks again for the feather board, it's already been put to use. I love the quick release
powerful magnets for quick set up. Fastened my 9' toboggan to the ceiling. I'm guessing it's from the'40s.

[TimT]

I'm not sure if I posted this...

The GF wants a table she can use over her firepit...obv when it not in use



So I got a nice slab of Elm.. it has a lot of character.. this is roughly 3in thick...





Initial cut and trying to figure out how I want the pieces to be ..




I brought the pieces back to the shop, and had them flattened and trued to a much more manageable 2-1/8 in... a 3 in slab of Elm that large is heavy




Excavating some rot and punky wood.. also filling in cracks and check with a black epoxy mix

[masraum]

Nice, can't wait to see the finished product!

[TimT]

For some reason the pic of the slab didn't appear in the original post... so I edited
it in..

[TimT]

When I was a kid, and my Dad taught me about woodworking... he often said when we began a project "lets make some sawdust"

[Racerbvd]

Which of you guys built this?