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Weekend work

Not much progress on the project this weekend, the shed to-do list won this time. Started by getting the chisels off the bench and onto the wall in a very rough holder that I plan to replace later:

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And it’s a good thing I plan to replace it because I was leaning over to the last screw on the left (there’s junk on the floor in the way) and slipped and squeezed the trigger on the drill driver:

2016-10-01-20-21-18aThis is the problem with power tools 😀

I knocked up a quick bench hook to match the shooting board, they’re nothing fancy but they’ll work for now:

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And a few dogs with some of the bullet catches I got from ebay:

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I also had a few of the latest bits off ebay arrive:

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I was too sick of the mess from the titebond, so I got the silicone brush/tray/kit/thingy from rutlands.… Read the rest

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Low yields

Well, poop.

The idea was, take a 30″ long, 8″ wide, 1″ thick board of ash, and resaw it into eight 30″x1¾”xâ…œ” slats.

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But I made such a bad job of the resawing that three of the slats aren’t usable (they’re way too thin thanks to the disston saw wandering), one is marginal, and of the four I can use, two have a small (around an inch in size) spot where they drop below the â…œ” mark.

Bah. At least I can use the three write-offs for testing finishes and the like.

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Four down, 16 to go…… Read the rest

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