Woodworking ⁽⁹¹⁾

Brian Bilbrey December 24, 2012

Fixtures and Late Posting

Last night ... I was playing Fallout 3, and went from game to sleep. My bad. Today, I'm back in fabrication and assembly mode in the woodshop: I'm running with the dadoe set installed for cutting 3/4" slots for the shelves, but by embedding about half of that width into the sacrificial fence, I can also cut the rabbets for the back panel. Notice that I'm using a finger board to help keep the workpiece in control - a 4' long side needs a third hand, and the finger board provides the safest method of control near the blades. *…

Brian Bilbrey December 23, 2012

One Done

Knife re-handled

Brian Bilbrey December 21, 2012

Knife and Fixtures

The work on the chef's knife continued today: The epoxy for side two cured overnight. I removed the clamps, and trimmed the sides down to near the tang, all the way around, using the scroll saw. Sanding the knife handle was a multi-step process. This first phase used a couple of sizes and grits to get the wood down to the same profile as the tang. I used mini-sanding drums in the drill press for the task. Then I drilled through the rivet guide holes from the other side, then finished drilling the rivet profile in the handle. 0.177" ∅…

Brian Bilbrey December 20, 2012

Knife Work

I suppose that means different things to different people. To me, in the context of this week, it means "repairs." The chef's knife handle was going to pieces: The cracking has been present for a while, but it started getting loose, which is a recipe for damaged knife-wielder, so it was time to fix the problem. It didn't take much effort to get apart, and it looks like there was a fair bit of rust and corrosion pushing things apart. One crack leads to this, eventually. The next step involves picking some new handle material, and preparing for reassembly: I…

Brian Bilbrey December 17, 2012

Wood working

I'm getting going on the new office project. Remember that? Anyway, today I went shopping at Exotic Lumber in Gaithersburg. Sadly, I don't have budget for any actual "exotic" lumber, so I got ten sheets of maple 3/4 ply, one sheet of cherry 3/4 ply, and three each of maple in 1/4 and 1/2 thickness. To get all this home, I rented a U-Haul truck for a few hours. I loaded it all into the garage, then set up for parting out the plywood. The configuration is easy. Lightly glue (I used a low-tack spray adhesive) some foam to a…