While working on a prototype for walnut mantel...BAM.. a 5 horsepower kickback. Ripped the Grip-tite off the table and through it across the shop through the window. The bucket in the yard shows the range of the debris field.






The board, as you can see, has a nice 22* bevel arch cut through it. I expected to be working with wood today, but it looks like glass will be the material of choise. Scarred the h*** out of the dog outside.

I mentioned in one of the other reindeer threads that the LOML needed a few more for late Christmas gifts for her Church small group. I decided to take a different approach this time.

I've really never made anything out of the fire wood pile before, but I might do it again sometime.

Heres where I got the wood from. It's warm today, don't need a fire anyway.



Here's the "chosen few".



Jointing first, to get a couple of flat edges. The tape is for a straight line when I get to resawing. I didn't joint that top edge, so I couldn't get a straight line with a pencil that would show up enough.



A little minor resawing.



Tracing the pattern. The white marker showed up much better than a pencil.



A little scroll saw work for the tight turns. I drilled the first ones I made with a forstner bit, but this just seems a little faster to me.



A little band saw work comes next.



Next I move to the spindle sander. I used the belt on the Ridgid Spindle Sander for the outside curves and the spindle for the holes. Those vertical lines you see on the side are grain lines, not bandsaw marks. It's smooth as a babys bottom.



After a coat or two of spray poly...here's a couple in all their spalted glory.



I wouldn't have bored y'all with yet another post about the things, except for the fact that I took them from firewood to finished product. I have no idea whether or not they'll hold up in the long run and not crack apart. I didn't take any time for acclimation, or sticker drying. However the firewood has been cut for a year or so, and the tree was standing dead when it was taken down. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll stay together, if not...I'll make some more out of kiln dried stuff.

Thanks for looking.

Submitted for those who are interested.

Photographing Your Work - A Tutorial

Special thanks to Alec Hosterman (Alec H) and Robert Stuart (Wipedout) for their excellent feedback. Thanks, guys!

I am in receipt of two used Unisaws. Being of a giving and caring nature (please refer to my post history for confirmation), I propose to donate one of these to Charles Jackson III, known by you as beginningwoodworker.

My intent is simple: I will, along with two anonymous benefactors (one on the west coast--she wishes to remain unknown, but is a frequent poster, one member of the Tribe in NY), absorb the initial cost of the base unit. I will also try to arrange to have the unit delivered to Charles. Perhaps someone going from Florida to Kentucky or thereabouts.

I already have offers of aid and support from some of you. Charles has indicated a willingness to put in the sweat equity on the saw. This is the 34-802.

The motor and arbor mechanism work, as it was in use last week. A cursory assessment indicates the following:

Needs left wing and right extension table (or he can build one).
Has Bies, needs tube and rail.
Has guard.
Needs motor cover.
Needs dust port.
Needs new switch.
Needs grip on one handle (I think).

Other than that, Charles can supply the muscle, cleaning agents and grease to put it in top-notch order.

I know that there is at least a small percentage of you folf who would be willing to help--$$, parts, guidance, advice, suggestions.

Especially you Unisaw mavens, and you know who you are.

Let's here from you via this thread or PM, and get this show on the road

SWEET DEAL!!! Did you get it when you did the propane exchange?

Ok folks, let's put at least a first name with the moniker. I hate calling people ert321

I'm Anthony "Yak" Yakonick. I'll answer to Anthony or Yak Mom used to get very upset when someone called me Tony

51, been turning since 1994, someday I'll get good.

Thanks for sharing the positivity! Great to hear some companies are still doing it right...

It has begun! I skipped off to the hardwood store yesterday, tape measure and cut list in hand to get my bench materials.

Well, they didn't have what I wanted.

After a good deal of head scratching, I left with about 40bf of hard maple and 8bf of purpleheart... yep, purpleheart. The bloodwood was almost $11 / bf and the paduak was $8 something for 8/4.

Given the pieces I have to work with, I cobbled together a whole new plan. It is mostly based on the Veritas traditional bench, with some thrown in from the Workbench Book, and some ideas from Gabe's bench.

I also got some doug fir from Lowe's, for the base. I think I will start with the base. I'm almost afraid to cut into these nice boards until I've quintuple checked my measurements.

Anyway, here is the "vision." There is also a link to the sketchup file. I tried to draw as close to real life as possible. You can even take the tail vise apart and see all the different parts. Making the dovetailed endcaps makes the tail vise joinery a lot more complicated than it would be otherwise. But maybe not as bad as in the Workbench book, where the core of some of them is milled from one big block.
Let me know what you think, and if you see any problems / mistakes.



Sketchup file

AAW American Association of Woodturners
AHJ Authority Having Jurisdiction (e.g. electrical inspector)
AGTH Always glad to help
AWW American WoodWorker magazine
Basement - Off Topic forum here on WoodNet
BB Baltic Birch
BF Board Foot (or feet)
BIL Brother in law
BLO Boiled Linseed Oil
BORG Villians on Star Trek: the Next Generation TV series who vow to assimilate all. Used to describe big box stores whose predatory marketing similarly threatens the smaller competitors.
BS Band Saw
BTDT Been There Done That
BTW By The Way
CA CyanoAcrylate (super glue)
CH Campbell Hausfeld, manufacturer of air compressers
CI Cast Iron
CMS Compound Miter Saw
CNC Computer Numeric Control (automated processing equipment usually involving router-like machinery)
CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission
CS Contractors (Cabinet, Circular, Chop) Saw (of what use is an abbreviation if it could conceivably mean any of four things, all in the same category?)
DAMHIKT Don't Ask Me How I Know This (not woodworking but one of the top two acronyms inquired after.)
DC Dust Collector
DIY Do It Yourself
DP Drill Press
DW DeWalt, manufacturer of power tools
EC Entertainment Center
EWP Eastern White Pine
FAS Firsts And Seconds (wood grading term)
FHB Fine Home Building magazine
FIFY Fixed It For You
FIL Father in law
FMT Leigh's Frame Mortise and Tenon jig
FOB Freight On Board
FWW Fine WoodWorking magazine
GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
HBDT Half Blind Dovetail
HD Home Depot
HDT Heavy Duty Tools
HF Harbor Freight (or Hollow Form for the woodturners in the crowd.)
HTH HOpe That Helps
HWMNBN He Who Must Not Be Named
IBTL In Before The Lock
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IMHO In My Humble/Honest Opininion
IR Ingersoll-Rand, pneumatics products company
ITT In This Thread
KWIM Know What I Mean
LMAO Laughing My Azz Off
LN Lie-Nielsen, manufacturer of top quality planes
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LOML Love Of My Life
LOYL Love Of Your Life
LV Lee Valley, distributor of fine hand tools
M&T Mortise & Tenon
M12V an Hitachi router model number
MC Methylene Chloride (paint stripper)
___ Moisture Content
MDF Medium Density Fiberboard
MEK Methyl Ethyl Ketone
MIL Mother in law
MM Mini Max, manufacturer of woodworking machines
___ MilliMeter (25.4mm = in)
MS Mineral Spirits
MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
NEC National Electrical Code
NHLA National Hardwood Lumber Association
NYW New Yankee Workshop (also TNYW for The…)
OSB Oriented Strand Board
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OSHA Occupational Safety & Health Adminstration
OSS Oscillating Spindle Sander
OWWM Old WoodWorking Machines
PC Porter Cable, manufacturer of woodworking tools
PF Power Feeder
PM PowerMatic, manufacturer of woodworking machines
PSI Pounds per Square Inch
PT Pressure Treated
PVA PolyVinyl Acetates (white glue)
QFT Used so the OP can't go back and edit the original ____ post
QS Quarter Sawn
QSRO Quarter Sawn Red Oak
QSWO Quarter Sawn White Oak
QTRSWN QuarTeR SaWN
RAS Radial Arm Saw
RO Red Oak
ROFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROS Random Orbit Sander
RS Rift Sawn
RSWO Rift Sawn White Oak
RT Router Table
RTFM Read The "Fine" Manual
S4S Surfaced Four Sides
S2S Surfaced Two Sides
SCMS Sliding Compound Miter Saw
SIL Sister in law
SS ShopSmith, Scroll Saw, Saw Stop
SU SketchUp
SWMBO She Who Must Be Obeyed. Description of character, She in H. Rider Haggard's eponymous 19th Century novel. Popularized in '80s British TV comedy, Rumpole of the Bailey. (not woodworking but one of the top two acronyms inquired after.)
SYP Southern Yellow Pine
TIA Thanks In Advance
TOH This Old House
TDC Top Dead Center
TIA Thanks in advance
TMI Too Much Information
TPI Teeth Per Inch
TS Table Saw
UHMW Ultrahigh Molecular Weight polyethylene
VS Variable Speed
WO White Oak
WRC Western Red Cedar
WTH What The Heck/Hay or other variations
WW'ing WoodWorkING
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
ZCI Zero Clearance Insert
Zipcode saw- A Sears 22104, 22114, or 22124 table saw.

Wow....heck of a time. I'm in awe of the generosity of all the folks who contributed to this effort.

We had a total blast. Met a whole bunch of new friends, saw a whole bunch of friends we hadn't seen in a while. Had a boatload of good food and good times. There was an auction to move some items from one folf to another and another iteration of bone's wood pimping.

Great time had by all. Pics to follow shortly.

Thanks again to Mike & Andrea for hosting and putting up with all the folks overtaking their home and shop for the day. Couldn't have done it with out you.

Thanks to KnotHaid too for his world famous pigsicles. With the oysters, blackened tuna, venison that were there, the feast was wonderful. I'm still stuffed.

Can't wait to do this again.