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RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - bandit571 - 07-08-2024
Today being a Monday...I think the Shop will be closed for the day...
One more Joint to do..then this Series will end....
Remember, this was just Freshmen in High School Shop Class doing these joints, and were only allowed to use Hand Tools...
Tomorrow, I might do a Road Trip to pick up a supply of "Good" wood...and try to decide what to cobble up with 70 linear Ft. of Ash....
Box joints to end the Series...
Stay tuned...
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - stav - 07-08-2024
You've been getting way ahead of me. I had an IA class in 5th grade for a semester and that was all. So all of my woodworking has been trial and error. When I can get some time from work and family obligations I plan to walk through these.
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - bandit571 - 07-09-2024
Results of the Road Trip, today..
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Average length...about 5'....average width..~5-1/2" and 4/4 thick...15 planks...$25....quarter sawn, 10 year old, Ash lumber...
Right ankle is keeping me out of the shop, today..
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These are stacked up in the house, to get them used to the place....
When the ankle feels a bit better, I complete the Wood Joint Class series....unless there is another joint that a Freshman in High School would have been able to do...
Stay tuned...
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - bandit571 - 07-09-2024
14th and Final Joint in this series...
Box Joint..
First of the layouts....
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What happens when you "pull" from both edges towards the center....either a HUGE finger, or..a Tiny sliver of a finger...then I adjusted things a bit...mainly with the Disston No.4 Backsaw...to kind of blend the sizes a bit better
next..chisel work
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goal is to leave a porch for support, chopping down about half way....this way, it prevents any chip-out, when I chop down from the other face..
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Yes, that IS the Handyman No. 1252 chisel Worked quite well...you can then pare with a wider chisel where needed,,,just do not pare too much..
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As that leads to gaps showing up...
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Check for square...
Grade? Thinking a "B+" ?
And that concludes the Wood Joint Class series...unless you can think of any other joints a Freshman would be doing, with just hand tools?
Thanks for looking in..
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - bandit571 - 07-16-2024
There IS a type of Miter Joint....where you cut a tenon on one of the mitered ends, then cut a groove to house the tenon on the other half of the mitered joint..then trim the end of the tenon flush...
Not sure of the "Proper" name for it....would be more for a door, than a corner joint....was from before people were either adding splines, or Bisquits...
I do have a bit of leftover Pine from this series...so...if someone wants to see one made?
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - MarkSingleton - 07-16-2024
Sure, why not? There are doubtless plenty of folks who are learning things from you
here. Been enjoying this series myself. Bet I am not alone.
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - bandit571 - 07-18-2024
Give me a few days...currently using some of those joints and skills while building a Sofa Table out of Ash...
May try the splined Miter Joint during the next glue-up? While i sit and watch glue cure...
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - bandit571 - 07-29-2024
Ok..a simple Miter Joint is fairly easy to cut...
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And there are many ways to glue this up...but, how about something a little more involved, and a bit stronger?
Take those 2 pieces, do a bit of layout work..
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Stanley No. 77 Mortise gauge comes in handy, too....then get busy with the handsaws..
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Depending on which side of the lines you cut on..this can be either a Tongue, or a groove...the hardest part was chiseling out the waste in the groove...end grain Pine..
Finally..
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There will be a small wedge sticking out the top of the corner, that can be trimmed flush...
Then a dry fit, with a clamp...
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Ready for a bit of glue....
Ready to give it a try?
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - Bill Holt - 07-30-2024
I'm a big fan of mitered corners, but they are not strong joints. Your lesson #?? improves the simple miter joint, if...we take the time.
RE: Shop Class, Fall of 1968 - bandit571 - 07-31-2024
There will be a Project coming up next month....I need a pair of doors made...
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I want to replace this "thing" on the Bathroom wall...and make one similar to..
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This one...Miter corners on the doors?
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With Mitered Half Laps..
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The Beads have to be done first..before the joinery..
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I can leave the Stanley 45 set up...as it is the same bead cutter I just used on that Sofa Table Project...
Stay tuned..