#20
Still have "Leftovers"..
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This being most of them....there is also a few longer slats..
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Thinking about gluing up a few  panels   and see what the Single Brain Cell Sketch Up can come up with...
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Got the first panel glued up...maybe do one a day, until after the 1st of the new year?

Hutch on the computer desk needs...something...we'll see...might even buy a clock kit?   Haven't done a clock since the 1980s...Hmmmm?

$100 Lowes Gift Card for Christmas....spent a bit of it, today..
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Combo Square's blade is 16" long, and is in both Imperial and Metric markings...

Couple of NEW saw files, and a new belt for the 4" x 36" belt sander...


Stay tuned..
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#21
A project for 2024? Are you sure you can wait that long? 

Have a good New Year!
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#22
Come on Bandit give me a rest. I just got caught up on your last two projects. I don't read as fast as I used too. ;=)
Blessings to you the remainder of '23 and going into '24.

BTW, a clock would be cool. I didn't know you in the 80's. IIRC, I still had a dial on my phone then.
If you continue to cut corners, you'll end up going in circles!

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#23
Building a clock would confuse a lot of young people today. It certainly would be a conversation starter. Haha!
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#24
Shopping trip, today...and...and adjustment to Panel #5...

Clock will need a door in back, to access the battery when need be....Hinges have been bought, and a latch to keep the door SHUT. 
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(Focus on this camera sucks, sorry)


Base of the Clock  gets fancy feet to stand on...and some other fancy bits..for a few corners...


handles were bought, in case I need one for that door...

A fancy Brass Finial was bought..
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And finally found a Clock Mechanism I liked..
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 Need to dig out a 3" drill bit.  

The adjustment to Panel #5....was to add a strip in the center of the panel..as this panel will hold that clock in the case...

Stay tuned...#5 panel is IN the clamps....
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#25
Hopefully some better photos, THIS time...still trying to find this one..
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At least the one with it still IN the package with 3 others...that screw IS a Phillips headed one..just like the ones for the hinges..
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Instead of trying to drag that clock back out to change the battery..I will just put a door in the back of the case.

Panel #6:
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Needed a couple extra strips to get to the 7" width.....this will be the panel holding the clock.  Trying to decide how much of the 12" length I need to loose..either 3" or 5", leaving the best looking of the grain details.

A better look (I hope) of the Finial for the top of the case..
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Top of the case will be a raised panel look-a-like...

As for that 3" hole I need to drill for the Clock?
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These should do the trick..test drive..after I had to crank that Samson chuck all the way open...
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Expansive bit is a Clark...set to a 1-1/2" Radius.    That was a high spot on the bench's top, fueled by a knot,,,
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Knot is there at 2 o'clock....checked the diameter, dead-on 3"....just what the instructions called for..
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Then leveled out that high spot and the knot with a plane. 

Feet for the case?
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And..maybe some fancy corner details?
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We'll see....right now, just getting things prepped....before the joinery can start up..
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#26
What time is it? Time for a January 2024 Bandit Project. ;={}
Will it be done by January 1st? Time will tell.
Tune in next time for another episode.
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#27
You should've spent money on a camera!
Big Grin

Jokes aside, you still need another combo square after all these years of woodworking? Why?

Simon
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#28
Sometimes...a LONGER blade will come in very handy....as in WIDE panels...
   


A lot of that fuzzy photo results from the camera being hand held, instead of on the tripod...and the right hand always having "The Essential Tremours"  old age tends to bring...and..since I run a WOOD shop and NOT a Photo Studio...it is what it is...
   
Using the Tripod for this one, BTW
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#29
(12-30-2023, 09:45 AM)bandit571 Wrote: Sometimes...a LONGER blade will come in very handy....as in WIDE panels...

It makes sense if it's not the 12" version.

Simon
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