Hardware

There's a lot of in's and a lot of out's to building a wall.

A New Chapter in Router Bit Storage

There's still a few lurking in various storage boxes. But this marks an end to the suffering.

Let's Wrap it Up

Flushing the ends of the panels small enough to fit on the slider. Longer ones received hand plane treatment.

Like a stack of plywood. Except ash. Waiting for flattening & face treatment, performed by my beat up piece of crap dewalt palm sander. Where's that Mirka when you need it?

The dark side of the benchroom. I hate violating my benchroom like this again. I've been doing way to much messy work inside the shop instead of my outdoor workspace, way too much. But we've had a hard winter this year, just too tempting to work inside the warm shop.

Surfaces, surfaces, surfaces. Treating the frames with the big guns.

Modified Robertsons screws to fit into the 1/4" grooves of the frames. These will pin the floating panels on centre and allow for even seasonal movement of the panels.

The female notch to capture the screw.

Feeling Groovy

Milling the frame grooves for the panel tongues.

Ribbons of squeeze out. Almost too much glue, but enough to confirm a joint hasn't been starved.

Building a Wall

Had a sudden urge to build a wall, to keep out fascist pigs. It's a four panel millwork affair, including two sliding panels. A gargantuan amount of Ash was lined up for milling. First I flicked the switch on the RA saw. Then the jointer and planer got some exercise, after some bandsaw break-out.

A Bin and a Table

The lengthy list of year end shop maintenance included making a new bin for the cyclone.

A neighbour wanted their rustic Rosewood dining table resurfaced. I sanded through the stain and varnish and administered a couple coats of Osmo oil.

The Spearhead Desk