Stuff you have made today

[Tupers]

My front rim for my Suzuki is polished and laced up now. It still needs a little work truing it up but it was a much quicker job than the first one.

 

[Steveblade]

I got to do some GT250 wheels next, is that an excell rim? Also are those unicycles hanging in the background?

 

[DAPPH]

Today I reached a bit of a landmark in my first proper wood-bothering project. I'm still finding this cellulose stuff a bit odd compared to metal, but I'm getting there.

This is just a dry fit to see how it looks; I still need to do lots of sanding, some gluing and lots and lots of coats of varnish/oil mix.

Need to work on my hand sawing accuracy: all the saw cuts have required a lot of tidying up with chisels and/or planes!

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When I was learning about fine furniture making, every cut was done by hand for the first year or so .
We had to use a squared off block of wood gently & protectively clamped to what we were cutting as a guide for the saw and used a back less Japanese pull saw ....you'll get perfect right angle polished vertical cuts along the line of your choice if you gently push the blade to the upright of the block with one hand as you draw the saw towards you with the other . .

 

[DAPPH]

My front rim for my Suzuki is polished and laced up now. It still needs a little work truing it up but it was a much quicker job than the first one.

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A 9 volt battery & bulb arrangement with a simple push or micro switch with a roller on the arm an adjustable rod so the switch actuator to metal contact under a slight pressure makes a circuit to light the bulb is far more accurate than the piece of wire method you are using or are you going to use a DTI once you've got it nearly there ?

 

[Seadog]

Overtake a car?

To surpass has an altogether different context. It means to "achieve more" or "to be better than", although there are other uses.

 

[Steveblade]

Looks fine to me, theres always a different way to do it, doesnt mean its better.

 

[Steveblade]

A 9 volt battery & bulb arrangement with a simple push or micro switch with a roller on the arm an adjustable rod so the switch actuator to metal contact under a slight pressure makes a circuit to light the bulb is far more accurate than the piece of wire method you are using or are you going to use a DTI once you've got it nearly there ?

Looks fine to me, theres always a different way to do it, doesnt mean its better. How accurate do you think the rims are anyway? If your getting it within 20 thou your doing a good job, you dont need a DTI.

 

[Dr.Al]

@Dr.Al

Sanding sealer and French polish will seal that a treat. Plus bring the grain up.

That's the funny thing about finishes: every one I've spoken to seems to have their own "best finish". I think I'm going to go with a thinned mixture of Tung oil and varnish for this one (although I might change my mind yet). I've been trying lots of different ones on bits of scrap and that seems to look good so far.

looks very good if all done by hand show it when u have finished

Not all by hand, sorry! I've tried to do lots of it by hand, but have cheated and used power saws (with cuts cleaned up with hand planes) for some of the cuts as my hand sawing skills just aren't good enough. Mortice and tenons for the legs were all hand cut, as were the tapers on the legs. I don't have a plough plane, so the long grooves in the top for the "breadboard ends" (as apparently they're called) were cut with a router.

When I was learning about fine furniture making, every cut was done by hand for the first year or so .
We had to use a squared off block of wood gently & protectively clamped to what we were cutting as a guide for the saw and used a back less Japanese pull saw ....you'll get perfect right angle polished vertical cuts along the line of your choice if you gently push the blade to the upright of the block with one hand as you draw the saw towards you with the other . .

That sounds like a really good tip: I'll give it a try, thanks.

 

[Munkul]

Tuesday this was... my plough fell apart for want of a lousy circlip that must have popped off! Started ploughing funny, went to lift her out of work, and broke its back.

Thankfully the pin wasn't too bent, and all i had to fix really were two broken turnbuckles.

 

[Brad93]

Nice manitou!

 

[AndersK]

Yes infact we passed the afternoon as we always do , without bothering too much about laughing together but once alone I felt very sad

Sorry about your friend.

Take all opportunities you can to visit/talk to him
That disease can turn quickly in both ways.

One of the greatest friends I've ever had got diagnosed in December last year, passed away 3 months later. Last time we spoke he was a little better and we said as soon he gets his strength I'll drive up to see him (Norway so a good 4h drive), 2 weeks later he was gone.

 

[Tupers]

I got to do some GT250 wheels next, is that an excell rim? Also are those unicycles hanging in the background?

I looked at Excell rims but they were too expensive for my blood so these are just unbranded ones from eBay. It’s not a race bike or anything like that so they’ll do fine for my budget and requirements.

Those a bicycles hanging in the background. I could never figure out a unicycle.

 

[mtt.tr]

Today I reached a bit of a landmark in my first proper wood-bothering project. I'm still finding this cellulose stuff a bit odd compared to metal, but I'm getting there.

This is just a dry fit to see how it looks; I still need to do lots of sanding, some gluing and lots and lots of coats of varnish/oil mix.

Need to work on my hand sawing accuracy: all the saw cuts have required a lot of tidying up with chisels and/or planes!

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in cabinetry its normal practice to finish shoulders and tennons off with a hand plane.

Very smart looking

 

[mtt.tr]

That's the funny thing about finishes: every one I've spoken to seems to have their own "best finish". I think I'm going to go with a thinned mixture of Tung oil and varnish for this one (although I might change my mind yet). I've been trying lots of different ones on bits of scrap and that seems to look good so far.



Not all by hand, sorry! I've tried to do lots of it by hand, but have cheated and used power saws (with cuts cleaned up with hand planes) for some of the cuts as my hand sawing skills just aren't good enough. Mortice and tenons for the legs were all hand cut, as were the tapers on the legs. I don't have a plough plane, so the long grooves in the top for the "breadboard ends" (as apparently they're called) were cut with a router.



That sounds like a really good tip: I'll give it a try, thanks.

Never varnish wood, its always looks awful. Danish oil and wax is just about the nicest most natural finish

Some of the professional cellulose finishes are nice, even sanding sealer can come up a treat

or keeping it traditional and shiny french is lovely option and pretty simple despite the claims on how hard it is

 

[Dr.Al]

in cabinetry its normal practice to finish shoulders and tennons off with a hand plane.

Very smart looking

Thanks! Getting some sort of shoulder plane is high on my list having made the tenons: it would be nice to have a plane that can go into the corners rather than having to use chisels (although I do really enjoy paring with chisels).

Never varnish wood, its always looks awful. Danish oil and wax is just about the nicest most natural finish

The varnish I was talking about was mixed into the oil: a recipe recommended on another forum of equal parts Tung Oil, varnish and white spirit. As I understand it, that's basically what Danish Oil is: oil mixed with varnish and some sort of thinner.

 

[mtt.tr]

Thanks! Getting some sort of shoulder plane is high on my list having made the tenons: it would be nice to have a plane that can go into the corners rather than having to use chisels (although I do really enjoy paring with chisels).



The varnish I was talking about was mixed into the oil: a recipe recommended on another forum of equal parts Tung Oil, varnish and white spirit. As I understand it, that's basically what Danish Oil is: oil mixed with varnish and some sort of thinner.

Look out for a record 311, makes a handy chisel plane

 

[nickk]

Here’s that grille I posted a couple weeks ago,now I just need to fab a guard.job No 121.

 

[nickk]

Why 2 photos?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Why 2 photos?

To be sure, to be sure...

 

[Feet 'n Inches]

The last of my current stock of 1/2" square bar ended up looking like this.



Using my recently acquired bandsaw made life a lot easier when it came to cutting. Prior to that it would have been marking off 18 pieces of steel and cutting them at 45 deg with an angle grinder.

There were some differences of opinion on the finish. I'm quite happy with it staying self-coloured but SWMBO wanted it painted although she wasn't sure of the colour. No problem with a compromise - it's now living up in my office.