Before I get to the table top I will share some of the distractions that are ongoing.
I re glued and screwed the music stand I made a while ago (September 19th 2016) It was a dark and windy evening on Wednesday and my music stand blew out of my hand and across the parking lot, breaking which is why it needed to be repaired
I had to repair a push stick featuring a really nice handle from a jack plane, that fell on the floor and got stepped on. Needed to be fixed.
And worth the trouble since it is very nice for working on my jointer.
Also, today.....I took my first bicycle ride of the season. I collected my new bike at Brant Cycle and road it home. That was a bit of an exercise for early in the season, it was only 2 degrees about freezing when I set off for home. An hour and twenty minutes of great riding and a chilly face. (that's where I was this morning David)
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| Giant LAFree E-Bike |
The e-bike lets a fat sixty-one year old man ride like he is a teenager. I road 35ish KM today in the cold and didn't even care. I love the bike it, it is comfortable, quick as I want and it was reasonably priced. WOW.
The other wood working project began with a need, of sorts.
Working on pallet wood often has me begin the sanding process with my 4 1/2 inch grinder and sanding disks. So I have a grinder, various disks, an arbour tech cutting disk, several wrenches and other stuff. I finally decided that these various things were drifting and needed a proper home.
This is to be a storage box, all it needs to do is keep the grinder and its friends together when on the shelf, so I gathered up materials from the bins.
So the bottom of the box is:
a pocket hole project. I love my KREG jig. It made two pieces of plywood destined for the fire place into something useful.
When I put the ends on the box I used pocket holes too. And for right angle assembly there is no substitute for the KREG Right Angle Clamp.
For the sides I got even more thrifty. I have a couple of old pieces of Masonite, that were sink cut outs. The pieces are warped, but almost indestructible. Since the pieces are too small to be used to make an impregnable criminal hide out they've just sat on a shelf in my shop for years.
My Freud thin kerf rip saw blade cuts a slot almost exactly the width of fifty year old Masonite. So I cut some slots and used various bits of left over plywood and made the box slightly more of a production that it would have been I my wood scraps were larger. The Masonite almost makes it appear as though I was doing something special, instead of something cheap.
A piece of old belt and a couple of screws and the box if done, sanded and filled with the extra bits and pieces that accompany the grinder around.
So the table top:
Pretty interesting I think. It will get a couple of clear coats on top, once I decided whether it needs indoor or outdoor varnish.
A shop tip to complete the blog.
You should keep a yellow or orange coloured pencil in your shop to mark on dark wood and Masonite etc.
cheers ianw
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