smallerstick wrote:Drawers finished! Glued up, bottoms fitted and in place and final fitting done.

Now for the lid.

Beautiful! A lot of dove tails in that piece, well done.

Sorpa wrote:I was looking into DaVinci and it looks pretty complex at a first sight. The free edition one of course.
I’ll see how Lightworks looks like

DaVinci is supposed to be a good one. Lightworks has a forum and some video tutorials, not sure about DaVinci, but I can’t see them not having the same. Just about any video editing software w…[Read more]

Sorpa wrote:What software do you use for editing?

Lightworks, free edition. More than I need, more than I know how to use.

Pretty chilly and wet today. Everything is sopping wet. Looks like spring. I don’t have to shovel it, and it’s turning everything green and things are growing.

Another video editing day today. Got one done for the weekend. I also shot the next video to put out. I have to review and see if I want to reshoot anything.

Also spread some dirt around and put some grass seed in it. Rainy days should help.

Back to guitar work. I have had this one in my possession for a long time and I have to get it back to it’s owner. This is a short one, but not the whole job. I made the bone blanks quite a while ago and have a video on it. This video gets an acoustic guitar saddle rough cut and fitted to the guitar. Bone is a different material to work with…[Read more]

smallerstick wrote:

JimDaddyO wrote:
I made a mess today in the shop.

That’s not a mess! I would be embarrassed to show a pic of mine right now. Between planing, dovetailing and fitting, there are chips and shavings everywhere.

There is actually yet another saw out for use on the joint I was cutting. The tenon saw wouldn’t go deep enough, s…[Read more]

I made a mess today in the shop.

Nice sunny day for a change. Warmer too. Makes me feel like getting off my butt and doing things. Which I am doing.

Got more seat time on the tractor and the lawns rolled again. Hope to go out and put some work in on the Roubo after my coffee break, and a little guitar work this evening.

monman1 wrote:Here are some good pics of other framers in my area. The plywood was nailed but all the nail where shot thru the plywood. And then there was the fascia boards, there just so bad.

That would be unacceptable by even an amateur like me. These guys call themselves pros?

I just did a little guitar work on a long term project. Far from finished yet. My fingers got cold out in the shop sanding small parts.

Wet and cold. Not nice weather, but at least there will be no shovelling to do.

smallerstick wrote:You’re developing some really fine skills, Jim. Those mortise and tenon joints are just beautifully done; the fit is exceptional.

Thanks, I am pretty happy with them.

More progress on the Roubo bench. I really enjoyed doing this job and it turned out really nice. I get the short stretchers put on with traditional hand cut mortise and tenons. I’m not giving up my power tools for dimensioning stock though..lol.

Video editing day. Weather is crap and I haven’t put anything out in a while, so….

GTokley wrote:I got my Box yesterday

Nice haul. I really like my jig saw, good choice.

GTokley wrote:Were these bits on sale?

No, they were regular price. About $9 CDN I think. Which, for 6 bits, isn’t too bad. Only very slightly more than the cheap ones. I really like how long the Bosch ones last and how well they fit the screw head.

smallerstick wrote:Next up is to add some feet to the blanket box. Cut the cherry 5 1/2″ wide for the bracket feet and tried a mitred dovetail for the first time. This is the fit right off the saw; it really didn’t take much fine tuning to snug right up.

Other than a small slip of the saw (Grrr), I’m pleased.

Shaping the bottom of the feet…

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No shop time for me. Went and bought new tires for the car, installed and balanced, rear brakes, and oil service done. That was close to $1000. Then went shopping with the wife and ended up buying a new charcoal grill, presents for the grandson’s birthday, groceries, driver bits, seafoam gas treatment, and other assorted items which was around…[Read more]