Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Plan for the blog
So my plan for the blog reboot is to have this be more behind the scenes type content that did not make it to the youtube channel. So here is some additional content. The arches I have been working on are looking good. I finished up the fingerjoints for the 8 ft arch yesterday and ran off 120 ft of moulding for the Oak st house.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Arts and Crafts Cabinet
So I decided to make a reproduction of an Arts and Crafts cabinet I found in Popular Woodworking's Arts & Crafts Furniture: 25 Projects For Every Room In Your Home. Valentines day was coming up and I wanted to make something cool for my spouse. So I picked up 55 board ft of quarter sawn white oak and set out to build something cool. So I got it mostly finished when the paying work started picking up. So my gift languished in a corner of the shop till Mothers day rolled around. I did manage to spare a few days to finish it.
Big Stihl Saw
So when we bought the farm there was a really big fallen tree in the pasture. One day I went out and decided to cut it up for bonfire. I started cutting and realized it was a walnut tree, so I decided to slab as much as I could. The grain is really pretty and it has some cool mineral streaking to it. Fortunately I have a thing for big chainsaws so I was able to just buy a rip chain and go to town. I really like the rip chain I got from baileysonline.com( 63 gauge .375). My saw is a Stihl MS660 with an exhaust/intake and porting, so it is cranking out some power. I have a 4 ft bar on it and it will run it buried in walnut with out a hint of bogging down.
Sweet Zombie Jesus
So I have been neglecting my blog... a lot. The youtube channel is getting a lot of views and this just kind of fell by the way side. I think I am going to resurrect this blog...
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