Showing posts with label what. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
WHAT TO DO WITH A BAD DESK DRAWER
This is one of my favorite types of projects to work on. Something passed on to me from
someone who knows no matter how bad it looks believes I can turn it into
something fabulous. And this desk did come out looking amazing so keep reading.
This secretary had stickers on it, screws in it, ink stains, drawers that didnt work,
but the largest problem was one drawer was missing the whole corner.
My solution was .... get rid of the drawer.
I moved the bottom drawer into the top hole and altered the frame.
I repositioned the front kick board up and cut the side panel back to the rear legs.
Check out the photo above for details.
I put new legs on the front that just happened to be the exact length I needed.
If they had been shorter I could have cut the back legs to match the length.
Here she is standing up again with two drawers and new legs.
The inside of the top was also a big challenge to deal with. It had floor tiles stuck to the work surface,
melted wax to remove, holes that needed fill, and the piano hinge that held the fold down was
bent and missing screws. All of which I fixed but it took a lot of time and patience.
WD-40 is great for removing stickers and adhesive. Be sure to wash the area with soap and water after
using it. WD-40 is an oil based product that will cause water based paint to react funny on the surface.
Here she is all painted and put back together with new drawer pulls.
I hope this will get you thinking about your options for saving wood furniture from the landfill.
Heres the before and after ....
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Wood Working Wood Working Plans What Wood Should You Use For
Wood Working: Wood Working Plans - What Wood Should You Use For ...: "You have your wood working plans for the wood working project you have decided to build, now all you need is some wood, glue, fasteners, a ..."
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
So What Does An Old French Guy Know That I Dont
So with my last two posts, you must know by now that I am trying to define a vice that will adapt to the type of work I do, and plan to do. As I plan to make boxes, everything from jewellery to writing boxes, I expect they will be built in an array of sizes and shapes, not all necessarily square. I also have found a new interest; kinetic sculptures. This is a very fancy name for folk art that has moving parts. A more recognizable term for them is "whirligigs". Some of the more complex ones I have looked at lately absolutely fascinate me. I will leave the topic of kinetic sculptures for another day, but I mention them because they explain why I want a vice that will work out of parallel.
So far, my trip into the physics of applied forces hasnt been met with anything that even slightly resembles a, "I say there, Mitchell, I think you might have it, sir". In truth, my plans have pretty much garnered a, "Cute, but it wont bloody work you moron."
So I do what I do best...I do more research.
For my vice idea, I only had to cruise as far as the Popular Woodworking site to discover one of Christopher Schwarzs articles on vices, one of many, an article entitled, "Meet the Etaux from Old Salems Shop".
An "Etaux" is an add-on to a vice and is used for specialty work, much like Moxons Twin Screw Bench Vice. The one Chris was discussing is basically a miniature leg vice.
Chris had a couple of images of this vice that were small and showed less than ideal detail. I went off and searched for better ones, but couldnt come up with any, so I did a little work with Chris to get some of the detail between the uprights to display. If nothing else, these adjusted images will show you why you cant enlarge digital image files - they fall apart.
Bad images aside, the design of this vice results in the question..."Why the hell will this old French guys design work and mine wont?"
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So far, my trip into the physics of applied forces hasnt been met with anything that even slightly resembles a, "I say there, Mitchell, I think you might have it, sir". In truth, my plans have pretty much garnered a, "Cute, but it wont bloody work you moron."
So I do what I do best...I do more research.
For my vice idea, I only had to cruise as far as the Popular Woodworking site to discover one of Christopher Schwarzs articles on vices, one of many, an article entitled, "Meet the Etaux from Old Salems Shop".
An "Etaux" is an add-on to a vice and is used for specialty work, much like Moxons Twin Screw Bench Vice. The one Chris was discussing is basically a miniature leg vice.
Chris had a couple of images of this vice that were small and showed less than ideal detail. I went off and searched for better ones, but couldnt come up with any, so I did a little work with Chris to get some of the detail between the uprights to display. If nothing else, these adjusted images will show you why you cant enlarge digital image files - they fall apart.
Bad images aside, the design of this vice results in the question..."Why the hell will this old French guys design work and mine wont?"
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| The inset is the original in its original size and the black and white image is the adjusted one, like I had to explain that one to you :0) |
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| There is no glide connecting these two uprights to keep them parallel. None, nada, zip. The only parts are a large screw at the top, and a smaller one at the bottom. Now where did I see that design before? Oh ya. It was mine! |
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| Two examples from an early 20th-century tool catalogue, La Forge Royale. |
While I have never seen this vice before, I couldnt help but notice that even the bottom, lighter screw comes at things from the back.
While I cant see it in the photos, the bottom screw may be connected to the front upright in some way. I have emailed Chris and asked him about this. Ill let you know his answer once I receive it.
Peace,
Mitchell
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