The Woodshop Shed

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Watch Box from Scraps

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Watch Box from ScrapsThis is a watchbox for my youngest son for his 25th birthday.Its really made from some scraps I had . Idigbo makes up the front and back with Walnut for the sides. The Walnut grain flows from top to bottom so it matches the grain on the lid. The lid is a 9mm MDF panel set in a rebate in the Idigbo. The joint is inlayed with box wood and this boxwood inlay is also repeated in the middle of the top panel.There are three watch boxes inside holding two watches each. These are made from 6mm birch ply for the sides and front and back. This was veneered on both sides before I used a router with a top bearing and a template in 6mm MDF to cut all the sides to the same pattern. Corners of these were then all mitred and glued with a 3mm ply veneered panel set in a rabbet for the base. A brass handle was set into two holes drilled in the side panels. The base was lined with pig suede.The compartment below the watch boxes is lined with a Sapele panel split into two sections.The end “extra” box is MDF i veneered , top is solid Iroko and drawers are solid walnut with a piston fit.Box is lined in suede and the hinges were from the Smarthinge range from Andrew Crawford. They are so easy to fit and great quality. Watch pillows are a tan faux leather.
Finish is Shellac and buffed with microcrystaline was .Overall dimensions are 350250135mm



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DIY Swing With Arbor

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DIY Swing With Arbor I was approached by a neighbor that wanted to have a swing built for their back yard. Since there was no where to hang a swing from a porch, I had to make an Arbor for the swing to hang from. In my area the two best outdoor species available are Cedar and Cypress, so i brought the neighbor a piece of each wood and she liked the cedar, so that's what we built! I designed the swing to come apart into 6 main sub components so that it would be easy to move, first to their home, and then to their storage area while they go back to their second home for the summer. It was a lot of fun and you can see the full build video here: https://youtu.be/905ARDk_qCQ



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Router Table Mortiser

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Router Table MortiserI have been making several small end tables with mortise and tenon joints and wanted to see I could design an apparatus to make mortises for the table aprons.Below are a few photos of a my Gen I mortiser that works on a router table. This mortiser has the workpiece plunge into a the fixed router bit instead of plunging the router into the workpieceThe workpiece is clamped to a carriage which can move up and down (Z axis). The carriage is made from aluminum plate and moves up and down on v-bearings.There are two other 'fences' and three 3/8-16 adjusters; the Y adjuster is for aligning the workpiece for and aft with respect the router bit, and two X adjusters to limit X travel to the left and right. My router table also has a lift, so the depth of the mortise of controlled by the lift.After adjusting the Y axis adjuster to align the workpiece for and aft, and the two X axis adjusters, the workpiece is plunged into the router bit and moved left and right between the screw stops.This setup works well as is, but I am sure I will make some refinements down the road to make it easier to set up and operate.



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