The Woodshop Shed

Running horses

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Kathy wanted a picture of some horses.This is the picture she picked. I copied the design from a fellow marqueteer. I know the sun is actually in front of a few of the “clouds”, but just go with it.

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Inlaid cutting board sized for a rack of ribs

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Just finished up this board for my son's birthday. I was built using the process outlined by Justin on his project . He has a description of the build process at the end of the comments.The board is maple 1.25”x9”x21.75” with 1/4” inlays of cherry, walnut, and padauk. Each inlay is two layers 1/8” thick. The finish is a couple coats of Clarks Cutting Board Finish.A couple lessons learned:1. After cutting the channel with the router make 2 bandsaw cuts close to each side of the channel. The maple was somewhat brittle and tore out a bit cleaning up after a single bandsaw cut down the channel. Setting the bandsaw cut to leave less than a 1/16” on each side seemed to take care of that.2. The padauk was a bit oily. When I glued up the padauk inlay the glued gripped well between the padauk and the maple but was a complete failure between the two layers of padauk. I cleaned off the glue including a wet rag wipe down. I then dried the padauk and gave a good rub down with denatured alcohol. Clamped the glue up (with TiteBond III) over night. That left a solid result.I built this in about 11 hours over 4 days.I delivered it today as we had a barbeque at my son's. He immediately put it to work!

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Gerstner Style Machinist's Chest

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I wanted to purchase and restore a Gerstner style machinist's chest but used sticker shock caused me to rethink. As an alternative, I found plans and made this one. The plans were purchased online from The Woodsmith Shop. I bought the higher priced version which includes a set of drawings that runs 17 pages. Made from quartersawn white oak, the overall dimensions are 17 wide by 12-1/2 high by 8 deep. This version contains 7 drawers. The case bottom and sides are joined with box joints. The front and rear panels are made up of rails and stiles with raised panels. The lid is a frame joined by box joints with a rabbeted panel nailed on top of it.
When it came to the hardware I ran into a snag. The plans suggest MachinistChest.com as a source. Unfortunately, they are out of business. I was able to get most of the items from Rockler (hinges, latches and corner guards). The biggest problem was the drawer pulls. Five of the seven drawers are only 1-1/4 tall and all drawer fronts are only 3/8 thick. I could not find drawer pulls to match those specs. There is no space between the drawers and front panel so the pulls had to be flush. I ended up making custom wooden pulls. The exterior is finished with two coats of Sealcoat shellac and two coats of Waterlox satin finish. The drawers got three coats of aerosol shellac and three coats of Deft aerosol lacquer.
For now, this will hold small tools in my shop but I made it with my nearly 7-year-old grandson in mind. He has proven to be quite an artist. One day I will load this up with artist materials and pass it on to him.

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