The Woodshop Shed

adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Mitre Sled

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Mitre SledFor my End Table Table Top that is shown on my Blog I wanted to make a mitre sled to cut the mitre corners as accurately as possible. I built a 45 degree sled following the YouTube video by William Ng.My sled however did not come out dead on perfect on the first correction adjustment like William's.After thinking about why mine was not able to be adjusted to meet my expectations I re-cut the chevron that had sat an Arizona summer in a house cooled to 88 degrees and sat upright on the upper shelf of my closet.First correction adjustment triangle came out very close and I used that to cut the outer frame of the table top.Needing a shop fix today I went through the sled adjustment with 2 adjustment cuts. I used the drill press to pretrial holes for the screws that fix the chevron to the sled. Came out 0.0025” in a 16 inch length. Good enough for me.William makes it look so easy.Here is a link to the table top blog.https://www.lumberjocks.com/gdaveg/blog/132348



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Memories brought back

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Memories brought backtwo years ago while at our annual Atwood Fall festival I spotted a vendor down the road that had wooden vehicles. A dozer, a trackhoe and a M58A1 replica Jeep. The jeep wasn't exact but close enough to make me not leave without it.
So this is not my finished project but a project made by Wayne Dyer of Port Washington, Ohio. Picture 1 is what I got that day and the rest of the pictures are what I have now after I comissioned a local graphic artist to paint and decal the jeep to my specs.
The reason I had to have this is evident in picturee 2 – 3rd armoured Division & HQ – 11 on the front bumper. While in Germany I was assigned that jeep and somehow managed to drive nearly 60,000 miles in 18 months. I was given a Safety Award for 50,000 miles without an accident or DR (ticket) and continued to drive until I got separation orders in January 1963.
The only credit due me is for having somebody satisfy my ego with their patience and expertise.here's a few more pics – please note there's no antenna nor sign of a radio. HQ11 was the only jeep not fitted with such for security I guessit difficult to see but there's actually a pintle hook for the trailer
the seats were shaded with a lighter olive drab
the tires on the trailer and jeep are walnut and I opted to leave them natural
So that's it guys, my home away from home for nearly 18 months – ole HQ11Please enjoy the pictures as much as I do having this memory revisited



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Arts and Crafts Coffee Table

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Arts and Crafts Coffee TableHere's another winter project. I made this for my son and his new house. This is also a second-time project. Quarter sawn white oak for the top, shelf, and slats. Rift sawn for the legs and rails. I prefer straight grain for structural parts. The plans for this table used to be on Rockler's website but I can't find them there anymore. Most of this table sticks to the plans except for the top thickness, too hard to find 6/4 QSWO lately. I also changed the slats by putting them in by mortise and tenon rather than slots and fillers between each slat, that seemed more work than cutting the mortises. The finish is a 1:3 mix of Minwax Red Mahogany and Early American, and 4 coats of polyurethane with a 1200 sanding before the last coat.
I learned a lot with this project. Mostly that QSWO can be brutal if the grain makes a rise. I won't soon forget the hours I spent with a card scraper cleaning up the tear-outs from the planer.Thanks for looking.



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