The Woodshop Shed

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Douglas Fir Tumblers / Cups

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Douglas Fir Tumblers / CupsI made 11 of these from an 8 foot Douglas Fir 4×4 with an interesting wavy grain pattern. They are 5” tall and 3.25” across. They hold about 14oz – perfect for a bottle of beer plus a bit of foam.I should have had 12, but I destroyed the first one working out my process. They look simple, but it was very difficult boring that large hole through end grain. I settled on using successively larger forstner bits on my lathe, ending with a large 2.75” bit that shuttered and shook as I worked it down. I found that blowing a continuous stream of compressed air into the hole as I pushed the bits in cleared the chips and kept the bit cool enough.I coated the insides with epoxy and the outsides with General Finishes Bowl Finish. I then let the finishes cure for more than a month before using them. I gave all but these 4 away. And for those that I gave away, I included a little “users manual” (see photo).I have one more 8 foot 4×4, so maybe I'll make 12 more some day.



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A Table for the Gazebo

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A Table for the GazeboStanding just over 25” tall ( 25-1/2”) top is 19-1/4” wide, by 32” long. Legs have a bead running down the outside corner, and are tapered on 2 faces. Aprons have a bead along the bottom edge. Top has bread board ends.Has a full depth drawer ( for them LONG place mats?) half blind dovetailed front corners, dado to house the back of the drawer. Legs were a glue up. Top was a 4 board glue up, before the bread boards were tongue & grooved in place. Single metal handle on the drawer. Drawer front was ripped away from the top and bottom guide strips.Stain on the Ash is called Gunstock, by Minwax. followed by 2 coats of clear gloss poly. There be a build blog somewhere about this table. Hand tools where I could, power tools when it made sense. No hard fast rules.Table was for a place to set my beer down, when I am out sitting in the Gazebo this summer. Table will come back into the house this fall, and spend the winter and spring indoors…...Thanks for looking in!



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Charcuterie Boards - Version 2 & 3

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Charcuterie Boards - Version 2 & 3During my last week in AZ I roughed out 3 charcuterie boards and brought back to WA to finish. Can you believe it all 3 were identical in size 4 days ago. 16.5” long x 12.5” wide.Roughed the two Sapele, Maple and Padauk boards to the point of only needing sanding and finish. This included the routed out edges on the bottom side.The third board was laminated and thickness planed in AZ but not routed out on the back. It had strips of maple, walnut, sapele and a middle strip of padauk.My BIL had the exact Freud 3.25” x 0.5” deep cove bit that my AZ shop has. BIL has recently had surgery and said why don't you come here and use my router table and bit and entertain me during my recovery. So I took him up on his offer to mess up his shop (of course I would clean).Routed out the bottom of board 3 a bit at a time, when I was almost down to the full depth cut router starter making funny noises so I immediately stopped. Router had a screw lose its purchase into the router table edge. It tilted and cut deeper than desired. It made a mess of the end grain Cove cut.So I glued a backing board in and used longer screws and went back the next day cut the ends off with the bandsaw, re-routed the ends, and started to do the sides. Then had a large tear out in the maple. Triple darn.So ripped the maple off both sides of board 3, beveled each bottom long side. Final size 15.25” x 10”. I will probably put it in the community sale for a price that will pay for the lumber, say $20 and remake it.Boards are being finished with GF wood bowl finish. Bigger boards have two coat. Board 3 has one coat.These are going to be Christmas presents for our daughter and daughter in law. Board 3 was supposed to be ours for our WA home.



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