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Monday, March 3, 2014

My New Old Tools

Recently my girlfriends mum invited me to look through her shed for any tools that might be of use in my new woodworking hobby. A lot of the tools I found were suffering from rust and have not been used (or even touched) for around 18 years.

Here are a few of the tools I am either in the process of cleaning up or have cleaned up and pressed back into service once again.

Roll of 12 Auger bits
Ridgway Large Expanding Bit Set 3/8" - 3"
Large Yankee Push Screwdriver
Small Ratchet Screwdriver
Marking Gauge
Small Hammer
Stanley 102 Block Plane
Rapier Spokeshave
2 x Egg Beater Drills (One Stanley the other a Millers Falls?)
Spinney Bailey No#4 Bench Plane - I may set this up as a Scrub Plane
2 x Sureform (Straight & Curved) Planes
Wooden (Shoulder?) Plane.

There were also three Warranted Superior Panel saws which I counted as: 5tpi, 8tpi & 10tpi all filed rip. I de-rusted the blades, sanded and oiled the wooden handles and have sent them off along with my own 10tpi panel saw for re-sharpening and should get them back next week.

I have requested the 5tpi to be filed rip, the 8tpi to be filed crosscut and the other two 10tpi saws rip and crosscut. At some point in the near future, I would like get the required saw files and tools and be responsible for sharpening my own saws.

Cleaning, de-rusting, oiling, servicing and sharpening all these tools is helping me better understand how they work and whats required to keep them functioning properly - all the more important in the hand tool world.

Its certainly a steep learning curve!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

HOMESENSE HOW I ADORE THEE my new birdcage and painted mirror

Last visit to Homesense happened to be a quick

stop while we were on a peaceful drive to get away

from the hustle and bustle of life and work. As both

George and I work at home a great deal in the

evenings sometimes we just take off for a quiet

drive and enjoy an ice cappuchino from Tim Hortons.

Recently I had mentioned out loud wanting a bird

cage. I had really wanted one for a long time but

never mentioned it. With my retail job Ive been all

over the Fraser Valley as well as different locations

through out the country and really just never see them.

Well during this last stop at Homesense we meandered around

the store together close to closing time, George would pop

in and out of the isles showing me things he saw.

Then just as we rounding the final lap to the finish

line he popped into the isle again this time with a

beautiful white birdcage in hand.

I gasped and immediately said

"I WANT IT!"

Then common sense took over and I asked

"HOW MUCH?"

Turned out to be $40, come on!

Well I still wanted it.

While this whole thought process was going on

George popped in with another bird house of a

different color and style. Now I was even more

excited at options. Be careful what you wish for.

Before the whole thing was done we musta found

close to a dozen different styles, sizes and colors.

And different prices.

Including this pretty pretty turquoise one and it was only $15
*** SOLD ***

Another find that evening was this great

*FLYING THE WORLD*

mini suitcase.

We also got our large oval clock that youve seen in the past

and a few book boxes at Homesense.

Before I go I want to share with you some encouragement I received from

AMY from MAISON DECOR

She painted her beautiful mirror frame pink and

encouraged me when I told her I didnt quite have

the nerve to do mine.

Well I was finally able to find a bit of time Mothers

day morning and went for it. Happy Mothers day to me.

Mines blue, its bold, its finished, and its brilliant.

Did you notice it also matches the bird cage?

Muahahahahah!

A tutorial of this mirror can be found here.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

hold on to my hat

well, ok, out of control here. not really, but looking at the pictures below, you might think we were ... there is just so much stuff going on, all at the same time, all different styles and directions, but all cool. above and below are two new belt buckles from sam in the metal shop. the top one was for one of our guides on our montana trip (fish in montana), and the one below was for a local bass tournament that ended recently ... the rest of the stuff below is just a short summary of last week and the rest of the month coming up... click the photos to enlarge them.

and in the woodshop ... we finished and delivered the dining room this past week; it all looks good and everyones happy, including me ... its always nice to wrap up a big one ...

it was hard to get it all in the picture, but the light in their room is fantastic in the late afternoon ...

arm chairs .... very sculptural process getting those arms on there ..

and the clients threw an eastlake armchair restoration at us at the last minute ... we were all surprised how much we liked it when it was finished ... it had been in the clients basement since they moved in and it was pretty questionable looking when we picked it up.

and, a friends mom died ... she was a client of mine too and so we made the box for her ashes, which i always consider an honor. we have made a bunch of these and i went back and read one of my blog posts about the process ... glad to do it ... the service was last saturday ...

and here we have a claro walnut slab desk thats happening now too ... here it is, as of friday afternoon, with the drawer framing just starting ...

here it is on its feet today. will was doing some banjo work this afternoon and we decided to put the first coat of finish on the top ... more on that piece as we progress ...

and were watching our friend steve holman make progress on a challenging piece that trevor did some fancy cnc work on. essentially, trevors job was to take the concept of the small handmade model above and convert it to full size. without trevor, it would have been a daunting task of freehand, large scale drawing. changes and adjustments would have been painful ...

trevor first converted the plan view that steve gave him at 1" = 1, to digital form, and then made the 1/4 scale model you see in mdf above. from there he made many small and subtle adjustments before making plan view templates of the shapes to test the full size fit ups. he then cut the curved plates and forms for steve to build the walls and laminate the applied curved and veneers walls on .

note the allowances for varying wall thicknesses, handicap, wheel chair access, etc.,etc ..

full size plates and shoes here

and friday, we saw some of the full size walls ... its going to be a cool object ...

and then there are the troublesome bobbin leg tables for an interior designer in northern vermont ... looked easy on paper, yet will warned me it wouldnt be, and, he was very right ... we finally figured we had to make four forms to glue up the 3 piece mid rails or else we would have too many pieces to deal with at once ...

got it now ... were going to reduce the space between the top two rails to get the joinery and proportions to be better and then all we have to do is make another one, just like it to match ... seems like they are taking forever ... win some/lose some ...

and then theres the bar cabinet that will is building ... its loosely a simpler version of the art deco macassar ebony cabinet he built a few years ago. hes on the home stretch now ...

the doors, with their curly maple center inlays, went into the bag friday afternoon .. saw them this morning and they looked good.

and then theres that $5000. load of wood that arrived from irion lumber last week. 4 dining tables, a coffee table, a corner cupboard and 8 chairs, and some other odds and ends, coming right up ...

the table and corner cupboard cad drawings ... the client chose the slightly larger version on the left after we sent her a cardboard full size plan view ...

and theres the cherry trestle table from this post ... coming up soon

and this morning, in our driveway, was sams new/old 700 pound clausing milling machine that he picked up yesterday from plaza machinery in bristol, vermont ... all we had to do was figure out how to get it out of the truck, into the shop and then off the dolly ... in the end, all it takes is the proper equipment

and a competent support/cheerleading staff, including uncle pete and his tractor, jennifer and kit.

getting it off the 6" high dolly and onto the floor was a trick involving about 8 layers of mdf blocks on each corner, removed one at a time ... it felt like we were building the pyramids, in reverse ... lever up, remove, lever down ... got it ...

and there was still time to help kit plant the garlic ... indian summer here this week ... beautiful.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Shop my House Clearance Sale!

Happy Thursday! Its almost the weekend!! YAY! :)

I was going through a few things before we move next weekend (yikes!) and found some things you all might be interested in.

I bought these pillow shams and pillows and ended up not using them. Im was planning on returning, but wanted to see if anyone was interested first. All items are $15 + Shipping (calculated US shipping will be about $6-$10) Set of Kate Spade Euro shams (Spring Street, orange blossom - colors include medium pink, coral and white) a matching toss pillow 14x14, and a toss pillow 14x14 in moonbeam (light griege and white). New with tags. (only one of each item is available)

Leave a comment if youre interested!

Aqua tray with paper and resin. More info on how I made it here

$15 + Calculated US shipping.

Leave a comment if youre interested!

This print is on clearance for $3 + $3 shipping (I have 30 available). Printed on 8x10 satin paper (slight sheen) Printed on thinner paper than my normal prints, print quality is still nice, but would work best framed for support.

If youre interested, use the "buy it now" button on the right sidebar to checkout through PayPal.

If you requested a larger item (painting, picture frames, etc.) Im finally going to pick up boxes today, so you should be hearing from me shortly! :)

P.S. I found a few more things to giveaway next week, check back on Wednesday for Humpday Giveaway!