Jakes's Chairs (was Hemlock vs Pine)

[Garry Foster]

Ned I don't care how long it lasts or how it looks. A pile of shavings that size is always a great day!

[Ned Bulken]

Ned I don't care how long it lasts or how it looks. A pile of shavings that size is always a great day!

yep, found myself grinning ear to ear when i was planing...

Decided on the next batch to get some better air... and moved the whole operation out into the yard:


that stack includes the boards in the earlier post

Couldn't resist a couple of artsy shots:

[Ken Cook]

That had to be fun Ned, being able to swing boards around any ole way without worrying about smacking something
Cool photos as well I really like the Blk & wht shots!

[Al killian]

Ned, I would use larch. There is a guy up near you where I used to get my larch from. I was paying$.065 a bf. I will see if I still have his number for you.

[Ned Bulken]

That had to be fun Ned, being able to swing boards around any ole way without worrying about smacking something
Cool photos as well I really like the Blk & wht shots!

Thanks Ken, despite my shop's small footprint, I don't generally feel 'limited' handling lumber in there... having over 12' tall ceilings helps in that respect a LOT! It was kind of liberating to be out in the open air doing woodworking though. I think that I'm going to revisit a long ago 'plan' and build a deck onto the end of the shop so I can simply open the doors, and then do some open air woodworking in the hot weather. That was the main reason I pulled the planer outside. Funny thing though, when it came time for cleanup, I literally was sweeping shavings up from the grass! Obviously didn't get them all, but I figured I could at least gather the larger piles of shavings that didn't get into the box.

Ned, I would use larch. There is a guy up near you where I used to get my larch from. I was paying$.065 a bf. I will see if I still have his number for you.

Al, sounds like a plan.

I'm treating this set of chairs as a refresher course in workflow in and around the shop. For example I had one board today which was cupped more than the others. I was pleased that the old habits kicked in, I kept flipping it taking a bit off of both convex and concave sides until I got it to 'match' the other boards. I think the entire set got two or three more passes through the planer than I would have done otherwise as a result. That way I have consistent thickness across the entire batch of wood.

I'm 'out' less than $50 for a pair of chairs, including hardware (if I have to buy any; I think I have enough stuff on hand that I shouldn't have to buy much), So far, I've gotten the planer, miter saw and bandsaw up and running, and tomorrow I should get the TS and DC hooked up and working as well (of course the TS has pretty much been ready to roll the whole time).

I got a call from my new area manager for work, and after a couple of phone calls, it looks 'good' for my transfer from VA back to this area. I just 'missed' a training session here in Syracuse this week though, because he didn't know i was here and available to attend. I told him I would be available in a pinch next week, and that otherwise he could put me on schedule for the following week. Lori started a new banking job 2 weeks ago, and next week she's working all 5 days 9-5 (she'll be part time after that for awhile), I don't want to have to juggle her work schedule vs mine when she's concentrating on getting up to speed.

[Ned Bulken]

well I didn't take a lot of photos during the messy parts, but here's what I accomplished today:




safety first:


boy was a I glad that I wore that while ripping, had a few pieces fly off the blade at me... nothing large, but it was an 'aha' moment.



there's two of the longer legs, yet to be detailed, plus two blanks which I forget what they're for off the top of my head. One of these days I'll find my workbench again.


I need to plane down the last two long rough boards, I have some pieces yet to go, and they should be just enough for me to finish these prototypes.

[Ned Bulken]

one more for ken...



found a small cutting board in process while cleaning the other day... decided to get creative tonight for my photo a day project.

[Ken Cook]

one more for ken...

& I've lost sight of my bench once or twice...keep on truckin, looking forward to seeing them!

[Vaughn McMillan]

...boy was a I glad that I wore that while ripping, had a few pieces fly off the blade at me... nothing large, but it was an 'aha' moment.

Were you ripping on the tablesaw? Good on you for wearing face protection, but if you're getting stuff flying back at you while ripping on a tablesaw, you might want to review your technique and process. In the 6 or 7 years I've been actively back into woodworking (during which time I've ripped a lot of ~18" to 24" cutting board parts), I can count on two fingers the number of pieces of wood that have kicked back at me, and in both cases it was due to improper holding/feeding technique.

[Ned Bulken]

Were you ripping on the tablesaw? Good on you for wearing face protection, but if you're getting stuff flying back at you while ripping on a tablesaw, you might want to review your technique and process. In the 6 or 7 years I've been actively back into woodworking (during which time I've ripped a lot of ~18" to 24" cutting board parts), I can count on two fingers the number of pieces of wood that have kicked back at me, and in both cases it was due to improper holding/feeding technique.

Vaughn, thanks, but it wasn't a kickback, more like a crumbly bit that the blade picked up. I was using the TS to 'joint' the edges of the boards, taking off as little as I could, and every once in awhile a small 1/8" or so size bit would set sail. More like heavy sawdust than anything else. I'm just cautious is all.