Posted in Steamer Trunk Project on Jul 31st, 2007
I experienced an interesting time this weekend cutting my edge band trim for the steamer cases. It all started with changing the blade on my 14” bandsaw to a 1/2″ blade for resawing the lumber from the week before into thinner strips to run through the planer. Looking at my bandsaw I decided to once […]
Posted in Steamer Trunk Project on Jul 24th, 2007
During last week I was able to steal some time away before the weekend and complete the gluing of the tops to my lid sides. I used several bar clamps along with my band clamp. I found if I had the band clamp on the top it then provided me with the lineup of the […]
Posted in Steamer Trunk Project, Shop Log Book on Jul 16th, 2007
It was a productive weekend as I accomplished all my woodworking goals on the steamer trunks. Looking over my thumbnail photos below (click on them to enlarge) you can see I was able to cut the 1/4″ grooves in all the rails of the top to hold the panels, add a 1/8” round over to […]
Posted in Steamer Trunk Project, Shop Log Book on Jul 11th, 2007
Well I did have a good Fourth of July Holiday along with getting some shop time, but unfortunately I ended up getting frustrated at my Jet 6″ Jointer and tearing it down for a complete tuneup. I have to admit it was long overdue, but as many woodworkers can attest to, jointer tuneups are not […]
Posted in Steamer Trunk Project on Jul 2nd, 2007
I had the opportunity this weekend to finish the cutting and glue up of the edges that make up the truck lids. I had all my equipment setup ready to assemble after doing a dry run and getting all my sides aligned and matched the way I wanted them.
I used the top of the case […]
Posted in Reviews on Jul 1st, 2007
Your friendly neighborhood woodworker took an opportunity once again this year to pay a visit to the Des Moines Art Festival. Although I did not spend a long time at the event I did make it to most of the wood booths, and taking advise of Joel Hess over at August Home Publishing I wanted […]