Denise's First Clock
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8 February 2014 at 3:08 pm #27449
Nice progress on the clock Denise. I admire the way you’re so methodical in your planning and execution. Glad to see that I wasn’t the only one to be lured into an HF bench by expediency! It will work but the vise is starting to drive me crazy. I may attempt some upgrades on the vise and the rigidity in the near future. Keep up the good work.
cheers,
8 February 2014 at 6:13 pm #27454Denise this is going to sound like a broken record but your clock is looking good and you are off to a great start. I haven’t built any clocks yet but hope to make a few during this year as Christmas gifts. I did how ever tackle Paul’s bench and I sure enjoy it and glad I built it. It is not pretty but is rock solid and does what it is suppose to do. I added a clamp rack on the right side and finishing a drawer for the left side and also attached a small tool rack to the front apron to house a couple back saws, my 6″ and 12″ square and ( 3 ) of the more common chisels I use.
I envy you as well for taking on this hobby as there are very few Women who like and enjoy Wood Working, I think that is great. I wish I had Paul and Greg’s talents also as far as drawings for the journal. I have a couple different projects going of Paul’s and writing down notes and “embarrassing” drawings but I understand it, no one else might not LOL. Any how keep us posted with your progression.
Steve
[quote quote=27385]I started by watching all the videos and making note do each step. Then I used my sketch book to lay out the work, cut list, building steps, detailed drawing, etc.[/quote]
Denise-
Do what I do: DON’T take notes or make drawings, but instead watch the videos over and over (and over) to get the information by osmosis. Then go to your bench and stand there for a while before you realize you need to go back to the video again!
Seriously, I have to start taking notes of Paul’s procedures so I don’t forget the small things…
Your clock does look very crisp and clean so far. Excellent work.
Thanks Randy. I don’t regret the HF bench, but that vise is worthless. I tried using it a time or two and never again. I want to improve my woodworking skills, not my swearing skills – I have golf for that pursuit ;-).
Here are a few additions I’ve made the the bench to help me hold wood. The bench hooks are very rough but also very helpful. They are not perfectly square, but come in handy every time I work. The strip of wood clamped to the back of my bench is almost never removed and a great plane stop. The Stanley 700 vise on the end of the bench was $12 on Ebay and believe it or not it works very well.
I will build a bench and wish I had one already, but for now I get to work and build my skills and plan a bit nicer bench than I would have been able to make if I made it as a first project.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Thank you Ricardo, Sandy, Steve and Scott.
Here are a couple photos of my progress. I had some trouble using my router plane. Wood chips caught between the base and the workpiece and marred the wood when I flattened the dados. The marring was deep enough to be very annoying to try to plane out. I’ll have to work on the technique. I now wonder if it wouldn’t be better to have a router with an open throat.
(just checked the manual on my router plane. I need to turn the blade around and use it in the reverse direction for “bull nose” operations. thank you Lee Valley)
I will be away for a week or more, so this will not get finished for about 2 more weeks. All that is left is to shape the top and bottom, raise the panel and insert the clock face(s). Oh, and finishing. So basically, there’s LOTs left to do. I’m pretty sure Paul can make 40 of these in the time it will take me to make one. That doesn’t discourage me, it’s amusing. And it reminds me how very fortunate I am to be learning from him.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Denise, I bought that same exact Harbor Freight bench before I built my own. You are right, the vise is like a child’s toy. However, I find that it makes a nice assembly and staining bench… I keep it adjacent to my main bench now. I also made a plane stop by chopping off the pegs of two of those wooden bench pegs that came with it and attaching them to the bottom of a board. I will occasionally use it to plane on the HF bench if there is stuff on top of my main bench.
Denise,
Sorry to see the gouges in the face but it’s one of those learning things that makes us better at this. And remember that there is never an instance, or at least I haven’t found one, when Paul says anything about making these projects fast! If you need fast, get a machine… well that might not be fast either.11 February 2014 at 9:08 pm #27699Denise the clock is looking very good , are you trying to take out too much with your router plane , majority of material removed with a chisel, router used just to achieve consistent depth. Sorry if I am stating something you are already doing
Great progress Denise. The raised panel looks perfect.
When I made my small version of Paul’s workbench, I used the router plane to clean out the 3″ wide housing on the inside of the front and back aprons. I proceeded too aggressively, and neglected to stop once in a while to clear out the chips from the throat and the housing. I made similar grooves on the work where the shavings were caught between the sole and outer rim of the dado. Once I slowed down, took shallower passes, and remembered to clear the chips frequently, things proceeded much more cleanly. Sometimes cutting on an angle creates a cleaner shearing action as well. Like all other tools for wood, the router plane is a joy to use when the iron is sharp.
11 February 2014 at 10:54 pm #27713Great work Denise! I’m glad that its coming together so well for you.
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