COMP063 Competition WIP - Poker Chip Box 5th February

[stewart]

Here's the latest instalment - after trying unsuccessfully to work on my unusual joint for the outside of the box I decided to start with the inside!
Have decided (for now anyway :wink: ) to use mostly oak for the box as it's something i have lots of thin pieces of and perhaps some purpleheart.

Started off putting it across the planer for face side and edge:

It's hard to see but the finish at the moment off my p/t is not good - put some reclaimed pine through it a few weeks ago, thought I'd got all the metal out.....

I'm waiting for my other sets of knives to come back from the sharpeners.

Then onto thicknessing:

By passing it through several times on the same setting I got a reasonable finish. Anyway most of it gets cut away later.

The next step - setting up the rat to cut the round channel for the chip holders. My £9.99 digital caliper buy from Lidl was helpful! (Can't wait for them to appear there again - why didn't I buy more than one!)

Hand fed the oak under the rat plate - took a few passes and then the router had to be pulled forward a few mm to make the channel wide enough.

Ready for ripping to width:

Ripping:

Cross cutting (love my Osborne!):

Six pieces ready for the next stage:

Couldn't resist looking at what the finished effect might be:

And just to scare you all:

Will it do for the gallery of forum members?

Well at least I've got my curves in!

Cheers all
Stewart

 

[dedee]

Stewart,
it's looking good.

Andy

 

[stewart]

Cheers, Andy
It's a modest beginning so far but it was fun to actually get down to something. Often there are too many other calls on my time. Tonight I managed to get all the bikes out of the workshop/garage, was able to spend 10 minutes in there then had to put everything back!
Still, there's always tomorrow!
Stewart

 

[Philly]

Nice work Stewart!
Thanks for the WIP pics-good to see other folk's workshops in action.
Cheers
Philly

 

[devonwoody]

Another winner?????????

 

[stewart]

Only a little progress to report since last time.
The chip holders have 'moved' a little so I thought I ought to get the rest of the wood roughly dimensioned and brought into the house
The chip holders should be ok with a little planing.

The purpleheart has been in the garage roof space for nearly 2 years now. Here it is in the condition it came:

Taking out the nails was the first task.

It's now been cut into 2 foot lengths about an inch thick and is stacked behind the sofa:

I'll leave it for a couple of weeks and hope it'll be ready to use then.
Cheers
Stewart

 

[Bean]

If only I could store timber like that

Bean

 

[devonwoody]

I managed to get two walnut boards under the bed last week and they haven't been spotted yet :wink:

 

[stewart]

Guess I'm lucky to have a wife who has a fridge magnet saying 'A tidy house is a sign of a wasted life' :lol:
Stewart

 

[dedee]

Stewart, nice one, I also work on the adage that "where there is work there is no order".

Andy

 

[martyn2]

so your next project is going to be this

martyn

 

[Mcluma]

He Stewart,

I have the same DW planer Thicknesser.

McLuma

 

[stewart]

martyn2 wrote:

so your next project is going to be this

It looks tempting! But I'm not too sure where I could fit it in. I haven't seen this episode yet - my mother-in-law stores them on her sky+ box for me to view later. Looking forward to seeing it.

McLuma:

I have the same DW planer Thicknesser.

How do you find it? I picked this up second hand but it's been quite useful so far - apart from severely nicked knives from a too hasty planing of reclaimed joists.
I'm not sure how to connect a dust extractor to it though. At the moment I have to make sure I keep my mask on and the doors open. The orange cutter block guard doesn't have anywhere to connect an extractor. How do you get round that?
I see you're in Sussex too - are there enough of us to form a Sussex branch of the woodkateers?? :wink: paying proper dues to our Dorset brethren of course!
Cheers
Stewart

 

[Mcluma]

I picked mine up also a second hand one about 4 years ago, but had to do some work on it, steel looking for some new knives.


the machine is a real beast, doesn't stop for nothing, a real work horse, so yes really pleased with mine.

About the dust extraction, there are some additions for it (don't have them - yet)

use the shavings as bedding for the guinea pigs :wink:

 

[stewart]

I got some new knives for mine but I can't remember where from!! Other than that it was from the internet. The part no. was DE7333.

I didn't know there were extras for the dust extraction. I'll have to investigate.

Cheers
Stewart