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Post by garch on May 31, 2014 6:27:33 GMT -5
Well impressed. Just curious did you train to be a carpenter first or an architect My grandfather was born in 1900, and was a master carpenter his whole life, then my father is the same. I grew up following dad around at his lumberyard, working with him building custom homes, as his father did, he's built hundreds, and creating custom architectural millwork. Things were different then, the only subs used were the brick mason and air conditioning sub. We did everything else ourselves: foundation, plumbing, electrical, framing, finish carpentry, cabinets, tile, stained glass, and so on. Started working on cabinets when I was 4 yrs old, I would nail in hard to reach areas. I really enjoyed those days. There were real carpenters to learn from, not just nail gun and skill saw operators like today. Then now, after much college, internship and licensure testing I'm an architect. I feel very lucky.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 31, 2014 10:10:15 GMT -5
That's really good I'm a firm believer in learning young I actually think a lot of children absorb what you tell them more than a lot of adults. As you can do the practical it must help when you are designing a project be it for yourself or other people building the project. Especially other people to explain how to do the work. There's no way some carpenter can say to you it can't be done.
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Post by garch on May 31, 2014 20:22:26 GMT -5
That's really good I'm a firm believer in learning young I actually think a lot of children absorb what you tell them more than a lot of adults. As you can do the practical it must help when you are designing a project be it for yourself or other people building the project. Especially other people to explain how to do the work. There's no way some carpenter can say to you it can't be done. Sometimes they tell me it can't be done. Then I just ask them why not and explain that I've done it myself before. That usually puts an end to the nonsense.
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Post by garch on May 31, 2014 20:24:36 GMT -5
Top all glued up finally! I feel like I'm over the hump now.
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Post by 7 on May 31, 2014 23:13:32 GMT -5
What is the wood species used on the end-the darker wood dovetailed to the rock maple?
What brand is the mallet with the blue & yellow striking surfaces? Not sure why but for some strange reason mallets are my thing, I love them. Odd.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jun 1, 2014 1:41:31 GMT -5
That's really good I'm a firm believer in learning young I actually think a lot of children absorb what you tell them more than a lot of adults. As you can do the practical it must help when you are designing a project be it for yourself or other people building the project. Especially other people to explain how to do the work. There's no way some carpenter can say to you it can't be done. Sometimes they tell me it can't be done. Then I just ask them why not and explain that I've done it myself before. That usually puts an end to the nonsense. I mind at the college the lecturer telling is there is no such word as can't it's just that need to think it through and haven't found a solution. If I'm doing something for my self I like to sketch things out I find it helps me with the thinking process and right down things. I find when I crash things out that os when I run into problems. It's all about good design I think.
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Post by garch on Jun 1, 2014 6:42:56 GMT -5
What is the wood species used on the end-the darker wood dovetailed to the rock maple? What brand is the mallet with the blue & yellow striking surfaces? Not sure why but for some strange reason mallets are my thing, I love them. Odd. Wood is sapele. Mallet is from Germany, a soft plus habero.
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Jun 1, 2014 9:13:38 GMT -5
Looking really good. I am amazed how long the bench is...
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Post by garch on Jun 2, 2014 12:48:08 GMT -5
Trimming the end to final length. The mks130 really makes clean cuts.
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jun 2, 2014 13:00:59 GMT -5
That's some cut. I take it just cut one shot
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Jun 2, 2014 13:31:13 GMT -5
I will say...beats the cut and flip and cut/route method.
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Post by garch on Jun 2, 2014 19:17:11 GMT -5
Here's a really short video where I was doing some final fitting of the recess for the tail vise. The LS 103 worked really fast and accurately to create and fine tune the recess.
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Post by garch on Jun 2, 2014 21:27:34 GMT -5
A few photos from today. The top top is extremely heavy at this point. Trimmed the dog hole strip flush with my No. 8 Routed the tail vise recesses.
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Post by garch on Jun 2, 2014 21:33:00 GMT -5
That's some cut. I take it just cut one shot Yes Sir. 5", just like cutting a 2x4 or as you might say a 4x2 with a kss400.
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Post by MrToolJunkie on Jun 2, 2014 21:34:12 GMT -5
Man that would be cool to have a forklift...perfect for this application.
Looking great!
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