The various goings on in my workshop
It seems I did not take any pictures during the assembly process of the extension table frames, Just one that shows the completed frames and one showing them during painting. I needed to cut some hardwood for the sacrificial raised edges, so I cut these on the table saw from a piece of oak up-stand…
Ever since I made my clamps, I have been tightening/loosening them with a socket on a drill and a pair of nuts jammed together on the end of the all thread. I thought it was high time I made some handles. I decided to make use of a jig designed by Neil Paskin. This is…
The wheels were bought from Ebay for £5.29 each, they are trailer jockey wheels, have solid rubber tyres and steel centres with bearing races inside. they can be used with 20mm or 12mm axles as they come with a reducing sleeve. I was considering a 12mm solid axle, but discovered that even with 1mm wall thickness,…
The painting has been happening over the course of several weeks. This first picture is after the first coat of undercoat. The bottom drawer after 2 coats of undercoat. The main body after 2 coats of undercoat, and 2 coats of gloss, the black gloss is only 1 coat at this point. The two extension…
For some unknown reason I cut two sets of frame pieces for the bench top – obviously I was having a funny five minutes when I was working out my cutting list. I was wanting to build a router table anyway, so why not use the spare frame for that. The Sketchup diagram shows an…
The bottom drawer was assembled using glue and brad nails After attaching the brackets for the bench top, I applied filler to all of the cut edges of the plywood and filled in any gaps. More filler. I also drilled holes, inserted tee nuts, screws and finally the adjustable feet for the main carcass, and…
Next up was attaching the decorative pieces and the slots for the handle, these were all glued and nailed Repeated for the other side. Marking and cutting the holes in the legs with the domino. these all need to be cut from both sides to make through holes. Two rear legs and 2 front supports.…
I finally decided to start making all of the gears that were missing from my lathe change gear set. The full set is supposed to be something like: 20, 25, 30, 35, 38, 40, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 127. However I am going to make…
I was now ready to start putting some of the parts together. 4 x Domino holes were cut on each end of the back panel as well as one side of the top and bottom panels Glue was applied, Dominos were inserted and the 4 x 1200mm clamps were used to press it all together…
When cutting out the main parts, I had not finished cutting all of the smaller pieces that were laid out inside cutouts from the side panels. First I cut out the two rectangular pieces from the rear panel. This allowed me to cut this set of small pieces for the handle channel, as well as…