Yesterday I left off with a rough shaped blade. Today I finished it and made a holder
Where I left off yesterday
Obviously too narrow at the bottom, which means, flattening the bottom will shorten it
No problems, will simply cut off some more depth
Profile cover my groove, will file to fit
Happy with fit after a some file work
Knock off the sharp teeth with my hand grinder
Quick sharpening with 120 grit sandpaper, good to go.
Now that I got my blade shaped, time to make some sort of holder for it.
Could not find a suitable round piece of dowel. Would had made the fence too easy, just drill a hole of appropriate diameter.
Found a suitable maple rectangular piece.
First cut, I tried a large tenon saw, in order to make a deep cut. Wavered off in Lala Land.
Dusted off and got the bandsaw ready, after a bit of coaxing the bandsaw, she was screaming like a Banshee. Top wheel rubbing on top cover.
Humm, first cut with a large tenon saw at bottom went crooked (bottom),
so did the first cut on the bandsaw (top)
Tweak the saw and fence , much better results
Drilled two holes, added bolt and washer/nut to secured the cutter
Beveled off the end so I can tilt.
Final pass must be vertical for correct profile.
Softwood Construction lumber (Spruce/Pine/Fir SPF) is stringy, does not scrape well compared to hardwoods but it does the job. A perfect fit on my first try up my workbench in the sun on the window.
But the main reason I got the Bandsaw out was to cut the corner piece for a stool I am fixing
First it was at the chop saw to cut my 45 degrees corners.
Did a trial test, they do make a 90 degrees corner, good to go
Then off to the bandsaw to cut the inside details
Quick work with a chisel to shaped it.
I'm using a piece of plywood on my garage floor.
Made two pieces in maple, only need one
First dry fit
seems to to work OK
Should clamp the legs as it is tighten
Remain to glue up the frame square and screw in the corners block.
Now moving on to next project make up a plug for the fan outlet in greenhouse. Will effectively close and insulate that opening for cold temps.
Eyeballed the handle locations. the right hand one is a bit crooked
back side.
The idea is to spread the pull force over to the plywood
Hum, I forgot which side was up, it is not square,
so it fit as such. It is a design feature :-)
And that was it for the day. It is cooling off now, but it quickly warmed up this morning after last nite thunder showers.
Watering, weeding and closing the pool came next.
Done for today
Bob, who spent more times rehabbing power tools than using them
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