Thanks for that Sfm, I will check my local boat shop today. He carries Interlux products and I see they have a similar bedding compound if he doesn't have the Dolfinite.
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What's happening in your shop this winter?
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Thanks for that Sfm, I will check my local boat shop today. He carries Interlux products and I see they have a similar bedding compound if he doesn't have the Dolfinite.
Paint will usually not bond well to silicone, and it might be difficult to remove all traces of silicone if you want to be rid of it afterwards. West's g-flex epoxy might be OK, and Old Town sells a repair kit with polyurethane resin and description (the OT Guide is polyethylene?)... link below. I've got no experience with polyethylene repairs, but with silicone, anything but silicone. OTOH, if it doesn't matter much with that canoe silicone might be OK.
https://www.oldtowncanoe.com/blog/article/canoe-kayak-repair-guide
Thanks Frozentripper but this is an old w/c Guide, best boat ever made
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Today’s projects, some hand sanding and, once the dust has settled, lay a 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] coat of black enamel paint on new Dynel and graphite powder skid plates, 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] coat of spar varnish on old seat frames before webbing and look for my propane torch (day 17).
It showed up this time. Thanks !
Very similar to the two previous tables I've made.
Do you have a photo showing how you joined the legs to the skirt ?
Your Daughter will be Very happy !!!
Jim
I just used the tabletop fasteners. Ran a kerf cut in the skirt. I'm pretty new at this, so take that into consideration.
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I’ll say.
Is that the Toyota parking space vacated, or was there a massive clean up?
I have serious wood envy looking at Jim’s supply of shop stock.
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Hey Magnus, I missed that photo 6 months ago. How ‘bout those cane seats? Mrs. Magnus has a familiar forlorn busted-cane expression.
Jim's little town of Humboldt now has a serious wood-working facility that's open to anyone who wants to pay a modest yearly fee. I got a tour a couple months ago. Impressive space and impressive equipment. Jim's got it made now! Would be pretty hard to go back to the garage.
Alan
Regretfully No ! It's the Nokomis Wood working shop ! My New Home away from Home !
The wood on the rack, is just part of what the club has, The wood leaning against the wall is my son, and I's wood. More tables and benches to be made !
Jim
Nice TableS, What the wood are you working with Jim?
I finally broke down and bought 3 whole (used) wine barrels to work with instead of using scraps from work.
A couple of Wine Racks I found on the Internets and modified the design a bit
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Some serving trays made from the Heads and some Laminated Serving Boards that will eventually have a hole drilled in thru the center for a dip bowl and to keep to boards from rocking
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A couple of Wine Racks I found on the Internets and modified the design a bit
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Some serving trays made from the Heads and some Laminated Serving Boards that will eventually have a hole drilled in thru the center for a dip bowl and to keep to boards from rocking
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On ya, The two Donut looking things will end up like this one.
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The table, is Red Elm for the top and legs, the skirt is Green Ash. They are very similar, but the Elm looks slightly better when stained. They are very close in color.
At the mill, where we bought the Red Elm and Walnut, there was some Whiskey Barrel slats. I started to get excited, but they were spoken for.
Glad you posted a pic of the finished lamp ! For a minute, I thought you were making Out House seats !
Gotta love those folding Workmates !
Jim
Red Elm, is that a local tree for you? I'll have to google it later.
We also called the toilet seats. The holes were cut on the bandsaw to make Bar Stool seats. I took the pieces home as firewood, they sat around the shop and one thing lead to another and it turned into a $150 sale for the one above. They're not referred to as toilet seats anymore or just throw in a pile of waste. They get treated very gently now.
Whiskey barrels are OK but the wood isn't as good as the Wine barrels. We've had a year of working just with Whiskey Barrels, there are more knots in them, you have to scrape all that char off the inside, for some reason, the outside always looks like they left them in the mud and the pieces in the Heads are more uniform.
I was on a good run once upon a time at the Dump, I had four Workmates and a couple table top ones at one point. With my small 12 x 12 shop, I have to do most of my work on them and they do work nicely.
We also called the toilet seats. The holes were cut on the bandsaw to make Bar Stool seats. I took the pieces home as firewood, they sat around the shop and one thing lead to another and it turned into a $150 sale for the one above. They're not referred to as toilet seats anymore or just throw in a pile of waste. They get treated very gently now.
Whiskey barrels are OK but the wood isn't as good as the Wine barrels. We've had a year of working just with Whiskey Barrels, there are more knots in them, you have to scrape all that char off the inside, for some reason, the outside always looks like they left them in the mud and the pieces in the Heads are more uniform.
I was on a good run once upon a time at the Dump, I had four Workmates and a couple table top ones at one point. With my small 12 x 12 shop, I have to do most of my work on them and they do work nicely.
Red Elm was kinda new to me. Once I saw how samples stained up so pretty, I started looking for it. I know a Supplier in Minnesota that has it for sure.
I love taking scrap, or left overs into something cool and valuable ! Nice !
Jim
I love taking scrap, or left overs into something cool and valuable ! Nice !
Jim
Scrapes are great but I'm looking forward to these full barrels and not having to match a bunch of odd staves from different barrels
This isn't technically my shop as it is on my business partner's property but it is the company shop and office so I have free reign and own half of a growing amount of the items contained therein. No projects going currently, but we have been working on the shop itself and I thought I'd take the opportunity to show this off and induce some salivation.
New LED Lights really brightened the place up. Thanks to Amazon these puppies only cost $34 each + radio reception. Remind me to report the manufacturer to the FCC later.
Since this has become the company office "we" have installed pine T&G wainscotting, trimmed the windows, doors and the upper shelf with pine, built plywood cabinets (face frames complete but still need doors) and this wonderful wraparound hardwood workbench with lower shelf. The posts for the workbench are 4x6 maple we had the neighbor saw and the lower shelf and workbench is decked in mixed hardwood that was selected from a load of hardwood slabs purchased for firewood from another local sawmill. Not the straightest grain but it serves it's purpose very well and the price was right. I have helped with some of the finishing work but my business partner is responsible for the majority of it. He has much higher finish standards than I.
The neighbor I speak of is my business partner's lifelong friend who has fully restored a humongous 'family heirloom' 19th century circular sawmill with many other ancient and oversized implements to match. Hard to call this size of equipment "tools" but I'm sure there is a term that fits better than 'implement'. Someday with his permission I will post some pictures here of his mill as it truly is impressive. He decided to build a house out of square sawn 12x12 logs a decade ago and totally skipped step one (plant the trees), going directly to step two (build a sawmill on the property). I believe next year he plans on beginning excavation and pouring concrete. I need to make it over one of these weekends when he is sawing to help catch slabs and run the lumber/12x12s down his enormous outfeed ramps. He has promised to run a basswood log through the mill for me next time I do and is constantly on the lookout for a good cedar log that I can hopefully turn into a canoe someday. Recently I caulked the siding on his new kiln, built completely from rough sawn pine that didn't make the grade for the house. One wall is built as two hinged doors so he can load and unload it from the side with a forklift. Awfully nice to have your own sawmill! Or at least a friend with one.
Happy New (fiscal) Year! I'm up early today getting a jump start on the company taxes.
*Edit* I've gotten so used to it I forget to ask for comments but please weigh in on the color of the walls! Some people love it, some people hate it, after spending so much time here I have grown to like it more and more. My business partner is color blind and the color he chose has become a constant source of friendly griefing.
New LED Lights really brightened the place up. Thanks to Amazon these puppies only cost $34 each + radio reception. Remind me to report the manufacturer to the FCC later.
Since this has become the company office "we" have installed pine T&G wainscotting, trimmed the windows, doors and the upper shelf with pine, built plywood cabinets (face frames complete but still need doors) and this wonderful wraparound hardwood workbench with lower shelf. The posts for the workbench are 4x6 maple we had the neighbor saw and the lower shelf and workbench is decked in mixed hardwood that was selected from a load of hardwood slabs purchased for firewood from another local sawmill. Not the straightest grain but it serves it's purpose very well and the price was right. I have helped with some of the finishing work but my business partner is responsible for the majority of it. He has much higher finish standards than I.
The neighbor I speak of is my business partner's lifelong friend who has fully restored a humongous 'family heirloom' 19th century circular sawmill with many other ancient and oversized implements to match. Hard to call this size of equipment "tools" but I'm sure there is a term that fits better than 'implement'. Someday with his permission I will post some pictures here of his mill as it truly is impressive. He decided to build a house out of square sawn 12x12 logs a decade ago and totally skipped step one (plant the trees), going directly to step two (build a sawmill on the property). I believe next year he plans on beginning excavation and pouring concrete. I need to make it over one of these weekends when he is sawing to help catch slabs and run the lumber/12x12s down his enormous outfeed ramps. He has promised to run a basswood log through the mill for me next time I do and is constantly on the lookout for a good cedar log that I can hopefully turn into a canoe someday. Recently I caulked the siding on his new kiln, built completely from rough sawn pine that didn't make the grade for the house. One wall is built as two hinged doors so he can load and unload it from the side with a forklift. Awfully nice to have your own sawmill! Or at least a friend with one.
Happy New (fiscal) Year! I'm up early today getting a jump start on the company taxes.
*Edit* I've gotten so used to it I forget to ask for comments but please weigh in on the color of the walls! Some people love it, some people hate it, after spending so much time here I have grown to like it more and more. My business partner is color blind and the color he chose has become a constant source of friendly griefing.
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