This past Sunday, we worked exclusively on the binding and purfling. Our first step was to route out the rabbit on the front and back for the binding. The second step was a rabbit on the inside of the rabbit for the binding on the front side which is for the purfling (less deep). I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Routers’
Shop Tour – Pictoral
I know, I know. Finally he shows his entire shop. Of course when you entire shop is less than 10′ x 16′ there isn’t much to show off. First, here is my main work bench. Someday, I may build my own from scratch but I wanted to get to work so I bought a bench [...]
Quick Update: Dovetail Chest – Day 5 (last day)
OK, this was the last day. With all the work to do, I didn’t truly expect to get finished. I didn’t get to the following: Put a coat of finish on the outside (this would have been the last step and would have been done an hour before leaving). Put the hinges on the top [...]
Quick Update: Dovetail Chest – Day 4
It was a big day. We prepped our pieces (cleaned up the interior for pre-finishing) and taped off the glue joints so that finish didn’t cancel out the glue. We adjusted a dado (for the top and bottom) so that the pieces didn’t need a hammer to go in. We pre- finished our pieces – [...]
How come…?
OK, I’m a strong guy. I can wrench down any router bit so it is nearly impossible to get it out after it’s been used. So, how come I can do that but no matter how tight I make the hold downs for any fences on the router, they eventually slip and screw up my [...]
