Woodworkers of IC

[Weird Jimmy]

Other than growing pot, my hobby is woodworking and I know I'm not alone on this. Also I'm kind of a tool nerd, and I work mostly with hand tools, old school style.

I wanted to make this thread for myself and other woodworkers to post pictures of their projects or pics of their tools (no matter how envious they may be).

this was sort of a spur of the moment thread so I haven't taken any photos yet, but I'll post some tomorrow.

 

[Weird Jimmy]

fuck waiting until tomorrow, here's a pic of two of my favorite tools. The bigger saw is a carcass saw, and if you know handsaws you can probably guess the smaller one is a dovetail saw. They're both hand made with folded brass spines and walnut handles; the blade teeth are also hammer set by hand and file sharpened by hand. They're made by a small company named Gramercy tools.

I love using both of them, especially the carcass saw. Even if I'm doing a quick job with mostly power tools, if I need to make a quick cross cut I turn to the carcass saw before any power tool. It's so fast and leaves the smoothest finished surface....

anyway, I'll post a tool that I made next.

 

[Clackamas Coot]

Weird Jimmy

Are you familiar with bending wood products using ammonia gasses in a closed chamber by any chance?

Just curious.

CC

 

[Weird Jimmy]

can't say that I am familiar with that. The only bending technique I really know of is to make a "mold" out of mdf and then cut your stock into thin bands. Once you have your banded stock you glue each piece, fit them back together in the mold and clamp it all together until it drys. I've never done it, but I've seen it done. That technique wouldn't work for panels though.

 

[Clackamas Coot]

Weird Jimmy

Here's a web site of a friend of mine from Laguna Beach - Randy Bader Woodworking

Basically using ammonia gasses to 'bend' wood works like this. You place the wood piece into a chamber where ammonia gasses are injected and the time needed is relative to the size/girth of the piece that you're trying to bend.

Once the right amount of time has passed, I've personally watched 2" x 2" pieces tied into an actual knot. Seriously.

Once the piece of wood has been removed from the chamber and allowed to 'mellow out' it becomes as strong as it was before it was bent.

Worth checking out, IMHO

CC

 

[unclefishstick]

my humble little carving bench

 

[arrg]

I build speaker boxes during the summer and I bend by kerfing. I back fill the kerf with glue and dust. I have been doing it that way for years and it works great. It helps flare the port while looking cool too. Remember to incled the flare in the calculation of port length.

My favorite projects are folded horns out of birch ply but most of my work is all mdf with pvc or slot ports.

 

[Clackamas Coot]

An example of Randy's work......

 

[Weird Jimmy]

wow, awesome link man. Great addition to this thread already, thanks for that. His furniture looks amazing. The bending is killer.

 

[Weird Jimmy]

unclefish, dude nice carvings man. That's something I'd like to try but it's just too many more tools to buy right now.

 

[unclefishstick]

yeah,i would kill for a band saw,it would save me a lot of time before getting to the gouge and files parts!! imagine rough sawing 3 inch mahogany by hand with a coping saw

 

[Clackamas Coot]

yeah,i would kill for a band saw,it would save me a lot of time before getting to the gouge and files parts!! imagine rough sawing 3 inch mahogany by hand with a coping saw

unclefishtick

There is a line of wood-working equipment (band saws, planers, etc) out of Switzerland though I can't remember the actual name - old age and all. LOL

Regardless their equipment is available at a woodworking shop in Portland where they have EVERY exotic wood you've ever heard of. Seriously.

Every time I stop in there I wax fondly about owning a complete and total package of their products in my shop - LOL

Sadly though I've been working in carved glass for over 28 years shooting 480 mesh aluminum oxide against 1.5" thick glass using a photo-method to make the 'sandblasting mask' required to hold the pattern.

CC

 

[Weird Jimmy]

wow, a coping saw? lol, that must take forever. If not a band saw, maybe a bow saw would work better? Gramercy makes a nice bow saw.

here's a pic of a marking knife I made... the pic is horrible but my camera's shit. The handle's made from canary wood and then I made the blade from an old jig saw blade. If I had a camera that could take a better close up shot, I'd try and get a better one of the blade.

It works great, although I use my blue spruce marking knife most of the time.

 

[unclefishstick]

i have a couple of custom made blades i use a lot,made by an old japanese guy...

ever been to Hardwick's in Seattle? i'm getting a little 'wood' thinking about it,some many shiny tools!! heck,i would be happy with a craftsman bandsaw,i'm sure i would destroy it quickly,but i charge a crapload for the carvings...

 

[Clackamas Coot]

ever been to Hardwick's in Seattle? i'm getting a little 'wood' thinking about it,some many shiny tools!! heck,i would be happy with a craftsman bandsaw,i'm sure i would destroy it quickly,but i charge a crapload for the carvings...

Hardwick's is a great supplier indeed.

CC

 

[Weird Jimmy]

craigslist man, craftsman tools as far as the eye can see, lol. Some craftsmans are decent though.

I've never been to Seattle. Plus I need to stay out of stores like that. Once I start posting more of my tools you'll see why, lol. It's bad enough I have access to the internet.

 

[Clackamas Coot]

craigslist man, craftsman tools as far as the eye can see, lol. Some craftsmans are decent though.

I've never been to Seattle. Plus I need to stay out of stores like that. Once I start posting more of my tools you'll see why, lol. It's bad enough I have access to the internet.

Weird Jimmy

Then DEFINITELY stay out of Wood Crafters in Portland, Oregon unless your credit cards are safely secured!!

LOL

CC

 

[Weird Jimmy]

Luckily for me, there's not too many tools I need anymore, lol.

 

[unclefishstick]

yes,but how many do you want?? thats the kicker Heehee

 

[pine boy]

Hi Y'all.I'm kind of a hack but I favor working with wood over any other material.I made my desk in this picture from found wood,some from the Gulf of Mexico and some parts from around town.Almost all of our furnishings are homemade.

UncleF.S....Those carvings are incredibly cool.I like them alot.
So, you guys still have all your digits ?hahaha