Good neighbors

The Trade
On Wed. Night I did a talk for my neighborhood association’s general meeting on our house restoration and my furniture projects. I talked in length about using recycled wood.

Afterwards a neighbor contacted me and offered some wood that had been stored in his garage for 20 years. At the time that he bought it, it was milled from old growth fir.
I took home a small stash of fir, including a few 12” wide boards…

and a 7/8” thick, 14 footer.

Hmmmmm. possibilities…

In return

He asked if I could help him with reproduce some shoe molding that had been missing from his house for 20 years. He seems pretty meticulous about records and had a sample scrap of the original molding. I was expecting something with a radius and was surprised to see a simple little beveled molding.

I found some of my nice recycled stock and planed it down to a matching 1”height.

I used the sample to set the blade at six degrees to cut the bevel

I needed a way to rip away the edge of the board at a consistent 3/8” so I made a little jig consisting of my miter guage with a feeler block clamped to it.

I set the sample piece against the blade, touched the feeler to it,and then clamped it in place.

Then I set the fence using the jig. (I saw a variant of this in a youtube video.

I ripped the stock and dropped it off to a happy neighbor. He just e-mailed me to offer some 6×6’s..

I’m gonna need a bigger rack.

How to make a pushstick

Here is a sample of the types of videos I have been making for lumberjocks. How to make a pushstick (a tablesaw essential).

Join in and make one

Blog Direction

I am looking for input on this blog. Currently I post most of my woodworking projects over at lumberjocks. I am thinking about either 1) Posting most material here.or 2)Cross posting I am not sure if people are interested in the cross postings or the woodworking. As I start to finish the house and move towards furniture building, I would like to make this more of a how-to/ woodworking/ restoration blog. Let me know your thoughts. Hello... Bueller?

I have a home.

I have a home.
Originally uploaded by gizmodyne

Just in case you were worried about the old stove, my neighbors Hans and Veronica bought it.

Hans used a dolly and rolled it up the hill to his house.

Pictured here is his restored vintage fridge next to our old stove.

Last night in Maui

Last night in Maui
Originally uploaded by gizmodyne

We did manage to get away for a bit this spring. One week in Maui was very relaxing.

Life has been a bit crazy around here now and home projects have otherwise ground to a halt.

The Bungalow Heaven Home Tour came and went. We had an open house featuring our halfway done projects.

Today is the Sunday before Memorial Day and I hope to get out to the shop and make some dust.