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Ok..wanting to at least build something…my normal Hardwood supplier is off on "Holiday" to The Land Down Under until about March,,grrrr. Wound up heading to Lowes, instead. They "won" by default, as Menard's was way too high on their hardwoods…as in OUCH. Lowes sells a "Project/ Craft" line of woods….Pine (clear) Poplar, and Red Oak.
Looked for the 1/2" x 6" Pine…..NADA
Glanced at the Poplar version….my fingers looked straight ( ain't saying much)
Which left …Red Oak. Apparently the sticker was wrong, as to price. 4 boards 1/2" x 5-1/2" x 48", set #4 back in the rack..would have made a decent Long Bow….walked up to pay…OUCH! $22.and change..EACH! Well, it will just have to do. There goes the Tool Budget until next month…
3 boards…Almost $65 bucks sitting there.
At least they are flat and straight…one even has some nice grain to it..
But, what to build with this stuff? Let the boards sit a day in my house, while I go surfing the net….
Paul Sellers has a Video series called Master Class….and there is even a FREE series. Where he builds a project, start to finish, and explains each step. You can even download a set of plans! So…watched a project build about a Keepsake Box, with curved sides…the bottom and the top are floating panels. He builds the box, then saws the lid free…Looked like something I could do…...
Plans: 3 pages…
There is a cutting list, too…
And signed…
Well, since the bench is a mess…
Spent a day putting most of this stuff away…kept a few tools out..
Now, this bench is not all that big..
So, the top needs to be clear, before something LONG can be set down on it…
Then cleaned off the Mitre saw..
As it will soon have some work to do….while I try to memorize all the steps in the videos….
Stay tuned…
Ok..wanting to at least build something…my normal Hardwood supplier is off on "Holiday" to The Land Down Under until about March,,grrrr. Wound up heading to Lowes, instead. They "won" by default, as Menard's was way too high on their hardwoods…as in OUCH. Lowes sells a "Project/ Craft" line of woods….Pine (clear) Poplar, and Red Oak.
Looked for the 1/2" x 6" Pine…..NADA
Glanced at the Poplar version….my fingers looked straight ( ain't saying much)
Which left …Red Oak. Apparently the sticker was wrong, as to price. 4 boards 1/2" x 5-1/2" x 48", set #4 back in the rack..would have made a decent Long Bow….walked up to pay…OUCH! $22.and change..EACH! Well, it will just have to do. There goes the Tool Budget until next month…
3 boards…Almost $65 bucks sitting there.
At least they are flat and straight…one even has some nice grain to it..
But, what to build with this stuff? Let the boards sit a day in my house, while I go surfing the net….
Paul Sellers has a Video series called Master Class….and there is even a FREE series. Where he builds a project, start to finish, and explains each step. You can even download a set of plans! So…watched a project build about a Keepsake Box, with curved sides…the bottom and the top are floating panels. He builds the box, then saws the lid free…Looked like something I could do…...
Plans: 3 pages…
There is a cutting list, too…
And signed…
Well, since the bench is a mess…
Spent a day putting most of this stuff away…kept a few tools out..
Now, this bench is not all that big..
So, the top needs to be clear, before something LONG can be set down on it…
Then cleaned off the Mitre saw..
As it will soon have some work to do….while I try to memorize all the steps in the videos….
Stay tuned…