Planing with the router worked like a charm. From making & setting up the =
jig to planing both sides of the first slab took about 3 hours. Will do th=
e second slab, later.
I want to thank everyone for all the info & links, regarding this technique=
. It was of tremendous help and ease. I've been enlightened. I feel l=
ike a real woodworker, now!
Last night, we had dinner at my brother's house and I was extolling the vir=
tues of the router planing, and commented on how much sawdust it created (n=
o dust collection was used). A year or so ago, my nephew came over to cle=
an the shop, his youngest boys "helped" by paint-brushing sawdust off the t=
ools. I paid the boys $20 each, for their work. After I commented about t=
he amount of sawdust the routing created, Ian, age 6, asked Jonas if they c=
ould come over and clean the shop.... and mentioned $20. The Little Booge=
r remembered that initial cleanup and the $20. We had a good laugh. *Anot=
her benefit of router planing? **And I suppose I may, now, be bound by a p=
ermanent cleanup contract, every time I mention sawdust. =20
Ian, in the black shirt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/135813=
08863/
Sonny
On Monday, May 26, 2014 9:08:53 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
> With the amount of dust that was created, hope you're using a decent
> dust mask and eye protection. You might want to look into some
> effective dust collection.
Yep, mask/"hairnet" dust masking, plus a face shield. An attic fan was (ho=
pefully) drawing some debris its way, but there was still lots of sawdust f=
lying all over the place, most of it wet/green wood. The 1.5" router bit w=
as chewing away wood, like crazy.... 1/16" to 1/8" depths of cuts, dependin=
g on the passes.
Sonny
On Monday, May 26, 2014 11:26:35 AM UTC-5, Sonny wrote:
> On Monday, May 26, 2014 10:37:04 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote:
>=20
> >=20
>=20
> > Did you make that draw knife chair? It looks really good.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Shaving horse. Yes, thanks. I had always wanted to make a shaving horse=
, by hand, and its lumber is from the same walnut trees we had cleared on t=
he farm, where we torn down that old cypress house and cleared the surround=
ing area. The trestle table lumber and root ball slabs are from one tree =
and the shaving horse lumber is from the other (mostly firewood and turning=
blanks) tree. There are still some scraps, trunk pieces and the root bal=
l, of the "firewood" tree, out there, and I'm still picking and choosing th=
rough some of that, for other possible projects and turning blanks.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> The shaving horse: Hand splitting the log, for the seat, was a tough job=
. The log didn't want to split. It was from a limb of the tree, not from=
the trunk. Hand planing was okay, but again, it was labor intense, for me=
. I wouldn't want to do that too often. The rest of the project was much =
easier and more fun.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I doubt I'll ever use the shaving horse for anything significant. I just=
wanted to make and have one. The boys like to play with it, on it, at ti=
mes, so it's a fun "toy" to mess with. Jonas and the boys are at the farm=
, now, and I've considered taking the bench, out there, for something more =
to do, in our idle time, among the other things we mess with. When the boy=
s were cleaning the shop, we tinkered with making log legs (on the shaving =
horse. I showed them what it was and how it's worked) for a slabbed log be=
nch. Ian claimed the bench for himself and wants it at the farm. I've bee=
n wanting to bring it to the farm and we can work on those legs, when conve=
nient.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Sonny
Shaving horse. I guess I knew that. I want to make one, but I'm sure I woul=
d use it only once in a blue moon. I used to enjoy using my drawknife for =
projects that I now do via electricity (saves time and wood). You have to b=
e careful with a drawknife though. That's what happened to my half-brother.=
($1 to Roy Underhill.)
On Monday, May 26, 2014 8:58:18 AM UTC-5, Sonny wrote:
> Planing with the router worked like a charm. From making & setting up th=
e jig to planing both sides of the first slab took about 3 hours. Will do =
the second slab, later.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I want to thank everyone for all the info & links, regarding this techniq=
ue. It was of tremendous help and ease. I've been enlightened. I feel=
like a real woodworker, now!
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Last night, we had dinner at my brother's house and I was extolling the v=
irtues of the router planing, and commented on how much sawdust it created =
(no dust collection was used). A year or so ago, my nephew came over to c=
lean the shop, his youngest boys "helped" by paint-brushing sawdust off the=
tools. I paid the boys $20 each, for their work. After I commented about=
the amount of sawdust the routing created, Ian, age 6, asked Jonas if they=
could come over and clean the shop.... and mentioned $20. The Little Boo=
ger remembered that initial cleanup and the $20. We had a good laugh. *An=
other benefit of router planing? **And I suppose I may, now, be bound by a=
permanent cleanup contract, every time I mention sawdust. =20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Ian, in the black shirt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/1358=
1308863/
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Sonny
Did you make that draw knife chair? It looks really good.
On Mon, 26 May 2014 09:37:10 -0700 (PDT), Sonny <[email protected]>
> the place, most of it wet/green wood.
If the wood was wet/green, you can probably expect some warping down
the line and have to level the surface again.
On Monday, May 26, 2014 10:37:04 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote:
>=20
> Did you make that draw knife chair? It looks really good.
Shaving horse. Yes, thanks. I had always wanted to make a shaving horse, =
by hand, and its lumber is from the same walnut trees we had cleared on the=
farm, where we torn down that old cypress house and cleared the surroundin=
g area. The trestle table lumber and root ball slabs are from one tree an=
d the shaving horse lumber is from the other (mostly firewood and turning b=
lanks) tree. There are still some scraps, trunk pieces and the root ball,=
of the "firewood" tree, out there, and I'm still picking and choosing thro=
ugh some of that, for other possible projects and turning blanks.
The shaving horse: Hand splitting the log, for the seat, was a tough job. =
The log didn't want to split. It was from a limb of the tree, not from t=
he trunk. Hand planing was okay, but again, it was labor intense, for me. =
I wouldn't want to do that too often. The rest of the project was much ea=
sier and more fun.
I doubt I'll ever use the shaving horse for anything significant. I just w=
anted to make and have one. The boys like to play with it, on it, at time=
s, so it's a fun "toy" to mess with. Jonas and the boys are at the farm, =
now, and I've considered taking the bench, out there, for something more to=
do, in our idle time, among the other things we mess with. When the boys =
were cleaning the shop, we tinkered with making log legs (on the shaving ho=
rse. I showed them what it was and how it's worked) for a slabbed log benc=
h. Ian claimed the bench for himself and wants it at the farm. I've been =
wanting to bring it to the farm and we can work on those legs, when conveni=
ent.
Sonny
On Mon, 26 May 2014 06:58:18 -0700 (PDT), Sonny <[email protected]>
>Booger remembered that initial cleanup and the $20. We had a good laugh. *Another benefit of router planing? **And I suppose I may, now, be bound by a permanent cleanup contract, every time I mention sawdust.
Consider yourself lucky that he wasn't seeking a raise from last
year's project. :)
With the amount of dust that was created, hope you're using a decent
dust mask and eye protection. You might want to look into some
effective dust collection.