My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbell
chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2=94
square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
See here:
http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php At the bottom
and here:
http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
On Apr 16, 9:59=A0pm, Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:20:46 -0600, the infamous "WW"
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
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> >"GarageWoodworks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:298dd591-bef3-4a39-a675-3ea9796fbb2c@x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com..=
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> >My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbell
> >chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
> >my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2=94
> >square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
>
> >See here:
> >http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php=A0At the bottom
>
> Cute, but looks too simple. I'm wondering why it wasn't done in a
> pegged M&T with walnut pegs. It looks like it could be simply butt
> jointed. Pegs and proud thru-tenons would have shown your work off.
>
> >and here:
>
> >http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
>
> That looks like the same cherry/walnut cover you made, but before you
> finished it. =A0What did the old chime cover look like, Brian?
It was plastic. The jpg file was named wrong.
>
> >Bugged you for a year? Heck that was a 20 minute job for you. (G) =A0ww
>
> Not if he dadoed the walnut panel in. =A0;)
The panel is in a dado. It was constructed using loose M&T's.
> --
> =A0 STOP THE SLAUGHTER! =A0Boycott Baby Oil!
"GarageWoodworks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:298dd591-bef3-4a39-a675-3ea9796fbb2c@x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com...
> My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbell
> chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
> my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2
> square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
>
> See here:
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php At the bottom
>
> and here:
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
It sure looks better than the typical piece of plastic used for most covers.
Was it hard drilling those square holes though?
On Apr 15, 5:55=A0am, "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "GarageWoodworks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:298dd591-bef3-4a39-a675-3ea9796fbb2c@x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com...
>
> > My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbell
> > chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
> > my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2
> > square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
>
> > See here:
> >http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php=A0At the bottom
>
> > and here:
>
> >http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
>
> It sure looks better than the typical piece of plastic used for most cove=
rs.
> Was it hard drilling those square holes though?
I punched the perimeter of the square with my 1/2" hollow chisel from
my old delta mortiser attachment. I drilled out the center with a
1/4" forstner bit and worked my way out to the line with a chisel. I
then punched the rest out with my hollow chisel. I had some minor
chip-out on the inside, but you would never see it.
On Apr 15, 10:43=A0am, GarageWoodworks <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Apr 15, 5:55=A0am, "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > "GarageWoodworks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >news:298dd591-bef3-4a39-a675-3ea9796fbb2c@x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com..=
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>
> > > My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbel=
l
> > > chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
> > > my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2
> > > square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
>
> > > See here:
> > >http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php=A0At the bottom
>
> > > and here:
>
> > >http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
>
> > It sure looks better than the typical piece of plastic used for most co=
vers.
> > Was it hard drilling those square holes though?
>
> I punched the perimeter of the square with my 1/2" hollow chisel from
> my old delta mortiser attachment. =A0I drilled out the center with a
> 1/4" forstner bit and worked my way out to the line with a chisel. =A0I
> then punched the rest out with my hollow =A0chisel. =A0I had some minor
> chip-out on the inside, but you would never see it.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
re: "I had some minor chip-out on the inside, but you would never see
it."
You might not see it, but I'm sure you degraded the sound quality of
the device. <g>
P.S. Nice idea. I'll be going through the scrap bin this weekend.
That diamond pattern matches perfectly with the pattern in the windows
on the new entry door I installed this weekend.
On Apr 14, 3:32=A0pm, GarageWoodworks <[email protected]>
wrote:
> My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbell
> chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
> my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2=94
> square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
>
> See here:http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php=A0At the bottom
>
> and here:
>
> http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
Amazing how something so simple, so utilitarian ... so easily (and
properly) overlooked ... with the mere addition of skills, talent,
time, and motivation ... can wind up looking so damned nice!
Great job!
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:20:46 -0600, the infamous "WW"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>"GarageWoodworks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:298dd591-bef3-4a39-a675-3ea9796fbb2c@x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com...
>My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbell
>chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
>my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2
>square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
>
>See here:
>http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php At the bottom
Cute, but looks too simple. I'm wondering why it wasn't done in a
pegged M&T with walnut pegs. It looks like it could be simply butt
jointed. Pegs and proud thru-tenons would have shown your work off.
>and here:
>
>http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
That looks like the same cherry/walnut cover you made, but before you
finished it. What did the old chime cover look like, Brian?
>Bugged you for a year? Heck that was a 20 minute job for you. (G) ww
Not if he dadoed the walnut panel in. ;)
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STOP THE SLAUGHTER! Boycott Baby Oil!
"GarageWoodworks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:298dd591-bef3-4a39-a675-3ea9796fbb2c@x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com...
My wife has been asking me (bugging me?) to make her a wooden doorbell
chime cover for over a year. Well, I can finally scratch that one off
my list. Made from scrap cherry and walnut. M&T construction. 1/2
square holes were added to allow the sound to exit for efficiently.
See here:
http://www.garagewoodworks.com/projectspage2.php At the bottom
and here:
http://www.garagewoodworks.com/pictures/ringer_before.jpg
Bugged you for a year? Heck that was a 20 minute job for you. (G) ww