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nope my wifes brother on my bandsaw ... was running about 10-12" diameter logs through. I was on my way back from my moms so I didnt get to see it.
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Well… he was cutting logs down for table center pieces for his wedding and it caught something and pulled up the log into the machine and bent the blade guide and like 3 teeth on the blade. luckily his fingers were not dragged into the blade. Waiting to hear back on the new blade tomorrow .. but the guide price ..
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hmmm ... thats not a bad thought there coop ... I will definitely give that some thought. All hidden would look nice
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haha, yes dowels through the top, I am not sure if I want to try and hide the end dowels from the bottom yet ... I think 1 dowel would just look strange so I dont mind seeing the 3 on the top. Glad to hear yall dont think putting a down dead center in a glue line will be an issue ... kinda freaked me out a little when I got it all drawn out.
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Squared up the ends and Started to lay out my tenons and stuff this weekend in the spare few mins I had. Noticed one terrible luck thing right off … dead center is a glue line 🤦♂️ Probably could not have done that again even if I tried haha. red line is dead center and dead center of the middle tenon on the glue line. Assuming it would be a bad idea to try and put a dowel there?? Or am I overthinking it since it’s all glued and will be glued again??
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I was talking with a total boat rep and decided to give them a go ... seems like its worth a shot of this outdoor piece. After talking, this is what I went with. They recommended using the gloss to build layers and bring out the colors, then a couple satin coats to bring down the finish. Spray thinner is about 10-20%, plus it can be used to clean the gun after ... not sure if I could have used mineral spirits as well, but I guess for $21 it will be a good test. Have yall ever used any of these before?
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Are you thinking there might be a chance of it running long? Dang! That is awesome! One of the only people I see giving away real stuff and not just sponsored junk thanks! Hah! Ya, going to watch marks video several times to make sure I am getting everything ... should be interesting 🙂
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Got the table on supports .. started trying to clean up the glue lines as well. This sweet number 4 should look familiar Kev 😁 it’s getting a good amount down and looking nice. Still have a few spots that I’ll need to use the glue and sawdust trick though next will be time to square up the ends and then work on the breadboards.
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thanks for the info!! Will do
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Also random question … was thinking about this since it’s so long .. can I leave the table on a 4x4 MDF sheet while I work on it or will that 4x4 section get all out of whack moisture wise and start trying to warp? was trying to figure out if I need to put it up on some wood to let it get air under there as well while working on it? Most likely will be on this table for a few weeks while I get it finished up.
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never used sawdust and epoxy before ... whats different than that and wood glue? Hah! I might just take a chain to it anyways after all the issues yep, both sides where I scraped had some issues tearing out. Although, the past 2 glue ups, I made sure to try and wipe as much glue as possible off from the top side and that seems to be working a lot better, then its just a sanding to get rid of it.
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So the crazy part is .. I was scraping almost always with the grain … sometimes I’d get a little sideways but for the most part it was with the grain down the glue line. Ya I’m gonna get the belt sander and pencil and if see if 2-3 rounds gets it all out. Once everything is glued. Just 1 more piece to glue up today … going to think about ripping them and reg lying today. Gonna do a quick test with the saw dust and glue and see how that goes on a little section. If it sucks I’ll be ripping them
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ya I am learning that haha .. This glue up I tried to wipe all the glue off, at least on the top so sanding should get rid of that. Not sure what I am going to do about the other messy edges. Might try the glue and saw dust trick maybe ... still trying to figure that out.
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Got all the doubles glued together. When I was scraping glue off I noticed it was taking wood with it .. so that’s fun. My nice clean edges are kinda janky now … all 3 completed .. started the glueup on 2 doubles now. had to get all the long ones I owned after this glueup. the garage got warm today and made the glueups interesting… the glue was already drying it loooked like by the time I got to the other end to spread it ..
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They are pretty smooth. I put dominoes in them to make sure because they are all about 7 to 7 1/2” wide so these can’t go back through the planer.
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Some more work. Let the other glueup dry about 10 hours from this morning. Now going to let this one dry over night. just for you Coop.. I have so many clamps I just sit them around doing nothing 🤣 shimmed them on the floor to keep them somewhat level no idea if that slope and them having like a 1/8” gap at the bottom will have any effect but didn’t want to risk it as they sit there for about half a day to day … it was only 111* here today but felt like a cold front in the garage at 99* 🥶
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haha you caught me Coop!! Yes, the plan is 3 glueups of 2, then 2 of 2 and then add the last 2 on there. Dont have any pipe clamps so it will be a mix of longer parallel and doubled up parallel smaller ones. Yes I am really liking these boards, I think it will look sharp once I get them all together.
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Well here we go for a slow going couple days with glue ups. Getting one knocked out today … 4 more to go though to get it completely glued.
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After a fun filled week of shit breaking down 🤬 … I finally have milled lumber! first the joiner did it’s thing and then the jack on the mobile stand for tablesaw lost a bolt … so to fix I had to take it completely out and it took hours over a 2 days of frustration to get that right … all to just turn the saw some to rip the long boards ..
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If your in the mood for an extremely nice watch box build ..
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I was thinking the same, I think the bar is covering it up ?? -
makes sense .. and yes 1% is crazy haha Thanks for the info though .. I guess I will be letting would hit that 1-2% mark from now on.
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one of the guys I follow ... no talking, just all working. Some great ideas on jigs and that assembly table looks like a cork top??? maybe its just mdf or something .. also he has some amazing other builds as well, I would recommend checking him out.
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does the older lumber I am checking need a fresh cut/plane or anything or can I just jab it? If I can just jab it ... the older stuff was reading 0-1%. I feel this meter is a POS haha
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Ok I’ll do that .. should have things milled up tomorrow I think. I’ll take a few more readings then. like good low or so low meter is broke haha
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@Kevyour moisture comment above got me thinking … no clue if I’m doing it right but it’s about 1/8” jammed into the end grain and held there for like 30 seconds. The others were around the same too. Maybe my supplier doesn’t buy the rushed stuff? also first whoopsy not paying attention. Wondered why so much Doug fir was outside hahaha 🤣 also today that little fella fell out again. At least this time when it started happening I knew what it was and took about 5 mins to fix
