Router plane

Large Router Plane drawing. A-A is if you cut the drawing “A” in half and turn it on end.

Use two pieces of wood..a hard wood for the sole such as service berry, white oak, hornbeam and another wood for the rest of the body eg maple, walnut etc

Glue up the pieces

Do the above drawing on graph paper carefully and Lay this out on the wood.

Drill the holes..make sure of what size cutter will be used.

Saw out the slot

Router the top profile

Sand up

  Large Router Plane

Small router plane 4 1/4 inch x 2 3/4 inches  7/8 inch diameter hole.The depth is 1 1/2 inches
Use  a hard wood for the sole to resist wear : Hornbeam, Serviceberry, Ironwood,

Below photos are a Steady Rest 


Steady Rest Jig   (Jim Hiltz)
3/4/ threaded rods, bolts, square bar, wheels ( from a skate board)
Hardwood

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Drilling, Using Hack Saw, Shelf project continued

Attendance: Keenan, Shawn, Jim Hiltz, Jim MacLean, John, Miles, Paul, Rick

Leo had some firewood scraps that he turned into vases: Russian Olive, Lilac, Beech
He challenged us to identify the wood..Rick rose to the challenge

He discussed how to drill a hole down the center of a rough piece like these;

Locate the centre on each end
Make a platform for the drill press
Chuck in a straight rod
Drill a small hole in the center of the platform and move it so that the rod enters the hole
Clamp the platform in place
Place a dowel pin in that hole
This locates the center of the wood blank accurately
Drill down through the top half way and then flip the piece end to end to drill the opposite end
See photos

Leo discussed how to straighten a bent rod:
Place it in the drill press
Turn it to locate the high spot and strike it with a hammer

To cut a nut in half:

Clamp it in the vice
Use a Hack saw to start a cut and take long strokes
After a few strokes turn the nut 180 degrees and cut again
This minimizes wandering of the hack saw blade
Once done, the nut is cleaned up on the metal lathe

Tips:

Shafts are always measured in sixteenths: thus a 3 inch shaft is actually 2 15/16 diameter

Rick worked on the bowl lathe

Miles, John, Shawn, Keenan started the dovetail shelf project  using hand planes to flatten the wood
Paul and Jim Hiltz cut the threaded rod into 7 inch lengths to make the screw chuck for the large vase turnings



Bisecting a nut      ;                             Russian Olive

Spalted beech                                       Drilling

       Beech                                                               Rick's Spruce burl

Dovetail Shelf project--planing flat

Vases

Keenan, Arno,Jims,Rick Miles, Paul

Rick began to work on a new bowl
Arno and John and Keenan worked on the lathe between centers-shaping coves
Jim Hiltz had a large pine log that he started to shape into a large vase
Leo helped everyone along and set up the Machining jig for Ricks bowl


Miles had  a segmented bowl project going on

Arno,Paul Rick, Jim Hiltz, Jim MacLean, Shawn,Keenan

The new members practiced making coves on the spindle lathe using various cutters: scraper, gouge, and skew.

Leo discussed making the heavy duty tool rest for hollowing out a vase and the older members plan to work on making this device. (Also Paul, one of the younger members, wants to make one). We need some plate metal welded into an "L" shape and a rod to mount into the tool rest holder for each persons lathe.

Leo discussed his new method of mounting a vase on the three-jaw chuck. He manufactured a sturdy screw mount from a large threaded rod that fits into the 3-jaw chuck. The jaws are reversed and then tightened into the rod which is itself screwed into the end of the blank. This creates a solid hold--better than the usual chuck mounts. He decided to help make the needed components for this mechanism.

Rick volunteered to gather up the metal supplies for this project.

The steps involve:

Getting a length of threaded rod (cadmium coated) of suitable diameter for each person's chuck
Large nuts and washers
Drilling into the wood blank
Placing the threaded rod into the drill hole which is filled with epoxy ( i.e "casting" a threaded receiving hole into the wooden blank)
Drilling an escape hole adjacent to the main hole to let the epoxy out
(Parting agent and wax are applied to the rod so that it can be unscrewed once the epoxy sets)
Making a Tap to clean out the newly formed threaded hole

For the time being he advised we can use a Lag screw or Coach screw in the 3-jaw chuck as this is also a solid way to mount the blank for a vase.
Leo turned down the square heads of a few lag screws tonight to fit the various chucks that we brought in.
The images help explain what this discussion as all about.

CLICK ON AN IMAGE TO SEE THE ENLARGED VIEW

Rick, Arno, Shawn, Paul, Jim Hiltz, Jim MacLean, Miles

The meeting was held at Jim MacLeans.

Rick reviewed the history of the "association" and we all reflected on the past sessions.
We discussed the upcoming year and tentative projects.

We settled on doing a simple shelf  using sliding dovetails for the brackets as  a good project for all of us, and the new members especially, as this re-inforces the need for sharp tools and Straight, Flat , and Square measurements. Also such a project will never be a redundant piece as we always need a shelf somewhere. There will be great satisfaction in a hand made shelf, no matter how small. The project will incorporate finishing issues as well so will be a beautiful initiative.

We reminisced on past projects and bragged a bit

The Craft Show at Leo's that we did ,  and the Proletariat display last year at CBU  were big hits with us all.

The new members seem to have an enthusiasm for woodwork that  matches the old timers so we look forward to a good year and hope that Leo's health and our own hold up.