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Overlay Panels for a Car Project
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Steve Rasmussen
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Part 1:
Measuring the shape
This is a project that started to take shape sometime in the mid 2010s. I’m going to hold back some of the details and let the story unfold on it...
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Massaging the Numbers
With measurements in hand I now can enter them into a spreadsheet. Then I can create curves that run vertically on the doors. [image.png] And ...
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Traditional Portuguese Rajao
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Rhoots
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Part 8:
Back Panel
Back panel glued-up and trimmed flush to the sides. [IMG_2634.jpeg][IMG_2635.jpeg][IMG_2637.jpeg] Installed soundboard lining and sanded flush to t...
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Part 9:
Soundboard
The soundboard is Master Grade Sitka Spruce. Came in rough at about 3/16" thick. I glued the book matched halves together the cut out the oversized...
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Part 10:
Soundboard finished and installed
Fitted the braces and reinforcing ring to the inside of the soundboard. [IMG_2648.jpeg][IMG_2650.jpeg] Fitted the soundboard to the body. I suppose...
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Spinnekop
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Molenmaker
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Part 35:
Roeden
It's time to make the wings! [image.png] [image.png] Lets start with a nice piece of straigth oak. I'll be using a old bed railing. It dry and will...
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Part 36:
Painting and some other small jobs
Giving the head a fist layer of green paint, some small details will be white. [20230915_180208.jpg][20240518_121518.jpg] And a first coat for the ...
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Part 37:
Zeilen
The last thing i will have to make are the sails for the windmill. [image.png] These are one the drawing with a lot of details, but I'm not able to...
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Cabinet for Tea Bag Holders
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Steve Rasmussen
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Part 9:
The Base - The part with a Hundred Cuts (Well not that many)
This is probably the most involved piece in the project (yes, even more than the doors). If you refer back to the first part in this blog you will ...
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Part 10:
Inserts for doors
There are a lot of little pieces in this entry! I started with the half circles - largest one first. Since this spalted maple can be fragile I p...
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Part 11:
Finishing touches
Since this cabinet is so small I ended up buying some artists brushes for oil paints. [image.png] They really helped with the application of the...
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Rattles and Keepsake Box
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Steve Rasmussen
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Part 1:
The Rattles
This blog adds the construction details for a project posting. The fun thing about this project is that it requires very little materials. This w...
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Part 2:
The Box
This box is sized to fit the rattles. I start with the pieces that fit under the lid. After assembly I added a shaped floor to make the box more of...
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Restoration of an 1897 railroad car.
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Old Flatulent Individual
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Part 4:
Finished cutting the scarf joint, added reinforcing plates to the joint.
Quiet week for us. I finished cutting the scarf joints and fitted them up. Unfortunately the beam twisted so things went a bit slow. [IMG_2540.jpeg...
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Part 5:
Wrapping up the intermediate sill.
Sorry I missed last Wednesdays update, we were camping on the coast with family. I got all but one of the mortises cut when I reinstalled the beam...
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Part 6:
Picking up where I left off and an excuse!
Needed a better picture for the first pic, the next one maybe not the best intro :-) [IMG_2989.jpeg] I have been extremely distracted of late. I g...
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Repair a ShopBot Desktop CNC
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Steve Rasmussen
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Part 2:
Discover root cause
The first thing I checked was the motor mount and the anti-backlash nut. To do this I removed the spoil board and the floor. I found a large amount...
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Part 3:
Repairs
A trip to the hardware store got me the bolts I needed. Reinstalling them was pretty straightforward. The rails & bearings took a little over ...
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Part 4:
Reassembly
With the system running correctly, the next step is to reinstall the floor. [image.png] The floor is a set of extrusions. A narrow one goes at th...
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Heart Surgery
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Gnome
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Part 1:
My Heart Surgery Update
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Card Scraper Sharpening
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MrRick
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Part 1:
How I Do It
There are so many ways to sharpen a card scraper but it doesn't have to be "Rocket Science" like so many people make it. Here's how I do it. [ima...
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How to Make Inlaid Dovetails (Double Dovetails)
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MrRick
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Part 3:
CUTTING THE TAILS
The critical step for inlaid dovetails is cutting a rabbet 1st on the tails board ( inside face ). For inlays it is mandatory. The depth of the ra...
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Part 4:
CUTTING THE CEDAR INLAY
First I marked up the pins positions using the tails per Fig 13. Next I set my marking gauge to account for the rebate on the tails board in Fig 1...
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Part 5:
Finished!
This is the finished Inlaid Dovetails. Keep in mind this is only one corner of a box! When doing a complete box a lot of the steps can be done in t...
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