Friday, February 21, 2014

Want a Quick Shed Try a Wood Shed Plan

A wood shed plan is perfect for those who want to do it on their own and is their first time. Along with being fast and easy to build it also saves your hard earned money, effort and time, if you have the right method to guide you.

Going by its name "wood shed plans", they are the perfect guide to build sheds mainly built by wood, as this material is rather tricky and difficult to work on; you have to be very careful in drilling holes and cutting. A simple shed plan can increase your work if you happen to have miscalculations of the materials. To be more organized helps in the long run and completes things faster and with ease.

So let us begin with the dimensions of the wood shed. However the difficult part in this project may be the size of the wood shed as many folks settle on the medium size shed that is a 8 x 12, as the bigger shed take a longer time to complete, yet the project can be completed rather fast if you get some help from friends or family.

After deciding the size of the wood shed, go ahead with the work of the foundation and start by digging the necessary holes in the backyard, which can then be used for beams, you need roughly around 2 feet deep holes for each corner including the rear sides, the front and the mid points.

Basically these wood sheds are comparatively simple to build than the other material sheds. Better still if you do not have anything heavy to store in it, you can build it with no windows which is easier.

The design of the wood shed wall can be a flat row with braced sticks, or a plain one. The typical one is a 7 4" long stud down the rear wall and 1 4" gap between them. The front side, has studs a bit higher about 6", so as to create a slope for the water to run down easily. This way the door too will get wider. The frame of the side wall should be followed by the elevation of rear side wall and on the front. Though a little complicated a well worked out shed plan will give proper instructions.

A good wood shed plan will have all the details from the roofing to the flooring and from measurements to materials.

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Stack Chairs

Offices and businesses with a limited amount of storage and a knack for frequent quick meeting areas will benefit greatly from stack chairs. Stack chairs are multi purpose chairs that can be found in restaurants, hotels, churches, waiting rooms, and even sport facilities. And because they are durable, you can save a lot of money by using them over and over again.

With a number of different options, you can customize your stack chairs in numerous choices. A vendor can design them using a variety of different materials such as wood, metal, and even molded plastic. If you want your chairs to have a particular look or logo, you can pick from a variety of different fabrics and paint colors.

Vendors of stack chairs will even work with you to help design chairs that are not only aesthetically pleasing,but also ergonomic for your employees and guests. During meetings or conferences, youll want people to sit in the chairs comfortably without slouching, to avoid any type of neck or back pain.

One of the best benefits to using stack chairs is convenience. You can stack several chairs on top of each other (hence the name) which allows you to use the space around your offices more efficiently. When they arent being used, you can stack the chairs in the corner or even in a closet.

By using a specially designed hand truck or a dolly, you can quickly and easily transport stack chairs from one area to another. This can be extremely helpful, especially when you need to set up an area for a quick meeting then clear it very quickly when finished. Then, when you need the stack chairs, you can quickly and easily access them for meetings or any other use around your office.

Lathe breakdown continued

Hi Everyone,

Well, Ive had to take the lathe out of the shop and into town to an authorized service center for Delta lathes for repair and Im worried  about all of this. Since I purchased the lathe, Delta has been sold to another company and according to Internet postings about this, their customer service has really deteriorated. I looked around for replacement switches for the lathe but everyplace I checked had backorders for them. I hope the service center can either locate a replacement switch or find a comparable switch for it. Theyll let me know in 10-14 days what will happen.

So its in the hands of the specialists.


Where once there was a lathe there is now only sawdust.

Sigh,

VW

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Laminated Block becomes a Laminated Bowl

Hi Everyone,
Remember the laminated block from several days ago? Well, it is becoming a laminated bowl. Here are several photos of the back and sides of the bowl:





Its approximately 11 1/2 inches in diameter and since I havent hollowed it out yet, Im not sure how deep it will be. But the joints are nice and tight and the colors look great together.

Ill post more photos in a day or two.

VW

Four Brothers


Several years ago, near the beginning of my woodworking adventure, I inherited four handsaws from my wife’s grandfather after he passed away. For several years now, they have hung on the pegboard of my shop, admired for their history and quality, but basically ignored for use in favor of my tablesaw. Recently I’ve had to move to an incredibly small shop (5’ x 9’ and sharing space with a door and stairs) and my tablesaw is now in storage. Woodworking is still my sanity and I have vowed to adapt and discover for myself how to work nearly exclusively with hand tools. This means that those saws I admired from across the room are coming down off the pegboard and set to go to work again.

In order to allow these saws to go to work again, I have realized I need to do some serious rehab with these long forgotten souls. They may have been well loved and used, but they were not consistently taken care of. Grandpa Setles was many great things, I loved him and everything he taught me, but even he would have referred to himself as a tinkerer, doing a little of this and a bit of that. (Which just happened to include the occasional furniture piece made from scrap and recycled lumber) He was the kind of guy who found and used things as they were. The saws are not in horrible shape, they’re pretty decent, but with some extra effort on my part, I can turn them into champs. Now, as I think about it, having to teach myself this stuff may just be one of the best lessons Setles ever gave me. I can almost see him laughing to himself right now. He probably is.

The process means teaching myself how to restore and upkeep these beasts. Including the removal of patina, or rust, and the reshaping and sharpening the teeth. If you’ve read along before you know I recently acquired a good saw vise, set, jointer, and files needed to do the work. So there’s no excuse to wait any longer in the process.

I did post about doing the rust removal on the oldest of these four saws, but when I left off the blade was still leaning against the wall, coated in oil and waiting for the next idea before sharpening. The question was this:
 “Once I get the rust off these old boys, what steps do I take to keep the rust off them?”

I mean they are tools after all. They’re meant to be handled and used. So what could be done to keep the moisture in the air and the oil from my own hands from turning them brown again and requiring this intense cleaning process again? It hasn’t been a bad or difficult experience, but it’s not something I want to do twice a year if it can be helped.

I started thinking about the problem in terms of other steel I use. The pieces of my armor I use practicing Medieval Reenactment and Western Martial Arts. There is a product that other armor wearers have suggested to help keep the rust off the steel, it’s called Renaissance Wax. It’s even used by museums to coat swords and armor because it will easily buff to a clear coat and wax will repel to moisture that is the bane to the steel. I have not yet sprung for the product as I can just keep my armor coated in a layer of gun oil when not in use, but a constant coating of oil on saw blades is just not practical. For one, I will use the saws more often than the dozen or so times a year I strap on my armor, and two oil on the saw blade could potentially add a stain to the wood it’s cutting, leading to discoloring during the finishing process.

Now I wasn’t about to run out and feverishly buy a can of Ren Wax. What I had to do was figure out a less expensive alternative. What I do already have in my possession is a couple sticks of saw lube or saw wax. It’s used to lubricate a saw blade and help it cut material better, It also works well in the place of soaping screws to get them to drive better. After thinking it through, I believe I came up with a system that will help keep the rust off and just require the occasional recoating after vigorous use.

1. Removal of the “patina” using a Rustoleum rust remover intended for auto-body work. This product worked pretty well, it’s kind of a semi-gel consistency that was very low odor, low enough to even use inside. I spread out a thick coat on one side of the saw blade and let it set up for 5-7 minutes.

2. Then I went to work with a wire brush, scrubbing first in long strokes along the length of the blade and then in small circular patters until I felt like I had picked up most of the rust. I then let it set for another 2-3 minutes and scrubbed again with a scotchbrite pad, though not as aggressively as with the brush. If I came across a spot that was still a little thick, I hit it again with the brush until I was satisfied.

3. Following the directions on the product, I removed the lifted rust and left over solvent with water and a cloth. After soaking it down, I dried it off with another cloth, flipped the blade, and repeated the process on the other side.

4. With the rust removed from both sides, I got a clean surface (another towel) under the blade and applied a good coating of 3 in 1 oil to both sides. My thinking on this step was that the oil would help push out any remaining water and moisture. I applied the oil thick, then wiped it down to a very thin coating

5. I then took a stick of saw lube, or saw wax. (I’m not sure the mixture that makes it up, seems more malleable than paraffin, but not as wimpy as beeswax . . . maybe it’s a mixture of both?) I rubbed it all up and down the whole blade, driving it into the oil that remained in the small scratches and imperfections in the metal. I then took a soft cloth and buffed the heck out of it by hand, mixing the oil and wax together.

I did not end up with a clear finish and I guess I really do not care; these are tools after all, meant to be used and beautiful in their utility. I don’t care about a fresh off the shelf, new out of the packaging, right off the assembly line look. I care about their usefulness and preservation. What I got was a good technique that is straightforward and repeatable. Really, you cannot ask for more than that.

The next task is reshaping and sharpening the teeth one saw at a time. We’ll see how that process goes. I have been able to take a closer look at these saws than I ever have bothered to before and they will take some work. I think they will need a good amount of filing to get back on the straight and narrow, but I have already found some good sources on the process and I’m looking forward to starting. So then, until next time.

Cheers all.
Oldwolf

Rainy Thursday afternoon cold feels better

Hi Everyone,
Well, I was bored stiff after staying inside with a cold and on top of that I persuaded myself that the camphor wood shavings from last week would be good for me so I decided to go down to the wood shop and make a bowl.

I decided to work on the pecan wood blank I got earlier this week and it was a surprise in that it wasnt unseasoned. This wood was a dry as a bone and so I got down to business. Here are a few photos:





Pecan is a member of the same family of trees as hickory and it grows in the south like hickory does. Its the state tree of Texas. I really thought this was going to be more colorful than it is but its actually a beige-grey wood. It has some spalting lines in it but not much else visually is going for it. It did turn well, however.

It still needs sanding on the inside. The outside sanded really well and is nice and smooth. As its getting dark out Im not going to be able to get clearer photos until tomorrow.

Its been cool and rainy today. Here is a shot of some nearby trees:


Spring has really hit the Twin Cities and everything is beginning to bloom. Right in the center of the photo is a paper birch and on each side are choke cherry trees.

Ill send more photos tomorrow after Ive finished sanding the inside of the bowl.


More later,
VW