tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31117531633594910702024-02-09T05:18:39.425-08:00MulesawBeing old fashioned, the cool way.Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.comBlogger436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-31775744137399838682022-03-17T09:03:00.005-07:002022-03-17T09:03:48.164-07:00Marine life<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Today just when lunch was over for my shift, someone came down to the messroom and said that there were a couple of whales really close by. So I took my cup of coffee, fetched a jacket and went up to see if it was possible to get a glimpse of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were two humpback whales and a playful sealion maybe 25 yards away from the ship. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I managed to get a picture and a decent video of one of the whales and the sealion sort of photobombed all the videos I tried to take. :-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It is awe-inspiring to see such a huge animal so close by. And almost equally impressive to watch a sealion scoot around like a happy kid in a water park.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEFcv4jtaVY5ykK4k0xmqz29XF0CuI3SQ8riORoUYaeA5hxLsqujSZI62ZEuaE76mWNRDc_ezifLeuQIsaBPf14xAyTQO88o76nvO0XUl9xDFymNsdQe3A7FR1z_N_NjaCbaUXO7ofCrL1QI8Tfv3ak_GgbYyA7xX2FrnrvMWsmLMe1JfMRBOY-w_Y-g=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEFcv4jtaVY5ykK4k0xmqz29XF0CuI3SQ8riORoUYaeA5hxLsqujSZI62ZEuaE76mWNRDc_ezifLeuQIsaBPf14xAyTQO88o76nvO0XUl9xDFymNsdQe3A7FR1z_N_NjaCbaUXO7ofCrL1QI8Tfv3ak_GgbYyA7xX2FrnrvMWsmLMe1JfMRBOY-w_Y-g=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Humpback whale in the South Atlantic Ocean</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-71659002546573433852022-03-06T14:22:00.004-08:002022-03-06T14:22:36.226-08:00Drain grates<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> During the hurricane we had last time I was on board, we lost a couple of drain grates. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The drain grates help to keep large objects out of the drain pipes from the gutter on the main deck. Large objects could be stuff like an apple or an orange or a water bottle. If they would fall into a drain pipe it would take quite some job to get them free again, so it is much better for us to prevent the blocking from happening. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first time I was on board this ship, I made 4 drain grates, so I took upon myself to make a couple of replacements this time also. But instead of following the same procedure as last time, I decided to see if I could make them without soldering them together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My idea was to make a brass pipe using rivets, and hammer one end so it would flare out. Then finally I would ad some pieces of copper pipe on top as the regular grate part.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I marked and cut a strip of brass sheet (1 mm / approx 3/64" thick). On one end I formed something like a rabbet, and then I bent the piece over a piece of pipe, so it ended up being round and of the correct outer diameter. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Using a piece of bronze welding rod, I made some small rivets. I would have used ready made rivets if I had some, but making them yourself is also fast.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Holes were drilled in the ends of the brass strip, and the cylinder shape was riveted together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Using a piece of sturdy pipe as an anvil, I started hammering along one of the ends of the cylinder. The idea is to thin and thereby stretch the material so it will eventually curve out. Machines exist that can help you with that, but it is not equipment that we have on board, so the trusty hammer was the choice.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a couple of rounds of hammering, the brass hardens. to keep it from cracking and also to make it easier to continue the forming, I annealed it using an oxygen/acetylene torch. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At a certain point the flared end almost naturally starts to bend over in a 90 degree angle to the cylinder, and that means that the forming is almost done. The only thing left is to use a flat anvil and level out the flared part.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My last design used two pieces of copper pipe bent to a 90 degree bend, and this design would also work very well with a riveted construction. So I found an old piece of copper pipe and made a couple of bends that were separated from the pipe using a pipe cutter. The ends of each bend were hammered flat and they were then riveted to the flared part of the cylinder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The strange thing is that this way of making drain grates actually seemed faster than my previous design, and I hadn't expected that. My main reason for not soldering was actually that I wanted to see if I could use a bit less oxygen and acetylene. That was also accomplished, but the speed surprised me.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiML3Gt1Ti9zsjk5TCvYlCorz055jjeWRkqoj2sZPPaDWqm8icHg2f5Z71qogOD-qs_jrmiBxw9aALNeEpt0Ky3ctMRiEL92GODrhXkR2vRBXBOjorJli4Qnj9znPMNFX6E_inRTg356nJwkjdqTdePccrObeD9vr_Gqv1y4lpqxBWTNEh4cKysZnoHw=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiML3Gt1Ti9zsjk5TCvYlCorz055jjeWRkqoj2sZPPaDWqm8icHg2f5Z71qogOD-qs_jrmiBxw9aALNeEpt0Ky3ctMRiEL92GODrhXkR2vRBXBOjorJli4Qnj9znPMNFX6E_inRTg356nJwkjdqTdePccrObeD9vr_Gqv1y4lpqxBWTNEh4cKysZnoHw=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brass plate with strip cut of (enough for two drain grates)</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiS78RYHdVRO1EHRR828H6JqrNQEu2QAl8wSY6fRxcRMLYiGlfpHyDe-AKu435v5tbAM4OcDaXRCLbLJ-8rpqvqeKigyzxczlZwwhmgI9FSgawoWB3uktSAe93wEtgFduMNji0cJ_V_yHj_MK940QEI4n4f-QD2CW6KqdweqMW5Mm0R4InIo_L3iuk5Ww=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Flared out end of the drain grate.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwHelX8K5x_iclXncqL4mQ0GpiHyMHMX6BkFkKDzVmlUl6G3pqXNtcqowMeDsS2UMyLbqOonxR2sa-2BcPv3OG6RyKN-caEaSS19ducxp9pLnVvziq7NHo6KzbAxx_zUXOcd4Jr017X2bN4YGQ5sLMV1z8bJMC5PfOr0gH7gGaSL_lU9DafZlm2jk4iQ=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwHelX8K5x_iclXncqL4mQ0GpiHyMHMX6BkFkKDzVmlUl6G3pqXNtcqowMeDsS2UMyLbqOonxR2sa-2BcPv3OG6RyKN-caEaSS19ducxp9pLnVvziq7NHo6KzbAxx_zUXOcd4Jr017X2bN4YGQ5sLMV1z8bJMC5PfOr0gH7gGaSL_lU9DafZlm2jk4iQ=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The two copper bends are riveted in place</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGcuKmVqIhIVprhj-ux8q-_m6Q6oVCqMiKLODvvxuPsHEAFc0CwHZNYSbCiA7wlP0Ao4mn5C0e8fK5-Cyk4x5VDIAX2SX9vOQHuQvwblPToc075kZeIsDxAEoBm0wNUrfP-D46_hOaHIYddfcctMDRFuuTK3SqLagUEeoR_0T1OAuz6bzrfKgVrVTKSg=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGcuKmVqIhIVprhj-ux8q-_m6Q6oVCqMiKLODvvxuPsHEAFc0CwHZNYSbCiA7wlP0Ao4mn5C0e8fK5-Cyk4x5VDIAX2SX9vOQHuQvwblPToc075kZeIsDxAEoBm0wNUrfP-D46_hOaHIYddfcctMDRFuuTK3SqLagUEeoR_0T1OAuz6bzrfKgVrVTKSg=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Side view of the drain grate showing the rivets.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTQmRb9Wew092yB8JQJhg2iIRNubEtH0nyk-x3pbGPPd4voWcVcd808uNbjHUz_D2DgObAcspZIJLQH3nsokmVFr2JD9GRfF9cAtihkEfm8Qq4YcY3DFKFldvJ5OS3duV0fTB_FqnP683QA401MTaUqD76zHVtcbJt41E8iFbkKyTI-jpqQrstNTTRtQ=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTQmRb9Wew092yB8JQJhg2iIRNubEtH0nyk-x3pbGPPd4voWcVcd808uNbjHUz_D2DgObAcspZIJLQH3nsokmVFr2JD9GRfF9cAtihkEfm8Qq4YcY3DFKFldvJ5OS3duV0fTB_FqnP683QA401MTaUqD76zHVtcbJt41E8iFbkKyTI-jpqQrstNTTRtQ=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Drain grate in place in the drain pipe.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-28626442271728139032022-02-21T12:44:00.004-08:002022-02-21T12:44:59.810-08:00Started a business today<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> After thinking about it for many years, I started a business today together with Gustav.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The business is called Hest & Hus ApS, meaning Horse & House ltd.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Our major plan is to invest in a house that we can refurbish and then rent it out. But given that we are now officially a company also means that we can legitimately sell labour such as in carpentry jobs or woodwork projects or leatherwork projects. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The idea is that since we both have a regular income, we are planning on letting all the money we make in the company stay there for further development of the company.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The hardest thing for me is to accept that I am helping financing the Danish society with all its flaws. But so be it..</span></p><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-88156864318987510712022-02-19T13:12:00.005-08:002022-02-19T13:12:43.346-08:00Gerstner inspired tool chest, completion<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> I have been doing a bit of organizing and clearing out in the workshop, mostly still to accommodate lots of stuff from my dads shop. On one of the shelves in the shop I found the remnants of the <a href="https://mulesaw.blogspot.com/2014/11/gerstner-inspired-tool-chest.html" target="_blank">Gerstner inspired tool chest</a> that I started 8 years ago. I took a close look at it and decided that either I should throw it out, or I should invest the needed few hours and complete the project. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a bit of discussion with myself I decided that even if the project wasn't super good looking, it still deserved to be completed, and I could potentially use the tool chest for small stuff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of years ago I had made some stock ready for the fronts and sides of the drawers. I laid out some dovetails and started sawing and chopping away. I managed to mess up the design of the dovetails for the back of the drawers since I forgot to take into account that it should only be as high as down to the groove for the bottom. Nevertheless I decided that I could live with it and I proceeded.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When the drawers were complete I drilled a hole for mounting a small knob on the front. <br />I then mortised in a lock on the fall front and made a small mortise for the lock to catch on in the carcase.<br /><br />Then I assembled the tool chest with the <a href="https://mulesaw.blogspot.com/2014/12/gerstner-inspired-tool-chest-fall-front.html" target="_blank">self made fall front mechanism</a> - only to discover that the knobs were a bit too long, so the fall front couldn't close. I took the easy and ugly route and gouged a small indent where each of the knobs touched the fall front. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally I gave the drawers and the carcase some dark wipe on oil and let it dry for the night. It sits pretty on the shelf now, but I still haven't started to put stuff into it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have to admit that the small tool chest doesn't look as elegant as I remembered. The wood wasn't perfect, and if I had to remake it again, I would probably reduce the thickness of the carcase, but as far as I remember, my main reason for starting the project back then was because I wanted to see if I could make a fall front mechanism out of wood.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMzavvFrVc5e2DaFLdVGX-KtL7IUcIteQjQ9lYope07Hnm70hGsgnEUuLjtN9BWG63zu-8uXvr3eGBsII_4KloFcE64P9DzdfuOo_s7_s-Nn3WchkCqirJKZ6t_XdJgU6OeOJculT-jBAeZ_PiefMOraxILXcU4O-81BuIt-M-P9_MBYpLwNaX94-OMg=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMzavvFrVc5e2DaFLdVGX-KtL7IUcIteQjQ9lYope07Hnm70hGsgnEUuLjtN9BWG63zu-8uXvr3eGBsII_4KloFcE64P9DzdfuOo_s7_s-Nn3WchkCqirJKZ6t_XdJgU6OeOJculT-jBAeZ_PiefMOraxILXcU4O-81BuIt-M-P9_MBYpLwNaX94-OMg=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The completed Gerstner inspired tool chest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggEbnNzQdgLVhm0plOTp7wMsj4J7PsbZs_UVPepr6zUY7d79L_7vXN-V3DlsL4yCQC-VD6uh8Jsh9nz8Qo8tu5B246wKIyWHVhil4OidkS0Hsy7CQ3Gd3Blg-hDEs81iaTxMcXL1TkwxJuCUPxUf3SDwgKzEqsxrP5vGj9kHi5zsv5pcS_ISH7fXdoSg=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggEbnNzQdgLVhm0plOTp7wMsj4J7PsbZs_UVPepr6zUY7d79L_7vXN-V3DlsL4yCQC-VD6uh8Jsh9nz8Qo8tu5B246wKIyWHVhil4OidkS0Hsy7CQ3Gd3Blg-hDEs81iaTxMcXL1TkwxJuCUPxUf3SDwgKzEqsxrP5vGj9kHi5zsv5pcS_ISH7fXdoSg=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Drawers ready.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjedJsWmeliHGySHxfQCtkSNurRAYurzLWeWKNAsG0pWghrLVj30dIXYvgx1C4b-_hjlEVGf4U9cCCGVfrElyQ2c0cKNcVlaIUgDNCrZ0gFyrZtmKZ-8om8IDK8Atrj6G6tmNkdJQqwXmqEOp1nianBigf0IWFFaXVz8Cu_xvr5YCFAkMpTjkoOTWzlYw=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjedJsWmeliHGySHxfQCtkSNurRAYurzLWeWKNAsG0pWghrLVj30dIXYvgx1C4b-_hjlEVGf4U9cCCGVfrElyQ2c0cKNcVlaIUgDNCrZ0gFyrZtmKZ-8om8IDK8Atrj6G6tmNkdJQqwXmqEOp1nianBigf0IWFFaXVz8Cu_xvr5YCFAkMpTjkoOTWzlYw=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting ready to install a lock.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have however never made one for myself. </p><p>Probably since I don't need a marlinspike, but this time I decided to make one for myself anyway.</p><p>I found an old steel bolt for the cylinder heads of the main engine, and I deemed that it would be perfect for the purpose.<br />The shape is the one I usually help the trainees to achieve, a long sleek body with a mushroom shaped head. The conical body gradually turns from round to oval the nearer to the tip of the tool it gets. the tip itself is ground or filed flat and gets and edge of approximately 60 degrees.</p><p>The dimensions for my marlinspike is a length just shy of 12", the head is 1.25" in diameter, the upper part of the body is 19/32" which tapers to a width of 1/4" at the very tip. Just above the ground part, the width is 3/8" and the thickness is 9/32" (due to the oval shape).</p><p>A hole was drilled in the upper part and I made a small D-ring of bronze that I silver soldered in place, this is so that the marlinspike can be secured with a lanyard when working aloft. I made an extra D-ring that I could mount on the sheath, so that the securing line has a place to be secured to.</p><p>For the sheath I decided to test myself a bit, and make it as small as possible.<br />A wedge shaped piece of leather was sewn to the backpiece. this would form a rabbet that the rounded part of the sheath could register to. <br />During the sewing of the wedge, I mounted the D-ring on the sheath. The wedge also moves the marlinspike a bit forward of the back piece, so that it will in theory stay a bit more clear of the hip when worn in the belt.</p><p>The rounded part was first made wedge shaped, so that the sheath would also taper in its length, both in width and height. 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We had gusts of hurricane strength and waves that corresponded to the rest of the weather.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We ended up blowing out 3 of our stay sails, and we still did 12 knots on just two square sails. So apart from it being a bit difficult to sleep, it was great fun, and awe inspiring as always to see the full force of the sea.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When one of the stay sails had to be taken down, it hit the brass top of one of the old magnetic compasses. The sergeant quickly saved it and brought it inside. But the small top lid was missing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We all take great pride in that the ship is looking its best when we go into port, and polished brass looks best if all the part are present. So I found our last piece of brass sheet metal, and set to work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first step was to determine more or less the size I wanted to lid to be, and then it was just a matter of cutting a disc out of the sheet and finding a hammer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In a perfect world I would have had a nice little rounded anvil and a polished face hammer for working sheet metal, but a small ball peen hammer and a bit of pipe had to do the trick. <br />The perimeter of the disc was going to be furled back, so I'd gently knock on it with the hammer and the after two rounds, I would heat it all up to anneal it so the brass once again became reasonably pliable. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Before giving the outer edge the final hammering, I domed the disc a bit, and when it looked fair, I folded over the edge the rest of the way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I tested the lid on the compass top, but I had made it a bit too small. I decided that I could fix it by machining the inner edge on the lathe. Which was not my original plan, but never the less it worked.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The lower rim was made up of a couple of strips of the brass sheet. I would have preferred a long continuous piece, but I didn't have enough brass to do that, so I had to improvise a bit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally the lower rim was soft soldered to the domed disc. The completed lid was then cleaned up in the lathe and mounted on the compass top. <br />Truth be told, my lid is just a smidge too tight for my liking, but it will stay put even in rough weather and it looks OK.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI2kPnKtE9U8RxtOun9-RtVueeh6ArTdo5A1MUExGQ6hdCIqb-HhaL5L51Goivrr7etF0BYM96ULd-V7FAd8Kpw06ze4AS5Ey4J3IG6w_xYQyuZvUFDNfz_dm-AeNfeKZL1PsaCJJBnANum6mgPB4SxtpZcHz_Lh-RHxi9HuKFEp2YhwfToKMz5CBAMg=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjI2kPnKtE9U8RxtOun9-RtVueeh6ArTdo5A1MUExGQ6hdCIqb-HhaL5L51Goivrr7etF0BYM96ULd-V7FAd8Kpw06ze4AS5Ey4J3IG6w_xYQyuZvUFDNfz_dm-AeNfeKZL1PsaCJJBnANum6mgPB4SxtpZcHz_Lh-RHxi9HuKFEp2YhwfToKMz5CBAMg=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(It probably is too good to be true)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> It is nice to find out that someone apparently have noticed that I have started to blog again, though I much prefer regular readers and comments from those instead of all those fake comments that once in a while seem to flood in.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Today I had 37 comments, all pretty much using the same words, and all completely irrelevant to the blog post where the comment was posted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It seems that Ted McGraths 16000 woodworking plans have changed its name to woodbex. I guess it is the same scam, and I sincerely doubt that all the plans are some that he made himself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's an earlier warning about the site from <a href="https://www.woodworkweb.com/woodwork-topics/woodwoorkweb-news/304-16-000-woodworking-plans-scams-and-spams.html">woodworkweb</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I guess I'm not alone in once in a while seeing something nice and wondering, wow, I'd like to know if there is a plan available for that. But I think there's a much better chance of finding that out if people ask in the comments field about it - rather than forking out 67 $ to a scammer and risk that maybe that plan isn't part of the 16000.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you want to make chairs there are several well respected chairmakers out there who has got plans for sale, heck I think some of them even wrote a book about making chairs. Get those plan in a legal way instead of being part of a scam.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The same goes with a bunch of other stuff. Popular Woodworking and Fine Woodworking all have made great plans, if you haven't got the issue and can't borrow it at the library, well, then pay the amount of money the publisher would like for a back issue, and then go on and build a set of barristers bookcases with a good conscience. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Truth be told, I didn't read all those 37 comments today, I kind of stopped after reading the comment that was posted on my post about building a coffin for my dad. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">That comment read something like: I built something similar with help from ... <br />Hmmm, I bet you did! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Stay safe for New Years Eve, don't drink and drive, use safety glasses and DONT support the scam sites </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKhEN19-u0a0BHd1jWi7MAGZFnI4BQ-SCWuReoDpnAV-vlklhVvwkaaaZA9Fk1Tnshc4bTHvi5h32SXzamcrorLYlBWrddK8mAOwkA8TmV_SSptc6Zb-RL-SyXYuVoJCpTUMqKrivKnv3fh20FRwk6CmAri5MfEPclLsnpEerXg9BqLMGo0rLnABV7w=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsKhEN19-u0a0BHd1jWi7MAGZFnI4BQ-SCWuReoDpnAV-vlklhVvwkaaaZA9Fk1Tnshc4bTHvi5h32SXzamcrorLYlBWrddK8mAOwkA8TmV_SSptc6Zb-RL-SyXYuVoJCpTUMqKrivKnv3fh20FRwk6CmAri5MfEPclLsnpEerXg9BqLMGo0rLnABV7w=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All ready for Christmas Eve in Brooklyn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Would you buy a used woodworking plan from this person??)</div><br /><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-39388864044186657352021-12-27T10:24:00.006-08:002021-12-27T11:06:49.754-08:00Keepsake box of birch<p><span style="font-family: arial;">We had made a draft of who should give who Christmas presents on board. And my recipient had earlier on wished for a belt, so I made a nice wide belt that would fit in a set of jeans for her. I decided that I could make a keepsake box for her as well. That way it would also be easier to make a decent gift wrapping. :-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I found a piece of birch that I had milled a couple of years ago, and I decided that it would be a fine material. I have never really worked birch before, other than for firewood, so I thought that it would be interesting to do a nice little project with it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I settled on some measurements that looked fine to me and would enable me to make the panels for the lid and bottom without gluing anything up. <br />the board was first crosscut into some manageable lengths and then planed to the desired thickness. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The sides were ripped to the correct width and I made a groove on for the lid and the bottom, so that I could assemble the box completely and later on divide it on the table saw. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I laid out some dovetails and took into account that 1/8" would be removed from one of the sets when I reopened the box. I just made regular through dovetails, and after dry assembling the sides I measured for the lid and bottom and made those too. those received a rabbet going all the way around, so they could seat in the grooves of the sides once assembled. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the glue had dried, I planed the protruding parts of the dovetails flush with the rest, and sanded the box lightly. I adjusted the table saw to nearly the depth of the material, so that when I separated the box I would not risk any movement or binding. I could just as well have glued in some small blocks of wood on the inside prior to assembly, but I chose the other route this time. The final separation was done with a Japanese pull saw.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I made some dust seal strips that would be mounted inside the bottom of the box. These all received an angled cut near the upper part. The depth of the cut was close to 1/32", just the same as the thickness of the fabric that I would use to line the box with.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The dust seals were glued in place, and I installed some small brass hinges that I once got from my brother in japan. I decided that I didn't want to ad a lock to the box, so from that point on it was just <strike>downhill</strike> smooth sailing. (The Danish expression downhill apparently means something different in English :-) )</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I gave the box three coats of shellac with a rubbing of steel wool in between each layer. After the final layer I lightly rubbed with steel wool again, and then gave the surface a coat of wax. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some years ago I ordered a length of baize from Hainsworth in England. This is the fabric that was originally used in gun cases and such. Due to various reasons I never have gotten around to test it before now, and I have to say that it is an incredibly nice material! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It looks way better than any of my earlier attempts using hobby felt which is actually a synthetic instead of real wool. The baize has a beautiful dark holly colour and it is much more firm so it is easier to cut and position inside the box.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Based on information that I once read on the "<a href="https://pegsandtails.wordpress.com/">pegs and tails blog</a>", baize was traditionally glued using glue made from wheat flour. <br />So armed with this information I found a recipe for wheat flour and started. the recipe called for 1 part of flour to 4 parts of cold water. The flour is mixed thoroughly with the cold water and the mixture is then brought to boil and left to boil while stirred until it thickens.<br />The glue worked a lot better than I had anticipated, and in a short time the keepsake box was complete. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGzOdQ0xY39RLMYqqoD9h5E4-XkTMjmA0X_FIoO1ihX3QVzCLeSmEfrCa4zDBlpIIFxCZqC7CXO99ExSKv3jhhGE7xYPdS0RCD8tHOJVmSaY_E9ZSmiojv3DzNvxoXRXnSY4ixQVaa_dvnsTayjp1lOJqpcWNPAhMZO5jnkj4jZpZmZ8n-Out_Z-Q4tQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGzOdQ0xY39RLMYqqoD9h5E4-XkTMjmA0X_FIoO1ihX3QVzCLeSmEfrCa4zDBlpIIFxCZqC7CXO99ExSKv3jhhGE7xYPdS0RCD8tHOJVmSaY_E9ZSmiojv3DzNvxoXRXnSY4ixQVaa_dvnsTayjp1lOJqpcWNPAhMZO5jnkj4jZpZmZ8n-Out_Z-Q4tQ=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzISyrpTNhVdUPlXScwTwlhCStBnJko82or35I9lZUPpiH9VpKyNPcKVwwdCQl_4X4hJ1TQubFqNrsx3JLWnBHASfU4EuNPiYiwRK_Jj8ppcEIlDQE2FfTcv4oPV45wXpPPQLoacdaWs1beHL1URSALcHmwyaT8XJO_ZfDplcXQvOeYrNiucymofTLrA=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting ready to glue using wheat flour glue</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih_VLher460BMwo20rDexmSvhrRl0uVtO1DsOTAIb91iySp6jqIFwcS3MJ68uegkyTVufaUz4w0v84MHLr0YeEAI5kC8X6IDgIVBliMD7PCfpQrp-RgaoZXtPdNa8DZE9cYMLeLUSxz1279ZKjavCdzQWFWhRZ9Ob4xCvnybR_QnfIfD9dzr55IRSO1Q=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih_VLher460BMwo20rDexmSvhrRl0uVtO1DsOTAIb91iySp6jqIFwcS3MJ68uegkyTVufaUz4w0v84MHLr0YeEAI5kC8X6IDgIVBliMD7PCfpQrp-RgaoZXtPdNa8DZE9cYMLeLUSxz1279ZKjavCdzQWFWhRZ9Ob4xCvnybR_QnfIfD9dzr55IRSO1Q=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Baize glue up in progress.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOyi-1kX35C04DsGQjjyDOMRy3_d_M6R0ippk7oPwAEo_hENqfEbpyVNDlZc7gilWP3uZL72LQp4EsQu4D__UkNsnly58yxSEN2NBf_dAK5le4_ZQWldDAOQO0jiYXbQ-j5ZsQRwynC8_b2Aq6tv1D8OjdxtNYC_NsEb1jA02O1jrfPUnDhN0PHvTbpg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOyi-1kX35C04DsGQjjyDOMRy3_d_M6R0ippk7oPwAEo_hENqfEbpyVNDlZc7gilWP3uZL72LQp4EsQu4D__UkNsnly58yxSEN2NBf_dAK5le4_ZQWldDAOQO0jiYXbQ-j5ZsQRwynC8_b2Aq6tv1D8OjdxtNYC_NsEb1jA02O1jrfPUnDhN0PHvTbpg=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The keepsake box has been lined</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpxLZrL4fOVQGMI8LH8m6tak1upCbG8gq0yd5CJfPogTLG85IwtjdkeocRceF92Iv4nnRuCcxM9lV4EKXkDPfsRnWVnkkmVwAPPEQaoUTK9YGhBzU4gGzEqz5WPQQBiJnVjY-YEUMzewsga2PunjLWJAulCBY2ljx7bsFuqLXcZqBODZ5esr3TV4-2Yg=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpxLZrL4fOVQGMI8LH8m6tak1upCbG8gq0yd5CJfPogTLG85IwtjdkeocRceF92Iv4nnRuCcxM9lV4EKXkDPfsRnWVnkkmVwAPPEQaoUTK9YGhBzU4gGzEqz5WPQQBiJnVjY-YEUMzewsga2PunjLWJAulCBY2ljx7bsFuqLXcZqBODZ5esr3TV4-2Yg=s320" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed box ready for Christmas wrapping</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-33744834146849614022021-10-11T15:41:00.005-07:002021-10-11T15:41:54.714-07:00A halter for Mette's horse<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Last time I was out here, I ordered a reprint of an old German book on leatherwork. It is written in 1908 by a master saddler and covers everything you could wish to know about leatherwork including how to set up your own business with suggestions for various types of letters that you could be interested in sending out to e.g. customers, people who owe you money, newspapers etc. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In that book there are some suggestions on how to make halters. And I thought that t would be interesting to make something from a set of plans instead of just copying one of the old halters like I have done previously. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The measurements are pretty close to what I have made before (I guess the size of a horse's head hasn't changed much) but these plans also suggest that you make a head band. And that is new to me. I have only seen that on regular bridles. So before leaving for sea, I cut some leather straps and loaded my small box of leatherworking tools with me determined to try to make such a halter. I also ordered some hardware so I could make something that looked nice, instead of simply cannibalizing an old halter for cheap steel parts. So this time it is new cast brass parts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It is funny that I can easily feel that I am not that accustomed to working in leather compared to working in wood. So my initial rough calculations on how much leather I would need is off. I had brought enough leather with me to be able to make two halters (I thought), but I only have material for one and a half. <br />Also despite trying to think ahead, I make small mistakes. It is not that these are deal breakers, but I am pretty sure that they are avoidable if I had more experience. The good thing is that I am able to recognize some of them, and I have corrected a few along the way, so I still try to only make the same mistake once or twice.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At the moment we are sailing across the Atlantic, following the north east trade winds (Passat). We passed Cap Verde the other day, and the temperature of the sea water is 28 dgC, and the air temperature is the same during the night, but a lot higher during the day due to the sun. So it is nice to have a project that I can do outside instead of having to work in a super hot shop. At the moment I am working on the headband itself, so that is not yet in the pictures.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3q90jp8qb08/YWS8vPFo6tI/AAAAAAAAGNo/hqGJbEPXrw87Hx7ItUWhQBOOuDij7elTACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3q90jp8qb08/YWS8vPFo6tI/AAAAAAAAGNo/hqGJbEPXrw87Hx7ItUWhQBOOuDij7elTACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3017.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My work station on the poop deck.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtuXWVp2bFE/YWS8vPDLEaI/AAAAAAAAGNs/UxMvgnUrDpoTu-dgTu02jC_IiTwf8rn-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtuXWVp2bFE/YWS8vPDLEaI/AAAAAAAAGNs/UxMvgnUrDpoTu-dgTu02jC_IiTwf8rn-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3018.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The view is quite nice.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qhk0W41YAD8/YWS8vNf7hFI/AAAAAAAAGNk/o0U3sdArEPQ8zSb9buzlXRLiGjDM85YHACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_3019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qhk0W41YAD8/YWS8vNf7hFI/AAAAAAAAGNk/o0U3sdArEPQ8zSb9buzlXRLiGjDM85YHACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_3019.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Halter hanging on the emergency steering wheel. (also on the poop deck)</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-7029911542217952682021-09-23T06:51:00.000-07:002021-09-23T06:51:02.927-07:00Anatomic breastplate for Caj (Gustav's horse) glamour shots<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> In February when I had to sign on the ship, the Covid 19 restrictions required that I had to go to Norway and sit for 10 days in a quarantine hotel before flying with the rest of the crew down to Tenerife to meet the ship. As you might remember, I made a <a href="http://mulesaw.blogspot.com/2021/02/making-anatomic-breastplate-for-gustavs.html">breastplate </a>of leather instead of sitting idle all the time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When I came back, Gustav tested it and found that a few of the pieces were a bit too long. This time while at home I found the time to fix those small things, and I snapped a couple of glamour shots of the breastplate mounted on Caj.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For some reason my inadequate camera skills have made it look like Caj is a small horse. That is not the case! He measures 1.72 m above the shoulders (17 hands).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AuMHA9U6xDo/YUyCTMaJNMI/AAAAAAAAGMk/NLb_go7sSL4ArWasFKfZlwWEx3BTf3M5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AuMHA9U6xDo/YUyCTMaJNMI/AAAAAAAAGMk/NLb_go7sSL4ArWasFKfZlwWEx3BTf3M5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2979.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gustav and Caj</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YwhkA8CzTo/YUyCRMP7AzI/AAAAAAAAGMc/0rUd838zXxAiIzrYyDZE-pyO88L1TaddgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YwhkA8CzTo/YUyCRMP7AzI/AAAAAAAAGMc/0rUd838zXxAiIzrYyDZE-pyO88L1TaddgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2975.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anatomic breastplate </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MuKV5BH4QXc/YUyCRI3z35I/AAAAAAAAGMY/uFf9y_ULLek1kzNAHEvbwmlrP8XXtBoAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MuKV5BH4QXc/YUyCRI3z35I/AAAAAAAAGMY/uFf9y_ULLek1kzNAHEvbwmlrP8XXtBoAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2976.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KIRDZrqIG-4/YUyCQwFsRkI/AAAAAAAAGMU/h0cARnGwiHoh5FKVo2QCCUtDw57lNBMjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KIRDZrqIG-4/YUyCQwFsRkI/AAAAAAAAGMU/h0cARnGwiHoh5FKVo2QCCUtDw57lNBMjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2977.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Could I come outside please?</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7BQ2dhpxuKntciAlNEON6hNABbx3nW5lY9u0FAOiCz9-U0BkHuR8byl2ia7HS2GU4fd5RcQPm2LrRPOAtJ4XrEFIBUXwsNSInEZcGw5B6ndQ6Movj1TxfjLF8AEc5nJYvV5JiRyeOhDU/s640/IMG_2980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7BQ2dhpxuKntciAlNEON6hNABbx3nW5lY9u0FAOiCz9-U0BkHuR8byl2ia7HS2GU4fd5RcQPm2LrRPOAtJ4XrEFIBUXwsNSInEZcGw5B6ndQ6Movj1TxfjLF8AEc5nJYvV5JiRyeOhDU/s320/IMG_2980.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-20967758475738478762021-09-15T12:42:00.005-07:002021-09-15T12:44:57.555-07:00New gable on the barn completed<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After a long period with fantastic weather, I decided that I'd better pull my act together and complete the gable before I would have to do it in rain and wind. <br />I am not sure why I didn't really feel so excited about this job since normally I like to do carpentry jobs such as this one. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nevertheless I got the last boards installed, and managed to make a decent closure of the upper part of the gable too. That one had to be a bit different due to some of the original framing of the barn extending farther out than the rest. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I applied some zinc drip edges on top of the doors and on top of the lower part of the opening for the sawmill, to prevent water from entering the end grain of the wood.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Since the boards were planed and not just rough sawn as they would have been if I had milled them myself, I found some oil based paint in the standard Swedish red colour. Painting didn't take much time, and it all suddenly looked a whole lot better. I have to admit that it could use a second coat, but I can do that some other time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I still need to install some plywood on the inside, as Gustav and I had decided when we started the project. The idea is that we can each paint our logo on the plywood, and that should hopefully look good.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JENAS1Am78k/YUJMULCVU5I/AAAAAAAAGLs/Six63V77eYwgDTF4V9GbGaAIY4u7eo-igCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JENAS1Am78k/YUJMULCVU5I/AAAAAAAAGLs/Six63V77eYwgDTF4V9GbGaAIY4u7eo-igCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2972.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed gable at the North end of the barn</span></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-51652805388193794262021-09-09T12:25:00.004-07:002021-09-09T12:25:47.641-07:00Stitching horse completed<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> After completing the much too large and complicated glue up, I made a jig so I could mark out the legs in the correct length so the seat height would be 24" instead of 30 something. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I turned a foot operated lever out of some sycamore that was left over from an earlier chair building extravaganza, and though the plans suggest a plain square piece of wood, I thought that it would look nice with a turned lever. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Last time on board, I had made some hardware just in case that I would find the time to build this very project, Making the hardware itself was not a big deal. I think that realistic I used maybe one and a half hours in total on making a set consisting of a toothed part, a catch to engage the toothed part and finally a U shaped piece to hold the end of the lever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I used a chisel and a spokeshave to chamfer all the legs and stretchers, and finally it was sanded to grit 180. Before applying a finish, I stamped my Newf & Gambrel logo onto the underside of the seat, and chiselled MMXXI which felt nice to be able to do after not having made anything for so long.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The instructions suggest that you give the stitching horse a coat of shellac, so that's what I did. Actually I gave it two coats. Between the coats and after the final coat, I rubbed the surface with steel wool. As a final touch I gave it all a coating of <a href="http://donsbarn.com/finishing-supplies/">Mel's Wax</a> made by Don Williams. This stuff is really excellent!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now I just need to find a leatherwork project that will benefit from me having my own stitching horse (or I could try to sell it).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZPV_ujBiY8/YTpeJbhTLaI/AAAAAAAAGKE/XsRpECNnzOYWiRsvfzxXqlgZjPmVhwHfACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZPV_ujBiY8/YTpeJbhTLaI/AAAAAAAAGKE/XsRpECNnzOYWiRsvfzxXqlgZjPmVhwHfACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2959.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Completed stitching horse</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtnQN9vOI98Q3GCDsT7eWHFQoFkOnb33hoIrSvUesdKJTNLdoQcVX28B0B_U-kNSnovNBqwhyVuNz6J02fiU0uSRs8nghNjmcSy3rV9Fv3ui10KK52YXZXR27ARu0zUig4ZsJ51HSbV59/s640/IMG_2954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-8HAGR-p3k/YTpeNPE1EuI/AAAAAAAAGK0/paQUkKey1nkxjdbfFsPveXpaKKCNjfBUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-8HAGR-p3k/YTpeNPE1EuI/AAAAAAAAGK0/paQUkKey1nkxjdbfFsPveXpaKKCNjfBUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2969.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-53999270620665815112021-09-06T00:44:00.005-07:002021-09-06T00:45:26.119-07:00Stitching horse part 2<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I completed all the mortises and tenons for the frame of the stitching horse, and I even made a test assembly. Given that the legs are splaying, the frame and the seat will all have to come together at the same time, so that is going to be a bit of a challenge, especially since I don't like complicated glue ups. The legs are left overly long. My idea is that if anything warps a bit during the glue up, I can still fix it if the legs are not yet cut to length.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">All the individual parts have been drawbored, and I have made some 5 mm dowels using my Blum dowel plate that Alex from Austria gave to me some years ago. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The instructions show a bit of extra shaping of the seat, so that your legs will not rest on any sharp edges, so that was another extra bit of work. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I can feel that I haven't made much fine woodwork the last two years, so everything is going a bit slow compared to how I used to work, but I am also deliberately trying to take my time and enjoying making a project that I have thought of for a long time. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For the clamp part, I found some elm, and the bandsaw made it easy to cut the curved shape. Instead of bolting the two parts together, I used some glue. I am pretty sure that it will be plenty strong enough, but if it isn't, then adding a couple of wagon bolts later on won't be a big deal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The hinges for the clamp were some old black steel hinges that I found among some of the stuff that came from my parents summerhouse in Sweden. They look just right for the project and have almost no slack in them which is a huge bonus for this application. I couldn't bear to just mount them without letting them into the wood. It just looks so much better in my opinion.<br />I wanted to find some straight slotted steel screws for attaching the hinges, and that gave me an option to take a picture of my new inventory cabinets. Those were made using parts from the old windows of my parents house, and I also used boards that came from my dads giant stock of wood to make the cabinets themselves. I still need to make some more shelves to fill in half of the cabinets, but that will have to wait for another day. <br />My thought was that I'll make a stores room in the room next to the workshop, (where the big metal lathe is placed), then I can keep the workshop as a workshop instead of a combined store/shop. The big glass doors and a bunch of shelves also makes it easy to find different types of screws etc.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c1ByEQQkj2A/YTXFkFyC8MI/AAAAAAAAGJU/JP89lz28hxsa7M4rHDJHXiFzY61ROLqYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c1ByEQQkj2A/YTXFkFyC8MI/AAAAAAAAGJU/JP89lz28hxsa7M4rHDJHXiFzY61ROLqYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2940.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dry assembly.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q2vjZFeWCAA/YTXFkM6QopI/AAAAAAAAGJY/HUzN4JEFOLEPvrOwmlkb4IthBjOyr7kggCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q2vjZFeWCAA/YTXFkM6QopI/AAAAAAAAGJY/HUzN4JEFOLEPvrOwmlkb4IthBjOyr7kggCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2941.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Test assembly upright.<br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w1ZlEk7SSGY/YTXFkIYp7hI/AAAAAAAAGJQ/L6f7Yz_-7J05RVj49OmxwvhN9JGgmepQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w1ZlEk7SSGY/YTXFkIYp7hI/AAAAAAAAGJQ/L6f7Yz_-7J05RVj49OmxwvhN9JGgmepQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2946.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hinges ready for marking up</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hcoYM2ERnoU/YTXFlFwsG-I/AAAAAAAAGJc/axPzougF_lkP5gN1zMiy4czQQ12xcIQTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hcoYM2ERnoU/YTXFlFwsG-I/AAAAAAAAGJc/axPzougF_lkP5gN1zMiy4czQQ12xcIQTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2947.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My inventory cabinets</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1xPKioK5KkQ/YTXFlvyvBmI/AAAAAAAAGJg/WMfToMcTUII_CJtvNTVo2pZr82IFjiGyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1xPKioK5KkQ/YTXFlvyvBmI/AAAAAAAAGJg/WMfToMcTUII_CJtvNTVo2pZr82IFjiGyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2948.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part of my inventory of old screws.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-50132232524964726782021-09-02T13:42:00.003-07:002021-09-02T13:42:18.775-07:00Stitching horse <p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have started doing a bit more leatherwork lately, and once in a while it would be nice to have some decent work holding for hand sewing.<br />Some years ago I made a clamp that you could hold between your legs, and while it worked, I never really liked to use it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So to get back into the woodworking mode and actually start using my tools and my shop again after a long period of essentially not doing any woodwork, I have started making a stitching horse. I found a plan for a really nice traditionally looking stitching horse in a pdf file of a book called "<a href="https://ia802605.us.archive.org/32/items/farmwoodwork00roeh/farmwoodwork00roeh.pdf">Farm woodwork</a>". There are a bunch of nice projects in the book, some more useful than others, but an interesting little book nevertheless.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Gustav has been practising milling with the mulesaw, and he milled an old beech trunk, that I had left on the saw almost two years ago, and never gotten around to milling. Beech if not milled will very quickly develop black streaks inside a trunk. I don't mind it since it ads a bit of visual interest to an otherwise fairly boring looking wood (in my opinion). Anyway, one of those boards that were milled wasn't even in thickness along its length, and I decided to use it to make the seat of the stitching horse. <br />I marked up the wood according to the plans, and sawed the curvaceous shape out on the bandsaw. A slanting mortise was chopped and I drilled 4 holes for the legs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The legs were made from some ash that I had milled several years ago and never found a use for. I'll turn a round tenon on the ends of the legs that will go through the seat. But this was about as far as I got today.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YP1JVBsu_KyHankmsX3yMTT9vgVrvsl-2T_mgvmS7YLvb5F0pnC1gSUkVRnoVEuLPNUzul-uTotavjMpFLJH9k9NMGnqNGmgFcmgo8hzj9hDLQWbfW4X8E2FS7S-SmPzXNx9Uo8rdbJe/s640/IMG_2932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YP1JVBsu_KyHankmsX3yMTT9vgVrvsl-2T_mgvmS7YLvb5F0pnC1gSUkVRnoVEuLPNUzul-uTotavjMpFLJH9k9NMGnqNGmgFcmgo8hzj9hDLQWbfW4X8E2FS7S-SmPzXNx9Uo8rdbJe/s320/IMG_2932.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Double pear shape</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-drM7YmBIOFk/YTE23lXaU6I/AAAAAAAAGI8/OZfGAZl48YcLO9JTeRbUYrSRQthEG1bPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-drM7YmBIOFk/YTE23lXaU6I/AAAAAAAAGI8/OZfGAZl48YcLO9JTeRbUYrSRQthEG1bPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2933.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Seat and legs + stretchers</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-76160763311429452952021-08-20T23:38:00.002-07:002021-08-20T23:38:06.512-07:00New gable on the barn<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">When I returned home from sea this Monday, Gustav suggested that we did some work on the northern gable of the barn.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The barn was originally designed so that you could drive straight through it, and unload all the grain in the middle where there was a pit and a grain elevator. Being of this design meant that both ends had large barn doors.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The southern one I replaced probably 10 years ago, but since the northern part ends in the paddock for the horses, making a new gable hasn't been high up on my list.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Gustav suggested a rather elaborate design where the inside would be covered in some thin plywood, so we would have a place to put our logos, and I couldn't really argue about that. Instead of the old one piece door, we are making it like a wall with a regular door and a double hatch to allow logs to be loaded onto the sawmill. It will be a major improvement over the old system, where I had to squeeze myself through the same hole as the logs, and I couldn't close up that hole, meaning that there was a lot of draft through the barn.</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K1jrorq6MXg/YSCen9caraI/AAAAAAAAGII/Bz5b3zdROsYy0W2OJfQjv37209D_dX5_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K1jrorq6MXg/YSCen9caraI/AAAAAAAAGII/Bz5b3zdROsYy0W2OJfQjv37209D_dX5_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-65340781219232279792021-05-19T06:49:00.003-07:002021-05-19T06:49:21.289-07:00Are woodworkers generally a conservative bunch part 2.<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">Almost 3 years ago I wrote a <a href="http://mulesaw.blogspot.com/2018/07/are-woodworkers-generally-conservative.html">blog post</a> wondering if woodworkers generally were a conservative bunch. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I started that post because Popular Woodworking Magazine had made some changes to their homepage which I didn't really like. And I ended up thinking that I would just have to wait and see if it was indeed a change for the worse.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of days ago, I visited the homepage again, for the first time in maybe a year or so. I have to admit that I was utterly disappointed. The once vibrant community that followed most blog posts there seemed to be dead and gone. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Earlier there would be maybe a banner ad for Bessey clamps or Forrest blades etc. But always something woodworking related. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now when you go to the blog section, half the page is filled with clickbait links advertising for stuff like "ecological Viagra" and "You won't believe this video - watch it before it is banned" <br />I let my subscription lapse some years ago, because the quality of the magazine took a hefty dip. And I have to say that looking at the homepage wouldn't make me think about subscribing again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I hope that the magazine has been able to attract some new readers, because I would guess that they have managed to push some old readers away in the process.</span></p><p><br /></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-30908855208613533162021-05-13T03:59:00.004-07:002021-05-13T03:59:52.522-07:00Totempole for the local kindergarten<span style="font-family: arial;">This time while at home, I barely had time to go into the shop, since we had to empty my parent's house as it was sold. it is a good thing that we managed to sell the house fast, but clearing up your childhood home is not a pleasant job. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I spent roughly 3 weeks out of my 4 weeks of home period emptying the house. And I was sorry everyday that I was doing it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I even started dreaming about moving stuff around in my trailer, and I was a bit stressed about it. It was much better when I dreamt about stealing a helicopter from US Coast Guard. (I have no idea why I was going to steal a helicopter, but it seemed like a good idea in that dream..)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, when the house was ready for handing over to the new owners, it was a relief, and I was planning to do a bit of organizing in the shop and the stores room, sort of as a reward to myself, and to find a place for all those bits and pieces from my dads shop too. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Before getting started on that, one of the adults from the local kindergarten called me and asked if I could help her make a totempole. Asger stopped in the kindergarten 10 years ago, but they remembered that I had always willingly helped them in the past, and they knew that I could work wood. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I instantly decided that it was worth doing to help them, and they would bring over a log that I could use.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Kaja (the adult) explained that her group of children from 3-4 years old were going to have a theme event about Indians. they would try to build tepees and learn a bit about the history etc. So that was why they needed a totempole too. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When I got the log I first removed the bark and then started dividing the log into a few sections. The idea was to make a Totem figure on the top with a beak and a smiling mouth and the later on ad a couple of wings. the lower sections would see happy faces of children and happy animals. I told Kaja that I didn't want to make any sort of scary faces or animals, which she agreed was a good ide given the age of the children.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">By making an outline of all the faces and animals etc. it would give the children something they could use for painting, so they could do it and be reasonably certain to get a decent result.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I completed the totempole in one day and delivered it to the kindergarten Monday morning. The wings were not mounted, so that the could roll the totempole around for painting on the sides and the back of it. <br />I'll try to take a picture of the painted totempole once I get home again.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oqI7YcEZeeQ/YJ0FtineZnI/AAAAAAAAF-E/kvMRKA-GjkI_u6F3Tx1oYnP30ovm2N3GgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/64103638883__785B04B5-CDBC-4600-8C66-E1F307922E4F.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oqI7YcEZeeQ/YJ0FtineZnI/AAAAAAAAF-E/kvMRKA-GjkI_u6F3Tx1oYnP30ovm2N3GgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/64103638883__785B04B5-CDBC-4600-8C66-E1F307922E4F.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A young Gustav having helped painting..</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr55BNKI6IA2RNPeHPRTWEj0QUMiLkAQcF0lilyfSQ1DilAo29zw2zBaZAVe3NpYM9ie4iqIEB8kznMMA5DI8oRdGhqbsFZP8lEm4_QPOK9keG4NnDwcJvzrte8PTtIcY5EPkfwNt9lTv-/s640/IMG_2652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr55BNKI6IA2RNPeHPRTWEj0QUMiLkAQcF0lilyfSQ1DilAo29zw2zBaZAVe3NpYM9ie4iqIEB8kznMMA5DI8oRdGhqbsFZP8lEm4_QPOK9keG4NnDwcJvzrte8PTtIcY5EPkfwNt9lTv-/s320/IMG_2652.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The raw log.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3UKPAp74WLCTLtQ5u7G7o3dqVIzKRUcvc1Sh0qRoKQlMHdf4bDsS5e9yYNNK-Iy8SCiZZZAkVzgpmVrNHkdnOiVivmKPqIyWH8trYbwc6kOeImdFq92jgxEqPpJkcGPe-6oYOKSsejUB/s640/IMG_2653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3UKPAp74WLCTLtQ5u7G7o3dqVIzKRUcvc1Sh0qRoKQlMHdf4bDsS5e9yYNNK-Iy8SCiZZZAkVzgpmVrNHkdnOiVivmKPqIyWH8trYbwc6kOeImdFq92jgxEqPpJkcGPe-6oYOKSsejUB/s320/IMG_2653.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bark removed and sections made.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FrFgqxR2BzU/YJ0FuKtAQ-I/AAAAAAAAF-Q/Y62jTHQC57MUGs8SlJHigvFo8QS7INN-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FrFgqxR2BzU/YJ0FuKtAQ-I/AAAAAAAAF-Q/Y62jTHQC57MUGs8SlJHigvFo8QS7INN-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2654.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy face of a girl.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JpoJBM-uwDw/YJ0FucTclYI/AAAAAAAAF-U/y9J6MYQ3RLotl5z1PVoqgAIib9l4YpxLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JpoJBM-uwDw/YJ0FucTclYI/AAAAAAAAF-U/y9J6MYQ3RLotl5z1PVoqgAIib9l4YpxLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2655.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Smiling totem figure</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfqpVXB7RXJoFVHAed9I6q8BKqHptpNliuh4RYmnv5-oAQL9-9fmSs-Jaw-xrPWtqU11USTAHjZ7HubsTNysfb8FKu2xfIIiAHa37cY23ivC2rBo0H5cI7N8jVIrHxz7wMhzIqn-CVIhS/s640/IMG_2656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfqpVXB7RXJoFVHAed9I6q8BKqHptpNliuh4RYmnv5-oAQL9-9fmSs-Jaw-xrPWtqU11USTAHjZ7HubsTNysfb8FKu2xfIIiAHa37cY23ivC2rBo0H5cI7N8jVIrHxz7wMhzIqn-CVIhS/s320/IMG_2656.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wings attached.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-apvUY74m1lY/YJ0FuqPr65I/AAAAAAAAF-c/fugnLxsNi44PBJBSHNFXoNTQI7gHQViRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-apvUY74m1lY/YJ0FuqPr65I/AAAAAAAAF-c/fugnLxsNi44PBJBSHNFXoNTQI7gHQViRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2657.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy horse</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-9806883796767817502021-03-16T12:10:00.003-07:002021-03-16T12:10:45.318-07:00Marlinspike manufacturing<p><span style="font-family: arial;">It is not a secret that I like to turn stuff on a metal lathe. On my first voyage with the Lehmkuhl, I made a large marlinspike just to test out one special way of making cones. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The marlinspike was well received by the deck department, and I ended up making a couple of smaller ones later on that year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have great difficulties saying NO to a Newfoundland dog and to young people wanting to learn from me. So when </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I signed on this time and almost all of our volunteers asked me if I would teach them how to make a marlinspike I replied that I'd be happy to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Making a marlinspike is a fine little project. There are different processes that involves different tools, and you can leave the project for some time and pick it up again later without any issues.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The turning teaches people a basic understanding of the lathe and how to use it. The surface is improved by a file and by sandpaper before it is hardened.<br />Some sort of head or handle is dealt with next, and finally everything is polished using some fine emery paper. <br />One of the volunteers asked if I could also help him make a sheath for the marlinspike, which I was happy to help him with. Soon after, a couple more of them wanted to do that too. Then one guy wanted to make a sheath for his knife to match the marlinspike sheath, and another one jumped on the same idea. So I have spent a great deal of time helping and instructing in leather work and metalwork this time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An interesting thing was to see how they each had ideas as how they wanted the head/handle made. So each has his own very distinct marlinspike. <br />So far we have made heads from leather, wood, laminated wood, copper & brass and steel.<br />Most of the marlinspikes have been around 10" long, so they work well as personal tools that can be brought with them into the rigging. A couple of them have been 13-14" and a bit beefier, intended to be used at the deck mainly for splicing wire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A great thing about all the projects is that people have all been incredibly proud upon completion, and they have each succeeded in making a functioning tool that they can use for the rest of their career. And I am happy because I think that I may have planted a small seed of making in each and everyone of them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-22d92QXqt2w/YFD3vG_y3qI/AAAAAAAAF7o/RWCOQe6IYM8F79HVk8PHpCMbSoQbl9ZVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-22d92QXqt2w/YFD3vG_y3qI/AAAAAAAAF7o/RWCOQe6IYM8F79HVk8PHpCMbSoQbl9ZVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2576.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Adrian's marlinspike</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv1543CyVMC4XTWH1fgoQyxO5wrqwwhA67jUBDFebej1btIFgMgabVfJsuW4zUNttPvY3H8Wvp6MtJsbMgEczTj1YJ_Fg8g6iKwZOHlVX87_3j1x9Wkf0LcZ5Y71CoTusP4D0iUNx2QbG/s2048/IMG_2573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv1543CyVMC4XTWH1fgoQyxO5wrqwwhA67jUBDFebej1btIFgMgabVfJsuW4zUNttPvY3H8Wvp6MtJsbMgEczTj1YJ_Fg8g6iKwZOHlVX87_3j1x9Wkf0LcZ5Y71CoTusP4D0iUNx2QbG/s320/IMG_2573.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">14" (as far as I remember)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YgfmNOSmXQ/YFD30WPNQRI/AAAAAAAAF7w/BncAZAN_QJ80tIGn-HDLOMjh4Lu1duAQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YgfmNOSmXQ/YFD30WPNQRI/AAAAAAAAF7w/BncAZAN_QJ80tIGn-HDLOMjh4Lu1duAQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2574.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wood from various ships he has worked on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kcVuvRjU72yIVJVU_R4YXYFbAI2yaMhUFIUriGDjrIT6ZKLI9kUC_8hgAz7lH7zMIA0oJnohTRpZ9XaXwcb5ULsn6FiMz9mojq8pqUEGyxfkr1s52WB7_e2EC5xHHvpHQSbY_LH8KSaq/s2048/IMG_2582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kcVuvRjU72yIVJVU_R4YXYFbAI2yaMhUFIUriGDjrIT6ZKLI9kUC_8hgAz7lH7zMIA0oJnohTRpZ9XaXwcb5ULsn6FiMz9mojq8pqUEGyxfkr1s52WB7_e2EC5xHHvpHQSbY_LH8KSaq/s320/IMG_2582.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laurids' and Simon's Marlinspikes</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kJJv5EnXb8E6BtOhXmMYuvlplZZ7wn4dEiVB3qui5VYP5b5R5j1oyoIG-9oedeFwhD_-E6FNjaHcUfvUV6A4euRtNxtjOk80tblmo_NnLCDv-vTfsKnxEHjmbPU3u62fp43XjSxU9YDC/s2048/IMG_2583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kJJv5EnXb8E6BtOhXmMYuvlplZZ7wn4dEiVB3qui5VYP5b5R5j1oyoIG-9oedeFwhD_-E6FNjaHcUfvUV6A4euRtNxtjOk80tblmo_NnLCDv-vTfsKnxEHjmbPU3u62fp43XjSxU9YDC/s320/IMG_2583.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laurids' sheath for the marlinspike</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ma-mxDbVw84/YFD9JeeoN7I/AAAAAAAAF8A/KkbI7i7AHjQhHMExJMKrjTqb6g7SoWxvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ma-mxDbVw84/YFD9JeeoN7I/AAAAAAAAF8A/KkbI7i7AHjQhHMExJMKrjTqb6g7SoWxvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2584.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Simon has made a sheath for his pocket knife</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Brass & copper head</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DyUGrcqOPLg/YFD9pfHLU9I/AAAAAAAAF8U/ZuADQ1G3bQ8vd7mxLO2jP4krs3Yt2EcLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DyUGrcqOPLg/YFD9pfHLU9I/AAAAAAAAF8U/ZuADQ1G3bQ8vd7mxLO2jP4krs3Yt2EcLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2587.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice work for someone new to leather working.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-2648058000562903382021-03-15T10:59:00.003-07:002021-03-15T10:59:21.699-07:00Herringbone parquet table<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Two weeks ago, Gustav sent me a mail asking if I had some wood that he could use to make a herringbone parquet table of.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I replied with a suggestion of using some roof laths, since I was a bit uncertain if I had enough ash for him to make a table. I tried to write to him later on the hear about the table since I was very curious, but since I didn't get any response I figured that he had given up on the project. (I hadn't received an answer as to whether the table was a commission, an experiment or something for himself either.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When we got close to Norway some days ago, I called just to chat with the family, and Gustav suddenly asked if I had any shellac? I told him that I did, and asked what he was going to use it for. He replied that naturally it was for the herringbone table. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He had become so immersed in the project that he hadn't thought about informing me at all, but all in all, he had almost completed a tabletop. And he even sent me some pictures to prove it.<br />We talked a bit about the different ways to make an undercarriage for a table, but I am not sure which type he will make. I guess I'll just have to see when I get back home.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-a-th5ZlxQ/YE-fuawC4cI/AAAAAAAAF7M/0DDAFSrnfn07RitdjOqTSNDBU7msvUNZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/image4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-a-th5ZlxQ/YE-fuawC4cI/AAAAAAAAF7M/0DDAFSrnfn07RitdjOqTSNDBU7msvUNZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/image4.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Herringbone parquet tabletop.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6kr_HWA6C-c/YE-fueOxPOI/AAAAAAAAF7I/SlOV8mqGfOA0MWlMidV_DWJllG6T9q-4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/image5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6kr_HWA6C-c/YE-fueOxPOI/AAAAAAAAF7I/SlOV8mqGfOA0MWlMidV_DWJllG6T9q-4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/image5.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-73765176711065606942021-03-12T00:16:00.005-08:002021-03-12T00:16:30.211-08:00Details of Gustav's DTC<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I asked Gustav to take a few pictures of how his block plane was held in his DTC. He also supplied a few other pictures of details.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The block plane which was a gift from Brian Eve of </span><a href="http://toolerable.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Toolerable</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> sits on the left side of the chest in the top compartment. The inspiration for the holding arrangement</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> also came from Brian, who has his block plane sitting in a leather pouch in the same spot.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Gustav chose to make his out of wood. Each side is made out of two strips of wood glued together via a triangular piece. The entire holding arrangement was glued and tacked to the side of the chest after the two sides were dry. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the other side of the chest, his speed-square is mounted using a piece of wood with a groove in it and a notch in the outer tool rack. The framing square simply sits along the backside of the chest being supported by the narrow slots in the shelves. We had to cut off 1.5" of the long leg of the square to make it fit inside the chest, but It sits very well protected now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The two drawers are dovetailed with through dovetails. The bottoms are massive wood planed down to 1/4" thickness and held in a groove in the front and sides and overlapping the back of the drawer. We made them the traditional way because I know that once in a while it can be useful to have an example of a drawer to show to people. For instance if you need to show your friends what a dovetailed joint looks like.<br />The pulls are thin leather straps nailed to the bottom of the front. The straps will bend when the battens for locking the fall front are inserted, and they don't protrude so much that the drawers needed to be made shorter. The notches for allowing the locking battens just need to be a bit deeper to accommodate the folded leather.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Eb3YT7Hd20M/YEshpstSFkI/AAAAAAAAF6M/RahHxyS9jAgc1XHZgbPYEwwgzldVLLhFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/image2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Eb3YT7Hd20M/YEshpstSFkI/AAAAAAAAF6M/RahHxyS9jAgc1XHZgbPYEwwgzldVLLhFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/image2.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thin strips hold the block plane securely in place</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V63FVdqyRZ8/YEshqePniSI/AAAAAAAAF6Y/Z5C_yEOPcRoWnQzjeUqm0I9c05wfipQsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/image3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V63FVdqyRZ8/YEshqePniSI/AAAAAAAAF6Y/Z5C_yEOPcRoWnQzjeUqm0I9c05wfipQsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/image3.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oz87piD0bwQ/YEshpoApmSI/AAAAAAAAF6Q/1CrSmbScAfEuEO2OktOnl2QYD-QEGo_2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/image1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oz87piD0bwQ/YEshpoApmSI/AAAAAAAAF6Q/1CrSmbScAfEuEO2OktOnl2QYD-QEGo_2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/image1.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hultafors speed-square on the side.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Framing square in the back</span></div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YtTSnOXZtE/YEshprdTydI/AAAAAAAAF6U/ngrgYZDufw0uGM53TrMJC5vNz9Bl-LaMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/image0.jpeg" /><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dovetailed drawers with leather pulls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-5300500515363398462021-03-10T12:57:00.001-08:002021-03-10T12:57:15.248-08:00Dutch tool chests<span style="font-family: arial;">Gustav has started training to become a carpenter. I can't remember if I have blogged about it, but I guess not since I haven't blogged much the last year.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, the path he takes is four and a half years, and gives him a certificate as a trained carpenter and a high school diploma at the same time, so that if he wishes to go study later on in life to become e.g. architect, he doesn't need to take any additional classes before enrolling into that education.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The carpenter training is mixed school and apprenticeship throughout those years. During the first apprentice period, each apprentice gets his own set of standard tools from the carpenter. These tools are normally supplied in a rectangular plywood box. If you read the description of the idea/regulation behind the carpenter training, it is stated that during the first apprentice period, the apprentice should be given the possibility to make his own tool chest for the standard tool set, so that he can bring those tools with him for the coming school periods.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Most apprentices just use the standard plywood box. Some will try to make a few divisions in the box and maybe a tool rack of some sort. I had told Gustav that I'd be more than happy to make a small class for him and a friend where they could each build a DTC.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I milled wood for 3 chests, and bought hardware for them too, but for some reason the friend was unable to participate anyway, so we ended up just building two chests. One for me and one for Gustav.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I tried to work a little bit faster than him so he could look at my chest for the next step in the process, but I tried to mainly work on it while Gustav was also in the shop. I showed him the different possibilities such as breadboard ends or battens to keep the panels flat, and how the edges could be treated using a router, a rabbet plane or just a chamfer.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When the chests were complete, Gustav really took off fitting the interior of his chests with tool racks and special holding arrangements for saws and squares etc. I didn't have any special ideas for what tools I wanted to put into my chest, so I just made a chisel rack mainly to show Gustav how one could be made. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">At that point whenever Gustav's friends came by for a chat or a cup of coffee, they would as always start out in the shop, and Gustav would proudly show them his DTC with tools and lockable panel and all. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">All the friends were awestruck. you could practically see the envy in their eyes. When Gustav demonstrated opening the lid and removed the two sliding battens to open up the front. It might as well have been the "Resolute desk of the movie National treasure".</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With his chest complete, He felt that it was too nice to be painted and he opted for varnishing instead. He plans to use the Holsteiner breed logo as a mark, to identify which ones are his tools, so he started up painting it on the lid before the varnishing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This might sound corny, but I think that I am just as proud as Gustav is. Helping your son to build a tool chest is an incredibly fine and meaningful way to spend some time together. And I enjoyed every minute of the build seeing his skills grow through the project.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HjbMFH-_mJU/YEkvMw6wUdI/AAAAAAAAF3U/Oxu2BmGBLdo2RR9Jj2SH71Fz6Rubywq7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HjbMFH-_mJU/YEkvMw6wUdI/AAAAAAAAF3U/Oxu2BmGBLdo2RR9Jj2SH71Fz6Rubywq7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bld1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gustav's chest</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CQKYsevZFto/YEkvPEDnRmI/AAAAAAAAF3w/_-eR8kBNjYAx3VG0KtLUKDngp9oLBcmQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CQKYsevZFto/YEkvPEDnRmI/AAAAAAAAF3w/_-eR8kBNjYAx3VG0KtLUKDngp9oLBcmQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bld2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dovetailed drawers to the left</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qFNLd89wmEM/YEkvP_LHQ6I/AAAAAAAAF30/dyP_q5SpLyIGKWbdwCVclRYAN-ancGsDACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qFNLd89wmEM/YEkvP_LHQ6I/AAAAAAAAF30/dyP_q5SpLyIGKWbdwCVclRYAN-ancGsDACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bld3.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aKOFuhMZUv8/YEkvP0iuShI/AAAAAAAAF34/9AYErRQXpTw7NHVK9OKpZi_Xzl4ZiU0-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Batten /dust seal holds the lid flat</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUqbfwZGHfc/YEkvQt3qHpI/AAAAAAAAF4E/sjPPTUzzdQYmbIATMUtjAS6aYRPjUdNgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUqbfwZGHfc/YEkvQt3qHpI/AAAAAAAAF4E/sjPPTUzzdQYmbIATMUtjAS6aYRPjUdNgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bld7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holsteiner horse breed logo</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KTVydPl0ZY/YEkvNgBDGNI/AAAAAAAAF3Y/xyvtOORX7hIJb8LvmCGyDURuIZ09Whg1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld12.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--KTVydPl0ZY/YEkvNgBDGNI/AAAAAAAAF3Y/xyvtOORX7hIJb8LvmCGyDURuIZ09Whg1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bld12.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The unfinished chest is mine..</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yVWDpgTeGj0/YEkvN15G1cI/AAAAAAAAF3c/6hvwSeRp5zsHtXBTV-Hz4t8O1bQtWFtjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yVWDpgTeGj0/YEkvN15G1cI/AAAAAAAAF3c/6hvwSeRp5zsHtXBTV-Hz4t8O1bQtWFtjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bld13.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYIG9e5TymE/YEkvOF226NI/AAAAAAAAF3g/9M_qX74wIGkm3zncx1wZqeUDQjjTgrJzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/bld14.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nYIG9e5TymE/YEkvOF226NI/AAAAAAAAF3g/9M_qX74wIGkm3zncx1wZqeUDQjjTgrJzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bld14.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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From before my dad got really ill, I had purchased some leather meant for making a <a href="https://schockemoehle.net/en/dyon-anatomic-breastplate">breastplate </a>that I had seen, and Gustav and I had measured his horse to get an idea of the size of the piece. I had made a sketch and sort of left it all due to making a coffin and all that followed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This time due to the pandemic, I have had to stay 10 days in quarantine in a hotel in Norway. I have a hard time expressing how much I dislike sitting idle in a hotel room, so before heading out, I had made a bunch of leather straps ready and found my sketch so I could sit in the hotel room and do a bit of leatherwork. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I had brought some basic tools with me, and a piece of 1/4" plywood, so I had a place to do cutting without damaging the hotel furniture.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A thing that I didn't bring was something to polish the edges of the leather after assembly, so I'll make some sort of polishing disc when I get onboard and then make the edges look really nice too. At the moment they look a bit dull.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MmT8DeUBkwg/YClX-UfboEI/AAAAAAAAF1c/N48PHzS_xtspTsiWVVH73wvGRnyfVTkEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MmT8DeUBkwg/YClX-UfboEI/AAAAAAAAF1c/N48PHzS_xtspTsiWVVH73wvGRnyfVTkEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2550.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7NO8GIN57c/YClX-Sfw-5I/AAAAAAAAF1g/wGME7DSHrUMNvNrdg5fhFR_rR0Xd272VgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7NO8GIN57c/YClX-Sfw-5I/AAAAAAAAF1g/wGME7DSHrUMNvNrdg5fhFR_rR0Xd272VgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2551.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All of it mounted and laid out on the bed.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-56705728514782257422021-02-13T14:59:00.004-08:002021-02-14T13:27:52.583-08:00Making a tabletop from a slab of beech<span style="font-family: arial;">A couple of years ago I was asked by a friend to go and see one of his neighbours who had a tree cut down in their front yard. <br />It was a massive blood beech and he asked me if I could use the tree for the sawmill. I really wanted to, but there was no way that I could move it if I bought it, so I respectfully declined, telling him my reasons to do so. Instead he offered if we could make a trade. He would get the trunk of the tree moved to my place and then I should make a table out of it for him, and I could keep the rest of the wood.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I agreed knowing that it would not be a lucrative deal, but what the heck, I like making tables, and it was some serious wood to get delivered to my door. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So a week or so later he had a truck with a crane coming and picking it up and dropping it of at my place.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I milled the largest part of the trunk and stacked it. I had informed him that it would take around 2 years for it to dry enough for me to start making anything out of it, and he was cool with that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Last fall well before my dad got ill, I decided that I might as well get to it and build a Barnsley hayrake table for him. He had told me that I could make a table that I would seem fit and the material was just perfect for that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Before starting out, Mette (smarter than me) suggested that it might be a good idea to call and ask them again if they had any requests in the size of the table. I thought it was a stupid idea but did as she suggested, and the guy and his wife were really happy to hear from me and were really interested.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I showed them the slab and the discussion started. It is always interesting when people suddenly realize that they can decide on height length finish etc. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">They asked if I could make the slab wider which I told them would be a shame since it would be impossible to hide, a bit more discussion and they agreed to think about the length of the table.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> A few days later they called back and the man said that his wife and the kids wanted a metal undercarriage, and he was the only one that wanted a hayrake system, so since he was outnumbered they just wanted me to make the slab ready for a tabletop. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I was glad that they didn't try to make me feel obliged to make a set of metal lags since I normally dislike those on slabs. A lot of people seem to think that a table is just the tabletop, and then it doesn't matter what kind of legs or undercarriage is on it. I see it a bit differently.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The good thing was that it removed at least half of the work that I needed to do.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I started flattening the back first, using a jointer with a scrub iron. Then the slab was flipped over, and I did a little bit of work on the top.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It was Friday, and Gustav had invited a couple of friends over to have a couple of beers which was ok with us since they were going to sit in the man cave and wouldn't be disturbing us.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I told them that they could go through the workshop instead of waking up the horses constantly, but I kind of got to regret that part. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Someone who I guess had a little bit too much to drink obviously wanted to show one of his friends that he knew what different tools were for. (Gustav did not witness it, other wise he would have stopped it all)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So the next morning when I wanted to start flattening the top a bit more I noticed a couple of holes, and surprisingly next to the holes were my awl.. He had first hacked it straight in probably 3/8" and then he had done the same plus wiggled it around to make the hole larger. Needles to say I got furious.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I tried to put some water on the marks and see if they would close a bit, but the problem was that they were in a low spot of the tabletop already. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I calmed down a bit for probably 20 seconds (the time it took me to plane a couple of strokes more).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Then I could see that the same kid had wanted to try Gustav's batterypowered circular saw!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And he had chosen to do that with a 1.5" deep cut sort of 1.25" into the side of the tabletop. I was speechless at that point. I called Gustav and he was of course as sorry as he could be, and I tried not to blame him, but I was angry. But I knew that I could cover it up so it wouldn't be a deal breaker, just a pain in the neck.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As soon as everything was relatively flat, I installed breadboard ends. That was especially important in the wide end since it was a Y shaped trunk, and there wasn't much point in flattening it if those pieces could move independently from each other.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A lot more of flattening, and it was time to install some butterflies too, those were made out of elm since it is what they had wanted.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There were a few places where there were rotten knots and those places received a piece of elm too, as did the circular saw mishap.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Some sanding and I treated the oil with a linseed oil/varnish blend thinned a bit with some turpentine.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The slab ended up looking really good, so I might have to make one for myself at some point.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wGg2hBXse40/YChYWj6DgLI/AAAAAAAAFzU/CwxzWlDNdVcLmBYVjiQRVx9EHZvuOZfEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wGg2hBXse40/YChYWj6DgLI/AAAAAAAAFzU/CwxzWlDNdVcLmBYVjiQRVx9EHZvuOZfEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">106" long, about 40" down to 28" wide, 2" thick</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgdQDHdQj-o/YChYWm8P2BI/AAAAAAAAFzQ/92RQF_k-wcYxVfrBFTn1w52HPEyT-EFtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgdQDHdQj-o/YChYWm8P2BI/AAAAAAAAFzQ/92RQF_k-wcYxVfrBFTn1w52HPEyT-EFtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-if-t_HoV2xo/YChYWE7KCgI/AAAAAAAAFzM/byh8qJjgSoEiABV4BQXmOqPXEfS9L2VpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-if-t_HoV2xo/YChYWE7KCgI/AAAAAAAAFzM/byh8qJjgSoEiABV4BQXmOqPXEfS9L2VpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2231.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dark spot on the edge left in the picture is where the saw cut was made.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S6U9n9rhHoU/YChYWGmH6pI/AAAAAAAAFzI/PTCtA-AGvxMS_QDQYZM4lxJ9t0Au3n03gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2230.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S6U9n9rhHoU/YChYWGmH6pI/AAAAAAAAFzI/PTCtA-AGvxMS_QDQYZM4lxJ9t0Au3n03gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2230.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before finishing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c7XRLkj4ctg/YChYV8j13SI/AAAAAAAAFzE/kdcvMTzmhkohr-ctpkrg9u61lzPh-2dQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2228.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c7XRLkj4ctg/YChYV8j13SI/AAAAAAAAFzE/kdcvMTzmhkohr-ctpkrg9u61lzPh-2dQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2228.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using my recently acquired Ohio 08 jointer</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2VnjhHI_j7I/YChYVe4pG5I/AAAAAAAAFzA/yj2Vz49N7hUz4KdfzHm4a9ZnLAnNp0jRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2225.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2VnjhHI_j7I/YChYVe4pG5I/AAAAAAAAFzA/yj2Vz49N7hUz4KdfzHm4a9ZnLAnNp0jRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2225.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Removing the bulk of the material with a router.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzRk4P7JC6I/YChYVZECPRI/AAAAAAAAFy8/3p5xPxV92PAyy7yZilgcVugY8DTq5A4aACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2224.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzRk4P7JC6I/YChYVZECPRI/AAAAAAAAFy8/3p5xPxV92PAyy7yZilgcVugY8DTq5A4aACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2224.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">live edges and a breadboard end</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HCdzn2zipn0/YChYVLfJT4I/AAAAAAAAFy4/lSq50H2aVkA_Njl8bWPlHvtiV3WeY2D6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2223.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HCdzn2zipn0/YChYVLfJT4I/AAAAAAAAFy4/lSq50H2aVkA_Njl8bWPlHvtiV3WeY2D6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2223.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still a bit of work left.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8aOxmC0UTA/YChYUJkaV6I/AAAAAAAAFys/2LXTG9X5xDgRym-cfD1F7xMFwEjoNXmBACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2222.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a8aOxmC0UTA/YChYUJkaV6I/AAAAAAAAFys/2LXTG9X5xDgRym-cfD1F7xMFwEjoNXmBACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2222.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7R_05cyA0I/YChYUCt9qQI/AAAAAAAAFy0/lBbPqKnRWZ8QiMpS22r-duhgF7A3MuSTQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/62765100594__563F8426-0862-4FA5-BC2B-31BE0F1B963E.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7R_05cyA0I/YChYUCt9qQI/AAAAAAAAFy0/lBbPqKnRWZ8QiMpS22r-duhgF7A3MuSTQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/62765100594__563F8426-0862-4FA5-BC2B-31BE0F1B963E.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnRs7i_Waj4/YChYUGo4QSI/AAAAAAAAFyw/fUGqfLJtPJASapi0XNmdt9XYqUzUlscwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/62755624799__94AD79DB-41B1-4667-BDEF-AA6C3049E899.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnRs7i_Waj4/YChYUGo4QSI/AAAAAAAAFyw/fUGqfLJtPJASapi0XNmdt9XYqUzUlscwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/62755624799__94AD79DB-41B1-4667-BDEF-AA6C3049E899.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Installing butterflies</div><br /></span></div>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-57640178420768825542021-02-13T03:52:00.005-08:002021-02-13T04:01:52.185-08:00Moving on<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Right now I am nearing the end of a 10 day long Covid quarantine in a Norwegian hotel. Lots of time to think and contemplate over different things.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have been looking at my blog a few times, and it has made me sad every single time because it reminds me of my dad.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So I have decided that I just need to start writing something, to make sure that the first post that will meet me isn't one that will make me sad.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Since my dads passing away, my older brother and I have started clearing out our childhood home, It is tough to do, but luckily we have tried and succeeded in making it a cozy thing by making sure that we get coffee or tea and something to eat whenever we are down there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My parents both loved collecting antiques, so there are loads of stuff, and since it is mostly all really nice stuff, we can't just throw it away. We would like to give some of it to charity shops, but due to the pandemic, they are all closed, so that kind of sucks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We have sold some of his tools, and that was actually easier for me than I had imagined. I guess mostly because my dad gravitated from using tools to collecting maybe 25 years ago, so since he didn't have a regular go-to set of tools it wasn't too hard selling some of them. We managed to find some youngsters who wanted to learn about woodworking, and we sold a bunch to them, actually cheap, but I know that my dad would have liked for the tools to go back into circulation again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I still managed to do some woodworking at home, also related to the clearing out. I made 6 large glass door cabinets that will be used for storing nails and screws etc. They are hung on a large French cleat in the room where the metal lathe is. It is a project that I discussed with my dad before he died, and the glass doors are extra windows from the old windows at my parents house. (As usual I forgot to take any pictures of them).<br />They are made with adjustable shelves, and have a total height of 75", the width is 27.5" and the depth is 7.5", so there is a lot of storage in the 6 cabinets all put together. <br />I didn't do any fancy joinery or anything with the cabinets, I decided that they were meant for storage and they were simply glued and screwed together and the wood was thickness in the planer, but I could live with a less than perfect surface. I intend to paint them white at some point, but it has to be when the temperature is not below freezing anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My long term plan is to do a bit of clearing out in my shop as well, and throwing stuff out that I never use. Also I would like to use the shop as a workshop, and then I can use these cabinets for storing stuff instead of keeping it in the workshop. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Having to clear out also prompted me to start doing the same in the barn, and I have already made a lot of progress, there's still a way to go, but at least I have started, and that is the main thing.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TvTVUw1tNU8/YCe_c6bTgqI/AAAAAAAAFyg/DxCBNYvKw1o-iQYwPL5YoZUKT8HgbI4DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TvTVUw1tNU8/YCe_c6bTgqI/AAAAAAAAFyg/DxCBNYvKw1o-iQYwPL5YoZUKT8HgbI4DgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2308.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mette riding Bent in the forest</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111753163359491070.post-17224109488553313692020-12-26T00:33:00.005-08:002020-12-26T00:33:53.195-08:00RIP dad<span style="font-family: arial;">I would like to say thanks to all the very nice and comforting comments on my last blog post. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Normally I try to answer all comments, but as you can probably understand, my mind was a bit occupied.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Monday the 14th of December we had a meeting with the doctors from the hospital, and they told us that there was nothing more that they could do. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So later on Monday my dad was transferred from the intensive care department back to the neurological department where they would keep him covered with morphine so he didn't have any pains.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Since he was now officially dying, it was possible for all our families to come and see him, so I called home with the sad news and told Mette and the kids that they should prepare themselves and that they should drive to Aarhus so we could all say good bye to my dad.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We gathered around my dads bed one family at the time, and we sang a few songs for him. He looked just like he was sleeping, and he was breathing calmly.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We then said good bye, and Mette and the kids drove home. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I stayed in Aarhus at my brothers place, and we went back to the hospital from eleven to one o'clock in the evening before going back to his place to sleep.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The next morning we went back, and we could hear on my fathers breath that it was not getting better at all. So we sat and comforted each other and held my fathers hand till he passed away.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The next days I used to complete the coffin, and I brought it with me home to my parents house where we would plan the funeral with the priest and the undertaker.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Building the coffin brought a lot of tears to my eyes, but it was still a very good experience, and I thought a lot of my dad while building it. Most of the hand tools I used for the build were given to me by him, and I even made the pins first as he liked. When I had to drive a screw into the wood for holding the handles, I only used 1st gear on the Makita. My dad didn't like it when people used 2nd gear for driving screws, as he believed they would loose the feel and drive the screw too long into the wood. So to honor him, I did it the way I knew that he would like.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I spread a 4" thick layer of the shavings from the thickness planer over the bottom of the coffin, and then covered these shavings with a linen sheet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I filled a pillowcase with shavings too, and put that on top of the mattress.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The lifts for the handles were turned from my parents old sycamore tree, and Gustav turned some small plugs that would be used to secure the lid. These were made of sycamore, apple and hornbeam. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On the end of each of the small plugs I burned either JJJ or 3xJ as my fathers name was Jens Jørgen Jensen, and he often joked that some kids he knew when he was a teacher had called him "triple J"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On the lid of the coffin I had made a cross that was inlaid with ebony. After sanding it and turning the rest of the lid grey, I reasoned that it was probably better to plane and scrape it all once more which I did.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally I gave the coffin a couple of layers of shellac, and I had to accept the fact that the build was over.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We held the funeral service Tuesday the 22nd, and though the pandemic made it somewhat different compared to what we would have liked, it was a good funeral and it gave us all peace.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RNH86BgeCr8/X-b0B7NnRqI/AAAAAAAAFwE/7s51xwAIfugnsj4m4zrekOAT2tIdDCSrACLcBGAsYHQ/s827/farfar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="620" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RNH86BgeCr8/X-b0B7NnRqI/AAAAAAAAFwE/7s51xwAIfugnsj4m4zrekOAT2tIdDCSrACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/farfar.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jens Jørgen Jensen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">26-05-1943</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">15-12-2020</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mceIeXZEXNM/X-b0nHLbmhI/AAAAAAAAFwc/6IOeb5HubrYtTdJJ2ybqhC5YdatJzhCPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mceIeXZEXNM/X-b0nHLbmhI/AAAAAAAAFwc/6IOeb5HubrYtTdJJ2ybqhC5YdatJzhCPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2247.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ebony inlay</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2dSOv7G6rs/X-b0nEsH9ZI/AAAAAAAAFwU/v1vB23ZNn_EUPumu9222Eco2Ol9T0XOjACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y2dSOv7G6rs/X-b0nEsH9ZI/AAAAAAAAFwU/v1vB23ZNn_EUPumu9222Eco2Ol9T0XOjACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2251.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Shellac finish</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8O9mgWsbRl4/X-b0nIDEjcI/AAAAAAAAFwY/BZ20R7gP8xsyx8UKnEkDPiJ2FEJIXZKCACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8O9mgWsbRl4/X-b0nIDEjcI/AAAAAAAAFwY/BZ20R7gP8xsyx8UKnEkDPiJ2FEJIXZKCACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2258.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Triple J</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nx3760VOmrk/X-b0n6cYLoI/AAAAAAAAFwg/xmMTb1Nht9wnENtQrTeH3t9wj2ba1FaHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nx3760VOmrk/X-b0n6cYLoI/AAAAAAAAFwg/xmMTb1Nht9wnENtQrTeH3t9wj2ba1FaHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2259.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Complete with handles</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOiIi8rG9kU/X-b0oXxduxI/AAAAAAAAFwk/ENqvsOD6UVgbYw_833c4mrNJQ3a0yHe7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOiIi8rG9kU/X-b0oXxduxI/AAAAAAAAFwk/ENqvsOD6UVgbYw_833c4mrNJQ3a0yHe7wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2277.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">RIP dad</div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZhNLVasfdIE/X-b0o9YSxNI/AAAAAAAAFwo/djvjP16Mes0vP_UE2A_DTn-hExoM6wSWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZhNLVasfdIE/X-b0o9YSxNI/AAAAAAAAFwo/djvjP16Mes0vP_UE2A_DTn-hExoM6wSWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2278.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Decorated with Scandinavian flags </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div>Jonas Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787393233185454227noreply@blogger.com16