• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    Chair Steps Project

    With some trepidation, I went for the big glue up. Then I planed the edges of the steps flush with the legs. Cleaning up the top step was an opportunity to put my Shrenik Salva-Shah mitre plane to good use. Then I planed the ends of the steps with a block plane. And finished with a...
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    Chair Steps Project

    Thanks. Following AndyT's example, I intend to attach a cabin hook to one side.
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    Chair Steps Project

    Thanks. I have glued up the side frames and back slats parts. I intend to do a final glue up of the back portion of the chair in one go and the same for the front portion.
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    Chair Steps Project

    I took a slightly different approach with the mouldings on the "along the grain" edges of the seat. Using a Record small plough plane I made 1/4" wide grooves, then removed most of the rest of the waste with a shoulder plane. Then I finished with the "hollow" moulding plane. This is how a...
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    Chair Steps Project

    Thanks. It is a screwdriver for adjusting the small rebate plane. The tip is for the screws that hold the depth stop and nickers. The pin fits in the holes in the fence rods to allow them to be removed completely or replaced in the other side of the plane for left handed use.
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    Chair Steps Project

    I'm waiting for the weather to get a bit warmer before doing the next glue-ups. In the meantime I have started work on the seat pieces. I wanted to have mouldings on the outer edges so had to choose a shape and a method of working them. I have a fair number of complex moulding planes but was...
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    Chair Steps Project

    I moved on to the bottom step. It required exact tailoring to get it to fit the housings in the legs. To try and avoid mishaps I made a cardboard template to fit and used it to mark the step with the areas to be cut away. This was the result. It didn't require much adjustment to get it to...
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    Chair Steps Project

    After completing the dovetails I cut the angled side of the step. I intend to plane it down to final size after it is glued in place. Then I moved on to the second to top step. I prepared a board a trifle longer than the intended final length. A Record 05 1/2 plane is satisfactory for...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Well done, Andy. It looks very good indeed. I approve of the use of BA threads. I must confess that the original idea is not mine - I saw a picture somewhere and made a mental note to make a similar modification sometime.
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    Chair Steps Project

    After removing the cramps I cleaned up the joints with a small plane. Then I trimmed the end grain of the sloping legs with a large mitre plane. Now it was time to turn my attention to the joints between the back legs and the top step (which rests on the floor when in "chair mode"). This...
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    Chair Steps Project

    Thanks - that is a valuable tip. It is easy to overshoot.
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    Chair Steps Project

    I was able to spend some time in the workshop yesterday and today. I drilled and countersank the holes in the top rails for the holes for the screws that will attach the seat. I keep a dedicated hand drill with bit in it ready for countersinking. Then I worked beads in the upper front faces...
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    I'll follow this with great interest. You could consider joining the Society of Ornamental Turners - I think they would be very helpful if you need any help or advice.
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    Chair Steps Project

    Here is the first glue-up. I used liquid hide glue, following AndyT's example. Then I cut the curved shape of the upper rail using a powered fretsaw: Then I cleaned up with a Corradi half round rasp: Followed by a half round file: I'm unlikely to make any more progress until after...
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    Chair Steps Project

    Thanks. Please see my reply to Dr.Al's comment concerning the router plane. With your lathe I think you are well equipped to do the job.
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    Chair Steps Project

    One challenge to be overcome is making the screw to secure the threaded post to the body of the plane. The threaded holes in the body of my Stanley are of a weird size (as is often the case with Stanleys). The outer diameter is about 3/16" and the pitch is 28 TPI. It is probably an obsolete...
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    Chair Steps Project

    I had that problem too but I minimised it by doing most of the "cooking" in the open air with a hot air gun first before finishing in the oven :)
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    Chair Steps Project

    I can just about sharpen it with a very small file in the right light but it is quite a challenge :) I don't know how I could set the teeth .....
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    Chair Steps Project

    Yes, milk bottle tops, melted in a soup can. I think they are HDPE. I got the idea from Pete Maddex.
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    Chair Steps Project

    Thanks. I think the modification is very useful. The thread on the upright is 40 TPI, which make fine adjustment easy.
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