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Nice stuff Ken. Hoping to see some by engifineer too.
imgit done with box 1 today. About 1.5 hours prep and 3 or so putting it together.
It’s incredible to see how they implemented some things. In the first pic, the two small red pegs on the left of the pic are I believe the paddle shifters and by pushing them move the yellow piece, click, click... it’s not connected to the gearbox yet, but will be. Second pic is the bottom of the gearbox. The two round orange pieces in the top pic move the gears in and out on their shafts...
Been doing some woodworking for the past few years, boxes, boards and benches. (and the occassional table)
Nice work! I am wanting to get back into it more and do some furniture. Back in the day before and during college I built custom cabinets at a small shop and worked my way from sanding (Always the first thing you get to do .. but actually the most valuable thing to learn to do well as you know!), to building full sets and being the finish guy at the shop for a long while. Really enjoy the work that goes into it and the final product. We were a small shop so no assembly line stuff. Sometimes I would get handed a set of plans and build every piece (well most times not the doors since the owners dad did that and that only, but have done those too) all the way through finish and installation. That was the most fun for me since I got to touch every part of the process. Solid surface tops were all the rage then before natural stone came down in price a bit, so I learned a lot doing those as well. I am wanting to get set up now to do pieces of furniture for us, and maybe put some up for sale as time goes by. Something very satisfying about woodworking and seeing the final product that hopefully will be passed down for generations.
Nice work! I am wanting to get back into it more and do some furniture. Back in the day before and during college I built custom cabinets at a small shop and worked my way from sanding (Always the first thing you get to do .. but actually the most valuable thing to learn to do well as you know!), to building full sets and being the finish guy at the shop for a long while. Really enjoy the work that goes into it and the final product. We were a small shop so no assembly line stuff. Sometimes I would get handed a set of plans and build every piece (well most times not the doors since the owners dad did that and that only, but have done those too) all the way through finish and installation. That was the most fun for me since I got to touch every part of the process. Solid surface tops were all the rage then before natural stone came down in price a bit, so I learned a lot doing those as well. I am wanting to get set up now to do pieces of furniture for us, and maybe put some up for sale as time goes by. Something very satisfying about woodworking and seeing the final product that hopefully will be passed down for generations.
Thank you, I retired a number of years back and looked for something to occupy my time. I had done some woodworking a number of years back with a friend in his shop. I stopped but have collected wood arr. About 7-8 years ago I started making things and started my current obsession with tools. I love it, but I don't want to be in the business, so I give a lot of stuff away.
And yes, I agree, sanding is the key to a great piece.
Thank you, I retired a number of years back and looked for something to occupy my time. I had done some woodworking a number of years back with a friend in his shop. I stopped but have collected wood arr. About 7-8 years ago I started making things and started my current obsession with tools. I love it, but I don't want to be in the business, so I give a lot of stuff away.
And yes, I agree, sanding is the key to a great piece.
I found that a cool source for info on some tools is the Stumpy Nubs youtube channel. He does a "cool tools" vid every now and then that I sometimes get tool ideas from. Some of the vids focus on cheaper tools and some are more expensive stuff. I overall like a lot of his video content. I picked up some of the pentel graphgear pencils and iGuaging angle gauge based upon his reviews. And of course if you like to geek out on Japanese joinery videos, Dorian Bracht's "Joint Venture" vids are pretty cool as well as the Kobeomsuk channel.
