Archive for April, 2009

I am the steam friend gram control.

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Hey check it out - the Music Box I built got a posting on BoingBoing Gadgets!
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It also got mysteriously linked to janden.net:
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A few comments, as translated by Babelfish:
-”The hope joins a hand operated power supply system”
-”Who took away the sofa lid….?”
And my favorite -
-”I like this kind feeling that / I am the steam friend gram control”

The results are in!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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(Actually, they came in about three weeks ago, but I’ve been so busy with the pulpit project this is the first chance I’ve had to sit down and update anything.) You can check out Click2Houston’sBest for more information.

Anyway, thank you so much to everyone who voted. Y’all are the reason I won - I myself only get one vote.

Thanks again.
-Clark

Pulpit - Joinery

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

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After milling the parts down to final dimensions and cutting to exact length (I resaw everything as close as I can on the bandsaw, then send it through the planer once or twice to clean it up), the next step is to cut the mortises for the floating tenons.

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Cutting the mortises in the Pulpit posts…

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Lengths of floating-tenon stock. I use a 1/4-round bit on each side of the square stock to half-rounded tenons (rather than chopping out and squaring up the mortises themselves.) The grooves down the middle allow glue to flow up through the joint while it’s being clamped.

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Cutting the floating tenons to length…

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Dry-fitting the two “wings” of the Pulpit.

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Pulpit, dry-fit, minus the panels, dividers, shelves, box, hardware, and everything else that still needs to be done.