The Joy of Recycling

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Re: The Joy of Recycling

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Very nice job Chris !
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nuhobby wrote:Almost done! For Mother's Day, the new wardrobe for Mother-In-law moved up from the shop to her room. It's about 95% finished. Friday night the Mk. 5 whipped up about 65 hole plugs for a finishing effect.

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Well, after 6 months, the right-side door was rubbing a bit at the top in this dry indoor environment. Usually things just shrink when it's cold, but this door had evidently more of a compound reaction -- where the width shrank but lengthwise it got in a bit of a bind. No worries, just a bit of shaving needed!
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OK... Another parsimonious wood project is now underway... looking to build a 3-legged bedside table!

I hate hogging out wood for moldings. Why not build up a molding from smaller pieces cut at the bandsaw?
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Here is the table concept in progress. Recycled plywood top, recycled knock-down fasteners holding the legs to the plywood. Built-up moldings being eyeballed for proportions. Recycled German hand-plane (fastidiously restored using around $5000 of Shopsmith tools in the basement). Yep, I'm money ahead all right!!! ;)
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Just a bit more work done this week, better preparing several miter joints. One piece I cut too short... Oh No!!! But I made it into a "happy accident" by putting a "chamfer" rather than a "sharp corner" on the awkward 3rd leg outer corner area...
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Here's the finished table ... left-over woods and a brand-new LED lamp. The bedside manner is enhanced :) .

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