My 25 year old bike shoes need a Re-sole attach:

Sole Glue dried out ..time for re-attachment .. ONLY ONE Glue is up to this task:....Maximum grip: ISLA Glue:

Just another glue-up...

 

Butterfly Box #2 .. Material in Glue-Up

Three Bessy and Four Jorgensen Clamps .. Holding the Walnut Lamination ...

Butterfly Box escaped the Clamps ...

$100K Clamping system .. Box in the Basement....

Placed the Box in the Deep section of the Clamp Parallels. This for the Long Side glue up... Worked GREAT.. Used longer Clamps; Irwin & Bessey.

NOTE: Place Clamp System to Top of Bench, easier to use Long Clamps. (see pics)

4 Boxes for Jennie & Isla .. Tic Tac Toe .. O X O

 4 Boxes all closed up... Full of FUN to ComeUnique game pieces ..just for the girls.... More typical O X O game pieces in a unique box....

Two Featherboards and a few Clamps

Clamps .. WHY SO MANY ..

When you open your drawers and your bottom falls out... that's "WHY" you need clamps:

Cribbage In A Box ... Complete

Da Box: .. 12" Piano hinge .. Two Clasps..

Open the Box See the people .. well Cribbage Pins, Cards and 3 lane Board

Close up of Custom Pins: (High Precision Tooling Spheres) plus a set of store bought pins

Two Deck Card Safe ..slide out a deck..

Upgrade to Ryobi Bench Drill Press .. SHOULD have done this YEARS ago !!!!

Standard Bench Drill; A few upgrades over the years

Main Pain in the Aspidistra .. Handle interferes with Table !!!

The Infamous 14mm Hex Socket.... 1/4" 20 tpi Set Screw.  

SOLUTION Implemented .. Works GREAT .. now I can extend table with no restrictions and still us table height adjustment.

 

Cribbage Board-in a -Box (part 2)

Box Base in Glue-Up .. Long Sides set matching mitered end,other will be straight overlap joint. 1-2-3 Block set as stop, weight to keep board flat

Mitered End, 1-2-3 block end stop for Base aligned to 45 degree corner joint. 

Cutting 45 degree on Short side RailTop down view of cutting set-up:Dial Indicator on Mag Base: set to accurately position fence

Making a custom Cribbage Board-in a -Box (part 1)

Cribbage Board, 3 player Lanes: Cut to Size;14 3/4" X 4": Painted, 2X Apple Red. Drilled using template. Pin holes maintain an accurate depth.....

Drill Press Upgrade:  Lab Jack used to very accurately set Drilling Depth.  Works FANTASTIC. 

Box: Base and Lid parts: Initial Glue-Up..Used Titebond II.. III tends to leave a dark residue on light wood. Cleaning Squeeze out ASAP is important. 

Kitchen Faucet Disassembly; Reference Pictures....

3 boxes; updated using Foam Inserts.

1) 38 Special using 1.5" foam.. 2) 357 Sig. 1.0" foam

 

Desk update: two days work, Sean tackled sanding the Frame and Drawers.

Left & Right hand drawers

Center Drawer

Desk... Saturday AM Update...

 Glamp-Up .. removing the Drawer and Dovetail Slide WarpageGreat progress on Finish removal and Sanding of Desk Frame .. great job Sean... Drawers look Fantastic...

desk part 2 the Top

61 1/8" long .. 1,554 mm

Crack in the top .... promis of GREAT wood under the paint. 

Cause of the Crack .. Too Many Screws, not allowing any wood movement... easy fix....

desk

Desk Frame: First Rate Hardwood .. Teak 

Three good size drawers ... running on Dovetail slides.

Nice Dovetail joint ..all hardwood.

Progress on Box Rebuild ... UPDATE !!!

As the song goes " You .... and when to Fold-Em" .. The wood type and warpage proved to severe to correct .. So this project goes in the Lessons Learned bucket .. goodbye old friend...... 

Using JB Epoxy to help mitigate warpage and rebuild box Body and Lid. I'll use Epoxy in lue of Titebond 3 to complete the rebuild.