A Bank For Cruz . . . Part 2

I thought I would show you what it Looks like when

I put the other fingers in the box joint. The others had

the notches on the edges and these do not.

 One more view of the Incra Jig.

And let's have a final view. The jig has positive stops every

1/32 ( that blue strip is like saw teeth ) of an inch, 

and I can also dial in 1/1000 of an inch. 

 Above, I'm getting ready to put the slot in the top 

for Cruz' savings. There is now a 1/8" bit in the router

sticking up just a little more than 1/4".

The edge of the top rides against the fence and is stopped

by the two stop blocks that are mounted on the fence. This

allows me to put the slot right in the middle of the top.

I've just glued the sides together and when it dries, 

I'll glue the top on. See you in Part 3.

A Bank For Cruz . . . Part 1

I was asked by a lady many of you know

as Trailbee to make a bank for her Grandson

Cruz. This is the finished bank above.

I don't usually do this, but I'm going to explain

exactly how I made this bank. The bank comes

from Grandma and these "How-To" posts come

from Odie ... Enjoy Cruz, I enjoyed making your

bank.

The first step, that is not pictured here, is to mill the wood to

the proper thickness. In the case of the banks, the sides are

3/8" thick and the top and bottom are 1/4" thick. When I cut

the sides to length, I cut them 4-5/8" long and 4-1/8" wide. One

of the reasons for this is when the top and bottom are attached

it forms a perfect cube. The other reason for this size is the

width of 4-1/8" fits this style of joinery perfectly. Each finger

of this "Box joint" is exactly 3/8" in width. 

 Above is how I make the fingers of the box joint. Looking at

this can be deceiving. There are 8 sides pictured here clamped

to the sled. The taller one pictured is a backer piece to prevent

chip out of the bank sides. These are 8 sides of 4 banks. The

other 8 sides are done later. They will be milled so that their

fingers fit between the fingers of these pieces. 

 There is a 3/8" router bit sticking up a little more than 3/8"

above the table. I like to make the joint ends "Proud" and

sand them smooth later. The sled rides on the fence and passes

the wood squarely through the 3/8" bit.

This jig pictured here is called an "Incra Jig".

 Cruz, here are all the pieces that make up your bank.

Here I'm dry fitting the sides to make sure they fit.

That's it for part one.

First Show of the Year (part 2) ... Lake Tahoe

 Early morning in Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe.

 This is the walk way where we were. Our booth is

the one with awning over the walk way. The sun you know.

 The afternoon at Kings Beach. Check out the boat

pulling the parachute.

Our booth from the left side.

We will be in Homewood on the west shore

of Lake Tahoe from 7/4 Thursday to 7/7 

Sunday. It is about 20 miles north of South

Lake Tahoe on Hwy 89. If you click on the

Dust'n Lint banner on the upper sidebar, you

will be transported to our web site where our

schedule resides.

First Show of the Year . . . Lake Tahoe

Well, here we are again at our first show of the year.

We start the season at Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe, North

Shore) every year. 

We set up the booth a little differently here because there's

a foot drop-off the last two feet in the back of our booth. We

put Sue's quilt racks across the back of the booth so we don't

lose any little old ladies to the abyss gods.

Here's the view of the lake taken 100 feet from our booth.

I'll try to post more tomorrow. Starting on the 4th of July,

we'll be on the West Shore at Homewood for a four day

show. That's on our 2013 Schedule at our web site.

* Coming very soon, a series on how I make a wooden

bank. I'm posting it so the boy it is made for can enjoy

how his bank was made. I might even try a video

version of it also.

Nature is Rarely Perfect ~ The Fix

 Well, here's the area that needed fixing in the

last post. What do you think?

This is a Walnut Bowl almost 12" across

by 3" in height. There is a food safe finish

applied.

Nature is Rarely Perfect

 What you see here is a "patch job" because Nature ain't

always perfect ... no matter what some people might try

to tell you ... huh Algore.

I use my own recipe to fix cracks that appear in knots, as

in this case. I always save saw dust from each bowl as I'm

working. I mix that with my wood glue and it makes a great,

strong filler. It is, for the most part, undetectable.

 As you can see, I'm about half done on the inside.

Because of so many things going on in the 

Dust'n Lint household, this project must be

postponed. It will also give that "patch job"

a chance to dry. 

I cover this with a plastic bag so moisture

doesn't escape too quickly. In a not so

perfect world, that could cause another crack.

WOW . . . Had To Put My Foot Down

I can't believe these jerks that pull this crap!

I didn't realize I was allowing Anonymous

on this blog. It just isn't my style. At 

Woodsterman, I haven't allowed it in years

and the spam invasion is at zero. Well, here

it was a bit different. I thought I was getting

a lot more visits according to Site Meter. I

sure was, and they were commenting too.

I just deleted over 500 spam comments all

posted since January 1st.

I'll be more vigilant in the future. If you are

Anonymous you'll not be allowed to comment.

Get yourself an I.D. from google. If you post a

comment 14 days after I posted, it will go to

moderation. Sorry all, we'll see how this goes. 

I have also added me being notified when someone
leaves a comment. I will be answering these
in a much more timely manner.

Quilt or T-shirt ?

How about a little of both.

 The quilting process is taking place above.

The top, bottom, and fill are all together and

is now being quilted. This is a very large quilt

made up of a college girl's T-Shirt collection.

The girl's mother gave Sue her daughter's 

T-Shirt collection saved from her whole

childhood. This will measure 80" X 80" and

is much larger than Sue likes to work with. The

photo below is of the top after it was pieced together. 

Just A Little News . . . .

Dresden is now about ten weeks old. Above are

some recent photos. I haven't been in the shop

for awhile because it's so damn cold out there.

This morning it's 36 degrees, and I refuse to try

to work with that kind of cold. I'll put up with 50

degrees, but not too much colder.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

A Quilt For Our New Grandson

Meet Dresden, our brand new Grandson. He's about

6 hours old in this photo. He was born Thursday

morning, October 18th.

While we were in the waiting room, Grandma (Lint) was

finishing up his brand new quilt. He and his quilt

were delivered just minutes apart. Timing is everything.

This is a wonderful time for Dust'n Lint