Hawaii Woodwork

[acousticlady]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

That is absolutely beautiful Woodman. My brother also makes beautiful stuff. He learned the hard way too. He learned while escaping from the wicked witch from the east - whose name is now plaintiff (it's amazing how common that name is!) I'm trying to talk him into moving to Hawaii and working with real wood and making it a business. BTW - welcome to HT.

[woodman]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

[edit: sorry 1stwahine, I forgot to say "thankyou" (and all others) for all the kind words.]

Pomai,


The problem with those types of project you describe is not just with the tools.

Projects are done in steps, and stages.

During the building process, there are specific "steps" one must follow in order to complete a particular "stage" of construction. Each step must be done correctly, and in the proper order, before moving on to the next step.

...blah, blah, blah; it all sounds to vague, so let me try to explain it like this:

If you are building a structure that requires glue-up, it is important to dry-fit the assembly in order to make sure that the joints fit properly prior to gluing. Easy enough, right?

But with most such projects, it is also important to sand and finish the interior BEFORE you glue up because once you get the structure permanently joined, it is becomes 10 times more difficult (and time consuming) to try to sand and finish the interior afte it's been put together.

[BRAINFART]
While you're sanding, you have to consciously avoid the points-of-contact where the joints meet otherwise you'll sand the joint down and ruin the fit (FYI -and you may already know this, but- never sand or apply finish to the contact points of a joint).
[/ BRAINFART]

So the progression of steps might look something like this:

1.) cut joints
2.) check joints by dry fit
3.) sand interior
4.) apply blocking over the joint (to block the finish from covering the joint)
5.) apply finish (could be oil, lacquer, varnish, ..whatever)
6.) allow finish to cure
7.) glue-up

...all in that order.

So, it's not just not just a matter of getting the joints cut to the proper size and gluing the pieces together. It all has to be done in the proper order, AND you have to be conscious of what you are doing so that you don't screw anything up.

Funny, they never seem to mention that in the plans, do they!

[1stwahine]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

Mr. Woodwork,

K-den.





My table above is made out of KOA. I've had it ova thirty years. The problem is the bugga only get three legs.hahahah Every time huli ova. Wat can I buy to make it stable and not handicap like me! The top needs to be sanded and whateva's too.

Mahalo

Lynn without the Auntie.

[Pomai]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

So, it's not just not just a matter of getting the joints cut to the proper size and gluing the pieces together. It all has to be done in the proper order, AND you have to be conscious of what you are doing so that you don't screw anything up.

Funny, they never seem to mention that in the plans, do they!

Nope! They just make it look sooooooo eeeeeeeasy. Yeah, right!

Do you teach woodcrafting? You should!

Going back to that Uke' builder I know, he took just ONE class (well, a series under one teacher) at a community college, and with that, went above and beyond the call of duty.

Here's his work....
GKU Ukulele

[Pomai]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

Eh Auntie, no can qualify hea unless you made 'em yo'self!

K, K, if you sand da' buggah and refinish 'em, den' can. lol

You know, you can make like 5 Ukuleles out of that table?

Mr. Woodwork,

K-den.





My table above is made out of KOA. I've had it ova thirty years. The problem is the bugga only get three legs.hahahah Every time huli ova. Wat can I buy to make it stable and not handicap like me! The top needs to be sanded and whateva's too.

Mahalo

Lynn without the Auntie.

[1stwahine]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

Eh Auntie, no can qualify hea unless you made 'em yo'self!

K, K, if you sand da' buggah and refinish 'em, den' can. lol

You know, you can make like 5 Ukuleles out of that table?

Go away! I trying to be serious ova hea!

I pity my table...only get three legs.heheheh

Auntie Lynn

[alohatim]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

It is a beautiful table, Auntie--needs no pity!

..but I am imagining 5 beautiful ukes too!

[woodman]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

Mr. Woodwork,

K-den.

...The problem is the bugga only get three legs.
... Every time huli ova.

1stwahine,

Those types of tables are remarkably unstable. They should actually have SIX legs, four in trapazoid patern, and one at the apex of the curve on each end.

... Wat can I buy to make it stable?

A new table.

... The top needs to be sanded and whateva's too.

Mahalo

Lynn without the Auntie.

You'll have to remove the legs, first. That should make it easier.

Go to the hadrware store and buy a stripper, then strip the legs and top. Wera thick gloves and use coarse steel wool & paint thinner (or lacquer thinner) to scrub off excess striping chemical.

Now you can get the sanded.

There are several shops that have large-belt thicknes sanders. Try calling Bello's Millworks in Wahiawa. They charge a minimum of (I think) $45. Let them know that you stripped and cleaned the top and that it is only a one-man job (should take 10 minutes). Tell them you want even thickness at 120 grit on both sides.

The legs you can sand yourself at home.

I'll be ack with more, later.


Here is more mango to drool over. It's a pair of matching end tables.

II GTG to work now.

[1stwahine]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

It is a beautiful table, Auntie--needs no pity!

..but I am imagining 5 beautiful ukes too!

Alohatim, you just saying dat to get back at me foa wat I said about the "prisoners!"

TOO FUNNY!

And if can make da ukes wat happens to da legs? Guiros?

HAHAHAHAHAH

Auntie Lynn

[1stwahine]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

Aloha Mr. Woodman,

Mahalo for answering my questions. I'll wait for my odda half to come home and show him da post cause he da one going do the labor. I only clean da hale, make shua kaukau is served and spend $$$.heheheh

ROFLMAO

It's a great Saturday so far!

Love and Aloha

Lynn

[woodman]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

Well, I couldn't find those pics of the sofa tables. I had to go to the hardware store, so I stopped by the gallery where they have it on display and took more pics. They're not as good as the others, though.

Okay this stuff is taking forever if I do multiples so I'm going to have to upload pics in separate posts.

Here is one:

[woodman]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

trying again:

[woodman]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

one last time:

...nothing happened.

[1stwahine]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

one last time:

...nothing happened.

You can upload three pics on one post if you use photobucket.com.

It's FREE.

Lynn

[woodman]

Re: Hawaii Woodwork

You can upload three pics on one post if you use photobucket.com.

It's FREE.

Lynn

Are you kidding?

I'm having trouble uploading just ONE!

Trying again: