Rabbeted step stool...

[ironhat]

Solid, functional and simple elegance. What's not to like? Post back with the finished project!

[dbhost]

Solid, functional and simple elegance. What's not to like? Post back with the finished project!

Will do. I'm having trouble with the filler. Popped out of 4 of the nail holes as soon as the sandpaper hit it. Not sure if I should have roughed up the surface prior to filler like you do with body filler (Bondo)... I realized I am using a different type of filler than I used to use. I always used Elmers Stainable wood filler, this time I have Minwax. Might just have to drop by the Orange box to grab some Elmers... I know what to expect out of that...

I have been instructed as to specifically which finish she wants. Minwax Golden Pecan, 15 minutes on then wipe, dry, second coat same way, followed by Semi Gloss poly. It's what I am using in the Kitchen and apparently she REALLY likes it... She used it last night as it is to see if I have the height right. Dead on right.

It's the projects like these that give us the confidence to go on to build bigger and better. I know a step stool is a silly little item, but it is something we need in the house, it makes her life easier, and it taught me how to set up a stopped dado, and how to square up a stopped Dado with a hand chisel. Overall I am very pleased so far...

So since picking WWing back up (after a 20 year post H.S. hiatus) I have gotten the following techniques down. More or less.

#1. Rabbets. Both with the router, and table saw. (Thien Cyclone project, and this one).
#2. Stopped Dadoes. (This project)
#3. Pocket Screw Joinery. (Router Table Cart.
#4. Through Dovetails. More or less. Those that have read my threads know I am having a screaming conniption fit with blowing the tails out on Home Depot white pine. No issues with Baltic Birch 3/4 ply though. And no real projects done, just experimenting with making the DTs work. I did build one box out of the HD pine, but the tails were fugly...
#5. Jointing with a planer / sled, and router / flush trimming bit.
#6. Resawing on the band saw. (Sawing found lumber with a shop built jig).

I have a long way to go, but I wanted to express the depth of my gratitude to the men and women on this forum for walking me one way or another through the process. While I have several neighbors that are fell WW-ers, their expertise is rarely available to me as we all have our families and jobs and all... I share what I can and get what I can with them, but this particular forum has been a better resource by far.

Now I need to find an excuse to work with M&T joinery, and maybe even loose tenon...

If I haven't said it enough. Thank you BT3Central members. You guys and gals simply are the best!

[dbhost]

Well, I guess this is a good problem to have. I can't get her to give it back up long enough to finish sanding it and finishing it... I think I will need to build a second one, and finish it just to free this one up! That's fine, we will need one in the kitchen as well, she can't reach the upper cupboards either...

I think for the one in the kitchen I will definately take the time to build the arches in and add the rubber non slip feet to keep it from shooting out from under her...

I want a different profile on the steps, but can't find one I like in my inventory. Anyone have any suggestions? The kitchen cabinets are going to have raised panel doors using MLCS Mitered door frame bit #8782 LINK

Just looking for something that would look good in there...

[ironhat]

Well, db, at least you know that your work is appreciated by her. Now, on the second one, you can try out some of those other techniques you've been wanting to learn. The cutters for the door profile look really nice. They are close to what's in our kitchen. You say that you can't find a profile for the step? Hey, it's a buying opportunity authorized by the wife! How bad can that be!? Have a good time while you're at it.

[dbhost]

The doors are in production as it were. I fabbed up and dry fitted a flat panel mitered door with it already out of pine (I get pretty busy with everyone else's tossed out 2x4s!). The command from SWMBO is that the cabinets doors and drawer fronts will be Pecan, which means a spending opportunity for me...

But gee honey, look at all these free pecan trees, just cut 'em up and haul them off. With this big chain saw and Alaskan Mill I can get the lumber for that kitchen remodel you want done... Yeah I'm drooling over an Echo 20" saw right now... Pecan is readily available around here, and it gets posted on the freebies on Craigslist on a nearly hourly basis... Most folks cut it up for BBQ wood, which admittedly some of my cuttings will end up as. (You ever had a Pecan Smoked Beef Brisket with a Texas rub?)

If I did the next stool with entirely hardwood, maybe some seasoned stuff from M&G, would Dovetailing be a good idea for the joints? How would I go about doing the pins on the side panels? Maybe cut my pins on two separate pieces THEN biscuit them together to make one?

I am getting a lot of shop time in this week, but most of it has been cleaning and sorting my stuff, and hers.

[poolhound]

But gee honey, look at all these free pecan trees, just cut 'em up and haul them off. With this big chain saw and Alaskan Mill I can get the lumber for that kitchen remodel you want done... Yeah I'm drooling over an Echo 20" saw right now... Pecan is readily available around here, and it gets posted on the freebies on Craigslist on a nearly hourly basis... Most folks cut it up for BBQ wood, which admittedly some of my cuttings will end up as. (You ever had a Pecan Smoked Beef Brisket with a Texas rub?)

Great idea but are you going to "fess up" that it will be a years worth of drying before you can use it

[dbhost]

Great idea but are you going to "fess up" that it will be a years worth of drying before you can use it

Shhhh! she doesn't need to know THAT part...