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Post a photo of the last thing you made...

I made one of these. But then just before posting up, I realised folks might not have a clue what it is. Not wanting to bring the level of the forum down, I invented a name - pat pending - and gave it some shape.

Say hello to my new Glue Applicator Stick. Thumb goes here...
 

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After careful measuring and slowly taking off stock, over a matter of days. Today the easy bit after the final bit of groove!! All squared up and the 12mm bottom slid in nicely.

But then, tried to get some thin pine flooring type screws (the ones that hide between the grooves) in at an angle (I forget the name). Also some others, most went in distorted and naffed up my clean job!!

Also grooved one side too much. The back panel that was. But, it works...

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shafiq said:
After careful measuring and slowly taking off stock, over a matter of days. Today the easy bit after the final bit of groove!! All squared up and the 12mm bottom slid in nicely.

But then, tried to get some thin pine flooring type screws (the ones that hide between the grooves) in at an angle (I forget the name). Also some others, most went in distorted and naffed up my clean job!!

Also grooved one side too much. The back panel that was. But, it works...

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It's all a learning curve that never stops. :)
 
Thanks Malc. Pocket screws is the word I was looking for. Anyway, all removed now. Will give it a light sanding with my Metabo (and posh Mirka discs I'd have one know 😀) and give it a little lick of quick dry varnish.

Built 3 mm too long too, so (slider rail) wouldn't engage the Blum-adaptor/catch. But a quick gauge at the back of the plywood and all fit in ok. Feels flimsy but maybe thats me as it pulls out all of the way!!
 
Shop made furniture/machine table wax. 1 part carnauba, 3 parts beeswax, 10 parts turpentine. I used real gourmet turpentine, distilled from pine rosin. This mix is a little too hard to spread for furniture (it is about like cold butter) but it's great for machine tables. Very hard and shiny. More beeswax and more solvent would make it more spreadable.


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Been doing some visits to the shed lately to try and get back into sawdust and firewood generation again.
Litttle steps

Rudimentary by everyone else's standards but made use of recycled materials

Finished a pair of crownboards made froe old decking and wardrobe ply.

Did the profiles on the table saw and treated the finished items with flax oil

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AndyP said:
I've no idea what crownboards are.
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Google says when asked " what are crown boards"?

AI Overview
National Multifunctional Crown Board ...
Crown boards (or inner covers) are essential wooden or plastic panels placed on top of the uppermost super and below the roof in a beehive. They prevent bees from sealing the roof with propolis, assist with hive insulation, allow for feeding, and facilitate the removal of bees from honey supers using bee escapes.
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Key Functions and Features
Hive Management: They offer a convenient, removable barrier that keeps bees in the hive while allowing the beekeeper to easily access the hive for inspections.
Feeding: Most crown boards feature one or two holes designed to hold rapid feeders or provide access to fondant/syrup, particularly during winter.
Bee Clearing: They often include holes to accommodate Porter bee escapes, which act as one-way valves, enabling bees to exit the honey supers and enter the brood chamber below, clearing the super for harvesting.
Insulation & Ventilation: Placed under the roof, they help regulate hive temperature.
Types: Standard wooden boards, clear Perspex/plastic boards for viewing without disturbing the bees, and deeper versions (sometimes called "ekes") that provide space for feeding fondant directly over the frames.
 
Accipiter said:
Google says when asked " what are crown boards"?

AI Overview
National Multifunctional Crown Board ...
Crown boards (or inner covers) are essential wooden or plastic panels placed on top of the uppermost super and below the roof in a beehive. They prevent bees from sealing the roof with propolis, assist with hive insulation, allow for feeding, and facilitate the removal of bees from honey supers using bee escapes.
(Simon The Beekeeper
Simon The Beekeeper
+2)
Key Functions and Features
Hive Management: They offer a convenient, removable barrier that keeps bees in the hive while allowing the beekeeper to easily access the hive for inspections.
Feeding: Most crown boards feature one or two holes designed to hold rapid feeders or provide access to fondant/syrup, particularly during winter.
Bee Clearing: They often include holes to accommodate Porter bee escapes, which act as one-way valves, enabling bees to exit the honey supers and enter the brood chamber below, clearing the super for harvesting.
Insulation & Ventilation: Placed under the roof, they help regulate hive temperature.
Types: Standard wooden boards, clear Perspex/plastic boards for viewing without disturbing the bees, and deeper versions (sometimes called "ekes") that provide space for feeding fondant directly over the frames.
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It's the " ceiling "
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Blum under drawer sliders, 3rd, 3th and 5th set placed. 1st drawer (well, 3rd) no in progress. But decided to recycle one that I've been holding onto for years. Only it'll go in back to front and its therefore only the (new) front I need to arrange. Sides thinned out to the required 16mm.

Pics coming soon (sorry) but for now this beauty. All recycled/repressed. 2 of the prices are from some old skirting from down the street. Other 2 peices are from an old wardrobe that was thrown out in someone's garden months ago - but then became disjointed from sitting outdoors!!

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I'll enjoy putting it through the new (to me) Makita thicknesser after. Oh, and from allowing the (discoloured in the left of the pic) wood to sit outdoors so long, some wood rot - or more accurately, black marks - had made their way into the surface. Wiped it down with Dettol but maybe will soak in some wood-rot treatment before thicknessing it down to size!
 
Having reduced these images by oodles of percent, here's what I made out of some Sapele, Padauk, Cherry and Sycamore (@NickM).

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Goodness knows if I can get them to work when I glue their spindles in.

I'm sure the spinny members could do a far better job, but I'm using up short lengths of plank, and it keeps me off the streets. :)
 
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Having reduced these images by oodles of percent, here's what I made out of some Sapele, Padauk, Cherry and Sycamore (@NickM).











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Goodness knows if I can get them to work when I glue their spindles in.

I'm sure the spinny members could do a far better job, but I'm using up short lengths of plank, and it keeps me off the streets. :)
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Sorry for the daft question but how did you make such perfectly round pieces with no lathe in sight? I see some sort of drill bit in the pictures but not sure what the machine is.
 
I really like the idea of using up offcuts of timber that has gone into my instruments and other timber that I have acquired. And the CNC machine helps me to do that.

For instance, that Cherry was from my old kitchen cabinet doors. Beautifully stable and figured timber. The Sycamore, even more beautiful and figured was an offset from three ukulele I have made, but was originally from @NickM 's elliptical dinner table. The Padauk was from a slab I bought, but not all of it was stable enough to manufacture bindings and purling for the instruments. And I've collected Sapele over the years, some of it joiners offcuts that have become necks on my instruments.

I hate wasting good timber.
 
Here's some more offcuts and a proof of principle, but still needs working on.

First I flooded the surface of the timber with CA glue then scraped it flat. this is to stabilise the grain and to prevent grain getting filled later in the process.

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I know they look like sailing boats, but if you turn them up the other way, they're a stylised diamond.



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Then I fill them with wood filler…..


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…and scrape them level.

Although the principle is proven, the Sapele grain broke away on the edges of the lines between the shapes, and some fibres were pulled out in the milling. So, I've either got to use a closer grained timber or try a different cutter.



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Anyway, next start milling the box bodies.



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They went well.


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Then finish off the lids.


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Components ready for magnet gluing.


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Final sanding and polishing with food safe wax.

Diamond faced trinket boxes.

I've got some suede leather offcuts somewhere. Shall I line the bottom inside with some suede so the earrings or rings don't bounce when she puts them in?
 
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New doorstop for the freshly decorated/plastered bedroom. Wife had been using a toilet roll leftover, so I thought I'd surprise her by chopping down a piece of sycamore thats been sat unloved in the garden (lots more sycamore too but that's drying, appropriately). Anyway, after seeing it she decided that the hardness of the wood, might damage the door.

So, she cut a roll of loo holder down, to take the impact. I just can't win 😆 but I'll give it a coating of some oil regardless.

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Then finished off this refurbished drawer to be my 3rd drawer in my 'messy outhouse cleanup project'. Most of it is the old drawer but gave it a new base of 9mm ply. The front was flipped to the back, and the new front grooved to the sides.

Sides shaved/planed down to 16mm to take to the runners appropriately and once dry will give it a coating of water based varnish.
 

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Two things, did you angle the face so that it’s flat when it touches the door? And it sounds like our wives are as contrary as each other! I’ve only been doing wood stuff for all my life yet she feels qualified to tell me I’m doing it wrong lol.
 
Cabinetman said:
Two things, did you angle the face so that it’s flat when it touches the door? And it sounds like our wives are as contrary as each other! I’ve only been doing wood stuff for all my life yet she feels qualified to tell me I’m doing it wrong lol.
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Good point. I did orientate it with the appropriate angle. But in the rush, I just managed to make it 'roughly' parallel to the door when it touches. Will go get my pencil, mark parallel around, and try to flatten it a bit more... Thanks for that.

Indeed, yes I do have a same/similar problem. No matter how I explain/teach why I'm right and the tradespeople labourers on minimum wage are wrong, I have to generally wait it out until the 'error of ways' becomes self taught/evident.
 
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Oh well... Ealier today, entered the rabbit hole of trying to get perfectly parallel. Though I never succeeded at thar, I did however manage to get away from the dreaded loo roll as door-stop-support (or more accurately, support to the door stop).

I don't claim to have the best of finishes, but the Osmoil (my best finish) only goes over the sycamore. So applied the one coat after double sided sticking it the skirting. After having chiseled out the paint that is.

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Then went and finished my 3rd ever slider drawer. Which didn't go too well!!
 
Ian, Shafiq... 😎... some years ago I stumbled on a T shirt ad on Facebook and ordered some... *family* members wouldn't accept what I told them or did so these seemed quite appropriate - as time proved me to be correct 😎
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There are different variations to the theme but... 🤣
 
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