With all the Holiday time off I finally got to spend some time in the workshop!
Beautiful slabs of cherry that I picked up at an estate sale. Decided to make a small bench for my brother for Christmas.
Figured I would mortise and tenon on some rustic legs made from branches. Here I began chiseling
out the mortise.
Merde!
New plan, drill out some 1-1/2" round mortises. Here is leg #1.
Legs on, wedges in, glue dry.
Busted out my mini forge to heat some steel to make decorative stretchers.
About 20 coats of beeswax later. Feels like slate, its so smooth. And smells great too!
Next I decided to work on finishing my small file knife.
Busted out my new Christmas gift bench grinder (thanks Santa!) and started to shape my blade.
Hmmm that was really hard. Oh yeah! Forgot to anneal the file!
Off to a nice long bath in my lil forge.
And then ill bee spending my next few days off using file and stone to finish the blade.
Oh, speaking of forges, picked up this old cast iron Hibachi camp grill, ground out the inside divider, and I think it might make a nice fire pot for a coal forge. Time will tell.
Cheers!
Great post, man! You've been busy! The bench looks great, and I can't wait to see the knife. Have you decided on scales for it yet? I think you told me already, but I forget. That Hibachi looks great for a coal fire pot.
ReplyDeleteWell done Nathan! I love the table! Nice work!
ReplyDeleteHow did you put the beeswax on? Did you make an oil/wax mixture?
ReplyDeleteNope, just rubbed it on, heated it up, and buffed it out. Painstaking to say the least. Say your pinterest about the beeswax/olive oil mixture, gonna try that out.
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