Bookshelf project

[rw02kr43]

Nothing major or exciting. I'm working on a bookshelf for my son.

​​​​​​​Jason

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Nice job, I like it.

 

[dprimm]

Nice. I am jealous of the skills and time.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Very cool! Well done!

 

[NKBJ]

Man that's fine as frog hair.

 

[rw02kr43]

I still have to attach the handle and the sign and a few other things. The handle is an actual vintage gas pump handle. It's going to be mounted on the door then I'll attach a hose to the handle and door. I hope my son likes it. He's kind of mad it's not red and doesn't have a triceratops on it. I do what I can.

 

[MRockwell]

That's neat rw!
I'm curious, is there a story behind why you chose a Sinclair gas pump for the design?

 

[rw02kr43]

Nah not really. My son is 4 and loves dinosaurs. :-) If it were me I would have gone with SOHIO.

 

[ATOMonkey]

I need to ***** and moan for a minute and figured people in this thread might appreciate it.

I bought the Harbor Freight dovetail jig for about $30. Hard to go wrong there. I spend more than that on beer...

Anyway, I put some scrap stock on there so I can dial in the setup, and NOTHING will line up. I finally take the clamps off to see what is what, and the stupid thing is out of square by at least a half inch and out of flat by more than a quarter. Needless to say it is going back today and I'm measuring the replacement before I leave the store.

First time I've been burned, so not bad, and I know they'll replace it. It's just frustrating. I really had my heart set on making drawers last night.

 

[JHB]

I need to ***** and moan for a minute and figured people in this thread might appreciate it.

I bought the Harbor Freight dovetail jig for about $30. Hard to go wrong there. I spend more than that on beer...

Anyway, I put some scrap stock on there so I can dial in the setup, and NOTHING will line up. I finally take the clamps off to see what is what, and the stupid thing is out of square by at least a half inch and out of flat by more than a quarter. Needless to say it is going back today and I'm measuring the replacement before I leave the store.

First time I've been burned, so not bad, and I know they'll replace it. It's just frustrating. I really had my heart set on making drawers last night.

Get the Porter Cable one from Lowes it will make you look like a pro. Well worth the money.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Get the Porter Cable one from Lowes it will make you look like a pro. Well worth the money.

I saw it there when I picked up my router (I am cheap, but I will pony up the dough for well put together power tools), but I just couldn't convince myself that a bit of aluminum and steel was worth $160.

I have seen people make good doevetails with the HF jig, but theirs all started out flat and square...