Spending all Day Thinking About Getting it up.
I now have all 4 standing supports attached to the walnut. There are a few cross braces to help with the stress on these elements during lifting. …I forgot that […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Getting Ready to Get it Vertical
The hemisphere is together. The doorway has been established, and it’s time to work on the mid-ship. To do this, I need to put the hemisphere on its head. I […]
Video: Vertical Glue-up
Gluing up a single vertical takes about 40 minutes. First I mark all of the dadoes from the outside panel that I am gluing. This helps drill pilot holes quickly, […]
Video: Vertical Assembly
When I started this project I wasn’t sure about knocking out large holes in the lateral supports. I played with it a bit, but I didn’t go through the trouble […]
More Glue-ups
Working on getting everything glued up this week so I can start next week problem solving the middle section of the walnut. Previously I cut out the tops of the […]
Safe!
Last week I got hit in the head with drill bit shrapnel. Thanks to everyone who expressed concern. It was nothing and I am still not sure how far I […]
Bloody Friday
So… I am prepping a couple of verticals for the big epoxy. I need to remove screws and sand off any nipples. Sometimes the screws are a tiny bit epoxied […]
