Jessica Amelia
@loveandcrossbones.org
Trans, queer and annoying. DIY pedals, woodworking and a punk act, The Obvious Tells
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Knife some pegs and use the drawer grooves to hold them and plane to fit. Now I have runners to tack into the case.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Knife some pegs and use the drawer grooves to hold them and plane to fit. Now I have runners to tack into the case.
Offcuts to the rescue
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Offcuts to the rescue
Cut list for the runners. This project would be easier if I let myself use plywood.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Cut list for the runners. This project would be easier if I let myself use plywood.
I’m just so damn happy with where this is going. I’m pretty proud and can’t wait for it to be finished.
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m just so damn happy with where this is going. I’m pretty proud and can’t wait for it to be finished.
I’m a schlub today and my oil rags still aren’t dried enough to throw away.
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I’m a schlub today and my oil rags still aren’t dried enough to throw away.
It was also a sharpening day.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It was also a sharpening day.
Usually we think if it for chair making and green wood, but never underestimate a drawknife for flat work and dried timber too! A back bevel is useful here tho.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Usually we think if it for chair making and green wood, but never underestimate a drawknife for flat work and dried timber too! A back bevel is useful here tho.
Starting to look like something. Constructed without electricity other than the lights, and with traditional techniques except for a drop of CA glue when I couldn’t be arsed to heat up the hide glue again.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Starting to look like something. Constructed without electricity other than the lights, and with traditional techniques except for a drop of CA glue when I couldn’t be arsed to heat up the hide glue again.
It’s trying to make its way back to me and is now in Hawaii
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s trying to make its way back to me and is now in Hawaii
In the process of restoring my vintage mitre saw, I learned about a steel disc for mounting the stops to the bed that the oldest ones often had - so now I have a piece of mild steel cut to a 1" circle, a 1/4-24 tap and die, and strips of nickel to home plate the finished piece. This is my brain.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the process of restoring my vintage mitre saw, I learned about a steel disc for mounting the stops to the bed that the oldest ones often had - so now I have a piece of mild steel cut to a 1" circle, a 1/4-24 tap and die, and strips of nickel to home plate the finished piece. This is my brain.
I’ll find a better place for it, but I’m going to keep the old base. Someone used this a *lot* and every angle on it, too. I like to keep those things alive even if they aren’t being used.
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I’ll find a better place for it, but I’m going to keep the old base. Someone used this a *lot* and every angle on it, too. I like to keep those things alive even if they aren’t being used.
The base on my Stanley 358 mitre box was chewed up enough it was becoming annoying so I made a new one out of some mahogany I re-sawed the other day.
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The base on my Stanley 358 mitre box was chewed up enough it was becoming annoying so I made a new one out of some mahogany I re-sawed the other day.
Update on this little collection of drawers that I’ve been discovering in the scrap wood. I’ve been really freeform in my design process for this and it’s very not period correct or anything. I wasn’t sure the number of drawers or the layout until today and the reeding on the sides was a late add.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Update on this little collection of drawers that I’ve been discovering in the scrap wood. I’ve been really freeform in my design process for this and it’s very not period correct or anything. I wasn’t sure the number of drawers or the layout until today and the reeding on the sides was a late add.
Sometimes you make a mistake and run out of the thin stock you had made, so you just bevel the heck out of a 1/2” scrap and rough down the thickness a bit to make a drawer bottom.
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Sometimes you make a mistake and run out of the thin stock you had made, so you just bevel the heck out of a 1/2” scrap and rough down the thickness a bit to make a drawer bottom.
And then there were six. I still need to decide how these want to be layed out.
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
And then there were six. I still need to decide how these want to be layed out.
After another couple of hours making tiny drawer boxes, my fortune cookie fortune feels like an attack.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
After another couple of hours making tiny drawer boxes, my fortune cookie fortune feels like an attack.
The pulls came today. I think they really make the drawer fronts.
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The pulls came today. I think they really make the drawer fronts.
Rough sawn and planed undersides to the drawer bottoms.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Rough sawn and planed undersides to the drawer bottoms.
Halfway there with drawers. Not my proudest tails but stronger than they need to be for this size.
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Halfway there with drawers. Not my proudest tails but stronger than they need to be for this size.
This vintage Millers Falls coping saw is appreciably better than anything you can buy new today, and the Pegas 18tpi skip tooth blades are amazing.
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This vintage Millers Falls coping saw is appreciably better than anything you can buy new today, and the Pegas 18tpi skip tooth blades are amazing.
Since I made a bunch of lefts and no rights, I need to make another piece of 3/8’s poplar. East peasy. Once you have a scrub plane you start to move away from everything being stock sizes and go with what looks right.
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Since I made a bunch of lefts and no rights, I need to make another piece of 3/8’s poplar. East peasy. Once you have a scrub plane you start to move away from everything being stock sizes and go with what looks right.