FINALLY finished a large project (almost) MANY MANY PICS
Sept 26, 2014 19:54:21 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 19:54:21 GMT -5
I had the first idea for this a year ago when I started smoking the e-cigs. I started the project long enough ago that it has morphed a couple of times. At first it was going to be just stone but a friend told me that they needed to be bigger so I decided to put the small stones with holes on top of slabs. Since I do not have a good way to polish slabs it changed to stone on wood. Nosing around the lumber yard I ran across a box of tongue and groove aromatic cedar for lining closets. Perfect, smells nice and looks really good. I got it home and figured out that it was going to be too thin so I glued two planks together and I was in business. Cut and sanded a bunch of pieces and by the time I figured out there was a dust problem my eyes were swollen almost closed. It took a couple of days to get the eyes cleared up but figured out that even with goggles I was not going to be able to work with cedar any more. I saved a couple of pieces and hauled the rest of the box over to Russ (nowyo) yesterday. Figured it would be better for me if his eyes swell shut.
Anyhoo, I have finished 15 pieces and have one large piece left that I haven't quite figured out how I want to finish building it. I looked through a cart of sale items sitting outside of Ace Hardware (my second home) and found a bunch of solid brass corner protectors marked 75 percent off. I dug through the cart and bought all they had. I am really glad I did because what it added for accent to some of my pieces is amazing (to me anyway).
This is where I started with a bunch of scrap stones and my trusty drill press.
At this point I was thinking about adding wood.
Bought a cheap miter saw and started cutting up the cedar into random pieces. From there I spent a bunch of time matching the stones to the different wood shapes. I wanted things matched up before hand because my plan was to sit the stones into the varnish to save myself having to go back and glue everything. As it turned out (even though I took pics) there was just too much to keep track of and ended up winging it.
After sanding, varnishing, sanding, varnishing and letting the varnish harden enough so the stones would not fall off I spent a day drilling holes in the wood.
The whole shooting match.
To start off this is the biggest piece and the only one that does not have any stone on it.
If you are not bored yet these are pics of the rest of the pieces.
About all the scraps I have left. Yea right.
Since you are still here thank you for taking an interest in what an old dude can make in a shop smaller than a closet. Well, except for when I am in the great outdoors.
Jim
Anyhoo, I have finished 15 pieces and have one large piece left that I haven't quite figured out how I want to finish building it. I looked through a cart of sale items sitting outside of Ace Hardware (my second home) and found a bunch of solid brass corner protectors marked 75 percent off. I dug through the cart and bought all they had. I am really glad I did because what it added for accent to some of my pieces is amazing (to me anyway).
This is where I started with a bunch of scrap stones and my trusty drill press.
At this point I was thinking about adding wood.
Bought a cheap miter saw and started cutting up the cedar into random pieces. From there I spent a bunch of time matching the stones to the different wood shapes. I wanted things matched up before hand because my plan was to sit the stones into the varnish to save myself having to go back and glue everything. As it turned out (even though I took pics) there was just too much to keep track of and ended up winging it.
After sanding, varnishing, sanding, varnishing and letting the varnish harden enough so the stones would not fall off I spent a day drilling holes in the wood.
The whole shooting match.
To start off this is the biggest piece and the only one that does not have any stone on it.
If you are not bored yet these are pics of the rest of the pieces.
About all the scraps I have left. Yea right.
Since you are still here thank you for taking an interest in what an old dude can make in a shop smaller than a closet. Well, except for when I am in the great outdoors.
Jim
Definitely a market for 'em!! 
