The Amateur Machinist does Woodworking
The advantage metal working affords over woodworking, is the better half almost never approaches with “can you make this” requests.
Shop Sanctity, Sanity and Domestic Bliss are maintained.
Alas I had to go and get a couple of woodworking machines. You know, just to handle the most basic tasks.
Like a pair of coat racks for the kitchen
I spot a nice bin of hardwood at work – blocks for packing, sort of stuff steel arrives on.
Wife had requested a pair of coat racks …… hmmmm
I had thought of doing a Homer Simpson spice rack style job to discourage future requests….. but na, I took the high road.
Wood gets jointed then planed on the little Inca. I wish the tables were longer, but with a helical insert cutter and 5hp motor its a little workhorse!
Then they are ripped in half on the Inca bandsaw
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To make it interesting I set up a router table and made various mouldings
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the moulding is wrapped around the ends
getting ready for stainling
A little clean up with a block plane
Colouring is via aniline dye. I tried to get something similar to the kitchen cabinets
At first used varnish but didn’t the gloss.
There is a lot BS out there about finishes! I ended up using a matte polyurethane….. where the BS comes into it is these calling a plastic polyurethane “varnish”
Varnish is a resin, solvent and an oil. By definition a plastic polyurethane is NOT varnish ….. but facts never stopped a marketing dept lol
Coming along, but still some flaws to sand out. I don’t sanding wood – proper wood working should be planed and scraped, but it’s a coat rack so succumbed to the convenience of sanding
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a little 3D printed guide made spacing and alignment of hook mounting holes easy. I chose a brushed nickel as it matches the kitchen hardware.
The two matching racks look good on either side of the pantry ….. and wife is a happy camper!
