Dead tree removal

This tree in the back yard has been dead for a while now. It is situated between my house and the neighbors. Not the easist place to fell a tree.

Add The fence and there was allot to avoid

Kara is always eager to help





The first drop went right were I wanted









My Little Lumber Jack

The second drop bent the chain link fence a bit but it is easily reparible.

Running a chain saw is hard work. I am not as young as I used to be

Shaker Storage Cabinet

I needed a piece for storage in the family room games,toy's,etc . I built this Cabinet from plans in the same magazine as the Shaker wall clock. Again another shaker piece. The simplicity and simple lines are part of the appeal for me. The wood is poplar. I planed it all down from rough cut lumber with my planer.

The carcase is joined with Dado's. The face frame and doors are joined with Mortise and tenon joints. The Mortise and Tenon is an extremely old joint. It is simple to cut and very strong.

For more information on this joint see here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortise_and_tenon

The door panels are raised. The flat sides are put forward. The shakers made plain designs in there furniture. As fancy designs were considered to proud.

For more information on shaker furniture see here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaker_Furniture

Painted with milk paint and a stained Maple Top.

The adjustable shelves make it convenient and it has plenty of storage.

I had a lot of fun making this project.

Shaker Wall Clock

I have always liked Shaker style furniture. They have a simple ellegance

I built this clock from the plans in this magazine.

This is my version of the Clock. It is made from Rift sawn Oak

It has a ready made Quartz movement. Someday I want to machine my own movement for it.

This clock was a lot of fun to builld.

Ratching Candle stand

Here is another project.I was looking for something to make
for a Gift and found this picture.I thought the octagon top was

unusual and made a nice looking piece.

I drew up a print in my CAD software to get dimensions and scale.

This is the final product. The wood is Quarter-Sawn Oak.

It was a challenge to figure out the scale and details of the jointery from a fuzzy picture. Plus the gift was a hit.

Mission Style lamp

I saw this picture in a magazine. when I saw it I knew I had to build It. When I went to the company's website and saw the price($600.00) I about fell over.

This is the result I built it in a couple of weekends for under $100.00 I changed the dimensions of the shade a little bit. I thought the original looked a little bit to short.

The wood is Quarter- sawn Oak. And the shade is made of copper strip's soldered together.

The Model Enginer Beam Engine

This is the last Engine That I Have built It was Constructed using Plans that were published in Model Engineer Magazine in Oct 1959-May of 1960. It is a Victorian era engine Circa mid to late 19th Century.This is an elevation drawing from the plans

The engine is made with several castings.Here are the patterns that I made from wood.These are used to form the sand molds. This one is for the flywheel.

This one is for the baseplate

This one is for the Beam

This is for the Governor Support Once the sand molds are made They are filled with molten Iron to create castings.

These are some of the completed castings before Machining

Some of the Miscellaneous parts after machining.

The Main Column has a Roman feel to it.

The colmn with Entabliture attached

The column with truss bearings and supports added

The connecting rod. Cutting the flutes was a real challenge

Connecting rod with top end bearings installed.The assembly is held together with tapered keys witch was common practice in the 19th century.

Connecting rod lower end.

Crankshaft (minus the crank) and main bearings and supports

After approximately 500 hrs. of work and over 200 individually machined parts this is the final product.

The tank in the lower left of the photo is for water the pump pulls water from the bottom and returns it through the tube at the top

The cylinder,Valve chest and linkage

This is the the Parallel Motion Linkage. For more information on how it works see here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_motion

To see a Video of this on a full size engine see here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSDe0dFr5vg&NR=1

This view shows the crankshaft and lower end of the connecting rod. The governor support and gearing can also be seen in the background.

This is the flyball governor this controls the speed of the engine. For more information on how it works see here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyball_governor

For a Video of how it works see here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvo04LgWcTU

This is the Beam,bearings,and supports

This is the pump assembly

Here is a video of The Engine running

For a video of a full size Engine running see here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM4IgahKHNY&feature=related