Any woodworkers?

Thanks. Any tips are much appreciated. I have never used flock before. What are the biggest challenges? Applying the glue evenly or the flock?

 

If the bulk of the machine is good (motors, gears, bearings) and only the cutter needs replaced, I would be hesitant to take on a new motor/gears/bearings. Not denying the need, just hesitant.

 

Ah ok, I see the correlation now.

Looked at that comment wondering "did that person post in the wrong section"

Makes sense.

 

Flocking is accomplished by applying a glue layer, then sprinkling (well ... mostly dumping) flocking on the glue. What does not stick is shaken back into the storage bag for later use. 10 minutes after applying glue no new flocking will stick, at least not well. There is a reason the glue color matches the flocking material color ... some glue may show through later.

BUT ... you get one shot at an application, else you need to sand off and try again. You cannot (or at least I could not) selectively re-apply glue in certain areas (the tiny spots that are bare) and re-apply the flocking. The reason I did not reapply is because it would get clumpy ... the re-apply would be hills on the otherwise flat surface. Others with years of experience I am sure would ROFL over my technique. If I wanted my work perfect I would have removed my imperfect attempt and started over. YMMV, but that is why I said "test on something you can restart or discard".

The gun-holder came out nice and thick, as designed, but it is not a flat surface. Look at the adjacent flat surface to see bare spots.

You can do it. I know I could have restarted, but had better things to do than achieve perfection on a functional nightstand. In your shoes, making a box according to design by the wife ... perfection is the goal. Practice, and be glad the flocking kit covers about 10+ drawers the size you are making. I would expect your first-ever 2 efforts to fail if I was you ("fail" = "not perfect") on samples. Only you know if she says "looks good, honey" really means that.

You can do it, though.

 

Got the stitches out of my left hand today and got the go ahead to do anything that does not cause any pain. I figure woodworking has got to be good physical therapy. So, I started building out the router table stand. Broke down the big sheet with my track saw and fine tuned everything on the table saw. Still a long way to go.

Now moving over to the bourbon thread for the rest of the night.

 

Ok here’s the finished product. I’ll be honest it may be too nice to use.

 

Looks great!

 

After the first scratch it'll all be good, lol.

 

Oh thats already happened!

 

Well done sir! Like the way you incorporated your drill press. Clean lines along all your cabinetry. Great spot for your Craftsman roll cab.

 

That is a big project! It looks very functional with lots of storage. Well done!

 

Got a little time in the shop finally. Drilled out some more holes with a nice new Freud forstner bit. It really is a high quality bit, cuts really nice.
One more mortice hole to drill out then it's chisel time.

 

Drawer boxes are done. Need to decide on draw faces. Plywood or hardwood?

 

Plywood to match the rest

 

That's badass!

But really leaving this large face bare huh?

 

Put some bits to use and carve up an edge profile on hardwood drawer fronts.

 

Dust Collection. Waiting for the clips to mount the 4” to 2 1/2” y adapter. Second pic shows about where it will be mounted. Then with it hooked up to my dust collector.

Headed out of town tomorrow morning so no additional progress likely until next week.

 

All the thru mortices are now drilled out. Time to square them up with chisels, chop chop chop......
Gage blocks are at the ready too.

 

Is there a reason that you didn't use a mortising drill bit in these?

 

Won't fit in the morticing machine. And this is how I've always done mortices before I got my morticing machine. Where you talking about a hollow mortising bit and chisel?