So today I got a half-day in the shop and I got the following completed, I really feel like this project is never going to end but I am enjoying the process.
WHAT I DID TODAY
- MILLED THE REST OF 1X2'S
- CROSS CUT THE LENGTH IN THE 200 PARTS
- HAND SANDING TIME
- THE PATTERN
MILLED THE REST OF THE 1X2'S
So i finished milling the rest of the wood for the pattern, this process was the same the same as my last post . I used my palm router with a chamfer bit in it and ran the 8 foot length of 1x2 in sections until I got 9 lengths completed, then i used my sander to smooth over the length to make it smooth to the touch.
Here are the lengths of wood all with the chamfer profile.
Here is a close-up of the chamfer.
CROSSCUT THE LENGTHS
All that was left was to crosscut all the lengths of wood to get the 200 pieces I needed, I started this on my last post I needed to cut 84 more pieces of the 6" and 60 pieces of the 3 3/4" pieces. The same as the last day I used my temporary stop block on my miter saw station because my Kreg stop block could only repeat cuts longer than 12".
Here are all the remaining pieces that I cut tonight, since the chop saw left very rough ends I needed to hand sand them next . If only these were gold bars lol.
Here is another picture of my temporary stop block set-up on the chop saw.
and more saw-dust.....really don't like a messy shop
This was a messy process , the amount of sawdust created using the router and miter saw was a lot, really need dust collection on these tools.
HAND SANDING
After I finished cross cutting all the individual pieces that make up the herring bone pattern, my miter saw left a lot of chip out on some of the pieces and since these were going to be focal point of the dividers I needed to clean them up.
So I used 220 grit sandpaper and cleaned up the edges with the paper, I needed to sand 144 pieces and it took some time but I needed to do them and to be honest I don't mind hand sanding i get to sit down and enjoy the process.
You can see how ugly the edges look on the pieces, that is why I needed to hand sand them.
Here are most of the pieces that I habd sanded.
Finally after all that hand sanding , here are the 200 pieces that will make up the pattern on the front of the dividers.
THE PATTERN
Since I had all the parts ready to use in the pattern, I wanted to see the pattern with real wood and not a 3D image so I arranged the pieces into my predetermined pattern and you can see the image below. The pattern shows just 2 rows so the final divider will have 10 rows and I think it will look awesome.
I also identified a problem, I need to make sute the spacing on all pieces are uniform other wise it will look terrible if they are not all in line with each other, so I think I am going to have to make a pattern jig when laying them out on the divider. It will not be anything fancy I will make it from scrap... more to come on that
Here is the pattern, its very symetrical but I think it will look good, I need to make a jig to keep all these pieces in line with each other or it will look terrible.
NEXT
- Make the pattern layout jig
- Give the dividers another sanding
- Apply another coat of black paint to the fronts.
- Starting applying the herringbone pieces
- Apply a protective finish using my HVLP
- Apply chalk-board paint
- Apply cork-board