Scratch Build – In Progress Cherry wood case water cooled

Beast I will make it worth the wait I promise. LOL

 

Looking forward to the updates too duder !!

 

roger that Colossous. I have had some kind of week here.

 

New Toy for Fathers day!



My wife and family got me a gift certificate from one of my local wood working stores so I purchased a laser alignment for my drill press.

 

Very very nice gift, gotta love the lasers, I have never seen a drill press with lasers sooo cool


P.S. What are you going to do with your old one???

 

awesome dude

 

Tale Gunner... You and I got the same thing...

 

I new i had seen that laser somewhere else!

btw nice project, really admiring your work!

 

When they first came out I wanted one but that was something that was not a requirement for my work just a luxury. Now that most of my tools are purchased and the opportunity presented itself I just couldn't resist. Where did you get yours? I got mine on sale at Woodcraft.

 

Thank you, I'm enjoying it for sure.

 

This was a add on to the drill press. Aftermarket item.

 

Thanks x06jsp. I love toys and my wife knows it! LOL

 

So did I. I had to get some dark wood glue, french curves and some walnut stain for my case and saw these. I thought they were a luxury as well, but after spending half a day drilling holes, I realized it was more a useful tool...

It hasn't eliminated all my errors, but at least my eye sight appreciates it.

 

nice lasers. havent seen an update in a while so i assume you are working on those custom panels. take your time, im sure they will be well worth the wait!

 

As soon as the stitches heal I will be working on the custom panels again. A 1" chisel took out my thumb. I haven't been hit by a chisel in 15 years. Hummmmph! O Well, I can work on the rest of the case while I wait.

 

Well today I started out working on the drive cage and thought about working on the custom panels. I was using a 1 " chisel when I switched hands and put the sharp thingy in my left hand. Well I paid for that mistake. So after my trip to the emergency room I decided to work on the drive cage again.



I took a small drill bit to make a hole in the metal flange of the drive cage and a small needle bit to open a hole in the cherry wood. I drove in brass nails to hold the drive cage in place.

After routing my trim on the router table using the smallest cove bit (in keeping with the rest of the wood trim) I began to trim out the drive cage.





From the picture you can see a new trim piece on the side of the case. I later sanded that smooth and it looks great. Its to support the hinges on the raised panel door.



Here you can see a rabbet cut in the side of the case. That is to hold smoked plexiglas panels on both sides.

You can also see more trim on the side of the drive cage.



Things are beginning to look up on this log.





Proper clearance on the buttons so everything is good

Until the batteries went dead on the camera. As soon as they charge I will have more pictures.... LOL

 

Well here is the picture of the front of the unit with the trim in place.



And here is a picture of the new brace behind the hinges (looked really bad in the earlier pic LOL)

 

ouch! hope everything heals back even better than before. trim is looking good.

 

looks very good great work on the wood.
cant wait to see the result

 

looking good!

ouch!! how deep did the chisel cut?