Well, I have closed up shop for today. Too many hours in the shop with next to ZERO progress. Any way, here is how my day went.
The LOML and I went shopping for ww stuff I needed for this knife box project, which is costing my a LOT of $$$ right now! I had to get a complete set of small files for making the router pattern for the inside cuts of the box. Lowes had them luckily. I needed a movable arm lamp with a magnifying glass in it. Got one of those at the local fabric store, $70. Found some sand paper that was EXPENSIVE in the 1,000, 1,500, and 2,000 grit range. I got 3 pieces of each grint for $12!!!! And they are only 3" by 9"! Sheesh!!!!
While at the fabric store, I needed real, honest-to-goodness Velvet to line where the knife will sit. I got 1/2 yard as I don't need much and I'm glad too, at $18 a yard. While there I also needed some adhesive that I could use on the velvet to glue it to the wood. The lady there recommended some spray adhesive that won't bleed through the velvet. That was another $11.
Any way, I got all the stuff I needed and I'm still waiting on the wood to arrive from Curlywoods in Texas....as well as the needed router bit from Lee Valley to make the wooden hinges with...also out of Ebony.
Here are some pics of the Day 1 progress report:
1. Hiden away in those little pouches are the knife (left side) and it's accessories (right side).
2. That's me tracing around the knife to get a starting place for making the router template. Yes...you see me wearing a latex glove. When I handle the knife, I have to wear a glove to protect the knife from the acid in my skin so I won't cause the knife to corrode.
3. That's me measuring the router inlay bushing to get a size for just how much I need to "enlarge" the tracing of the knife so the router will cut to the correct size (I hope).
4. Here I'm cutting the FIRST template on my old Excalibur scrollsaw...sure wish I had Terry Quiram's Eclipse about now!
More in the next post.