Hobbit themed Teardrop

[Tony Latham]

Tony Latham's book and Adam Savage's "Every Tool's a Hammer" are two reads

Thanks. Now I have to read Adam's book.

Tony

 

[yayeric]

As usual, everything takes longer than I anticipate.

Finished getting all the trim fitted. The dowels really helped with this, it appeared to be making the future attachment process easier

 

[yayeric]

I needed even more dowels. Also, learned how to use t a drum sander, which saved an amazing amount of time. Still took 5 hours though!

...and everything is sanded

 

[yayeric]

Next, added a small 45° edge to the perimeter of the trim. This small addition really made the individual pieces 'pop'


Before

After

Adding the rest...

 

[yayeric]

Using Raka's thicker epoxy to attach everything, no fiberglass. The first layer of fiberglass epoxy was previously sanded - I resanded it with a coarser grit to hopefully increase the physical attackment

I quickly applied the epoxy, then simply pushed on the trim. For some reason this took for ever..... I thought I would be done in 3 hours but it took 21 hours, split over 3 days. I still don't understand why, simply mix epoxy, lather it on, attach the trim with dowels. It only took 10-20 minutes to attach the trim and dowels with no epoxy. It was extremely time consuming for no apparant reason. I'm still puzzled by this......

I only had to use clamps on the curved bits and bowed some wood to push some of the pieces that weren't exactly flat to be fluah with the exterior.

 

[yayeric]

Clean up time. I wish I scraped the spillage flat when it was still wet, but I was exhausted after it taking unexpectingly long. Scraping it dry took some time, and I think I've got some long days of sanding the edges to make the next coat of epoxy appear clean - we'll see. I'll have to run a test.

To trim the dowel edges, I used an oscilating tool. Because the oscilating bit tips are flared for wood, I ground it flush on a blade sharpener and sanded the edges to prevent any cutting on the trim surface

This was one of the very few things that took significantly less time than I thought

 

[yayeric]

Building the remaining pieces for the galley. Need additional storage for cups and what not

First to do was test fit some cardboard, get an idea for the shape

I like it. Cut out some baltic birch. Only had 3/4 inch thick birch, used the drum sander to make it 1/2 inch. A beautiful layer emerged with dark brown wooden streaks. I wish more baltic birch was sold this way

Cut the edges at a 30° angle to size

Made some more walnut trim following the same pattern of the drawers, cut them out with a CO2 laser cutter, sanded off the burn marks, and cut those edges with a 30° to fit. Everything is looking clean

 

[Pmullen503]

Fantastic work.

 

[Paintsalot]

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Firm believer that anyone can do anything, you simply need to give it the time that it needs.

Tony Latham's book and Adam Savage's "Every Tool's a Hammer" are two reads I recommend before taking on this endevour

Looks great. Where will you take it camping? I agree that with practice most people can do just about anything. They just have to have the desire and willpower to do it.
Woodworking can be a bit therapeutic.

 

[TimC-TNT]

You are a Craftsman! Beautiful detail work. Love it!