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**Mark** · 09-05-2006, 08:01 PM

I would like to see some more submissions, keep them coming guys!

**bobj3** · 09-06-2006, 11:55 AM

Tea Kart

I made this about 2 years ago, It has two flip up ends that lock into place and with two drawers for storage.

It's made to roll around but it has become more or less a place for the wifes toys see snapshots

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Bj

Lee Brubaker · 09-06-2006, 12:51 PM

Basically a router table project. Wood species...red oak. Eight panels two of which serve as doors. Finishing involve using grain filler on everything except the 8 flat panels. Dark walnut stain applied to the entire project resulting in the panels being a darker contrasting colour than the grain filled balance of the project.

Lee

Lee Brubaker · 09-06-2006, 02:12 PM

With no kids hence, no grandchildren, through the course of the year my scrap bin yields toys which at Christmas are distributed by the fire dept to the children of needy families.

Lee

Lee Brubaker · 09-06-2006, 07:00 PM

Shortly after retirement & not very confident, my wife ordered a tea wagon so off I went to Lee Valley & bought plans, front wheels, & rear castors. Some local pirates had black walnut on sale. Everything went fine until I got to the point of installing the castors. Those 4" tall castors were meant for installing in a shelf rather than to the bottom of turned legs. You guessed it...no 4" tall castors for that kind of installation. Had to buy smaller height castors & make turnings to increase the length of the rear legs...tenon the turnings into the legs...then install the castors. What a "bummer", but at least it worked.

Lee

**bobj3** · 09-06-2006, 08:33 PM

Nice Lee

The wheels are not cheap !,What do you think you have in it (total price) I was thinking about making one for a buddy, he ask me to check on the parts and what it would cost for him to make it or if I made it.
I have some maple and he has some cherry stock put away for one.
Do the plans tell you how many board ft. it takes to make it. ?

I made one also but not with the big wheels, but I had the wood stock on hand at the time but I also sent off for the 4 wheels I used, they where not cheap ,if I recall about 18.oo bucks ea.that got his eyes real big when I told him that.
I was thinking of using the Oak_Park 12" Wheel Jig to made the front wheels,that I have on hand and it would save about 130.oo on the total cost what do you think ?
One more note ?, did you buy the legs or did you turn them ?
Buy=if so how much for ea. ?

Thanks
Bj

Oak-Park wheel jig below
http://us.oak-park.com/catalogue.html?list=WJIG--
Cart Plans below
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,46158,46161
Legs
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...DB&filter=legs
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...DB&filter=legs

Lee Brubaker · 09-07-2006, 05:49 PM

Bj: I used the front wheels & the plan from Lee Valley. The rear caster wheels offered by LV cannot be mounted in the bottom of the rear legs...hence not applicable to the plan they sell. They are for bolting through the shelf.
If you are going to put a lot of effort into a tea wagon, in my opinion, it should look classy when you are finished or your friend is not going to be very happy with it, & my impression in talking to you....neither will you. That said, I do not think the Oak Park type wheels fit this bill. Look fine on a kids wagon but a nice tea wagon uh uh. Now that I have made a wooden wheel (spinning wheel) were I to do it again, I would make may own tea wagon front wheels & make them so that I could use band saw tires. The wagon then is not gonna go clunk, clunk, across a hard surface floor. You can hang a router on your RAS so you should be able to make a attractive wood wheel.
I turned the legs on my wagon( I have a lathe that I bought with my paperboy money 51 years ago...yipe !) I suspect that you do not have a lathe ? Buying legs can run into bucks. Keep in mind that the front legs are shorter than the rear legs because of the large front wheels.
I can't recall how many bf & the plans don't say but I do remember having to sit down & figure out a guesstimate. I seem to recall about 20. The bottom shelf I should mention is 3/4" plywood to which I applied 1/8" veneer. I bandsawed the veneer off the walnut planks so that everything matched. Not counting the wheels & castors the wagon cost about $180.00. Your friend may think that expensive but The Bay has had a piece of crap in their furniture store for the past 5 years priced at $550.00. No wonder it has not had any takers.

Lee

Lee Brubaker · 09-07-2006, 06:24 PM

Another fun project....especially without outboard lathe turning capacity. The wheel rim & hub were formed using a router mounted on my RAS. The hub was pre-drilled for the axle, then a dowel of the same size used on a turntable
for finishing with the router on the RAS. The hub was then split in half on the bandsaw. Bolted back together & then drilled for the spokes. The wheel segments were pre-drilled for the spokes prior to glue-up & then when glued-up, machined to finished size (24"dia.) using the router mounted on the RAS.This method allows you to glue the spokes into the rim & half hub.Then glue in the second half hub. If your careful during assy, the split in the hub is barely noticeable. Used red oak because that is what I had. Not the best species for turning.

Lee

Lee Brubaker · 09-07-2006, 06:34 PM

This is the one I messed up posting before. A good router table project & the first tambour that I had made. Red Oak to match the cupboards. Spice bottles & metal drawer sides sourced at Lee Valley. The latter was used to maximize drawer space for storage of bulk spices. A tambour was used to enable the "cook" to utilize counter space & while doing so, still be able to access spices.

Lee

**bobj3** · 09-07-2006, 10:58 PM

Thanks Lee for the feed back ):

Your right I don't have a lathe anymore it was taking more floor space than I willing to give it,You can just make so many bows,hammers and legs, so I sold it off and found out I could buy the legs at the right price when I need a set or use a mates lathe if I need a leg I can't find..
3 years ago I made many foot ball banks on the lathe and that did it for me, I spent many hours on the banks and got very little for them when I sold them and bows are real hard to sell

it's a give away item most of the time.

Just a NOTE about the Oak-Park Tea Wagon Wheel Jig, You should try this jig, it's a great jig,If you take two parts of 3/4" hardwood and one part of birch plywood,then cut the wheel out and use some round over bits they turn out great then take a slot cutter or a rabbit bit and put in a slot on the outside of the wheel to hold a O-Ring in place or put in a rubber ring from a bike wheel,the one that's inside of the tire, I have also used a auto belt (fan belt ,the new type ,that's about 1" wide and 3/16" thick) that also looks great and works great.
You can get O-Ring kits to make any size of O-Rings...

i.e. 1/4" thick x 12" O.D.

Bj

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09-06-2006, 11:55 AM	#32
bobj3 Forum Contributer Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Littleton,Colorado U.S.A. Posts: 8,256 View bobj3's Gallery	Report This Post! Tea Kart Tea Kart I made this about 2 years ago, It has two flip up ends that lock into place and with two drawers for storage. It's made to roll around but it has become more or less a place for the wifes toys see snapshots . Bj Attached Thumbnails __________________ PodCast videos RWS on YouTube http://www.routerforums.com/86898-post1.html Besure and click on the Up Arrow key ▲ on the Youtube video, you can select other youtube videos on router tables http://www.woodworkingonline.com/?s=dovetail Machine Cut ▼ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/200...cut-dovetails/ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/woo...podcast-store/ http://www.woodshopdemos.com/menu2.htm Bob J.
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09-06-2006, 12:51 PM	#33
Lee Brubaker Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 140 View Lee Brubaker's Gallery	Report This Post! Drum Table Basically a router table project. Wood species...red oak. Eight panels two of which serve as doors. Finishing involve using grain filler on everything except the 8 flat panels. Dark walnut stain applied to the entire project resulting in the panels being a darker contrasting colour than the grain filled balance of the project. Lee Attached Thumbnails
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09-06-2006, 02:12 PM	#34
Lee Brubaker Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 140 View Lee Brubaker's Gallery	Report This Post! Toys With no kids hence, no grandchildren, through the course of the year my scrap bin yields toys which at Christmas are distributed by the fire dept to the children of needy families. Lee Attached Thumbnails
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09-06-2006, 07:00 PM	#35
Lee Brubaker Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 140 View Lee Brubaker's Gallery	Report This Post! Tea wagon Shortly after retirement & not very confident, my wife ordered a tea wagon so off I went to Lee Valley & bought plans, front wheels, & rear castors. Some local pirates had black walnut on sale. Everything went fine until I got to the point of installing the castors. Those 4" tall castors were meant for installing in a shelf rather than to the bottom of turned legs. You guessed it...no 4" tall castors for that kind of installation. Had to buy smaller height castors & make turnings to increase the length of the rear legs...tenon the turnings into the legs...then install the castors. What a "bummer", but at least it worked. Lee Attached Thumbnails
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09-06-2006, 08:33 PM	#36
bobj3 Forum Contributer Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Littleton,Colorado U.S.A. Posts: 8,256 View bobj3's Gallery	Report This Post! Nice Lee The wheels are not cheap !,What do you think you have in it (total price) I was thinking about making one for a buddy, he ask me to check on the parts and what it would cost for him to make it or if I made it. I have some maple and he has some cherry stock put away for one. Do the plans tell you how many board ft. it takes to make it. ? I made one also but not with the big wheels, but I had the wood stock on hand at the time but I also sent off for the 4 wheels I used, they where not cheap ,if I recall about 18.oo bucks ea.that got his eyes real big when I told him that. I was thinking of using the Oak_Park 12" Wheel Jig to made the front wheels,that I have on hand and it would save about 130.oo on the total cost what do you think ? One more note ?, did you buy the legs or did you turn them ? Buy=if so how much for ea. ? Thanks Bj Oak-Park wheel jig below http://us.oak-park.com/catalogue.html?list=WJIG-- Cart Plans below http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,46158,46161 Legs http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...DB&filter=legs http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...DB&filter=legs __________________ PodCast videos RWS on YouTube http://www.routerforums.com/86898-post1.html Besure and click on the Up Arrow key ▲ on the Youtube video, you can select other youtube videos on router tables http://www.woodworkingonline.com/?s=dovetail Machine Cut ▼ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/200...cut-dovetails/ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/woo...podcast-store/ http://www.woodshopdemos.com/menu2.htm Bob J. Last edited by bobj3; 09-06-2006 at 10:09 PM.
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09-07-2006, 05:49 PM	#37
Lee Brubaker Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 140 View Lee Brubaker's Gallery	Report This Post! Bj: I used the front wheels & the plan from Lee Valley. The rear caster wheels offered by LV cannot be mounted in the bottom of the rear legs...hence not applicable to the plan they sell. They are for bolting through the shelf. If you are going to put a lot of effort into a tea wagon, in my opinion, it should look classy when you are finished or your friend is not going to be very happy with it, & my impression in talking to you....neither will you. That said, I do not think the Oak Park type wheels fit this bill. Look fine on a kids wagon but a nice tea wagon uh uh. Now that I have made a wooden wheel (spinning wheel) were I to do it again, I would make may own tea wagon front wheels & make them so that I could use band saw tires. The wagon then is not gonna go clunk, clunk, across a hard surface floor. You can hang a router on your RAS so you should be able to make a attractive wood wheel. I turned the legs on my wagon( I have a lathe that I bought with my paperboy money 51 years ago...yipe !) I suspect that you do not have a lathe ? Buying legs can run into bucks. Keep in mind that the front legs are shorter than the rear legs because of the large front wheels. I can't recall how many bf & the plans don't say but I do remember having to sit down & figure out a guesstimate. I seem to recall about 20. The bottom shelf I should mention is 3/4" plywood to which I applied 1/8" veneer. I bandsawed the veneer off the walnut planks so that everything matched. Not counting the wheels & castors the wagon cost about $180.00. Your friend may think that expensive but The Bay has had a piece of crap in their furniture store for the past 5 years priced at $550.00. No wonder it has not had any takers. Lee
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09-07-2006, 06:24 PM	#38
Lee Brubaker Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 140 View Lee Brubaker's Gallery	Report This Post! Spinning Wheel Another fun project....especially without outboard lathe turning capacity. The wheel rim & hub were formed using a router mounted on my RAS. The hub was pre-drilled for the axle, then a dowel of the same size used on a turntable for finishing with the router on the RAS. The hub was then split in half on the bandsaw. Bolted back together & then drilled for the spokes. The wheel segments were pre-drilled for the spokes prior to glue-up & then when glued-up, machined to finished size (24"dia.) using the router mounted on the RAS.This method allows you to glue the spokes into the rim & half hub.Then glue in the second half hub. If your careful during assy, the split in the hub is barely noticeable. Used red oak because that is what I had. Not the best species for turning. Lee Attached Thumbnails
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09-07-2006, 06:34 PM	#39
Lee Brubaker Registered User Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 140 View Lee Brubaker's Gallery	Report This Post! Spice Cabinet This is the one I messed up posting before. A good router table project & the first tambour that I had made. Red Oak to match the cupboards. Spice bottles & metal drawer sides sourced at Lee Valley. The latter was used to maximize drawer space for storage of bulk spices. A tambour was used to enable the "cook" to utilize counter space & while doing so, still be able to access spices. Lee Attached Thumbnails
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09-07-2006, 10:58 PM	#40
bobj3 Forum Contributer Supreme Forum King Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Littleton,Colorado U.S.A. Posts: 8,256 View bobj3's Gallery	Report This Post! Thanks Lee for the feed back ): Your right I don't have a lathe anymore it was taking more floor space than I willing to give it,You can just make so many bows,hammers and legs, so I sold it off and found out I could buy the legs at the right price when I need a set or use a mates lathe if I need a leg I can't find.. 3 years ago I made many foot ball banks on the lathe and that did it for me, I spent many hours on the banks and got very little for them when I sold them and bows are real hard to sell it's a give away item most of the time. Just a NOTE about the Oak-Park Tea Wagon Wheel Jig, You should try this jig, it's a great jig,If you take two parts of 3/4" hardwood and one part of birch plywood,then cut the wheel out and use some round over bits they turn out great then take a slot cutter or a rabbit bit and put in a slot on the outside of the wheel to hold a O-Ring in place or put in a rubber ring from a bike wheel,the one that's inside of the tire, I have also used a auto belt (fan belt ,the new type ,that's about 1" wide and 3/16" thick) that also looks great and works great. You can get O-Ring kits to make any size of O-Rings... i.e. 1/4" thick x 12" O.D. Bj __________________ PodCast videos RWS on YouTube http://www.routerforums.com/86898-post1.html Besure and click on the Up Arrow key ▲ on the Youtube video, you can select other youtube videos on router tables http://www.woodworkingonline.com/?s=dovetail Machine Cut ▼ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/200...cut-dovetails/ http://www.woodworkingonline.com/woo...podcast-store/ http://www.woodshopdemos.com/menu2.htm Bob J. Last edited by bobj3; 09-08-2006 at 10:56 AM.
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