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   MRockwell | Sep 26, 2009 06:20am | #1

   Lookin' good basswood.

   Does that go in a wall application or floor? 

    

   ask me sometime about a wood diffuser I built to duct out under a window bench...

    

    

   Mitch

   http://www.freewebs.com/glenndalepedalplane/
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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 06:50am | #2

   Thanks Mitch,This is for a wall. They still need to paint the wall cavity flat black, before I install it.

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   FatRoman | Sep 26, 2009 05:36pm | #7

   Alright...
   what about the wood diffuser you built to duct out under a window bench?'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb

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   MRockwell | Sep 28, 2009 06:15am | #23

   Ya just had ta ask.....LOL

   Here's the bench with diffuser:

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   I decided to cut the slots on the table saw, using a plunge cut.  Well, on the second pass, I got a kickback jambing the piece into my thumb(if I recall correctly, this all happened when my idiot brother walked up as I was using the saw and said "whutcha doin?").  The blade also chewed into the piece and ruined it.  After that I decided to use the plunge router to cut the slots.  It worked much better. 

    

   Mitch

   http://www.rdwoodworks.comhttp://www.freewebs.com/glenndalepedalplane/

   
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   basswood | Oct 02, 2009 12:54am | #24

   Hey Mitch,On the table saw, I would lower the blade below the table, clamp the work piece down to the table, and cut the slot by raising the blade, move fence, repeat.Looks good with the router though.Here's mine, installed.

   
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   dovetail97128 | Oct 02, 2009 04:57am | #25

   I can see myself as a kid having spent a few hours shooting marbles into that !!! Beautiful work.
   Life is Good

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   bluejae | Sep 26, 2009 08:39am | #3

   Nice. Way classier than a stamped metal version

   It's just wood.

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 04:28pm | #5

   Thanks, I think it made the homeowners day when I delivered it yesterday. :o)

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   TomT226 | Sep 26, 2009 01:39pm | #4

   Nice.

   Just wondering why you didn't do sliding dovetails instead of those old dados?

   I guess old world craftsmanship is gone. ;-)

    

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 04:30pm | #6

   I would have done that, but the edges are captured in the baseboard... so you only see the face. ;o)

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   TomT226 | Sep 26, 2009 10:12pm | #14

   Just didn't want you to get the big head. ;-)

   BTW, what's the $$.  I may have some customers. 

   Of course, you git a kickback.... 

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   Snort | Sep 26, 2009 10:59pm | #16

   Very nice. Please post some pics of the finished install.

   An architect had me make this air return cover years ago.

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   I didn't care much for the real louvers showing from behind...

   http://www.tvwsolar.com

   We'll have a kid

   Or maybe we'll rent one

   He's got to be straight

   We don't want a bent one

   He'll drink his baby brew

   From a big brass cup

   Someday he may be president

   If things loosen up

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 11:36pm | #19

   Thanks,Yours looks nifty. Could the metal grill have been given the flat black treatment?Bass

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   Snort | Sep 27, 2009 04:18pm | #20

   <Could the metal grill have been given the flat black treatment?>don't see why not, good idea!http://www.tvwsolar.com

   We'll have a kid

   Or maybe we'll rent one

   He's got to be straight

   We don't want a bent one

   He'll drink his baby brew

   From a big brass cup

   Someday he may be president

   If things loosen up

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 11:26pm | #17

   Just grilling me, I see.$120 for a 6x32, unfinished$180 finished.

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   MikeHennessy | Sep 26, 2009 06:05pm | #8

   I've got three of those I gotta make in the next few weeks -- waiting for lousy weather so I can justify shop time vs. getting the exterior stuff done. Two of them are currently covering holes where there used to be returns, but are no longer used. I figure I'll make the grids out of oak like you did and fill where the voids used to be with something dark, like walnut, so they'll still go with whats there and in use.

   Nice job. How did you space the slots (which I assume you cut on the TS with a dado) -- freehand or use a jig?

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA
   Everything fits, until you put glue on it.

   
   

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 08:41pm | #11

   Hi Mike,I did use the a Freud dado head, set for 5/16". I used 1-1/2" centers as that number divided into both the height and width evenly (6x32"). In this case, since I only made one, I skipped the jig step. I marked my centers and aligned the marks between the two outside blades of the dado set (the inside edges of the two blades met right at my marks, so I just went with that method).I did the final planing of the purlins for thickness with the shallowest of passes (so they just fit the dados).

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   MikeHennessy | Sep 26, 2009 10:57pm | #15

   Thanks. That's pretty much what I intend to do too.Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PAEverything fits, until you put glue on it.

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 11:34pm | #18

   I cut from dadoes from the middle to the ends, and used the fence as a reference, run, flip, run... two dados per set up. The miter gauge does the work and just skim the fence (warning no pressure on the fence, and fence and miter guage perfectly perpendicular to each other and fence dead-on parallel with the blade). I had no issues, but it is because I have a strong desire to keep all my parts in good working order... and to not mess up the work.All the best,Bass

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   PedroTheMule | Sep 26, 2009 06:38pm | #9

   Yo basswood,

   Doode you could have had some fella in China make that for $2 at least 1/4 as good.....

   Here's to American craftsmanship.....a man's pride and skill like no other!

   Now that's FineHomebuilding - Cheers!

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 08:43pm | #12

   Thanks, this homeowner is happy to have a local craftsman do the work. Nice to work for folks like that.

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   Kivi | Sep 26, 2009 08:21pm | #10

   Very nice!  Those are the kind of things that add alot of polish to the finished product.

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   basswood | Sep 26, 2009 08:44pm | #13

   Thanks, I might get a pic of the grill installed on Monday.

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   runnerguy | Sep 27, 2009 04:37pm | #21

   As others have said, nice work. Very nice!

   Runnerguy

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   basswood | Sep 27, 2009 09:13pm | #22

   Thanks. Today the only grill work I'm doing is Lamb-Kabobs. :o)