Aaron Autry + JMO Woodworks Week of 10.26 – 10.29

Daily Logs

Monday 10.26.20

Hours Worked: 4

  • Milled down two large pieces of sapelle wood to construct a 19’ window sill element.
  • Scarf jointed together the two pieces together to end up around final length.

Tuesday 10.27.20

Hours Worked: 4

  • Began process of milling and ripping down boards of maple to thin strips in order to turn into molding.
  • Finished milling 19’ piece of sapelle down in order to prepare for cutting to final shape.
  • Finish sanded a cedar sign.

Wednesday 10.28.20

Hours Worked: 4

  • Continued milling down the strips from the day before to final dimensions.
  • Learned how to set up the shaper in order to cut the profile for the molding.
  • General shop clean up.

Thursday 10.29.20

Hours Worked: 4

  • Made a new, smaller window sill out of sapelle, around 52”.
  • Sanded doors and other elements for cabinets and prepared them for paint.
  • Finish sanded moldings.

 

Summary

This week a lot of time was spent picking through large boards of maple in order to mill them down to maximize the amount of yield so that we can get the most out of each board as possible.  This was difficult because the wood that was used tends to bend out of shape badly once it is cut making it a difficult wood to cut down to a perfect squared dimension.  After this was done I made another window sill for a client, which is something I have done multiple times since my beginning at JMO.  Then for the rest of the day was spent preparing multiple pieces to a cabinet assembly for paint.

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