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Anong tool? Ahhh...tulad mo like ko na din gumamit ng manual tools like a micro sanding block 😀

Re: Jarod WIP Competition

Anong tool? Ahhh...tulad mo like ko na din gumamit ng manual tools like a micro sanding block 😀

Ha? :confused::confused: hindi naman micro ang Bosch ROS ah... :p

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Continuing my saga on my very first peer-pressured work for the sake of the ultimate clamps and dear router bits to which I still have no router to slap it on...

It was a long day at work, tired of the usual monotonous stuff and eagerly excited to come home in order to do it all over again. Of course i need to do some progress in the obra that I claim so off goes another set of work but a bit different this time as I liked it more.

Yesterday my dear readers, we have seen how we have chosen to cut the dear wood sticks into smaller wood sticks. We have also seen the different imported tools from China (No pun intended as I am part Chinese as well). Also, we have seen how we have chosen to use vertical and horizontal lines as our creative markings.

Now, we will attempt to remove the notches that we have previously made in order for us to follow the wood pattern. On this aspect, we could use a coping saw but I will be chiseling out it instead. For all you know, chiseling is one of the things that I wish our dear creator have not made. It is one of my least favorite portion since it involves a lot or monotonous hard word just for little effect. But since we have no power tools, I have no choice but to handle my dear chisel with all my guts.

Some might ask why do I have a chisel if I do hate chiseling? It's because of the fact that I know that i will be needing it one day and I like the color combination of blue and yellow of Irwins. I know, i know it's a bit shallow but c'mon give me a break, one ouf our dear friends here in PHM beebeenator loves orange way more than I love blue nd yellow! (You're welcome Ben, I'm making you famous here you know)

So off the chisel go from my toolbox to my work piece. Since it's an Irwin, it's not that cheap so I trusted the sharp metal thing to cut the notches that we have made earlier. I place the chisel on top of the waste part and started tapping it. I did not expected the wood to be carved that easily, it's like scooping your first scoop of ice cream (a frozen one in this case). I even tried to manually push the chisel into that wood just like the chiseling videos in the net and I see thin sheets of wood being removed (it's like scraping butter with a knife this time (oh boy what a feeling). I am now a convert of chiseling but i still hate sharpening, period.

After cutting the groove and notches, off we go to sanding and placing a round-over on the sharp edges of the now ever shorter and ever thinner wood sticks. Since I have no rare-and-ultimately-worshiped Mujifang round over chisel, I brought out my sheets of Deluxe H20-proof sandpapers made from Silicon Carbide with USA quality and started my painful journey or sanding the faces and edges of the wood until it's smooth like a baby's butt. This time, I created more finer dust so it's always better to have a dust mask handy.

nice chisel,nice hand tools you have,mukhang pinaghandaan mong mabuti tong contest..good luck.2 days nalang.

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Just to post the final pics...

Notches removed and the edges are sanded. Next step is to finally sand all the faces and edges with higher grit sand paper together with the notched parts.

I decided not to put anything on the wood surface as to have a more "raw" look. I am not a fan of shiny objects so I thought that the item would speak more to the person as the way as it should - raw wood.

Final product shot a.k.a. beauty shot

I made a toy wooden puzzle.

It may not be extravagant or that complicated but I want something that could be fully utilized to it's potential and make the person more curious. It's a great conversation piece as well.

My apologies for the short write-up as it was a not-so-good day for me. I wish to post the step-by-step puzzle solution as well but I could not. I did not report to work because I had been running to them rest room the whole night accompanied with headache and joint pains due to dehydration.

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great for kids!

and yes i believe that it should not be finished with any paint or varnish at all...not unless the curious one has some hyperhidrosis like me 😮

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hoping you are well now

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good job i like puzzle hmmm paano mo nabuo yan :confused:

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ang gara,ang galing,pang high IQ.nice work.

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thread locked until a winner is chosen...
good luck to all!