Wood Shop

I usually try to resist making a lot of short entries on the BLOGS but I guess I have to break my own rules this time.

Window Work, Again

Roger Kramer and John Faulhaber are shown using the router, cutting copes on the top and bottom rails for the current work order for nine new windows for Illinois Central 3996.  Previously in the day, cheek cuts or tenon stop shoulders were cut on all of these.  Mass producing multiple copies makes the involved tool set up more productive as any cut can be reproduced accurately.

Door Work

Tim Peters is working on the many door panels found on and in Chicago Rapid Transit 1797.  They get stripped of old paint, repaired where wood parts have deteriorated, and all joints re-fit and re-glued.  Using epoxy based adhesives for this means one step equals one day, allowing time to cure the epoxy two part mix.