RobWoodCutter
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THE CHRISTMAS GIFT
Our cats have been our only children.
Our children have come along as strays and shared thier lives with us for the past three decades. Most have passed on as young tots and teenagers. We now we have a few that have reached a senior citizen age and need help to climb up and reach our laps as we sit and our sides as we sleep. Out of love for our children, I have built a simple step stool for the cats. On the steps are the images of all of our cats, eleven in all that we have had since 1980.
My Festools have been my partners in my journey to honor the joys our cats have given us over the years.
Luckily we had taken some decent photos of each of the cats over the past thirty years. Each step has three cat heads that were burnt into the pine. Each side has a full body of a cat.
The project was made from reclaim pine, from a shelf unit that was built 20 years ago.
The tools used were:
- TS-55 Track Saw
- Kapex
- T18 Drill
- OF1400 Router
- Domino
- ETS 150/5 Sander
The track saw was used to rip the boards to width and cross cut the side pieces.
The Kapex was used to cross cut the steps and the braces.
The T18 was used to drill the half and quarter circles.
The OF1400 Router was used for round over and cove cuts on the sides and steps.
The Domino was used to make the loose tenons that held the two piece side boards together the to attach the steps to the sides.
The ETS 150/5 was used for pre and posts finish sanding.
The photos document the journey of the tools that brought us the treasure.
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This will be a Christmas Gift for the cats "mother" and my wife. Rob
EDIT> put spaces between pictures
Our cats have been our only children.
Our children have come along as strays and shared thier lives with us for the past three decades. Most have passed on as young tots and teenagers. We now we have a few that have reached a senior citizen age and need help to climb up and reach our laps as we sit and our sides as we sleep. Out of love for our children, I have built a simple step stool for the cats. On the steps are the images of all of our cats, eleven in all that we have had since 1980.
My Festools have been my partners in my journey to honor the joys our cats have given us over the years.
Luckily we had taken some decent photos of each of the cats over the past thirty years. Each step has three cat heads that were burnt into the pine. Each side has a full body of a cat.
The project was made from reclaim pine, from a shelf unit that was built 20 years ago.
The tools used were:
- TS-55 Track Saw
- Kapex
- T18 Drill
- OF1400 Router
- Domino
- ETS 150/5 Sander
The track saw was used to rip the boards to width and cross cut the side pieces.
The Kapex was used to cross cut the steps and the braces.
The T18 was used to drill the half and quarter circles.
The OF1400 Router was used for round over and cove cuts on the sides and steps.
The Domino was used to make the loose tenons that held the two piece side boards together the to attach the steps to the sides.
The ETS 150/5 was used for pre and posts finish sanding.
The photos document the journey of the tools that brought us the treasure.
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This will be a Christmas Gift for the cats "mother" and my wife. Rob
EDIT> put spaces between pictures
