Door Sill Plate project.

[NCSUDucker]

Exam time at the high school today. Had a few kids that working on finishing up projects in the shop so I decided to drive the 39 today and work on a little project to button up how the floor liner meets the door. I ran some sill plates on the CNC out of ash and then poured the carved area with black pigmented epoxy. Once it cures, I'll sand them down to about 1/4" on the drum sander and taper the edges. I think they'll turn out pretty cool. Obviously not stock but neither is my interior

 

[Doublepumper]

Very nice! I've been thinking about doing something for sill plates on my '46 pickup. It also has a not stock interior...and I have some teak that needs a project

 

[Zeke3]

I look forward to seeing pictures of the completed project.

 

[19Fordy]

Excellent. Your students are lucky to have you as their instructor.

 

[glennpm]

Wonderful job and looking forward to this at you finish up.

 

[NCSUDucker]

Excellent. Your students are lucky to have you as their instructor.

Thank you just had a student finish up this cherry vanity the other day. One of the nicest projects from a Woods 2 student I've had in 5 years of being in the position.

I finished up the sills today and installed them. I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out and it definitely buttons up the edges at the door.

 

[Zeke3]

The sill plates turned out great! The vanity looks great also.

 

[TJ]

Thanks for being a shop teacher. There are few remaining in the school system in our town. Very sad for kids that don't want to go to college or can't afford college.

 

[glennpm]

Thanks for being a shop teacher. There are few remaining in the school system in our town. Very sad for kids that don't want to go to college or can't afford college.

Yes, we need to reinstitute shop classes. One of my boys would have benefited from them.

 

[Als48]

Thanks for being a shop teacher. There are few remaining in the school system in our town. Very sad for kids that don't want to go to college or can't afford college.

I fully agree. I majored in Industrial Arts in college after I couldn't make it thru Engineering in the 60's. It worked out great for me as I wound up doing engineering as a designer/technician and loved it. I had a good career at a chemical plant being promoted to engineer. I would have probably been in a similar position with a H.S. and Junior college or trade school degree.

Al Hook

 

[v8fordman]

Nice job. I too have an appreciation for those who can work with their hands. As a career educator, those kids who don’t want to go to college and want to work with their hands, have my highest regards. In one career step, I was the principal of a technical school where we taught carpentry and brick laying. I don’t think there was ever a kid who wanted a job, in field, that didn’t get one. How’s that for job placement percentage? I wanted to add plumbing, hvac, furniture and electrical but everything “computer” took its place.

Kids can still do it though. Check out this coffee table that I bought from a kid after entering it into a woodworking competition. It was made from a piece of scrap wood. It won. Also, check out the factory cart that was completely rebuilt using boards from pallets that veneer was imported on. High schoolers did all of the dressing, sizing and cutting the boards. There’s still hope.

 

[flatford8]

Great stuff!!…..some young people don’t know how good they are with their hands till they’re exposed to it…..like in a shop class at school….it really needs to be brought back to high schools…….Mark

 

[NCSUDucker]

Thanks guys. I switched to the high school woodworking position 6 years ago after teaching middle school science and math for 19 years. Absolutely love the job and my side business pays more than the real job so I'll stay my final 4. I had a girl win the regional skills competition. This kid's project could definitely be in the running for placing in the showcase competition but he is graduating early this semester and the table is a gift to his girlfriend for Christmas (he'll most likely regret that )

On a related note, since bumpers for 39 tonners are like hen's teeth and my truck is the "shop truck" and driven frequently. I decided to do a little something for the bumper as well. At some point someone welded a piece of 1/2" plate metal below the bed. My guess would be something with it originally being a tow truck but who knows.

Here's what I came up with. It's made from white oak and laminated in epoxy. I'll put a UV inhibitor over it before mounting on the welded plate. The quote is part of my business logo and one that holds a strong meaning for me. It was on the wall in my son's auditorium when he was in elementary school and I've tried to instill in him to be a leader and not a follower.

 

[NCSUDucker]

And while you guys that are following along on a woodworking related thread, I've got a question.

Several years ago I won the Our State Magazine's Made in NC award with now patented cocktail smoker. One of the variations I make is called the Sportsman's Edition that uses a vintage magazine cover set below the surface, the cover from a vintage shell box laminated to the infuser, and a paper hull shotgun shell as the outlet.

I'm thinking about doing one of these related to my 39. I've found a couple of cool pieces of advertising on ebay for the 39 but would like some ideas for something I could do for the infuser cover (needs to be paper or cardboard) and something to use for the outlet. Whatever used for the outlet, I would like to be easily identifiable and needs to either be hollow or able to drill a 3/8" hole through it. I thought about maybe attaching one of the V8 emblems or some type of emblem to the infuser as opposed to covering it. Attaching a picture of a Sportsman's and a regular smoker for reference.