Jerry Alfaro's Page

The snare is an old gretsch have an even older one , wondering whwt you plan to do with that great wood on your home page

Jerry:
I don't have plans, but I will try to explain as much as possible. It started out as an Idea, I did draw some sort of plans on an old cad program that will only print to a dot matrix printer. The cabinet itself started out as Melamine 5/8" as 3/4 is hard to get here and weighs tons. I'd switch to plywood G1S. . Beside which Kreg screws like ply better and it is easier to edge with iron on wood tape. The starting dimensions are approx 18" x 31 high x 27 long before I applied face frames of birch (1 1/2 x 3/4). The legs are 3/4 x 2" birch, the height with wheels is same as cabinet on wheels. As you can see, the legs 1 1/2 x 2 close to the wheels just to accomodate the caster pads. That means that when folded , your table hinge has to come out 1 1/2 inch away from the cabinet just to fold flat. @ birch blocks were screwed to the cabinet in two places and a gate hinge was used to hinge the top. Top is 40 x 72 before I routed to edge it with birch. I can explain this much better in conversation and you may call me direct @905-885-6122 if you wish. I wasn't quite sure how to prevent the table from swinging up while moving (slightly folds to the upright position) but a frien a friend of mine suggested one of the powerful rare earth magnets so you don't have to bend over to unlock anything.
Oh by the way, I am about to post pictures of the Murphy wall bed I've been working on the lastlittle while.

HI Jerry, In answer to your question about the wood. It is hickory of what we call "calico" getting the name "Calico" from the mixed colors of the heart wood and the sap wood. What I did here is to use the roughest wood I could find for defects. I have been using a epoxy resin with a black stain to fill these defects. I purchased the wood from a lumber dealer buying the thickest I can find and then mill it to 13/16 " I have used this epoxy trick on almost all species of wood of which the best have been pine, hickory and cherry birch and maple. The results are two fold, you get a stricking piece of wood that is strong for the price of trash wood. Most figure the wood to be throw away, which I find to be treasures . I looked at your page and you have some very nice projects as well.

Just stopped by your page to see your pics and it is probably the most intriguing page that I have checked out so far; I don't know much about milling, just about building:-)  Great info and illustrations though, thank you!

Jerry,

I like the die cast model car case that you built! I've been trying to design one myself and you beat me to the punch. Would you be willing to share your material list with me?

Thanks,

Mack

If you add me as a friend I can send you a pdf document with the die-cast car case build.

jerry-

When you get time I would love to get a PDF of the case you made really looks nice!!!

Thanks Mike