The hole saws left a bit of burning on the inside edge of the can holes, so I next took the can retaining pieces over to the oscillating spindle sander and cleaned up the inside of each hole. Unfortunately, I lost hold of one (1) of the pieces while doing this, and managed to break the fence lock-down nut on the sander. Shame on me for leaving it in place. |
Be carefull of spinning can retaining pieces. |
Now that all the pieces were completely cut to size and shape, I took out my trim router and put an ?” roundover on all the outside edges and the can holes and handle. ?” isn’t much, but I find it’s just right for easing a hard edge without making it too soft (especially in ½” material).
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A simple 1/8" roundover makes the edges much friendlier to touch. |
In order assembly the tin can caddies, I used 4mm Dominos to joint the bottom and can retaining pieces to the handle. Since the Dominos penetrated in more than ¼”, I ofsett them relative to each other so that the Dominos of each can retaining piece wouldn’t hit the opposite one in the handle. |
Setting the Domino against a fence is an easy choice for accurate joinery. |
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Lots of parts and lots of Dominos. |
For glue-up, I simply used parallel clamps. I left the Dominos to keep the parts square. They did a pretty good job of this. All of the tin can caddies look square to the eye and are certainly close enough when put against an actual square. |
The Dominos were all it took to keep the pieces square. |
For the finish, I wanted to try something new (to me). I use boiled linseed oil. While I’ve heard many things about how heating your BLO allows it to penetrate better, I simply followed the instructions on the can and cut it 2 to 1 with mineral spirits. I then applied it heavily with a rag, and kept applying to keep it wet for 15 minutes. Then I wiped it off and let the tin can caddies dry. I’m still on the fence about how I feel about BLO as a finish, but for this project it was certainly a success. The tin can caddies have a nice warm tone to them. |
The BLO sample is to the left (almost faded out by the flash). |
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The finished Tin Can Caddies. |
With the caddies done, it’s now up to my wife to decorate some cans and give them to her crafting friends.An Alternative To Tin Can Carts: Part I
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