Laundry room cabinets – day 10
I spent several hours, this morning, preparing to finish the cabinets. This required a good deal of cleaning and moving all my mobile tools to one side of my shop, … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets – day 9
I only had a couple of hours to work last night, so I made the shelves for the cabinets. I had some 3/4″ oak plywood, so I ripped it down … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets – day 8
The epoxy is now dry in the knot hole. I was going to plane the excess down with a hand plane, but I discovered that my large chisel worked much more efficiently … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets – day 6 & 7
I don’t find cabinet building to be particularly exciting, so I combined the last two days into one post. One of the last things I did on Friday was to … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets – day 5
I finally found some time to get back in my shop and work on these cabinets. I really want to get them done so I can find space to walk … Continue reading
K&A logo carve test
Last week in Appalachia, I had the opportunity to make a new woodworking friend, Bryan Atkins. He has recently gone full-time into the furniture making business with his partner Jodi … Continue reading
Appalachia mission trip – days 2, 3, 4, 5…
I couldn’t manage to get a WiFi connection every day of the trip, so now that I am back home, I am just going to post the rest of my week. … Continue reading
Appalachia mission trip – day 1
We found a McDonalds with a WiFi, so I will upload a brief post today. I got the link to our Facebook page if you want daily updates on all of … Continue reading
Packing for another Appalachia mission trip
I am packing up again for my church’s annual mission trip to Preston county West Virginia. I won’t have WiFi for the next week, so I won’t be putting up … Continue reading
Park bench slat questions
I have gotten a lot of inquires from people wanting to buy replacement slats. If you would rather buy them instead of building your own, check out my friend Bryan: … Continue reading
New mini-split heat pump
I have been prepping, for the last several days, for the installation of my new shop heat pump. Up until now, I have had only minimum conditioning of the air … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets – day 4
Just a brief post today. I finished assembling the other two cabinet boxes. Since the process was exactly the same as in yesterday’s post, I decided not to bore you … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets – day 3
With the plywood cut, I am now ready to start building the individual cabinets. My design is a little different that a standard kitchen or bath cabinet. These cabinets will … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets – day 2
I finally got a chance to get back to the cabinets I started. I have been so slammed with things to do, outside the shop that I haven’t been able … Continue reading
Laundry room cabinets
I actually started on three separate projects today. My main focus is going to be on a set of custom laundry room cabinets though. This past week, I laid out … Continue reading
A couple of new tools
I have had a lot of projects recently that have kept me out of the shop. I have also been waiting on my wood supplier to pull together some oak … Continue reading
Another turkey fan mount
I posted the build and the plans for this about a year ago, when I built one for a co-worker. It has, by far, been my most popular post. I … Continue reading
Columbian Squires logo
I have a friend who is starting a local chapter of the Columbian Squires. The Squires are an international fraternity of Catholic young men, Founded by the Knights of Columbus. My … Continue reading
Bed upgrade – delivered
I finished up applying urethane to the bed a few days ago. I disassembled it and let it set in the garage for the last couple of days to allow … Continue reading
AJ’s custom Stratocaster – complete
I got to finish up AJ’s guitar this weekend. The guitar body has been done for nearly a year, but due to some personal issues, it had to be put on … Continue reading
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