More pub chairs – day 7
I didn’t get a chance to check on the epoxy yesterday. It seems to have cured pretty well. The tape held the form nicely. So far, the best way that … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 6
I ran out this morning and picked up a new toy. Dewalt’s new 12″ sliding compound miter saw. Now I will be able to cross-cut all my larger lumber. My … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 5
Today I am working on the seats for the chairs. I started by creating a template so the curve of the scoop would be similar from one piece to the … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 4
Busy day yesterday, no time to get into the shop. Tonight, well last night since it is 1:00AM, I trimmed up the edges of all the boards I just laminated … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 4
Another quick post today. I glued up the seat backs and the stretchers before running out of clamps. Then I came back an hour and a half later and pulled … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 3
I only had an hour today to work and only about one yesterday. All I am doing at the moment is glueing so I won’t bore you with too many … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 2
Only a few hours to play today. I pulled a couple of walnut boards off the rack for resawing. I need all of the walnut to be 1/4″ thick for … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 1
Well the prototype pub chair seems to have been acceptable to the family so I have at least two more to build. Hopefully these two will go faster than the … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day ten
Just a quick post today. I finished two more coats yesterday and one this evening. The pictures are all going to start looking the same at this point… I did … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day nine
I had a chance to start finishing the chair last night so I applied the first coat of Tung oil. I decided to use tung oil because it a wipe-on … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day eight
It occurred to me that the people from wood magazine may not have measured my kitchen counters when they put the plans for this chair into their magazine. I thought … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day seven
I started out this evening by cutting the dados to receive the front stretchers. Since I don’t have a dado blade for the table saw, I decided to use my … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day six
I had a few hours last night to work on the legs for the chairs, so I started out by scraping down the epoxy on the seat with a card … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day five
So I went out and spent some money today. I picked up a 4-1/2″ angle grinder, a power carving disc, and a couple of flap sander discs. The bandsaw was … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day four
I finished cutting out and glueing up the seat back that I forgot to make earlier in the week. While that was drying, I pulled out the 4 pieces that … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day three
I spent most of my time glueing today. I finished up glueing the rest of the seat pieces first. While they were drying, I experimented with trimming the glue and … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day two
I only had an hour or two today so I finished resawing the oak boards with the bandsaw. I then ran all of the oak boards through the planer to … Continue reading
Pub chairs – day one
Started a new project today. This one is for my house so it will probably get pushed back to the back burner when other projects come along. I redid my … Continue reading
Drop-down Ironing board
My mother doesn’t like change. She prefer’s to have things repaired repeatedly over buying something new. So when the legs on her trusty old ironing board broke, she asked me … Continue reading
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 12
Well, the finish is dried and it is time to install the hardware. I installed the hinges first and hooked them back together. Then I drilled two holes for the … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 