St. Kilian chapel – Ambo, part 1
I have a new big project to get started on this week. Six new pieces of chapel furniture for Saint Kilian parish in Farmingdale, NY. I will be making a … Continue reading
Bleached walnut dining table – days 9 & 10
Before the second coat got applied, I sanded everything down again, with 400 grit paper. Then I applied a coat of General Finishes High Performance, Water-based Polyurethane. When that was … Continue reading
Bleached walnut dining table – days 6,7,&8
This three-day weekend began with cutting out more mortises. This time I was working on the top of the legs. I started removing as much material as possible with the … Continue reading
Bleached walnut dining table – days 4/5
As usual, it has been a busy week. I did manage to get the last of the urethane applied during the week, but no real progress got made until the … Continue reading
Bleached walnut dining table – day 2/3
I had hoped to get back to this table over the last week, but some times there just isn’t enough time. I did get a chance to work up the … Continue reading
Bleached walnut dining table – day 1
This new project is for a friend of mine that is on sabbatical in the United States. He and his wife want a new dining room table built for them, … Continue reading
Converting maple & purpleheart crib to a bed
Remember the Maple & Purpleheart Crib that I made about three years ago? Well that little girl is not so little any more. Now that she is climbing out of … Continue reading
Floating shelf
After adding the new couch to the living room, my wife and I wanted to open up the corner of the room, where the TV is. This would give us … Continue reading
Couch Console
So here is the new couch in its new home. When we ordered the couch, we knew that it was about 12″ shorter than the length of the room. I … Continue reading
Lectern Day 5 – Delivered
Before applying the second coat of polyurethane, I have to sand down the first coat with 400 grit paper to smooth out the surface. Even though this thing was inside … Continue reading
Lectern Day 4
The column is complete so it is time to make the top part. I joined up two pieces, to make the bottom, and left them to dry. I laid out … Continue reading
Lectern Day 3
I noticed a few gaps around the inlay still so I applied a line of CA glue around both crosses and allowed it to dry. I had intended to have … Continue reading
Lectern Days 1 & 2
I built an altar and tabernacle stand about five years ago, for the chapel at my church. I was recently asked to design and build a lectern to match. Here … Continue reading
Arch-top cabinet – day 5 Complete
In the last post, I applied the first coat of finish. Since then, I have applied four coats. I did not bother to photograph each coat, because they all look … Continue reading
Arch-top cabinet – day 4
Last night I quit for the day when I realized the screws for the door pulls were too long. My fix for that is to use a cut-off wheel, on … Continue reading
Arch-top cabinet – day 3
I bought the LED strip, knowing I would need some form of backlighting. The problem is where to attach it. I remembered that I had a left-over strip of thin … Continue reading
Arch-top cabinet – day 2
I think I have worked out my joinery issues, so before I tackled that, I started a carve of the sunburst for the back of the cabinet. It will take … Continue reading
Illuminated display columns
I have another interesting challenge to work on for my church. The Ambry is the alcove where the holy oils are displayed. Not a lot of thought went into the … Continue reading
Reclaimed pub tables
My friend Todd owns the Brick Ridge restaurant, just down the road from me. He asked if I would be interested in making a couple of pub table tops for him, to … Continue reading
Garden Trellis – day 2
I had Erin work on cutting lattice strips to length while I started laying out the seat supports on a cedar panel that I glued up. I printed out … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 