Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 14
I am really close to finishing this cabinet. I just had a few details left. I started with the edge banding on the shelves. I grabbed a 2″ wide piece … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 13
The shelf standards are 4″ shorter than the sides of the cabinet. I want to locate them at the top of my 2″ base piece, so I cut a 2″ long block and … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 12
I had a snow day yesterday, so I got started on the storage cabinet. Before I assemble the box, I want to install the shelf standards and polyurethane the inside … Continue reading
Desktop nameplate
My mother has a lot of trouble with her eyes. Lately she has found a really good eye doctor that she just loves. She wanted to have something made for … Continue reading
Rob’s end tables – day 5 – complete
Rob went out yesterday and picked up a couple of cans of spray paint to finish up these end tables. Since I am building some cabinets on the other side … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 11
Today’s project was to complete the drawer faces. I started with the boards that I glued up and cut down about a week ago. I wanted to use a 3/4″ … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 10
I am closing in on finishing this cabinet. I gathered up all of the trim, that I milled for the sides, a couple of days ago. I sanded all of the … Continue reading
Adam’s carving
My son Adam has decided that he wants to carve. I have an entire shop full of tools and he wants to use the one thing I haven’t yet tried. At … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 9
Long day in the shop today, but I made a lot of progress. I went ahead and pinned all of the drawer corners with dowels, to help prevent the sides … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 8
After spending over three hours yesterday making the first drawer, I was able to batch out the other four today in about four hours. First step was to run a … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 7
A few days ago I hit my 1-year anniversary with this blog, and this is my 200th post. I wanted to post something really interesting today, but instead I made … Continue reading
Rob’s end tables – day 4
Due to bad weather and work, Rob hasn’t been able to come out and work on his end tables for a couple of weeks. He got a few hours to … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 6
I had a few hours to play in the shop yesterday, so I pulled the clamps off of the drawer faces, and planed them down to 3/4″. Once planed, I … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 5
I only had an hour or two to work yesterday, so I decided to glue up my drawer faces. Step one was to cull through my pile of wood to … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 4
The panels I glued up in the last post are dry, so I pulled the clamps and scraped off any glue squeeze-out. I ran the two glued up halves of … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 3
I didn’t work in the shop at all last week due to the weather. The ice storm took down the power lines for a couple of days, and it took … Continue reading
Shop cabinet
I am running out of room in my shop. I need to build a couple of large cabinets for St. Josephs, but I don’t have any floor space. So I … Continue reading
Wall mounted file rack – day 2
I have waited until I was ready to install this project before I put up a second post. Basically, I spent a couple days just applying coats of spray-on satin … Continue reading
Rob’s end tables – day 3
We pulled the clamps off of the legs, that we glued up the other day. Rob cleaned the large chunks of glue off of the sides with a chisel, but … Continue reading
Rob’s end tables – day 2
Due to the weather, and a few other obstacles, Rob couldn’t come over to work on the end tables last week, but the snow held off long enough this week. … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 