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
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 11
Just a quick post today. The polyurethane has dried from last night so I gave the door panel and the cabinet a quick sanding with fine steel wool to take … Continue reading
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 10
I had a couple of hours to work last night so I drilled the last three pocket holes for the top. I glued it as well as screwing it down. … Continue reading
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 9
I finally received my hardware to finish the cabinet. The first thing I did today was install the hinges. As I have discovered in the past, reading directions can often … Continue reading
Turkey fan mount day-2
With the glue dried, I traced the patterns onto the wood heavily with a ballpoint pen, then removed the patterns and traced over the dents left behind in the wood. … Continue reading
Turkey fan mount day-1
I started another project last night. The other two projects are waiting on hardware, so I started one more. I have a co-worker that hunts and likes to mount trophies. … Continue reading
AJ’s custom Stratocaster – day 4
The glue and epoxy are cured, so I got out my smoothing plane. I took my time planing the rays one or two at a time, taking care not to … Continue reading
AJ’s custom Stratocaster – day 3
I am juggling a few projects these days. While I am waiting on hardware for the cabinet, I will jump back on to AJ’s Strat. I had planned to run … Continue reading
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 8
The glue has dried on yesterday’s patch job. I used my tiny plane to take down the edges of the plug then used my chisel to smooth down the top. … Continue reading
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 7
I was thinking about the door hardware that I ordered for this cabinet. The hinges require a half inch deep bore for mounting. I wanted a raised panel look, to … Continue reading
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 6
Made some progress today. It will probably take a week or so to get the hinges and drill bit that I ordered, so I decided to get everything else done … Continue reading
Ironing board storage cabinet – day 5
The evening did not start well. Not working from a set of plans is really becoming a problem. I cut the top and the bottom so I could do a … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 