Sacristy cabinet delivery
I won’t have time to get into the shop today so I am posting the pictures of the sacristy cabinet that I delivered this past weekend. Since the cabinet was … Continue reading
Dining room bench build – day three
I spent about 8 or 9 hours in the shop today. I made some good progress. I was going to start with planing all of the boards I glued up yesterday, … Continue reading
Dining room bench build – day two
I normally work from a plan on most of my projects, but these benches are pretty simple. I have built about a dozen of them. They consist of a bench … Continue reading
Dining room bench build – day one
I have a couple of friends just down the road who asked me if I could build two benches for their dining room table. Since I don’t sleep much, and … Continue reading
Eric’s new walnut chest
Don’t let the red eyes fool you. He is a pretty good kid. A few years back, my oldest son decided that he was tired of his bedroom. He … Continue reading
A quick back scratcher
I had an hour to kill last night so I thought I would make something from my scrap pile. A month or two back, my kids broke the cheap back … Continue reading
Ian’s Guitar
Ian’s SG There is a rare, highly elusive thing that I believe we all seek at least once in our lives. So few of us ever find it. That thing … Continue reading
The Tenebrae Hearse
Tenebrae Hearse 3D pdf While I am waiting till I can deliver the sacristy cabinet, I figured I would post a few of the other projects that I have worked … Continue reading
Day 16 – Sacristy cabinet
Finished up today. I had help so it all went faster… Before we could get started, Adam had to test the lock just to make sure that it worked ok. … Continue reading
Day 15 – Sacristy cabinet
I started out the day by sanding down the first coat of polyurethane. The first coat is always rough. It raises the grain when it is first applied, and there … Continue reading
Day 14 – Sacristy cabinet
I got to work early today. The stain and Urethane had dried for about 8 hours. Since the spindles were dry enough, I moved the rails in a bit which … Continue reading
Day 13 – Sacristy cabinet
Getting down to the home stretch. I would like to finish this weekend. Today my youngest son and I spent about an hour cleaning and vacuuming the shop in preparation … Continue reading
Day 12 – Sacristy cabinet
My last pieces to construct for this project are the spindles. First I sanded down the spindle bodies that I made last night. Then I made up a jig to … Continue reading
Day 11 – Sacristy cabinet
Only a few hours to work today, thought I would try to knock out some of the spindles. I had some 2-1/8″x3/4″x8′ pieces that were perfect for these. I trimmed … Continue reading
Day 10 – Sacristy cabinet
I got all of the cedar boards cut out and planed last night, so today I inserted them into place. (They are Spanish cedar that I had left over from … Continue reading
Day 9 – Sacristy cabinet
The last two components to be made, for the cabinet, are the locking door and the rear panel. I decided to go with cedar for the rear panel instead of … Continue reading
Day 8 – Sacristy cabinet
Things started out well today. I got the drawer slides installed fairly quickly using my new drawer mounting jig from Kerg. Then things went downhill from there… Once the slides … Continue reading
Day 7 – Sacristy cabinet
I started out by cutting out the door panel for the locked storage area. Luckily I had the foresight to cut the bottom of the door before glueing it up. … Continue reading
Day 6 – Sacristy cabinet
Finally starting to make some real progress. I finished cutting the dados in the front and rear boards for the drawers. They were then assembled with glue and nails. Then … Continue reading
Day 5 – Sacristy cabinet
Blew off work today to stay home and play in the shop. I finished planing and cutting the raised panel profile on the drawer faces. I also cut the notched … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 