Some custom crown molding
The storage cabinets, that I built, a few months back, were supposed to have crown molding at the top. To match the existing profile, on their other furniture (built many … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 18, delivered
The last time I delivered a cabinet to Saint Joseph’s it snowed. Looks like this delivery was no different. Thankfully, my friend Tony offered to bring his trailer and 4-wheel … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 17
My last coat of urethane has dried, so I re-installed all of the hardware. With everything finished, I started on the last piece of the project. … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 16
The last coat of polyurethane went on last night. The doors are actually finished, so I set them outside the spray booth. With a Scotch-Brite pad, I sand down all … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 15
Today I am finally ready to start spraying finish on these cabinets. I pulled out the drawers and removed all of the slides. With a little creative balancing, I squeezed … 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
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
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
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 2
I had the day off due to snow, so I decided to spend the day working on one of the more tedious parts of this cabinet, the cloth spindles. The … Continue reading
Altar cloth and storage cabinets – day 1
I am starting another project this weekend. Two more cabinets for Saint Joseph’s in Emmitsburg, MD, to match the large storage cabinet that I finished last month. These two cabinets will be … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 