Walnut tabernacle
I was recently asked to make a tabernacle for a new order of religious sisters who moved into the Baltimore Basilica convent. They need a tabernacle for their convent chapel. … Continue reading
Large walnut & cherry desk part 3
To support the left side of my desk, I need a small shelf to sit in the front corner and blend in with the wall. At the other end, I … Continue reading
Large walnut & cherry desk part 1
After finishing my office/shop addition, I moved right in. This was the start of several other projects to be done to the house so my time to do shop projects … Continue reading
Beer flights
Here is a good project if you are into beer tasting. I am not, but I have friends who are. One of those friends recently volunteered my services at his … Continue reading
Deer head mount
I have a friend who requested a plaque for mounting a deer head. He wants it to match others that he has, so he gave me a template and requested that … Continue reading
Church Altar and tabernacle stand – day 3
It has been a busy week so far, but I was able to get all of my wood for the project. The majority of the wood was donated by Alex … Continue reading
AJ’s custom Stratocaster – day 6
I found some time to play down in the shop last night. I was determined to make some headway on AJ’s guitar.I started by locating the centers of the holes … Continue reading
AJ’s custom Stratocaster – day 5
It has been a while since I have worked on this project. I recently had to order something from Guitar Fetish so I got some of the parts that I needed … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 12
I had some help last night in the shop. Adam came down because I had to make the walnut plugs for the chairs. He likes that job because he gets … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 10
I started out today by marking and cutting the rest of the pieces I need to get these chairs assembled. The first pieces I did were the 5″ leg spacers. … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 9
With the seats cut out yesterday, I started this evening by finishing them up. I took down any high spots around the edges on the spindle sander. Next, I flipped … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 8
Well, the seats are all glued up. I pulled the clamps and, as I suspected, the cauls were stuck to the seat. Just a quick tap with the hammer and they … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 7
I didn’t get a chance to check on the epoxy yesterday. It seems to have cured pretty well. The tape held the form nicely. So far, the best way that … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 6
I ran out this morning and picked up a new toy. Dewalt’s new 12″ sliding compound miter saw. Now I will be able to cross-cut all my larger lumber. My … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 5
Today I am working on the seats for the chairs. I started by creating a template so the curve of the scoop would be similar from one piece to the … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 4
Busy day yesterday, no time to get into the shop. Tonight, well last night since it is 1:00AM, I trimmed up the edges of all the boards I just laminated … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 4
Another quick post today. I glued up the seat backs and the stretchers before running out of clamps. Then I came back an hour and a half later and pulled … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 3
I only had an hour today to work and only about one yesterday. All I am doing at the moment is glueing so I won’t bore you with too many … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 2
Only a few hours to play today. I pulled a couple of walnut boards off the rack for resawing. I need all of the walnut to be 1/4″ thick for … Continue reading
More pub chairs – day 1
Well the prototype pub chair seems to have been acceptable to the family so I have at least two more to build. Hopefully these two will go faster than the … Continue reading
Midnight Woodworking 