Taking a break on the school box project to build some Christmas presents for the family (as well as a new product to sell at the Farmer’s Market). It’s a simple desk clock, with a battery operated clock that has an Arts & Crafts flair. The build consists of a main “block” of Mahogany with …
I received a great email from my customer who I did work for on their grandfather’s heirloom table. Hey Kevin, It’s great to hear from you, we must have been on the same wavelength, because I was at my grandfather’s house over the weekend, and snapped this photo for you actually with the intent to …
Time to build the movable partition/tray. The wall of the movable partition slides in and out of shallow dados on the inside of the front and back of the carcase. So I started out gluing up two pieces to get the required width. I made the panel large enough for both the tray and the …
The next step for the cabinet is to cut in a stopped dado in the box to hold the divider and internal shelf. Typically you would cut this before you did the joinery, but in the book, it was done afterwards. Perhaps because there was a concern in lining up the dovetailed panels correctly when …
Continuing on with the school box build, its time to put the lower trim pieces on the box. This serves to hide the bottom and to protect the box from “dings and other tings that might happen. First off, I had to rip the pieces to 1-1/2” wide, then use a block plane to cut …
So with the bottom square and level, its time to put the bottom on. Bottom is a little under 10” x 15”, and made up of a single piece of ½” pine. Usually, you would use a series of boards with tongue & grooves to allow for wood movement, but that is not how it …
Once I had cleaned up all the tails & pins and test fit it, it was time for glue up. I chose to use some “Old Brown Glue” Liquid Hide Glue. Heated it up to 120+ degrees using some hot water, and it went on very easily. Coated all the joints, pushed them in (had …
I finally broke down and decided to build the School Box from the Chris Schwartz’s “Joiner and Cabinet Maker” book. Been wanting to do this for years, bought the wood for it a while back, and finally have an opening in my schedule. The objective is to make this entirely by hand, and I will …
Had a customer who had inherited a cabinet from their family. They liked the cabinet, but wanted it to have a deeper top (to put photos and knick knacks on). The back of it was also a poor quality piece of plywood, since it was supposed to be up against a wall. However, the customer …
Recently at the Farmer’s Market, I had a customer come up to me and admired one of my laminated cutting boards which had a “juice groove” around the perimeter. She liked the work, but didn’t want a juice groove on it. So she asked me if I could make a laminated cutting board without one …
