Its been a couple of weeks. I have been off backpacking in New Hampshire, and we got rained out – very dramatically. While Vermont got more, New Hampshire was only slightly less, and hiking the White Mountains involves a lot of rock scrambling/climbing. At one point, we were actually hiking down the equivalent of a …
The door to my shop has been in bad shape for years. It’s a wooden door, and due to way the roofline is, there is a significant “splatter” of water which ends up hitting the bottom. Over the years, the wood has rotted away to the point where it was close to falling apart at …
So the drawer joinery is cut, tested and cleaned up. I put in a dado in the back (for the back panel) and a groove in the front and two sides to hold the bottom. The bottom is ¼” thick luan plywood, which shows pretty nice. Glue up consisted of spreading the glue on the …
So with the tails cut, its time to lay out and cut the pins. Used my moxon vise to lay out the pins, using the tails piece as a template. From there, on to the joinery bench to saw them out, then clean out with a chisel. Once chiseled out, I used a smaller chisel …
First step is to layout the wood with marking to make sure you orient the boards properly and cut the dovetails in the right place and orientation. I do this with a series of triangles, which is something woodworkers have done for centuries. Then you scribe a baseline around the pieces with a marking gauge, …
Sorry for the lack of posts. I’ve been doing more work around the house, and making a few things for the next Farmer’s Market (coming June 24th in Moorestown). So the only thing left for the end tables is the drawers going into them. The plan is the create a ¾” thick front panel for …
With my kitchen remodel close to being done (just some trim pieces and flooring to fix up) its time to get back to the end tables. Been too long. With the tables all assembled and ready, it was time to start the finishing process. I like to start with a “sealer coat” of 50% Clear, …
Been busy doing a home kitchen remodel, so the shop has been used as a staging area and partial work/assembly area. Needless to say, work on other projects has stopped cold. It actually looks a lot better than it was, as the kitchen is almost entirely done. Hope to be able to get back to …
Sorry for the slow amount of posting. Been working on some home-related items (I am putting in a new kitchen in the house, including cabinetry, plumbing & electric). Shop time has been cut back, but I still need to keep making progress on this. So I’ve got the upper and lower shelves completed (milled, glued …
With the base frames complete, its time to get some additional wood for the table tops and lower shelves. So its time to visit the lumber yard. The dimensions of the top of 22-1/2” x 16-1/2”, with the bottom shelf being 20-5/8” x 14-7/8”. So I’m going to need a minimum rough cut of 24×18 …
