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 …
Had a great time at the Farmer’s Market! A lot of the sellers are the low cost phone holders, tablet holders, etc. I had a good time talking to folks and explaining my craft, and some folks came up with some excellent ideas for other projects. As an “attention grabber” I built a wood “spinner” …
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, …
