With the table disassembled, its time to start repairing the legs and table stretchers, so that we can work on new joinery. Luckily, a lot of the pieces that partially split off were able to be separated and re-glued up. With good glue and a clean place to join, this should be stronger than the …
There are two legs which are either completely shot or very loose Two of them are pretty solid. I spent about 4 days trying to loosen up the glue in the joints of the legs that were bad with white vinegar (old method to loosen glue up). Unfortunately, I was only able to loosen them …
So I was asked to look at repairing an heirloom table. I’ve done some furniture repairs in the past, but this will be a different one for me. The table was given by someone’s great-grandfather to his grandfather as an offering at his wedding, and the grandson has had it for 10+ years in the …
I have had some health issues (back injury, 48-hour Flu bug, etc.) that kept me out of the shop for a while, and then I had to bust my butt to build items for the last Farmer’s market of the year, as well as complete this year’s Christmas gifts. Needless to say, its been busy! …
I was sidelined for about 2 weeks due to a back/hip injury (sciatica). Makes it difficult to bend over, lift and manipulate items, plane wood, etc. So my spouse made we relax, stretch, and do mild exercise – and stay out of the shop. Very agonizing…. Well, feeling better now (not 100%) so its time …
Back in the shop, working on end-grain cutting boards Read More »
At the farmer’s market, I had a visitor ask me if I could do a repair of one of their kitchen drawers. Apparently it was falling apart, and they had tried gluing and screwing it together, but it kept falling apart. I asked him to bring it around and I could take a look. He …
Another Interesting Commission – Kitchen Cabinet drawer Read More »
A customer had a need to add a small upper cabinet in their half-bath downstairs, and they had an heirloom box that they wanted to use for it. The problem was that the box bottom was too thin to support any sort of fasteners going into the wall and holding it up. I was able …
The last couple of Farmer’s Markets have been very successful, but my inventory has dropped. So I’ve spent the last month building some stock back up (cutting boards, phone & tablet holders, etc.) as well as producing some new products (Wood BlueTooth speakers, small dovetailed boxes). Just about done with assembly and cleanup, then its …
I’ve got a lot of projects going at the same time, which in a small shop can run into each other. In this case, I’ve got some phone stands that I made (I was out of inventory) and now they need to be finished. So its a coat of 50/50 Shellac to “raise the grain” …
Been selling a lot of the phone stands lately, to the point where I am down to only one remaining. Time to make some more. Process, while simple, involves several steps of gluing and cutting which slows the process down somewhat Cut strips of wood to width, roughly 30” long (enough for two phone stands) …
