School Box 7
Back to the School Box work, done by hand. Time to install the lock, which is kind of exciting/stressful. I have never installed a lock before, so this will definitely be a learning experience
Last Farmer’s Market of the year
The last farmer’s market of the year has come and gone. Overall, the year was fairly productive and this Christmas market was one of my best sellers for the year. All the remaining product has been inventoried and put away in storage (though its available in case I get a holiday order). Finishing up the …
Always Try to Get Better
Sorry the blogging has been a little light. My regular work as an engineer has gotten “crazy busy” with a lot of business travel, pulling me away from the shop. I need to retire from that so I can spend more time in the shop! I did get the opportunity to visit the Wood and …
Christmas Presents – 2
Well, my regular day-time work dragged me away from the shop for a full week, so everything got put on hold. I’m finally back from Florida, and can get back to finishing up the Christmas gifts before pushing on with the items for the next Christmas market. Busy, busy, busy….. I cut out the pieces …
Farmer’s Market
Had a great time at the Farmer’s Market this Saturday and sold a wide variety of items (phone holders, desktop bookshelf, cutting boards, boxes, etc.). It was the first Saturday that was clear (i.e. non-rainy) for the last seven weeks, so I guess people were in a buying mood. People were very friendly, the other …
Christmas Presents – 1
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 …
heirloom table finds a home
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 …
Joiner & Cabinet Maker School Box 6
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 …
Joiner and Cabinet Maker School Box – 5
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 …
Joiner and cabinet maker school box 4
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 …