In trying to build the joinery workbench, I chose to use drawbores to help reinforce the mortise & tenon joints. Drawboring is a very old technique for joinery, used in the age when glues were expensive or non-existent. The idea is to drill a hole in the wood holding the mortise, and then drill an …
In making mortise and tenon joints, one of the challenges is to make sure the tenon fit into the mortise so that its tight, but not too tight. There are all sorts of jigs and methods to do this on the tablesaw, with a router table, with hand tools, etc. In this case, I’ve got …
Several months ago, I redid the storage setup for my wife. We pulled out the old setup, and installed a corner cabinet for shelf storage, which helped solve that pesky “what do you do with a corner of the closet” problem. It was a fun little project, and it helped to save money vs. having …
I put the finish and hardware on the jewelry cabinets. I’ve made two of them for my two nieces getting married this year, plus a couple of extras to sell. The cabinets are made out of cherry, with hard maple drawers. It is based on a design from the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop, and consists of …
One of the more stressful parts of making wood projects is the glue up part of the project. You have all the joinery cut (in this case box joints) and you’ve done some test fits to make sure everything works. You have gathered together your glue, clamps and cauls (wood pieces to help apply pressure …
So I’ve got the boards milled down to the proper thickness, cut to length and width for the cabinet top, bottom and sides. Then I cut box joints in 2 of the cabinet sets, and then 45-degree miters for the other 3 (trying two different methods). Added dado (4 of them) in each side for …
One of the things when starting a project is to try and mark out your rough lumber to ensure it looks good and to optimize the use of your wood (its expensive). In the case of this cabinet, I want to have the grain lines continue from the sides to the top and back over …
With the Farmer’s Market and Craft Show timeline winding down, I’ve got only two more for the year. Based on some feedback from customers and other interested parties, I developed several new products to sell that were in a smaller “price point” for the show. Once done, I’ll post them in the products page if …
Well the injury is somewhat healed and I can take the big bandage off. Still don’t have much feeling in the top third of that finger, but the doctor believes its going to heal close to 100%, so I’ll take that! Now its time to start working on the next project, which involves laminating …
Completed cleaning up the Tenons and test fitting them into the shelves. I have to make each one separate, as the mortises and tenons need to match and there are always minor variations. So I use chisels and a rasp to cleanup and fit each tenon for its individual mortise slot. It needs to go …
