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 …
For the latest project (based on the Stickley #74 book rack) I’ve got the through-mortises cut. Now its time to mark out and cut the tenons. There are a total of eight (8) tenons for each book rack (two per top shelf, and four for the bottom shelf). They’ll all be held in place by …
Its always interesting to start a new project or developing a new product. You do a lot of research and try to determine what is selling, what materials, tools and steps are needed to produce it, and how long that is going to take. Finally, you decide on an item and you “give it a …
My wife, Tery, wanted a display cabinet with doors on it (i.e not as deep as a bookshelf, maybe 6″ to 7″ deep). The reason she wanted doors was so that she could put display items in it and the cats wouldn’t knock them out (apparently something they do with the regular display shelves we …
Had some issues with the doors. The original design ended up with wider rails (the horizontal pieces) which reduced the window area – which is kind of a important if you want to “display” items in the shelves. So after building a full set of doors (cutting out, cutting joinery, putting in glass, gluing up, …
