| This blog is written by Les Hastings | 42 entries so far |
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Shop Expansion #5: Almost there!
Its been along haul,,,,,,,,,,but its finally taking shape! The outside of the building was comp...
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Shop Expansion #4: Still waiting on electricity!
Everyone keeps asking about the shop, “Is it done yet?” Nope, I wish! I’ve be...
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Grand Daughters Crib #11: It had to be!!!
Good enough for a movie star!! Meet Addison, 5 months old. And you thought I did all this for so...
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Shop Expansion #3: Roofed and Sided
The roof and siding is all on now. Soffits are done and the facer boards have all been wrapped wi...
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Shop Expansion #2: Walls are up!
All the concrete work is done, Sidewalks and a small slab was poured on Thursday. Friday all the ...
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Shop Expansion #1: The floor is down
Well I decided to bite the bullet and help out the local economy a little. Currently my shop is 2...
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Grand Daughters Crib #10: The build is finally done!
Addison is already here as most of you already know ( and doing just fine). I’ve been reall...
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Divided Light doors #4: The rest of the project
The two smaller divided light doors were in individual cabinets that set on each end of the vanit...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #9: Inside curved panels
I just got through doing a project that hand some curved raised panels, but instead of being outy...
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Grand Daughters Crib #9: Addison is here!! Working my tail oof to finish this crib!!
Addison rose was born Thurday the 6th of November at 2:19 am. Both are doing just fine. Addison...
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Divided Light doors #3: Second set
Finally got around to doing the second set of doors. This what they look like. I’ll ...
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Grand Daughters Crib #8: Not done yet, but just got the call!
Well,,,,,,,,,,,I didn’t make it in time! Mommy2be just called and is headed to the hospital...
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Divided Light doors #2: First pair almost done
Finally getting the first pair pretty much done, just need to to do a little more sanding. I put ...
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Grand Daughters Crib #7: Making Feet/ Starting Rails
I’ve been debating for a while now,,,,,what kind of feet should this crib have? I’m r...
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Divided Light doors #1: Divided light doors
The bow front vanity that I just posted has an upper portion with tall glass doors on each side w...
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Grand Daughters Crib #6: Making the crest rails/Starting assembly
The crest rails are made up of three pieces. One piece is about half of the rail. Another piece o...
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Grand Daughters Crib #5: Routing in the carvings
Yes,,,,,,,, I said routing in the carvings. I’d much rather carve something by hand, but I&...
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Grand Daughters Crib #4: Routing legs for panels/Beading the legs
My Addison Rose of Texas is getting closer to needing this( Nov. 4th due date), so I best get wit...
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Changing Table #4: Door & Drawer Fronts
I finally got all the fronts put together. The drawer fronts have wider side styles to match the ...
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Changing Table #3: Moldings and Fronts
This weekend I ran all the moldings to finish up the case. The base and tops and the mold under t...
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Changing Table #2: Beaded openings/ drawer box's
Been a while since the last post on this project ( been working on the crib ). But I decided to ...
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Grand Daughters Crib #3: Inside curved panels
This entry is sort of a repeat from the last one. A new form was made for the inside curved panel...
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Grand Daughters Crib #2: Outside curved panels
The form is made first out of 3/4 mdf. The size is 30 3/4” wide by 41” long by 6 1/2&...
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Grand Daughters Crib #1: Shaping the legs
My first Grand Daughter will be here sometime in November. My Daughter requested this that I buil...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #8: Gluing up the doors/ Finished and hanging
The final glue up of the doors is done the same way the panels were glued up. I use a I” th...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #7: Shaping the raised panels/doweling the styles and rails
The panels are now ready to run the profile so lets get started. First we need to make a tray t...
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Changing Table #1: Got it started Babe!
This blog is mostly for my Daughter and Son-in-Law they live just outside of Dallas. I’ll b...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #6: Panel glue ups
The panels for these doors will be four boards wide. They were milled at the same time the styles...
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IWF Atlanta, Great show, spent to much money!
Well the IWF show was as great as always. Had a lot of fun there, meet some cool people. Talked a...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #5: Finishing up the rails
In part three of this blog I milled out the pieces for the rails and got them glued up to width. ...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #4: Finishing up the styles
The styles have been cleaned up and sanded to 120 grit. Now its time to cut the inside edge of th...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #3: Rails
First off here’s a better picture of the radius jig for the styles and panel parts. It show...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #2: Getting started
I’ll be covering the construction of two different kinds of curved doors. A pair of raised...
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Curved Doors; Raised panel & Six light glass #1: Finished product
Let me start off by saying I’ve been absent a while from Lumberjocks, been really busy the ...
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National Champions!!
ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK,,,,,,KKKKKK UUUUUUUU!!!
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Poplar Kitchen #1: During the build
We built this project the first part of 2007. The house was built in the late 1800’s and is...
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Project on a whim #4: Dovetailing for legs
The flats are now cut and I’m ready to mill the dovetails for the legs. First I’ll mi...
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Pictures of shop
I finally got around to taking some pictures of my home shop. They are now posted on my Lumberjoc...
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Project on a whim #3: Reeding
Ok, turnings is done and now the post has been mounted on the Legacy and set up to do the reeding...
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Project on a whim #2: Turning
It took about 15 mins to get the post on the lathe and get the pattern set and things set just ri...
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Project on a whim #1: Getting started
I was at the shop this morning finishing up some alder columns that ship out to Ventura, Ca. on M...
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My work place,,,,"Come on in."
Welcome to my work place. Its a small company of currently with eight employee’s. Four ...
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