Youngest son and his wife wanted me to make an end table to match two existing tables in their family room, they no longer could find a third matching table. I took a few measurements and a few photos with my cell phone when we were up in Cincinnati visiting in early March and I delivered the table last week. Table is 22”x26” x 24” high. The legs are 2” square and tapered on the inside. Material is poplar with General Finishes black stain. (See entertainment cabinet previuously posted). I made the lattace with half lap joints. The skill builder for me is that I seem to build projects with a set of plans, or measured drawings. This was a very rough sketch, eye ball for proportion, and rally enjoyed the process. Thanks for looking. Rick

My daughter and son-in-law in Ohio placed their Christmas order for 2 end tables for the house they just purchased. This is 1 of 2 and I completed it this weekend. No plywood was harmed in the construction of this table :) the side and back panels are tongue and groove (3 boards each) the top and shelf are glued up panels. Overall size apprx 18” x 20” x 26” high. Finshed with Salem Maple stain from General Finishes, and 2 coats of poly. They will pick this one up on their trip down for Thanksgiving and I will deliver the next one when we head north for Christmas. Thanks for looking.

A couple of very comfortable chairs I built over the past few weekends as it was too hot to play golf and the shop has A/C. :) Built from plans for in FWW and I made a few changes, most notable the the last seat slat that’s cut in the shape of the curved back. I used polar with two coats of Kilz primer and Behr Exterior Semi-Gloss white, pluged the screws. My wife came out to sit in the chairs before they were painted and didn’t want to get up, so I had some “motivation” to get them done. Thanks for looking.

Son and DIL asked for this cabinet, recall this was the one I had asked advise on the black finish. I went with Scott’s reco on the General Finishes Black and it worked great. 60” wide, 24” deep and 27” high with the legs. Brushed nickel feet, hinges, door pulls. I picked the glass up from the local stained glass shop. Given good weather we are heading up to Cincinnati this week to deliver it. Thanks for looking, Rick

...... as promised last Sunday…this is what it’s all about :)

As promised to my 5 yr old grand daughter, I have completed the chest and will deliver it this week when I go up to Cincinnati on business. The chest is pine, 36”x18”x24” high. Couple of coats of stain and polycrylic. The significance of this chest is it is identical to the very first project I ever did in 1989. Back then, I was in a 3 car garage in Calif with a door on two saw horses for a bench, a jig saw, a bench top table saw, and a router. Today, I have a heated and cooled shop in the back, a bunch of tools and I bet when I look at the 2 chests side by side I won’t be able to tell the difference. Now she has one like her older sister’s.Anyway, thanks for looking.

Finally finshed the Oak Tall Case Clock featured on the NYW some time ago. I had the case finished but had to wait to purchase the clock works. While Norm tells you what movement to order, he some how forgets to tell you the price :) Once I moved into the new shop, this gave me the motivation to finish the clock. All quarter sawn white oak with two coats of General Finishes Salem Maple and two coats of semi-gloss wipe-on poly. Movement is a Hermle Cable Driven, Triple Chime Grandfather Mechanical Movement, and it sounds really cool. Instructions call for it to go 24 hours to check accuracy and that is what I am doing as I write this. I really enjoyed building this clock and it did challange my skills and patience at times. I have plans from Klock-It (Williamsburg Grandfather Clock) and I intend to build one for each of my 3 children. That will keep me busy for a while!! Pictures show temp location in entry hall. Thanks for looking. Rick

I was asked to add a couple of photos of the computer desk I posted a few days ago, couldn’t figure out how to add it to the original message so here is another post.

This is the desk I built for our computer room as we were using a store bought metal and pressed wood combination that wasn’t very user friendly. This was built using the article in Fine Woodworking a while back and is entirely made of white oak. Full extension drawer slides and the door is actually a bi-fold design and swings out of the users way to use the drawers. Thanks for looking.

Well, I guess they are never “complete” but I now have electric and have moved everything but the lathe in as I need to purchase a stand for the Rikon Mini Lathe. Actually was ready at the beginning of September, but we spent a lot of time back in Cincinnati with my wife’s mother, who passed away last Thursday. She lived to be 92, I hope to live as long and to be as mean as she was at that age!. I have had little success trying one of the photo programs, so I will attach photos and keep trying. The outside of the shop can be seen in a previous Project post. Came together as planned, the a/c-heat unit works well, it took about 10 minutes to bring the shop down to 73 and it was 98 outside. Plenty of electric outlets, I do have to lengthen the cord of my table saw. The bench was built a couple of years ago and took 3 of us to move it in. The tool cabinet was built when I was in my basement shop in Ohio and I can’t give that up, everything is right there. I do have some plans to build some simple cabinets for storage on the walls, I want to keep as much as I can off the floor. All in all, no regrets, I think this will work out just fine. Let me know if you have any questions. Rick