| This blog is written by SPHinTampa | 41 entries so far |
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Japanese style lamp #1: Getting Started
Decided to make lamps for Christmas for my mother in law. Found a very cool book on japanese lam...
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DVD Cabinet #5: drawer fronts and finishing
In last session, I was done with fitting drawers This weekend I finished cabinet Steps1. C...
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DVD Cabinet #4: Hanging Drawers and making the floating style base
After the last session, I had the outer case and the drawers completed. So I started here..In th...
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DVD Cabinet #3: Dovetail drawers
in my last session, I completed the carcase. I double checked my final dimensions against the dr...
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DVD Cabinet #2: Creating dovetail cabinent
In the last session, I used a router sled to surface the large glued up panels of padauk. This s...
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DVD Cabinet #1: Getting Started - Milling cabinet sides
I have far too many DVDs and not enough places to put them so I decided to build a DVD cabinet. ...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #8: Finishing and Hardware - Done!
Last session, I built the front door. In this session, applied the finish and the hardware befor...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #7: Tombstone style, veneered door
In the last session I finished the 10 drawers. Now it is time start on the door. In this sessio...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #6: Drawers and yet another dovetail jig
Have completed the bulk of the body, I moved on to the drawers. I used the incra jig to cut both...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #5: Finishing external details on case
In the last blog entry, I completed the interior elements. Now I will turn to the completion of ...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #4: Creating the interior assembly
In this session, I was able to: - Glue the wood fronts onto the plywood shelf stock- Fit the...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #3: Assembling the case and making the feet
In this session, I got the following steps completed: - Cut the rabbited dovetail joints on t...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #2: Dovetails - Purists please look away
Last session, I managed to rough cut, mill and prep most of the project parts. This session, I...
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Pennsylvania Spice Box for Mom #1: Milling Wood and Cutting Parts
Like most of you out there, I think my mother is the most amazing woman on the planet, and I want...
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Veneered Sofa Table #9: Finished just in time for Christmas
This is the final post for my Veneered Sofa Table project. It is finally finished, the weekend b...
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Veneered Sofa Table #8: Making the top
Have completed my experimentation with finishing, it is time to finalize the table top. I ...
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Veneered Sofa Table #7: More fun with finishing
I appreciate the input from a number of folks about potential finishing methods. I tried a few a...
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Veneered Sofa Table #6: Experimenting with Veneer Finishes
This weekend was more like chemistry class than shop time. I have been experimenting with finish...
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Veneered Sofa Table #5: Finishing the base
Sorry for double post. The picture size was causing problems so I had to split the entry. In th...
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Veneered Sofa Table #4: The foot bone is connected to the leg bone ...
Last session, I built the compound legs using a lock miter. This session, I completed the legs a...
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #7: Finishing and Finished!
I have been sanding as the project progressed so I am able to hand sand 180 grit and then 220 gri...
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Veneered Sofa Table #3: Legs and the Mysterious Lock Miter
Next step in the process is to create the profiled legs. I start with the stock that I mil...
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Veneered Sofa Table #2: Pressing the Veneered Panels
Next step is to create two veneered panels for the top. I believe that a single large, unb...
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Veneered Sofa Table #1: Getting prepared, wrecking tools
While I am waiting for the finish to cure on my tray project, I started my next adventure. I am ...
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #6: Putting it together
In my last blog, I created the tray bottom. In this blog, I will cut the grooves for the t...
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #5: The Tray Bottom
In my last post, I finished cutting the double dovetails … sorry for the passive aggressive...
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #4: Cutting the Pins
In the last blog, I completed the tails for the project (after a few mistakes). The next steps a...
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #3: Cutting double dovetails and making a few mistakes
At the end of the last blog, I had glued up the trim to the tail sections of the R/L pieces: ...
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #2: Cutting the side joints
First step of a double dovetail is to cut a through dovetail on each side piece and then attach a...
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Incra Double Dovetail Project #1: Prep Work - creating the laminated stock
I have gotten a few questions (actually 3) from folk about to how create the Incra Double Dovetai...
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Built In Closets #11: Mirror, mirror on the wall
Not sure that these are the fairest of them all but they did come out ok. Used left over face ...
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Built In Closets #10: Shelves
Next step in this project is to add shelving between the towers which contain the closet rods. ...
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Built In Closets #9: Installation Part 2 - Recovering from dumb mistakes
As described in Part I of installation, I screwed up my measurements and was unable to fit the cl...
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Built In Closets #8: Installation Part I - Amateur mistake destroys weeks of work
Installation was not a pleasant experience. I made a mistake so dumb it makes me wonder if I sho...
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Built In Closets #7: Getting the room ready - demo, patch, paint
Now that the towers are built, I am ready to fix up the closet. First of all get everything ou...
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Built In Closets #6: Face Frames
Final step is to attach and finish face frames. I may have already covered this but here is the ...
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Built In Closets #5: Pre Finishing and Sub Assembly
Having the bulk of pieces, cut and sanded, I elected to tape and pre finish most of the component...
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Built In Closets #4: Brief break for a tool gloat - sometimes good things happen to bad people
I am writing this as a separate entry in case people do not like gloats. I am very thankful th...
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Built In Closets #3: Face Frames
I forgot to cover cutting the biscuits for the face frames in the last blog entry. So here we go...
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Built In Closets #2: Making the pieces
I ordered 5 sheets of 3/4” maple ply from Tampa Intercity Lumber (if you are in the area, t...
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Built In Closets #1: Getting Started - I hate wire shelves
Recently the wire shelves in our closets have started to fall down due to overloading. A normal ...
