| This blog is written by Zuki | 52 entries so far |
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MIL Vase #3: Done and done
This morning DW told me that she was heading to her mother’s around noon. So I had a deadline fo...
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MIL Vase #2: A frustrating moment . . . or two
A beautiful day today. Sunny and 5 degrees. A great day for in the shop. I ripped the band s...
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MIL Vase #1: What is she looking for?
The other day DW said that her mother was looking for a vase to put some tall dried flowers. It ...
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Wee Lil Chairs #2: cutting it short
Did some cutting today. 8 front legs @ 11.5 inches 8 side aprons @ 9 inches 8 front aprons...
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Wee Lil Chairs #1: Small Steps
A couple of years ago I built a table and chair set for a friend’s two little girls. Well since ...
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Upper Deck #9: Finished
Well I’m done. This past weekend I installed the top rail and this evening I finished the leg br...
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Upper Deck #8: Railing Up
Its Saturday morning. It was forecasting for rain (which we desperately need) but it changed and...
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Upper Deck #7: Makin' Railin'
Here is the lumber from which I will be making the railing. I have set up my table saw to ...
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Upper Deck #6: Bits n' Pieces
Here are a few bits and pieces I did this week (July 6th) I finished the last two boards on th...
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Upper Deck #5: Decking
Its July 4th and its back out at the deck. Yesterday I tipped the deck in place. Today was one ...
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Upper Deck #4: Uprising
I never did anything with the deck yesterday as I had some errands I had to run. This morning I ...
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Upper Deck #3: More Framing
Its Canada Day. A day off from the ole grind . . . so I went back at the deck. I started by add...
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Upper Deck #2: Framing
Saturday I was off to Chester Dawe\Rona for some lumber for the deck. I had to pick through a wh...
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Upper Deck #1: Ledger
During the summer months most of my woodworking are projects for outside . . . like my recent gre...
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Greenhouse #10: Doh and Dough
Last night I was reading some Sherlock Holmes after DW and I watched a movie and something struck...
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Greenhouse #9: The Door
Well today the weather forecast said it was going to be 1C with lots of RDF (rain, drizzle and fo...
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Greenhouse #8: Installing the roof
Installment #7 was actually done yesterday . . . I just blogged it tonight. This is what we di...
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Greenhouse #7: Another late one (lots-o- pics)
I started this evening’s work right after supper attaching the hinges to the vents. I pick...
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Greenhouse #6: Another busy evening
I started by drilling holes through the top plate of the walls. When we install the roof I will ...
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Greenhouse #5: Its coming along
Over the last couple of days we have made some progress on the greenhouse. I finished framing th...
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Greenhouse #4: Details and Topping it off
Got back at the greenhouse yesterday evening. There were a couple of details on the structure th...
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Greenhouse #3: Its Going Up (Pic heavy)
Yesterday afternoon I finished off the front wall of the greenhouse and we installed the walls in...
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Greenhouse #2: The Middle
Tonight I built the back wall for the greenhouse. When measuring for the top plate I had to subt...
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Greenhouse #1: The Beginning
I have not been posting any projects in a while, so I thought I would start 2009 with a greenhous...
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Ghost #3: Part III – Revenge of the Ghost
All good horror flicks come in threes . . . so the blog will end after the third instalment. I...
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Ghost #2: I ain't fraid of no ghost
I had the day off work. When I finished doing some chores around the house I got back to my ghos...
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Ghost #1: I was given a sign
Ghost Sign I had no idea of what to build for the most recent challenge . . . however DW came ...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #11: Final Entry
Im getting close to the final product. Here I am flush cutting the plugs. They are still a li...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #10: Plugging along
I was late getting home this evening so my time was limited in the shop. My main task was to plu...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #9: The end is in sight
I have not been out of the shop for a couple of days and I had a little mishap on Friday while st...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #8: Moving right along
This is where I started tonight – I attached the back to the seat of the chair. This is wh...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #7: Lean on me
Not much happened in the shop this evening. I decided to attach the Back Stretchers. Firstly I ...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #6: Looking like a chair?
I find it quite neat with woodworking that after hours toiling with chunks of wood, crafting them...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #5: Scoopin
Tonight I decided to attack the scooping of the seat. I had some concerns when Betsy reminded me...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #4: I hate sanding
I hate sanding. Have I mentioned that I hate sanding. If I have not . . . I hate sanding. ...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #3: Using the Bandsaw
I was a little later getting out in the shop today as an unexpected errand popped up. The firs...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #2: Starting the work
Since my last posting I went to the local lumber yard to get some 8/4 poplar. I found a nice boa...
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Basement Step #2: More work and the final product
Today was another humid day . . . so out I went at the step. I started by putting a strip of ice...
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One Man's Junk - Chair #1: The inspiration and the junk
As most people have stated this project is going to be a very interesting one. Unlike the Wint...
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Basement Step #1: The Before & During
Well . . . another one of the projects on my DW list for this year is to do something with the to...
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Woodworking Awards 2008 - 2x4 #7: The end is near !
Well the end is getting near for Project X – 2×4. I had a little “oopsie” when dry fittin...
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Woodworking Awards 2008 - 2x4 #6: And the beat goes on
Managed to get out in the shop this weekend. The weather was really strange . . . +5 and rain. ...
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Woodworking Awards 2008 - 2x4 #5: One Word - Pictures
Ok . . . I have been put under tremendous peer pressure to provide pics because of the NPDH rule....
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Woodworking Awards 2008 - 2x4 #4: Dovetailing (NPDH)
I did not get out to the shop last night . . . rough day at work drained the good right out of me...
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Woodworking Awards 2008 - 2x4 #3: Making Dust on Project X
This evening I checked another item off my list for Project X. I spent a couple of hours calcula...
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Woodworking Awards 2008 - 2x4 #2: The lumber has landed
Well DW and I went X-Country skiing this morning. It was a beautiful day. When we returned I ...
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Woodworking Awards 2008 - 2x4 #1: Im gonna try dovetails
Well . . . DW (Dear Wife) did not like my initial idea for the 2×4 project so yesterday even...
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Kitchen Cabinets #3: I hate snipe
Well for starters . . . I just spent 10 minutes typing this blog . . . and I lost it. ARGG . . ....
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Kitchen Cabinets #2: The wood is in - yippie
Finally !!!! 2 weeks have stretched into 4 . . . but the wood is finally in. Im going to take...
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What do you do for a living?
What do you folks do for a living? I know that some actually woodwork for a living . . . but wha...
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Kitchen Cabinets #1: Prologue
Well . . . Im starting one of my largest projects to date . . . a set of kitchen cabinets for our...
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Thorsen House Table
Got my PW e-news and seen this contest. Signed up here right away . . . not quite sure how to us...
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