527 days ago
by SPHinTampa |
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Have completed my experimentation with finishing, it is time to finalize the table top.
I cut the frame pieces for the table top from the same stock I used for the legs and sides. This turned out to make the table top glue up a little more complicated because I ended trying to place a 3/4” panel in a frame made of 15/16” thick stock. Note that I cut the long members a little wider than the short members so that I can trim them for a final fit around the panel (I will expl...
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429 days ago
by MolokMot |
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Each of the strips is milled cut and ripped to the following dimensions:
Thickness: Little less than 1” Width: 1.5” Length: 21”
There are Five strips each of maple and cherry. I glued up the panel in two sections using an extra maple strip to separate them. Two strips on the end are glued together, but are not glued to the adjacent maple spacer strip or the other 8 strips. I did this primarily because I only have so many clamps at this point and my planner is only 10&#...
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296 days ago
by Ethan Harris |
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More photos available on my blog: Pallet Craft!
Hello Readers!
This past weekend, a major trend took place, it rained constantly and unrelentlessly. That being said, I was able to utilize my carport this weekend to get things moving on the pallet entertainment center, and the recycled lumber crib mobile. So lets dive right into the action!
Pallet Entertainment center!
This is probably the most exciting project for me since the pallet wood table that many of my readers saw in my fi...
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339 days ago
by Retsof |
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I’ve made a lot of progress on this project, but I’ve been so busy since the kids got out of school for the summer, that I haven’t had much computer time lately to update my blog.
Here I have the three piece legs glued up and I’m testing the fit of the tenons.
In this photo, I’ve finished the sanding all the parts, have the tenons glued into the legs, and have the panels installed. Now they are starting to look like planters.
One of the changes I ma...
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910 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot…and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed.” Michael Jordan…(1963 – ) Former professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Wood inlay has a mystique about it. Some of the finest furniture created by...
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179 days ago
by mountainaxe |
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Four years after major home renovation work, I’ve decided to tackle the living room space in our 1943 ranch. The house has an interesting feature…the interior walls were not studded/plastered; instead, the exterior brick was simply stuccoed on the interior…which makes for awkward built-in attachment. My larger goal is to work my way around the room installing built-ins in a craftsman like style. The individual projects I’ll address in this blog will include:
1. ...
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31 days ago
by RaggedKerf |
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Note to my readers—-this is the secret project I’ve mentioned a few times. It has consumed my shop time since February. That’s why it’s been so slow on the blog for the last few months. Now that it has been delivered, I can post the details.
When I was ready to head back out to the shop, I discovered the Walnut fairy had left two pieces of walnut ready for work. She’s pretty good at gluing too…After a few passes with the hand plane I’m sure the...
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868 days ago
by Bob Simmons |
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“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”Mark Twain…American Author and Humorist…(1835-1910)
We will refer to the banding in the illustration as “Banding #1” for the convenience of identity.
For this example the dimensions for the inlay package are 4” x 10” x 3/8”. For this instance the length of the sliced banding would work well for a typical picture frame that houses a 5” x 7” picture. When making ...
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994 days ago
by Huckleberry |
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As we continue on in our build we get to where we need to build the boxes for our drawers. I run through it and explain about setting up for the drawer slides.
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279 days ago
by RaggedKerf |
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Today was all about slugging it out. I ended up smashing my knuckles against the wall stud I’m using as a brace when I was thinking ahead to the glue-up and not paying attention to how far I was reaching with the plane…then, I promptly sliced another finger on the sharp corner (how did that happen?) of the plank I was working on.
Just a flesh wound…
So, got a little bloody today, but, well, these things won’t plane themselves…
Great thing about today th...
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