Making Cornhole Boards
This cornhole board set was made for my work. We use them whenever we have a BBQ or some other down time. View on YouTube
Standing Desk of Cherry #8: glue ups, and some lid work
Took a while, was fighting things like it was a Monday….Grooves were made…..but needed adjusted.. Tried the 1/4” cutter….skates on the plane wouldn’t close up enough…..will fix at a later date. I put a slightly wider cutter in. Was a bit rough to recut some of the grooves. Got all four done. Needed to plane the poplar panels down a bit….they were sawn Riff….meaning one edge was thicker than the other… At least Poplar is easy t...
Pine Pantry Cupboard #9: Door #2 installed...
Ok, door panel came out of the clamps today. I hauled it up to the Pantry to make sure it will fit. needed to trim one end a bit, and rip about 7/8” off one edge. Set things up to remove all the bandsaw markings.. Used both of these jointers.. To get the edges straight and saw mark free. Used a small plane to do the glue line leveling And got the panel set just right to make a lip on the correct edge.. Just a plough plane….Stanley No. 45 Once I got the spur o...
Pine Pantry Cupboard #8: One door done..
And one to go. Last weekend, I was away from the shop for a while. Had some tools to rehab. I went and got a few supplies for this Pantry Project. Turned out I needed a couple more items, more on that later. Ok, plan was to rip one of the 1×10s right down the middle. Not enough room in the shop….6’ board…cut it down to 5’1”.....much better. Bandsaw to do the rip. Needed to cut another 1×10 to that 61” length. Joint an edge, appl...
Making Beer Totes
Making some beer totes for some of my buddies. Click HERE to watch.
Venturing into Parts Unknown - Hand Tool/Plane Storage #4: Plane till awaits finish - dutch tool chest in process
so for those of you following along on this journey of mine that seriously resembles one of Billy’s walks from the Family Circus cartoons, the plane till is working fabulously and is mostly complete. I still need to mount a small ledge for my router plane, and figure out how to mount my Stanley 78 up there and voila! I may also turn half of the bottom ledge into a drawer space to hold fences and such but for now – it’s doing what I need it to do. Meanwhile, a friend of mi...
Pine Pantry Cupboard #7: Back is completed
Well, a little bit of catching up.. Had a couple strong armed ( and back) youngsters ( 22 and 24 yr olds) haul the case up out of the shop… And get the Boss’ approval. Finished pantry will go against the wall… And replace this “too small” cupboard. Today, I decided to bring things upstairs to cut the last piece for the back. I have a saw bench outside on the back patio. Hauled the tools upstairs with no problems…..getting the back up th...
Pine Pantry Cupboard #6: Shelves done, back is started
Ok, got all the shelves done.. even after having to fix a couple.. Shelf #2 and #3 needed adjusted a bit….right sides were a bit lower than the left, and #3 was the worst. Errors tend to add up faster than the IRS. Once the fix was done, I added cleats for shelf #4 and #5…..that was the easy part. I used a box of Mash Potato Mix to set the heights of the cleats, and a framing square to to the cleats level front to back. Today, I had to clear off the bench.. Added a...
Pine Pantry Cupboard #5: Shelves getting installed
Things are moving along now. Managed somehow to clear just enough bench space to cut the first plywood blank into a few shelves. Shelves neede to be about 27-1/2” long, maybe 14” wide. Bottom shelf was done first, as the others will reference off of it. Had a couple cleats cut to just the right length. Used those to mark the saw cuts. Framing square to connect the dots. That little saw was set to barely cut through the plywood. First one was cut, and installed.. ...
Pine Pantry Cupboard #4: Top installed
Just a quick catch-up…Got the blank for the top out of the clamps. Laid it up on top of the case. Marked how much to trim off. Set up the jig on the bandsaw, and cut for width. Framing square to mark the ends square, bandsaw to trim. Cleared a BIG spot on the bench,, And used the Jumbo Jack to flatten both faces. Block plane for the end grain, and make a slight bevel to the edges. Took a quarter out of my pocket, and laid out a curve on the front two corners.. Then u...
