21 hours ago
by Les Hastings |
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Yes,,,,,,,, I said routing in the carvings. I’d much rather carve something by hand, but I’m quickly running out of time. I took a piece of 3/4 FC walnut scrap and made a routing template the correct size. I’ll use a plunge router to rout out the area needed for the carvings. I purchased the carvings out of cherry, but they will color and match the rest of the walnut just fine.
Here’s the template all set up and clamp in place ready to go.
I made the routing ...
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1 day ago
by coloradoclimber |
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I’m building a beside table / nightstand for my son. I found a set of plans I liked on the net, purchased from PlansNow originally published in Workbench Magazine.
Even though I have the plans I’m still drawing it up in sketchup.
I like to dry run in sketchup. I find it really makes my shop time go faster and I create fewer errors if I’ve walked through the entire cutting and assembly sequence in sketchup before committing.
If I start with a square block in sk...
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2 days ago
by wadestock |
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I decided to build a music stand. My daughter has started violin and I need to start practicing my guitar again. I have some cherry that was thrown out from a cabinet shop. I researched all the ones I could find here on LJ, and saw many wonderful examples. I decided I wanted a flat back so I could write on the music, if needed.My glue up skills leave much to be desired, more patience and preparation is needed. Thanks to all you who have now got me hooked on hand tools, I decided to smooth it ...
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2 days ago
by coloradoclimber |
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The box is made out of 1/2 inch plywood throughout with 1/4 by 3/4 hardwood edging. The similar colored pieces are either identical or mirrors. All of the joinery is either dados for the box or half lap for the edging.
The edging is 1/4 inch thick hardwood edging instead of veneer edge banding. The hardwood will stand up to much more abuse as shoes are thrown in on a daily basis and it will give a small bit of stiffness to the 1/2 inch ply of the box.
I liked the rounded ...
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2 days ago
by Les Hastings |
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My Addison Rose of Texas is getting closer to needing this( Nov. 4th due date), so I best get with it.
The panels are 3/8 thick so I made a routing template an 1/8 smaller where the panel will set in the leg. I used a collar on the router of 5/8 with a 3/8 router bit. The template was made to rout both panels into the leg at the same time. I routed the legs 5/16 deep for the panels.
Here’s the pictures of the template work and the one of the legs after the routing was finished.
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4 days ago
by coloradoclimber |
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I need a coat locker near the front the door for the kids to throw their shoes, coats, and back packs in when they get home from school. Right now they just pile it all up in a big pile behind the door.
Here are some initial concepts. Not finished but close. I’m not sure if I want to put some blocking in between the dividers or just go with biscuits or dowels through the shelves and into the dividers.
The locker is around 66 inches high, 12 inches deep, and almost 40 inches wid...
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5 days ago
by coloradoclimber |
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Not a lot of progress since the last entry but I have decided to go with simple box drawers with lock rabbeted joints.
I watched a video from Wood Magazine where they conducted strength tests on various joints. They concluded that the half lap, finger, and rabbeted joints were the strongest, stronger apparently than a dovetail for a drawer box. And it’s a lot simpler. So it may not be as cool as dovetails but I think it will be more than strong enough and will be quite a bit f...
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5 days ago
by coloradoclimber |
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I put together some concept drawings to solicit some feedback from my kids. Here’s one concept with a desk shelf, cork board, and cubby shelf. I had other ideas with no desk just a bean bag and a small table, others with whiteboards on all back sides and the desk across the front, another with a corner desk only. Using sketchup works well, I can rotate, add, subtract, all pretty painlessly, and get real time feedback as to what looks good, and what gets no interest.
I think I&...
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6 days ago
by Texasgaloot |
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It’s about time I attack this project with a vengeance, if for no other reason that it will be good to have the commission money to travel to Berea on (Neener!) The most challenging part of a very challenging project has been finding mesquite in quantity and size to work for me. Each leg is 4-1/2” on the square, a modified cabriole leg. I finally scored the lumber about 4 weeks ago, about an hour away. Heck, in Texas, that’s neighbors. Here is the stack:
I didn&#...
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6 days ago
by Les Hastings |
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I finally got all the fronts put together. The drawer fronts have wider side styles to match the styles and rails on the door. All of the have raised panels except fot the one small drawer front at the top of the tower. Its to small for a raised panel so I just made it a flat panel. The panels have a bead running around them to, to go along with the beaded openings.
Here’s a close up of the frame and panel.
Here’s a couple full view pictures of the project.
Al...
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