| This blog is written by cheller | 26 entries so far |
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Gingerbread Houses #4: Almost Final Construction
Last weekend I made my trek to New Jersey. Friday night was spent enjoying magic tricks, games, ...
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Gingerbread Houses #3: Decorations and an Oops
Every gingerbread house worth it’s salt needs decorations – candy canes, gingerbread ...
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Gingerbread Houses #2: Construction
A couple of class nights (adult ed open workshop) provided me with the time to mill the necessary...
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Gingerbread Houses #1: Explanation and Plans
Each year on the first weekend of December I travel to New Jersey to spend the weekend with my ne...
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Ornament 2007 #2: Finalizing Pattern and Prototype
I finally got the time today to work on the ornament design. An hour or so of scanning, printing...
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SketchUp Challenge - A Month Late
I’m really late with this. August and September were very busy months, mostly related to u...
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Ornament 2007 #1: Design Planning
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and relax. This is a long one. Earlier this year I poste...
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Softball Bat #2: The Bats are Done
At class Thursday night I finished both of the softball bats. First step was to burnish the ba...
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Softball Bat #1: New Tool Skills
Up until this summer I had never used a lathe, and that was okay. I’ve been able to do wha...
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Bench Upgrade #1: Upgrading My Bench Top
My primary bench (I have a second that has been buried under stuff for years) has been frustratin...
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Night Light #2: Almost Complete
The baby is nearly a month old – little boy cute as a button – so it’s time to ...
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Beginnings #1: First Project
I posted one of my early projects here. For no good reason it’s taken me a while to get ar...
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Thorsen Table #7: Final Assembly
With the drawer problem solved it was time to attach the drawer runners to the side aprons, a sto...
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Thorsen Table #6: Drawer Construction
I’m catching up on blogging the construction of my Thorsen House side table. The Saturda...
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Thorsen Table #5: Another tease
Obi wanted to see the cherry so here it is. I got very little sleep last night not because...
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Thorsen Table #4: Down to the Wire
I am going to cut it very close on this. If I didn’t have to work tomorrow I’d be fi...
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My Start in Woodworking
My first woodworking project was a plywood cabinet for the nook next to the fireplace in our firs...
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Wall Cabinet #4: Hinge Mortises
I’m closing in on completing the construction of the wall cabinet. Progress this past week...
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Night Light #1: Sides
I’m working on a night light for a friend’s baby, who is due in about a month. The d...
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Wall Cabinet #3: Case Assembly
Over the past several days, I completed the assembly of the case for the wall cabinet. Material ...
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Wall Cabinet #2: Completed Doors
I finished the doors for the wall cabinet earlier this week. The frame is maple, the panels waln...
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Thorsen Table #3: Parts
As I mentioned last night, I’ve got most of the parts roughed out for my version of the Tho...
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Thorsen Table #2: Early progress
I’ve got a nice pile of sticks, now. Legs, stretchers, shelf, top, breadboards are ready f...
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Thorsen Table #1: Getting Started
After much deliberation I’ve decided to take on the challenge. I’ve got the wood in...
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My Sister's Desk - a Woodworking Saga
I started to add this as a project and then realized that it was really more of a blog entry beca...
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Wall Cabinet #1: Door Progress
I didn’t have much time in the shop this weekend. We’re getting ready for our Passov...
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