| Blog series by cpt_hammer | updated 1808 days ago | 4 parts | 3284 reads | 23 comments total |
Part 1: Planned Projects
My wife and I recently bought a new house after living in an apartment for the past few years. We have found that while our 1200 sq. ft. apartment was full of furniture, that same furniture does not fill a 3750 sq. ft. house as well. As a result my wife after recently discovering my love for woodworking as tasked with a very long honey do list. Here is a brief synopsis of the items she has tasked me to build: Entertainment Center – designed to match our current coffee table and e...
Part 2: Good Source for Wood?
My wife has instructed me that I have quite a long list of items to be built. Much to my excitement, I’ve enjoyed looking at different designs and coming up with some rudimentary plans for these items. However, when I went out to my garage (shop), I noticed that my lumber supply is rather meek. Here is my sad list of lumber: Oak: 2 – 1/2” x 12” x 36” plywood boards 1 – 1/2” x 6” x 60” solid board Aspen:3 – 1” x 3&#...
Part 3: Toybox in Progress - Finger out of commission
Well, I’ve been working on my daughter’s toybox for the past couple of weeks. I have the base and the bookshelf top assembled and now I’m adding trim pieces to hide the plywood edges and assembling the toybox lids. However, this weekend, when I was attaching my Kreg pocket screw drill bit to the drill, I got my pinky between the bit and the sleeve (why was it still in the sleeve? Don’t ask). It took 4 1/2 hours in the ER at the local hospital to get 4 stitches, te...
Part 4: Toybox Complete
I’ve finally completed the toybox and will post pictures of it hopefully tonight. I’ve also managed to knock out other projects recently including basement storage shelving, garage storage shelves, and finally hanging some drapes in the family room. the drapes was the scariest part since they are 17 feet long and I have to climb up on a ladder just to hang the rods for them. So on my overall list here’s where I’m at: Entertainment Center – designed to match ...
