My grandfathers old saw i dug out of the basement and reconditioned. Its origional base was a few old stair spindles for legs and a thin piece of ply, not much to it. I made a mortise and tenon cherry base with a mahogany top. Finished with boiled linseed oil. Also made a shroud for the belt again from cherry. Used a scrap of teak to make a zero clearance insert teak works great because its natural oils keep it slick. Saw motor had to be rewired (who said carpenters couldn’t fix motors) and i had to purchase a new belt. I also mounted a remote swithch on the table it self for saftey’s sake. It runs and cuts although not much power to it, great little trim saw, and a great way to honor poppy.

Here’s a maple sink base I made based on homeowner sketches (yikes!). All material was rough cut to begin so all the milling too me quite a while. He wanted 4 inch thick legs so i ended up using 10/4 and gluiong up two pieces after carefully jointing them. My years in a handmade furinture shop (Charles Shakleton Furniture) really helped me here as i had much experience with these applications. Drawings called for no taper on the legs so i added a slight router applied chamfer to break the harsh lines. All joints are mortise and tenon, no mechanical fasteners other than for the slats in shelf. Used my homemade tennoning jig for tenons and then a forestner bit and a chisel to cut nice clean mortises, hey, work with what ya got. I routed a dado around the top edge so the sink slipped on right over it. All wood was sanded to 400 and then hand oiled with tung oil. 4 coats over 3 days. Very important to dry each coat before next application.

This was a fun project.
Origionaly it was and open alcove with a TV and a few shelves. Plywood and white enamel, realy classy. This is an old barn turned house so we were going through and removing all the anachronistic trim, flooring, etc. This is the master suite and i was tasked with removing the old closet doors and removing the alcove and replacing all of it. The built in is plywood carcass with pine face frame, doors, and drawer fronts. Trim package was beaded (by me) 1×4 with an applied ogee and cap trims. Only real challenge was my boss thought i could build the carcass in one piece and get it upstairs, ha! So I did what he wanted and ended up having to cut the darn thing in half and making two separate carcass. BUt with the beauty of face frame construction all was well hidden. I used a new method for the trim where i preassembled the 1×4 using a kreg pocket screw jig. I scoffed at it at first but i’ll tell you what that $100 jig turned out to be a jem. Those joints will not separate with screws and glue and the beauty is that you can glue it screw it and apply it, no waiting.