This Week Trends
I am finally getting back to the kitchen build - the last thing to finish is the breakfast bar. I had the support for the back splash behind the stove made before the counters went in....
I have made a frame for the tops of the cabinets out of 3/4 inch birch plywood. This frame will help hold the various cabinets together as well and hold the top of each cabinet rigid....
We have a broom closet just off of our kitchen. It was not cluttered, but it needed a makeover. We wanted to use the space of the closet more efficiently. I built a French...
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Nesting Stacking Toy
I had the idea for this nesting toy last summer when I was recording the sound of the big band saw by...
The Pantry Part 2: Grocery Bag Storage
I have been working on the grocery bag storage in the pantry. I made a bar for holding the cloth grocery bags...
Kitchen Remodel: Part 4 – Cabinet Carcass
I made the cabinet carcass from maple veneer plywood. I made the bottom pieces first to make sure they fit in...
Lawn Chair
This lawn chair is made from sequoia that I cut up with my friend Brian about 2 years ago. The chair...
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Transforming a Pressure Pot for Resin Casting
I attended a seminar last spring at the Oregon Wood Turning
Symposium about casting resin. One of the takeaways I got was that...
Making A New Mallet
I have been experimenting with a new mallet idea. The idea
is to glue up a mallet from smaller pieces of wood and...
Delicate Demolition
We have started working on the central room in our basement.
We would like to transform this room into a comfortable family room....
Woodturning A Spalted Maple Bowl
I have made a wood turned bowl for a charity auction for Camp More. Camp More is a week long summer camp...
Garage Storage Drawers Part 2
I have completed the 2nd half to the basement storage system. This part of the project entailed bringing
the structure into the house...
Making A Kiwi Trellis
I have been working on a trellis for my parents. It is a Mother's Day gift. I just got the trellis put...
Making the Steel Bridge
We built my son's 3rd grade Steel Bridge project on the CNC router. First we made drawings of the Steel Bridge...
Making A Woodturning Steady Rest
I have made a steady rest for my lathe to help in finishing both ends of the mallets I have been working...
Workholding Devices on the CNC
In this project, I made two workholding devices for the CNC wood router table. The first workholding device is a clamp...
Motor Mount and Belt Cover for the Surface Sanding Machine
In this project, I lift the drum sander’s motor up and move it closer to the shaft of the drum. In...