Archive for September, 2008

Bending form for the apron

Available shop time has been low lately. I caught one of the early cold bugs going around, and then my wife caught it from me. This last weekend I felt better and had a little bit of time I could spend in the shop. I finished up the bending form I will use to make [...]

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Measure Twice, Cut Once

I tend to try to remember things without writing them down. Just ask my wife when she gives me a list of things to pickup at the store. She’d always ask do you want to write that down. I’d always say, no it’s just 4 or 5 items I can remember that. Needless to say [...]

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Small Hall Table – Starting the Mock-Up

This weekend I had some free time and spent my time working on the mock-up for the small hall table. I started with the legs. I was concerned that the size of the legs I drew up in my plans might be too bulky. The legs I drew up were 1 ¾” square at the [...]

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Looking for lumber

I went by 2 of the larger hardwood suppliers in my area (Crosscut Hardwoods and Edensaw), looking for lumber for the small table I’m starting. For the first time I struck out finding what I wanted. I was looking to build the table out of Cherry. I wanted the top to be one piece and [...]

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