This was another project I started a couple of months ago, and now I’m finding time to finish it up. Awhile ago, I made a foot rest for one of the LumberJocks contests. It was for my wife and it was loosely based on a nursing stool she had. Although we never had kids that [...]
I started this project a couple months ago, before my back problems started. Now that things are better and I have time off from work, I finished up a few of the minor details on this project. The pictures I took during the building of the Outfeed Table have vanished, so here are some pictures [...]
I have yet to have a project that has given me more grief as this little table. It seems it’s been one thing after another with this project! A few of weeks ago I attached the curved part of the apron, and while clamping it for the glue up the apron distorted slightly. Ok, that [...]
The small table I’m making will have 4-way tapered legs. I tried a simple jig at first, you can see it in one of my previous post. With that jig and making a 4-way taper you have account for the amount of material you removed when you get to the third face. I found even [...]
For a project that I thought was going to an easy knock it out quick project, it has turned into a frustrating little project. In my last post I showed some of the problems I had with the apron and the tapers on the legs. I have remade the apron and it came out much [...]
The last couple of days haven’t been that productive. I’m working on the legs and apron for the small table project. The tapers on the legs aren’t as perfect as I would like. It’s not as noticeable in the photo, but where the taper starts at the top is inconsistent. I could probably get away [...]
For my birthday back in May I bought myself a new router (Bosch 1617 2.25 HP) and new router plate from Incra. Today was the day to finally install them. I had an “older” router plate installed on auxiliary wing on my table saw. The size of the new plate doesn’t match current opening, and [...]
Today I got started on a built-in bathroom cabinet for my brother. He’s remodeling one of his bathrooms, and asked if I could build him a custom cabinet. This cabinet needs to go into an odd shaped area in the bathroom. So the cabinet isn’t something you can pickup at one of the big box [...]
Today I had time to put the finishing touches on the Small Benchtop Bench. The replacement hand wheels came in early this week, and it was hard not having time earlier this week to work on the bench. I’ve had a couple stalled projects lately and I really wanted to complete something. The first order [...]
I had plans to finish the Small Benchtop Bench this weekend, but I must have angered the woodworking gods somehow. Because the last couple of times I’ve worked on it, things haven’t gone well. When I last worked on the bench I was attaching the face vise. I cut a couple garters out of some [...]
