So, my sister came to me asking if I would make them a wooden bed frame ... My brother in law was having back problems and they wanted something that was solid and that would match the nightstands I had made for them as their wedding gift several years ago ... She showed me some pictures of ones that she liked in some magazines, and then she listed some basic dimensions of their mattress and how much clearance she wanted below the bed frame ... The pictures show the end result ... I used some
Catastrophe today at the WoodRat ... I explained in the previous blog entry how I plan to use a sort of blind sliding dovetail to attach the sides of my boxes to the bottoms ... The bottoms are first glued up from smaller boards since they need to be around 12” x 9” ... After final dimensioning, the bottom has to be cut into two pieces so the dovetail trench can be made without the ends of the trench showing ... Then I trap the box sides in the trench and glue the two bottom pieces back
This is a first time try at making Darts a budy asked me to join him in a tournament so I said what the heck so I made a set. I used Zebra pen blanks and a Dart kit from WoodCraft and just went with it I haven’t weighed all three to get exact weight on each but thats next. After that it’s just hold and throw hope to make it on the board. The first picture has a metal tip the secound has a plastic tip ...
Historically it could be said that I have been known to jump into a new interest elbows first ... Obviously feet first is the conventional method, but I figure people expect that, so I lead with my elbow and on occasion my clavicle ... Yes I have jumped into woodworking clavicle first ... I had no idea that when I splashed in neck deep into this new hobby that I would find the joy of blogging too ... I really only intended to write that first post ... External validation is a powerful
I live in an old farm house which does not have a lot of cabinet space ... We needed more space to store kitchen stuff in so I designed this solid oak pie safe ... It has 2 adjustable shelves in it ... It was a lot of fun to design and build ...
Fortunately for us wood workers and tinkerers, one of mankind’s most ... indestructible substances — polystyrene — is easy to repurpose into glue ... And since several people have commented on my end grain end table project asking for the secret recipe to my homemade glue, I’m here to provide. However, I’m going to force you to read this entire thing before I get to the point, so bear with me ... I work a lot with polystyrene, partly because it can be found everywhere, but mainly
Hand forged mini hawk head and some extra walnut I had around the shop combined to make a nice little minihawk. Hand carved the handle for better gripping/decoration ...
I Cleaned off at least 3-4 Coats of paint & Polished & Repainted, Tried to better allign, It does have a small Wobble,Approx 1/16”, Feels like 5 foot. The Cabinet was Free, Used to be a 2 Hole Sink ...
I want to build a traditional bowsaw, with some untraditional details ... Maple with some dark cherry inlays and tips for the tensioner, kindof like on a bow ... also, i think i want a D-handle on one end ... Take a look and tell me what you think, if you have any suggestions, etc ...