In the past few weeks, I’ve had the chance to photograph my completed big fall project from 2011. I put together the table base over a few weeks in August and built the top over a couple weeks in September. I don’t remember much, other than my wife traveled overseas during that time. I remember myContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Tangled Up (Dining Set) in Blue”
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This Week in the Shop: Make: Plywood Chairs
A few issues ago, Make Magazine published plans for a jigsaw puzzle chair, and I needed chairs for my “dining room”. In reality, I needed chairs, I had plywood and this plan jumped out at me. I used a jigsaw to rough-cut the piece. Then I finished the pieces with a bandsaw, rasps and aContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Make: Plywood Chairs”
This Week in the Shop: Don’t Touch My Blue Suede Chair
A quick sawdust update: I’ve been working finishing up a personal project this week and doing a little legwork for my next piece. In May, two friends of mine became married to each other. I got to see them meet, watch them fall in love and stand up and give a hell yeah! at theContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Don’t Touch My Blue Suede Chair”
This Week in the Shop: Children’s Picnic Table
This week in the shop, I got the chance to use up a few of the pine boards laying in the woodpile. My son got a picnic table out of the deal. The table is 24″ L, 11″ W & about 11″ H. The table: The chair (the rails are too close together): The resultContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Children’s Picnic Table”