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Nightstands v2: Making Drawer Bottoms
It’s been so long since I talked about the second nightstand project that I sometimes wonder if I’m making any progress. So I looked back at that last post and realized that since then, I’ve done the...
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Nightstands v2: First Mouldings
The second nightstand project is lumbering and stuttering forward, this time with the tops. I glued up the tops a few weeks ago, smoothed them off, and cut the left sides even and square. I’d been...
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Nightstands v2: Finished
For the last month, I’ve felt so close to finishing the twin-nightstand project that I thought it could all come together at any moment. The final details proved as time-consuming to complete as the...
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Goofs Illustrated: Workbench
When it dawned on me that I needed a workbench, I really didn’t know my requirements. The only thing that I knew for sure is that it had to be really strong, pretty heavy, and be able to resist racking...
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Workbench v2: Getting Started
It’s time to get down to that new workbench. Everyone and their uncle is building a Roubo this year. Consequently, I’ll just be another voice in the din of people blogging about their Roubo builds, but...
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Workbench v2: Milling the Top
At the end of the last installment, I had the workbench top-milling task to deal with. I’ve never worked with anything this large before, so I didn’t quite know what to do. A little rough...
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Workbench v2: Top, Legs
The past few weeks have primarily involved milling, milling, and more milling. Oh, right, there was also a trip to Pennsylvania. But after all of that excitement, I was able to glue the top. I used...
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Jointing Narrow Boards (Yet Another Dog Incarnation), Long-Tailboard Dovetails
I decided that the break-in project for my new workbench would be a bookshelf. Because the bench can handle six-foot boards, and I can still reach things that are six feet high, I decided to make the...
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Bookshelf 2: Glued Up
There are times when I feel like I’ve gotten nothing done, and this past month was one of them. It’s not entirely, true, though, as I have the new bookshelf glued up now: Getting to the glue-up point...
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Bookshelf 2: Finished
This is sure to be one of the most anticlimactic posts ever; the second bookshelf is done and has been pressed into service. There isn’t much to say about it other than the finishing technique that I...
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File Box
Let me introduce you to Joe. He’s a rather talented dude: At BAGathon 2013, he showed up with this little cabinet that he’d made from a wine box. It’s his “file cabinet,” because it contains files....
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Switching Coasts
It sure hasn’t been a very productive three years since my last post, at least in the shop. I’ve done a couple of things, but haven’t finished anything of any note. I’m close on a few things and it’s...
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Bookshelf 2: Finished
This is sure to be one of the most anticlimactic posts ever; the second bookshelf is done and has been pressed into service. There isn’t much to say about it other than the finishing technique that I...
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Coffee Table: Starting Joinery
It seems like it’s taken forever, but I’m finally ready to start a furniture project in my new shop. It will be a coffee table, something that’s been on “the list” for a very long time. Like many of...
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Coffee Table: Midway
So let’s check in on that coffee table project. I have completed the frame joinery: Aside: Does anyone else have the problem hinted at above? Well, not so much a problem, but an annoyance. As I work...
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Coffee Table: Top Glued
There isn’t a whole lot to say about this, but I finally got the top of the coffee table glued up: Most things take longer than I would prefer, but this one was slightly more annoying because I was...
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Coffee Table: Base Glue-Up
I started gluing up the base of the coffee table. There are four sides, and I decided to glue up all four separately to make sure that I got all of the pieces in the right spot. Here’s the first: This...
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Coffee Table: Drawers Started
A large amount of my time in the shop lately has been dedicated to something related to the coffee table, but hopefully to be used in most future projects. More on that soon, maybe. If I do write it...
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Coffee Table: Gluing Up Drawer Bottoms the Dumb Way
I’ve got all of the pieces for the coffee table drawer bottoms ready. Here are the three components of one of them: These are western redcedar, resawn from an inexpensive S1S 1×6. These aren’t quite...
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Coffee Table: Gluing Up Drawer Bottoms in a Less Idiotic Way
Yesterday’s oafishness had a predictable result: One of the panel pieces rode up ever so slightly in the rear, so I’ll need to plane that down a little more than desired. For the second drawer bottom,...
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