Mike40

2nd Todays Work Materials were prepared for the frame cutouts. The 18mm (a little less than3/4") birch this time. There wasn’t enough space to cut ...

I have been wanting to make a wooden geared clock for some time now and I finally got around to buying some plans for one. I bought them from a Ger...

Most hobby woodworkers probably have small shops, the majority most likely in one half of a two car garage. My set-up was a 2 car garage size but w...

The carpentry work is finished and only the painting remains. I enjoyed this project and I hope it will be a convenience for us in the years to com...

I didn’t get as much done as I thought I would today. I’m not sure why, but I think it had something to do with the sun, which made an unexpected, ...

I didn’t get much done today as this is our shopping day. I did manage to get the hinges installed on the door frames though. Yesterday after takin...

I thought I had made a measuring/cutting mistake on the horizontal door frame pieces, but it turned out to not be so. That saved me a lot of time a...

It’s been awhile since my last installment on this project. I had to install a burnt out garage door opener and change the tires on my car. That wa...

I have many tools I really love. Normally my favorite tool is the one which best suits the work I’m doing, or which I enjoy using, but there is one...

This is the system I came up with to store my clamps many years ago and I still find it quite convenient. It is cheap, quick and easy to make from ...

Laying the Shingles Just a short update. I got the asphalt shingles for the roof. The shingle substrate is 3/4” tongue and groove panel boards on t...

In the shop Today I first nailed woodstrips from the top to bottom on the front and back legs. These are thin strips used to cover the cut ends of ...