The leg edges and leg stretchers received a fingernail profile.   This was done with a 1/2" radius roundover bit in the router table.  Note my slig...

Once I completed the final sanding and prepped according to instructions, I applied Rubio's Monocote Pure to the frame.  It was my first experience...

The weft weaving starts in one corner, attaching the a doubled cord (roughly 120ft length folded in half) at its center onto a side rail.  This is ...

Onto the frame, rive the birch (random piece of metal used as an ad hoc froe). I have since got an actual froe - but this worked surprisingly well....

Work out what angle the handles should go in at. Not quite 90 degrees because of the slight curve from crossbar to where the handles go. [20210104_...

Shape the handles clamped together so they end up the same size/shape. [20210105_103453.jpg] And just hack bits off with a knife & rasp until I’m h...

Well, the last exercise on the outer surface was a mistake. I should have left well enough alone. There's way too much material removed by drilling...

I mapped (hand sketched) out the final contour lines on the top surface, then scraped the inner surface to get to the final thicknesses. The most e...

Started design on QCad. [40098C9E-87A0-4304-9D8E-8F575AAD49E1.jpeg]Neck and head design. Started thinking about the cutting sequence for the neck. 

 Boys and Girls,   Life is so ironic... this article has never been published before.   The irony is not in never publishing but rather I’m publi...

Boys and Girls, Trying not to bore all to tears by dragging across my LJ posts, the projects may be an ego trip, but these hints/tips may actuall...

Boys and Girls, This was posted at LJ on the 26th. December, 2017 as a project.  I have migrated it across and slapped it under my Hints series ...

Cut out the center stile and added a couple of wide pull out shelves. Pre-finished 5/8" BB with 1/2" melamine bottom, rabbeted in. 1/16" dado and b...

A tavern had ordered a credenza with a pop up TV inside it. It came to Vegas from Missouri. The door that opened for the TV to come out had warped....

I'm installing pre-manufactured cabinets. If done quite a few of these, and this brand is the best line I have done so far. It's a small kitchen. I...

This year’s winter project is a new kitchen table. The beater we have is having trouble living next to the new dog food cabinet beside it. Our whol...

Well, I said I would post again when the veneering was done. It took a little longer than I expected because I decided to add a little marquetry to...

Just a quick update to show the top in place and the installation in the kitchen by the 18C dog food cabinet. It will live here under a tablecloth ...

this blog has been a few days to completion mainly due to too hot outside or other Higher priority tasks overtaking it I carved all the drawer fro...

Well most of the progress has slowed somewhat. First up :- My custom trolley as promised. (Edit opps cannot find the pictures just now!) Its for ...

You may have seen the preparation involved to construct the Double radius feature at the back of the cabinet top. Here it is sitting in place. [IMG...

This is something that I've wanted to build for a while for my small shop, but never got around to it until now.  I kind of forced my own hand by f...

Like some others out there, I've started learning how to use Onshape.  I'm still coming up-to-speed, but I really like its parametric modeling -  b...

When I first saw the Power Wagon I just knew that some time or other I would be giving it a try. [IMG_3611.JPG] [IMG_3613.JPG][IMG_3614.JPG] [T&...

 1911 delivery truck I found some cool old plans to play with so trying the 1911 Brush Delivery Truck' I've built this style truck before but a m...

I needed some veneer softener, so I went looking on the Internet and I found this recipe at Highland Woodworking. Perfect, but my local pharmacy do...

I’m not certain yet how it’s going to look when done, but I experimented a bit with punched metal this morning. I printed this photo on a piece of...