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I’ve finished the dresser at long last, it only took 3 years 🙂 The carcass is made of red oak plywood sides and back, then solid wood frame and everything else. It was supposed to be a baby change table … Continue reading →

Another update on the speaker cabinet:

Some progress shots:

This is the start of a walnut cabinet I’m making, it’s also the first time (not including test pieces) that I’ve attempted dovetails with my Leigh jig.

I had a 1hp electric motor I’m using on my new lathe but the guy I got it from used crappy black spray paint to hide the rust it must have had. I think it looked kind of crappy on … Continue reading →

I haven’t had an issue resawing boards in the past but I sliced this 8 foot long walnut board from 2 inches thick into two one inch thick boards to book match them into a wider piece. When I got … Continue reading →

I’ve finished building a new stand for my lathe, the old one was metal, loud and vibrated too much. My Beaver 3400 lathe now sits on a solid ash stand with 3″ thick legs and has a mdf top to … Continue reading →

I love this thing !