Category Archives: Woodworking

I saw this “Peter Accent Chair” in a store and decided I’ll make a pair. I’ll try my hand at upholstery. It has a bit of shaping going on at the joints.

I got a deal on a used King Indistrial 15″ Planer to replace the older model I have (free upgrade) so I took the truck to pick it up.   I also picked up these 6′ truck ramps, I don’t … Continue reading →

Here’s my date for this weekend. 

This is the best looking Stanley #113 compass plane I’ve seen.  This particular one is a type #2 from 1880-1891 and it moves like butter.   Nothing stiff or corroded like it was out of the box.  

This took me longer than I thought but I made this drawer organizer out of walnut to set inside the kitchen drawer. 

I’m okay with that I think, need to put a gloss coat now. 

1st coat of making something maple look like something brown.  In my Fuji spray gun I mixed precisely a bunch or walnut brown and a bunch of mahogany aniline dye powder in a bunch of clear water based polyurethane. Shook … Continue reading →

I decided it would be a great idea to try my first hand cut dovetails on an important project :).  No time for screw ups or do-overs here.  One shot.   But first a change of plans.  I was going … Continue reading →

To sculpt the decorative profile on the top of the legs a router bit wouldn’t do so I tried using scratch stock to form the two outside beads.  It works pretty good, better than I thought especially on hard maple. … Continue reading →