When I first started working with wood, the weekend was a mad rush to get things done, my goal was to just get the job done. Come Monday morning as long as I had some pictures to show my mates or post on a forum I was happy.
Inevitably when I sat back in the following weeks all I saw was the little mistakes I made on the way, an out of square piece here, a chip there. Output and …
Ah the weekend is here, finally some real shed time 🙂
I routed the dadoes and squared up the edges with a small mortice chisel, everything is ready to receive the scroll work.
I have to say that Tasmanian Myrtle is beautiful stuff to work with, its up there as one of my favorites.
Understandably the panels are over sized, so I planed all the panels down to fit.
Holding the work in between a couple of clamped cauls worked …
This mirror has been dragging on for quite a while, I think I have been a little daunted by the frame, I really hate miters!
Anyway, I finally plucked up the courage to have a go and I am very happy with the way things turned out.
After mulling over the best way to cut the I decided to build a small frame to hold the moulding flat, in place and with support front and rear to minimise tear-out.
Theres …
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I have been toying up with the idea of replacing an old chair we have in our bedroom with a piano stool. The extra width and the little storage compartment will be perfect for us.
My Mother in-law is also after something similar so if i can make it in time, I’ll try to make one as a Christmas gift as well.
I couldn’t find any suitable plans, so i went off and drew up a basic plan using …
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I scored some cheap 65x45mm Hardwood boards, decided to glue them up and replace the solid core door benchtop I have been using for the last few years…. Once I figured out the layout, I pre-drilled my dog holes prior to the glue up. This is much easier the drilling after everything has been glued up.
Next step was to glue up the bench top in two half’s, then I ran them through through my drum-sander to flatten them. …
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Havent posted in a while, was out of action with a cold, then I was offline after a botched ISP plan upgrade…
Anyway finally got to cut the scroll work for the mirror.
I haven’t done much in the way of scrollsaw cutting before, this is actually my first real piece. While I am not entirely happy with my cuts, overall the piece looks good.
I still need to do some sanding to even out my curves and to …
Bedroom Suite has just been added to the project pages.
For more on this project checkout: Bedroom Suite Project…
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I finished veneering the scroll work, here are picks of the final panel being glued up. This panel is the base of the mirror, the crown has already been veneered, stained and grain filled.
For more on this project checkout:
Chippendale Mirror Project…
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Managed to get the Tablesaw Boom Arm up and running this weekend:
For more details checkout the Boom Arm section under the projects menu : Boom Arm Page
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Well its a cold and wet Friday night here in Melbourne, Australia but I don’t care. Its almost the weekend and that means I have paid my dues for the week and get to retreat to my shed!
During the week I managed to pickup some goodies and will hopefully get to put some of this stuff into use this weekend.
CMT Rabbet set, CMT box joint bit
digital mitre gauge, Fastcap Calculator
Framing Clamp, Pliers
dust collector reducers …