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Project Photos (page 1) A smattering of the remnants of a
few perfectly good trees.....
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This is my youngest's brand new "big bed"
I built this bed out of alder, and "borrowed" most of the design from his
brothers bed. It's altered enought to be unique, but close enough to prevent
any arguments!! The alder is local (Seattle area), and started it's life
as 8/4 stock. I've milled it to 1 3/8" thick, rounded all the corners, used
mortice and tennon joinery for the headboard and footboard, and morticed in
bed hardware from Rockler. The lattice work is pine, and made into three
"pallets". It was a nice, simple, fun project that was pretty much done
in a weekend.
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My "boot bench"
One of my first projects, was this Deacons bench. The wall behind the bench
belongs to a new bedroom, and I wanted a place for the kids to sit, and
shuck their boots when they came in from the garage. After finding the
plans at "Ubild" , I took
the final dimensions into consideration, and built the nook into the wall.
When the room was done, it was time to make the bench. It's built from s4s
red oak stock (I built it before I had the planer and jointer), and 3/4"
oak ply. An old Craftsman router (long since retired) did all the roundovers
and fluting, and I even made the moulding that wraps the base. The finish is
Watco and poly and so far, has stood up to the kids!
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My library!!
I built this from plans shown in
WORKBENCH magazine
. Made of alder, the dimensions were altered to assure a custom fit. The
"rack" portions of the cabinet are fashioned using mortise and tennon joinery.
It's attached to the wall such that it can be removed for the inevitable
painting. Finish on it is a maple stain (to match the rest of the cabinets)
and because of the high humidity, I've protected it with a couple of coats
of poly.
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Potato and Onion bin
Plans for this are from
Ubild as well .Actually,
this is the first of two of these that have come out of my "shop". Once again,
alder was the wood of choice. Finish for this was a cherry stain and the
entire thing, inside and out, is well coated with poly. The insides of the
bins are well sealed as they are now, and have been, full of potatoes and
onions!! The top section was altered dimension wise as a place to put the
Cuisinart. Nice little project that puts to use "the basics".
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Potato and Onion bin #2...
Same plans, same material, but second attempt. Of course this was built with
a friend, and he got to take it with him, and I'm left with prototype #1
(above), but hey, who's complaining!! Actually, this was the first project
I did "not solo". It took a bit of getting used to, but ended up being a
very enjoyable time in the shop. Finish on this one is simply wipe on poly,
and wax. The hardware is brass, and the dimensions are true to the plans.
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"Test" chair
I built this chair from a design retrieved from
Popular
Woodworking Magazine . I call it a test chair, because this year, I'm
testing the durability of it's fold up design. Made of Port Orford cedar,
it is, with out a doubt, the best smelling chair on the block! A couple of
wing nuts allow the chair to be knocked down for storage. It is comfortble,
but my oldest has managed to convert it into pieces it wasn't supposed to be
converted into!! It's all back together now, and I have a few ideas for
beefing it up. I plan on building a few more for the upcoming summer months.
UPDATE (Dec 2003)... I've decided this chair design just isn't going to
cut the mustard and while this chair still lives (though it has been repaired
a time or two), it's never become the favourite I was hoping it would. On to
the next design....
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Our Arbor (Sorry Pat, Arbour!!)
This side of our house, well, sucked. It lacked anything special, and needed
some attention. The design for this came from nowhere, and my wifes Grandfather
and I put it together in 4 evenings. It's made from Western red cedar, with
the "arches" made from several pieces laminated together (polyurethane glue)
and cut out as one piece on the band saw. The uprights are mortised into the
arches, and held in place with birch pegs. The construction crew is featured
in the bottom photo!!
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