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Project Photos (page 2)
A few more pictures of "things"....Click on any picture to see a larger image
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Bedside tables
One of my neighbours (Don) rescued a table much like these from the trash.
I liked the design, needed some bedside tables for our spare room, and set
about creating a "measured drawring" (sorry Norm!!). The resultant tables,
made from quarter sawn white oak (and you though I was gong to say alder!!)
more than fit the bill. The through tennons, and corresponding wedges do in
fact hold the units together, and the tops are held in place with 1/4 turn
fasteners. A couple of coats of Watco, topped with poly to stand up to the
inevitable water rings, and these tables became furniture.
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Downstairs mantle
Not a great picture, but you get the idea. When we bought the house, there
was a horrible old medeval looking candle holder above this stove that just
had to go. I bolted a piece of fir to the chimney, and built this mantle
around it. Made of red oak, it only took a couple of hours, but the
transformation in the room was very satisfying! I've stood on this, and it
isn't going anywhere!!
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I Got to Make my Mother-in-law a wooden box!!!
Sorry Mom!! Couldn't resist!! This little box was a blast to make. The box
itself is made of lacy Sycamore, spalted of course. The tray is made of a
piece of black walnut crotch I was saving for something special. I'm not
sure what got into me when I took on the contrasting finger joints, but after
making the required jig, away I went! On the outside of the box, on top of
the lid, is an oval piece of walnut, laminated to the sycamore. You see, I
asked my MIL what she wanted the box to look like. She said about the size
and shape of a Kleenex box, so, thus the oval on top and thus the dimensions!!
Hidden hinges allow for the top to fully open, and it's finished with many
coats of Tung oil and topped with wax.
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Another small box, built for a friend
This little box was the result of a friend seeing
Doug Stowes
book .
She asked for it, and I felt like a challenge.
The box is made from a piece of curly cherry my supplier had stashed away.
The base is baltic birch, and the inlay around the top is a combination of
ebony and holly. Construction is floating panel, and the mitred corners are
splined with black walnut. The hinges are
Brusso Quadrant's
and finished the box nicely.
This box was a challenge, and in fact the one you see here is actually #2.
#1 gave us about an hour worth of heat from the wood stove one chilly night!!
I enjoyed this project and look forward to the next one.
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"I NEED a screen door!!!"
The cry was heard, and heeded.
Plansnow.com provided
the plans, the weather provided the need. Mt. Rainier provided the cedar and
I provided, well, the door.
We wanted a special squeak and slam, and with hinges pulled from my uncle's
archives, and no bang-bumper, we achieved the noise we were looking for.
Construction is mortise and tenon and the stock plans were modified to include
panels in the lower sections rather than screen sections (two boys and a dog,
remember?). The mortises were created using my Jet JBM-5 mortiser and the
tenons were created on the table saw using my Freud Super Dado (6"). The panels
were raised on my router table (Bosch 1617 EVS using a CMT bit), and are fully
floating. Finish is spar varnish (three coats) and the screen is easy to replace (two boys and a dog, remember?).
This project was a bunch of fun, only took a weekend, and generates a great
many comments!!
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Guest Room Luggage Racks
Found the plans for these in an old magazine, addressed to my Grandmother,
and found at our house shortly after she passed away. We needed something
like these, so, in partial tribute to Nana, I set to work.
The white oak used for the construction is mostly quarter sawn except for the
flat sawn slats. All construction is mortise and tennon and the hinges brass.
For the finish I chose Watco's "walnut" oil and added some wipe-on poly for
the wear surfaces.
These racks fold flat for storage and after you've pinched your finger once
folding them, you're not likely to do it again!!
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Finally, after a year, it "came" to me
The previous page shows construction of this arbor, but I was never happy with
the gate designs I came up with. So, I waited. Sure enough, an idea popped into
my head one day and this is the result.
The red cedar for this project, as with the screen door stock, came from
Mt. Rainier. For the top rail, I laminated several pieces of stock together,
and cut out the resultant shape using my band saw. The frame is constructed
with mortise and tennon joinery and if you look closley, you'll notice that
the top rail "caps" the stiles while the bottom rail is between them. This has
the effect of adding "height" to the gate where it's really not that tall.
All the individual slats are M&T as well and no, I have no idea why I put
myself through that!! All those angles, all that trimming....
The hardware for the gate was chosen to be "kid friendly" and a string is on
the other side of the post, allowing the vertically challenged a method of
egress. The finish on it is "Sun Frog" as I've found it to be effective.
This addition finally finished this side of the house and I think the gate's
design lent itself well to the rest of the area.
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