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Personalized Art Boxes

Personalized Art Boxes

Posted by on Jan 1, 2021 in Projects | Comments Off on Personalized Art Boxes
These were done as gifts for my two nieces; the idea is to hold colored pencils, markers, and erasers and have capacity for more. There’s no plan for this one — it depends entirely on what you plan to put in them and what wood...
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Knife Block

Knife Block

Posted by on Dec 25, 2020 in Projects | Comments Off on Knife Block
This was a quick experiment that worked out really well — enough so that I’ve already made one for my Mom, too. There’s no formal plan, because it’s going to depend on what knives you want to store in it and what...
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Toilet Paper holders

Toilet Paper holders

Posted by on Dec 18, 2020 in Projects | Comments Off on Toilet Paper holders
This is one of those dumb little projects that is surprisingly useful. We had standard toilet paper roll holders in all the bathrooms, and they’ve been fine for 20+ years. Then we got toilet paper in huge rolls that didn’t fit...
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Chest of Drawers, part 2

Chest of Drawers, part 2

Posted by on Dec 9, 2020 in Projects | Comments Off on Chest of Drawers, part 2
So, I had a carcase glued up; now I could turn my attention to the legs, top, and drawer fronts. The legs started out as 2″ x 2-3/4″ pieces. Before shaping them, I thought about how I’d attach them to the case itself....
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Chest of Drawers

Chest of Drawers

Posted by on Nov 13, 2020 in Projects | Comments Off on Chest of Drawers
I’ve been crazy busy in the workshop these last couple of months. The latest project is a trip back to the bedroom — or, in this case, my daughter’s bedroom. She has four Ikea Brimnes drawer units, and the drawers are...
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Shop Update 2020

Shop Update 2020

Posted by on Nov 3, 2020 in Shop | Comments Off on Shop Update 2020
I haven’t done one of these in a couple of years, but things are very different now. The new CNC Router. Here is the home of my CNC router, a Next Wave Automation CNC-Shark II. I haven’t got this really organized yet;...
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