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Nine-drawer Dresser design

Nine-drawer Dresser design

Posted by on May 1, 2016 in Cherry Bedroom Set, Projects | Comments Off on Nine-drawer Dresser design
As I mentioned in my recent planer-related post, Julie and I need a new dresser.  Truthfully, we need a bedroom set — what we have now is a hodgepodge of mismatched, craptastic pieces from Ikea, Target, and Mattress Discounters...
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Plane and simple

Plane and simple

Posted by on Apr 9, 2016 in Shop, Tools | Comments Off on Plane and simple
(Okay, I groaned at that one a little myself!)   I decided it was time to start replacing the crappy random furniture pieces in Julie’s and my bedroom.  The first piece to go is the shoddy Ikea dresser we’ve been sharing...
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Portable Planer Supports

Portable Planer Supports

Posted by on Jan 18, 2016 in Shop | Comments Off on Portable Planer Supports
Before I built my HDPE assembly table top, I used my knock-down work table base without a table top for my Penn State portable planer.  The planer sat on a plywood subbase with cleats  that captured the insides of the two rails on the...
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Scrap Wood Tablet Stand

Scrap Wood Tablet Stand

Posted by on Jan 8, 2016 in Projects | Comments Off on Scrap Wood Tablet Stand
This is another fast and easy scrap wood project that I designed and built in a couple of hours. It started when I bought a new Google Pixel C tablet.  The Pixel C is a beautiful tablet, but since I didn’t buy the optional accessory...
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Dice Towers

Dice Towers

Posted by on Jan 4, 2016 in Projects | Comments Off on Dice Towers
Mine is a very geeky family, as I’ve admitted before.  We play a lot of D&D.  As a result, we have a bunch of different gaming accessories (in fact, gaming is a primary use of the snack tables I built a while ago).  This scrap...
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Roselyn’s Toy Chest build, completion

Roselyn’s Toy Chest build, co...

Posted by on Dec 31, 2015 in Projects | Comments Off on Roselyn’s Toy Chest build, completion
The toy chest was taking shape nicely.  I glued together the bits that I had done and went to work on the rest. Drawers Usually I tend to make simple box drawers with rabbet joints and a false front, but kids are very hard on drawers...
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