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Julie’s Bow-front Chest, part 2

Julie’s Bow-front Chest, part...

Posted by on Jul 23, 2022 in Projects | Comments Off on Julie’s Bow-front Chest, part 2
With the case finished for now, I wanted to turn my attention to the tricky part of this build — making the curved drawer fronts. There are 12 total drawers, each with a drawer box front of 1/2″ poplar and a false front of...
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Julie’s Bow-front Chest, part 1

Julie’s Bow-front Chest, part...

Posted by on Jun 27, 2022 in Projects | Comments Off on Julie’s Bow-front Chest, part 1
My wife works hard, and finds time to do all sorts of things to make our lives better. So when she complained about her cheap-ass Ikea drawer units that were starting to fail, I jumped at the chance to make her something to replace them....
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Cool! (and Warm!)

Cool! (and Warm!)

Posted by on May 31, 2022 in Shop | Comments Off on Cool! (and Warm!)
We recently had a home energy audit, prompted by a winter in which the downstairs (main floor) would be 10-15 degrees colder than the upstairs. The main takeaways from that were (A) my furnace, which was original to the house in 1997,...
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Sarah’s Bookshelf

Sarah’s Bookshelf

Posted by on May 12, 2022 in Projects | Comments Off on Sarah’s Bookshelf
This one was quick and easy compared to the easel. I didn’t even draw anything, because it’s going in the same room as the dresser and chest of drawers and they wanted the same style. I still had the pattern from the legs of...
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Sarah’s Easel

Sarah’s Easel

Posted by on Apr 15, 2022 in Projects | Comments Off on Sarah’s Easel
It all started simply enough: my daughter Sarah asked if I could make an easel. Sure, I figured — a tripod with a ledge, how difficult could that be? Then she showed me some photos on a website of what she wanted. Sample easels from...
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Candy box

Candy box

Posted by on Feb 20, 2022 in Projects | Comments Off on Candy box
So that leftover leopard wood was calling out to me to be used for something. There wasn’t much of it — a single board, planed to 3/4 thick, 4 inches wide, and maybe 24 inches long. But it was too damned pretty to do nothing...
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