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Walnut Trash Can

Walnut Trash Can

Posted by on Dec 15, 2023 in Projects, Techniques | Comments Off on Walnut Trash Can
I know — the first two questions on some people’s minds would be why make a trash can, and why use walnut for something utilitarian? And I admit I don’t really have a good answer, other than the other accessories...
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Matthew & Jenny’s End Table

Matthew & Jenny’s End Ta...

Posted by on Dec 6, 2023 in Projects, Techniques | Comments Off on Matthew & Jenny’s End Table
It started with this One day in October a neighbor came over with a request: he had a cookie (ie, a radial segment cut from a log) from a hickory tree, and he wondered if I could make it into and end table. The idea was to make it a...
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Shop Update 2023

Shop Update 2023

Posted by on Nov 13, 2023 in Shop | Comments Off on Shop Update 2023
Not a lot has changed since 2021, relatively speaking. Many of the pain points I had then, I still have. But I have acquired a few new things that are proving useful and improving my work. Back wall now The back wall is almost completely...
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Quick Shop Fix

Quick Shop Fix

Posted by on Nov 7, 2023 in Shop | Comments Off on Quick Shop Fix
I did a quick fix on my assembly/work/outfeed table, because it badly needed it. Most of the table worked fine, but the top … the top had problems. It’s only 3 years old, but it has developed a really nasty sag in the middle,...
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Bathroom vanity, epilog

Bathroom vanity, epilog

Posted by on Oct 27, 2023 in Projects | Comments Off on Bathroom vanity, epilog
I wasn’t going to do a post about the actual vanity installation, but I kind of have to. It was a lot more involved (read: difficult) than we thought, and some of that was my inadvertent doing and goes back to the design of the new...
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Two Surprising Jigs

Posted by on Oct 15, 2023 in Jigs, Tools | Comments Off on Two Surprising Jigs
I wanted to call out two jigs I’ve picked up very recently that are surprising me with how well they work. S&H Drawer Jig Drilling one of the small drawers from the vanity with the S&H Drawer Jig This is a jig for accurately...
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