This past week, I got these two pieces out of the attic, sanded them and made a few repairs. Now it’s time for stain and finish. After sanding, I got rid of most of the dust with a brush and the air compressor. But to get the best finish you can, you need to remove …
Thankfully the dresser and nightstand didn’t need any major structural repairs. However, while sanding everything, I did find a few small cracks and good sized patch of missing veneer. Since I was hoping to wrap up the finishing this weekend, I knocked out these little repairs this evening. The bottom shelf and top of the …
This one has been in the works for a while. One Saturday over ten years ago, my then-girlfriend, now-wife, got a call from her Dad. Her old bedroom set that her sister was using was being replaced. If she wanted her furniture she needed to come get it. Soon. Seeing how it originally came from …
Sometimes you make something just because you want to try something different. I’ve seen several versions of these, and decided to make one. I’ve had this slab of cypress for a little while (from the friend with the sawmill) This slab has a couple of knots and a few splits and checks. After marking the …
By now, I’m sure my wife is used to me saying “Don’t throw that away, I can use that.” My wife also loves this one Christmas scented candle from that place in the mall. She doesn’t fight the crowds on Candle Day. She catches them on sale a few days before, so she already has …
My youngest kid has a complete lack of trust in the Sandman. I can’t say I blame him. I mean, the guy glues your eyes shut while you sleep. Overall, he’s cool with the Tooth Fairy though. So after a trip to the dentist resulted in the pulling of a loose tooth, he needed a …
Blacksmithing makes great YouTube videos. Flames, red-hot metal, sparks flying, and all the beating and banging give visuals that I’m not sure any other craft can compete with. I’ve mentioned before, I wanted to give it a try. Today, I pulled out my little forge and anvil… I know it doesn’t look like much, but …
Sometimes things come up and we have to walk away from a project and plan on coming back to it on another day. Two weeks ago, I wrote about stripping and sanding the top of our kitchen table. The next day, I got a little work done staining and sealing the top. Since then, with …
So just to prove I have power tools in my shop, here’s a picture of a quick project from tonight sitting on my Grizzly bandsaw. Honestly, I had a little time after everyone else went to bed, and worked on something that most certainly was not anything greenwood related. After a hour and a half, …
A few days ago, I closed out my post on greenwoodworking with a spoon blank I roughed out of a crook from a Bradford Pear tree. I finished that spoon this weekend as I was waiting on the finish to dry on another project. I thought I was done a couple of days earlier, but …