Ron Stewart

Now it was time to work on the brass disk wing disks. Each disk would fit into a shallow (about 0.04” deep) 5/8” diameter well. Before proceeding,...

 [11.00 Door Details.jpg] Earlier, I had cut the doors to size and drilled the hinge cup holes. Before I could apply finish and add the brass disk...

[10.00 Drawer Details.jpg] The drawer boxes were easy to build. I made them from 12 mm Baltic birch plywood. I prefinished the insides with poly, ...

The glue-up was easier than it is for most projects. It involved gluing the sides and center assembly to the top and bottom panel.   [08.00 Case - ...

I built the cabinet from maple to save money. Now it was time to try to darken it to the middle-toned mahogany finish our friend wanted. I knew I d...

[04.00 Case - Details.jpg] Most of the case parts are between 12” and 13 1/2” wide and required two-board edge glue-ups. I don’t like having glue ...

Initially, I planned to use sapele for the cabinet. Unfortunately, it’s 60% more expensive than maple, so I opted for the latter, knowing that I’d ...

This is the start of a blog series about my Butterfly Cabinet project. It started over a year ago with a request from my wife’s best friend for ...

s soon as I assembled the tables, I encountered a problem. Once the tables were on the ground, they were stable. Getting them there was like what I...

[01.09 Folding Work Table Mounting Bracket.jpg]    A section of the wall on the front side of the garage was just the right size for the tables. I ...

Because the tables will reside in an unheated garage, I decided to finish all surfaces with three coats of water-based poly (General Finishes High ...

 [01.07 Folding Work Table - Leg.jpg]   The legs are frame-and-panel assemblies. They were a bit of work to build because of the tapers and X-brace...