Smitty

Double post from another blog topic, but wanted to put it somewhere I could readily add to later. Here goes! A very incomplete review of folding ...

NOTE: Repost from another web locatation to preserve the memory... In November of 2012  I went to see my Aunt and Uncle over the weekend, and came...

Let's explore the No. 1 Stanley Odd-Jobs! There are at least three 'types' out there, mostly differentiated by scribe type (earliest ones could ho...

Dovetailing at the bench. [image.jpg] [IMG_5278.jpeg][IMG_5279.jpeg]

NOTE: I have no idea where the pics went…. Gotta make more of this F-style clamp rack.[Image] [Image] More will be added as I go. [Image] [Ima...

If you remember "The Gable Built-Ins" blog from that other site (Jan '22), this picture should look familiar. [IMG_3675.JPG] Well, with the extrem...

26 pieces of mitred trim make up the base… done. [D9406A94-0031-4BB9-90EF-EF3A23633609.jpeg] Then paint base and, while that’s drying, add drawer....

Needed a 'countertop' surface for the roughly 4' of cabinet next to the pedestal. Would love to have found a piece of 5/4 stock of the vintage, eas...

A study of the inspiration piece tells me more than a few things about the layout of the recessed panels in this build. Specifically: 1) These rai...

Here’s what I’m after. And it’s the extent of a detailed plan. [EF32DB5F-05BE-413F-8B91-0CF8E184804A.jpeg] Here’s the inspiration piece. [22DA481C...

So, a couple years ago I spend a considerable amount of time both rebuilding and blogging about an ancient store counter that was salvaged a couple...

Speaking of nails… looking through my late father’s inventory for something short but kinda substantial. Found these. [C4C02976-0CAD-4E10-A71C-7DF...