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Not a whole lot on this one.  I'm building a small melamine kitchen for my sales rep at the lumber store. Along with the cabinets I'm going to mak...
The last bit of joinery remaining are the stretchers between the longer front/back stretchers.  Are they really stretchers or do they have a differ...
First stab at a worktop workbench, I'll make a better one if i use it much. So going in I wanted it to be cheap (well, free), so I made the dimens...
I am currently gathering information on a project I am going to make . Im going to design and make a shadow box type picture frame for a pricy litt...
With all the joinery completed on the legs, I could work on rounding over their edges.  I went slowly, raising the 1/2" radius bit a little each ti...
Scope Creep is a common term in my line of work.  It means someone tells you they want something.  So you do the design work and present it.  Then ...
Well, I didn't really have the whole weekend but I had most of the day Saturday and a couple hours Sunday.  My goal was to get all my boards milled...
Last July, my sister sent me a message that my BIL, a Navy Diver, was going to retire in March.  She said he wanted a custom shadowbox and didn't l...
I needed a few things before I could start veneering the panels: • A jig to joint the edges of the veneer • A vacuum bag for the panels • Some plat...
The adjustable shelves will rest on the usual shelf pins.  All of the shelves will be the same size with indents on the underside to index the shel...
I finally got to switch gears and do some work on the legs/support for the cabinet.  Some of the rough shaping I had done a while back, but didn't ...
I found that the izombe is a little fragile on crosscuts with some chipping/flaking, even with the tracksaw on the MFT.  I assumed (but didn't conf...