Hand Crafted Woodworking
With the drawers all installed in the carcass I am ready to find the nice wood for the face frame and the drawer fronts. have a stash of cherry given to me by a friend who has to move his shop. So I went through those stacks. I wanted to be as economical as I […]
With the sides complete with the sliders, I can put the cabinet together. Since this is going to be hidden in the shelf unit I decided not to do full top/bottom and back. I cut strips of 3/4″ plywood and drilled all of the pocket holes. Lots of clamps, as always. The finished cabinet turned […]
Moving on…. Next after drawer construction is the process for the full extension sliders. I sized the cabinet sides and worked out the layout for each of the drawer sliders. LOTS of careful layout here. It is critical to get these correct. On of my favorite new tools is the Starrett 819 Hinge-Locating […]
All of the drawer box parts where cut, with the bottom dado cut. I started by drilling all of the pocket holes. My standard box for utility drawers is 3/4″ ply with 1/4″ bottom. Since the box is made from plywood I do not worry about movement so the bottom dado can go on all […]
My good friend Jeff asked if I could make a “Suggestion Box” for a group he attends. I always like having guys come over and work in the shop with me. My wife refers to these as “play dates” with my friends. It is great to have time and be flexible so I can […]
As part of my shop plan to get to my new work bench several steps were necessary. My Planes have been not had a good home. This has to change. I have slightly damaged one of my brass plane soles and that is just painful. To have a home for my planes, I have […]
Here is the full Woodworking Show album. The Woodworking Shows I attended as part of the Georgia Woodworkers Guild. The Guild has a booth and shows guild member works. These are judged and prizes are awarded. It is also a great time for guys to talk about woodworking. I attended the show […]
This was a road trip to north Georgia to visit CAG Lumber Woodworkers are always in search of wood.. Nice wood. Lots of Wood. So off to Gainsville Ga we went. There is a lot of wood An on site band mill to process logs. No problem picking boards, and there are LOTS […]
This was my third WIA event. I attended the first event in Bera KY, in 2008. My next conference was 2010, in Covington KY, which is just across the river from Cincinnati OH. The venue was excellent as this was the second year in the same place. I treated myself to the hotel across […]
This was the second WIA I attended. The Convington KY Convention center was a new venue. It turned out to be an excllent place to have this type of conference. The registration for class was just open seating. This working out well, as the organizers guessed at what presenters would have the […]
