I refinished a family heirloom dresser and thought recounting snafus I had might help other novice furniture refinishers. I used Citrustrip, that is safer than methylene chloride. It almost removed two layers of paint, but I still had to remove …
I tried to resaw a basic 2 x 4 on my bandsaw recently and could not get a straight cut. I couldn’t figure out why until I realized that I had been cutting a lot of corks over the past …
This cake stand was for my son’s wedding, made from 1×4 pine. I used the CNC to engrave the name and date and stained it dark walnut. The design was taken from Pinterest.
Night light with interchangeable front panel with various scroll saw patterns (Material: Cherry) I built 4 of these for the last Christmas based on the free plan from Woodsmith Magazine. The project was originally featured in Issue #71, 1990. You …
[brwc_user id=”4″] and I milled fallen magnolia tree into slabs in May 2018. This slab came off of upper branches and originally 3″ thick (after flattening, it now measures 2″ thick). It dried out amazingly fast, already at 14%. I …
At the Club’s Tool Swap Social last year at the Prairieville Flea Market, I bought a router from [brwc_user id=”3″]. I came around recently to build a router table for it. I got a basic design from a catalog, which …
This is a prototype of the dining chairs, which will be for the dining room table I built last year. This prototype was developed over 2 months, incorporating the things that I needed and design elements my wife wanted. I …
Material: Ash; Finish: Lacquer. The dark colored embellishments were burnt in. The making of this top will be demonstrated in the February meeting, including the burn-in technique.
Canarywood Small box [canarywood, barrel hinges] Finish: MinWax Antique Oil Stacked heart-shaped bandsaw boxes [padauk, cedar, walnut, maple]Finish: MinWax Antique Oil Another Bandsaw Box [walnut, plywood] Finish: MinWax Antique Oil Cutting Board [purple heart, yellow heart, maple] Finish: mineral oil …
I completed the bent lamination table that I presented in December 2018 meeting. It now sits in the main hallway of my house. My next build is a guitar with my son. We have completed the first step: Making of …
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