Wooden Chair Repair
In my basement is a chair that was originally part of a dining set my wife inherited from her grandparents. The dining set is nothing to write home about — the table is the sort of mid-century laminate crap sold that Sears probably sold in bulk and which everybody of a certain age has hiding…
Friendly Reminder Re: IKEA furniture
Just a friendly reminder to put finish on your bare-wood IKEA furniture. Not only will it help the pieces keep longer, it gives them a warmer look. You might not be able to tell as much from the photos here, but the second one does have finish on it. It does look warmer. And it…
Liquor Cabinet
If we all stopped and thought about it for a moment, no matter how terrible the pandemic was (is?), there was some sort of highlight for everybody. Maybe it was more time with family, less spending on take-out meals, or more time outdoors. Whatever it was, I’m sure if you looked, you’d find it. For…
Hello Again!
Holy crap it’s been a while since I was last here! By my count, it’s been seven months and, since you’re reading these words that I wrote, you can see I did not die, or forget about you. Which is good for me, TBD for you. Either way, I’m back!
Clamp Champ
I think it’s pretty accepted by woodworkers that if you want clamps fast, and in quantity, without paying through the nose, the best option is going to Harbor Freight. Certainly, Harbor Freight gets a bad rap in some circles for being cheap, and is why your snootier woodworkers, who aren’t me, will clutch their pearls…
I Have A Bandsaw
A couple years ago I bought a 9-inch Ryobi band saw off facebook marketplace. I won’t tell you what I paid for it, but let’s just agree I paid too much for it. This overpayment proved especially true when you consider the thing never properly worked, even after I replaced the tires and bought a…
This Is A Door
There are some projects I take on because of a particular need. Or, if not a need, then a want. For instance, a couple years ago I upgraded an old Sauder media cabinet with this beauty. It was not the easiest thing to build, and it certainly has lesser capacity than the old cabinet, but…
This is a Coffee Table
This is a coffee table. Like all things wood it started as a tree. Although, if we’re more precise, it started off as a seed that fell off another tree, at some point became a tree, and finally ended up as this. Or, it started out as multiple seeds, on multiple trees, because the parts…
Chair Build 1.5
So, last year I built a chair. You probably remember it – the chair I didn’t actually need and built on a whim just to give me some experience at building a chair. As if I was magically going to switch careers and go into chair-making and needed the experience. Anyway, I built that chair…
Coopering — I Made A Bucket
In college I had a ‘cool’ history professor. This guy wasn’t cool in the way he’d turn around a chair and sit down to ‘rap’ with us. No, he was cool in that old-style laid-back way. He wore turtlenecks and had a beard. That sort of cool. Anyway, I took something like three history classes…
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