Posted in Steamer Trunk Project on Jun 25th, 2007
This weekend I was able to fix my mistake from the week before by fashioning up some new edge pieces and attach them to the tops of the trunk cases, see photo. They are glued and finished nailed to the top, the rabbet facing to the outside is where the lid edges will rest. I […]
Posted in Web Site Changes on Jun 22nd, 2007
My gallery integration is now complete, about as happy with it as I am going to be without some major changes. You can access it from the navigation tabs at the top of the page. I will be adding my woodworking project photos to it over the next few weeks so keep checking back.
Posted in Steamer Trunk Project on Jun 18th, 2007
Well not my best weekend at woodworking by any means, then again it was Fathers Day weekend. Aside from the fact I was not overly motivated, I ended up messing up a piece that I now have to recreate.
Things were starting out pretty good, I was able to go through some of the rough […]
Posted in Shop Log Book on Jun 11th, 2007
Have to say that the manager at the store would not believe me about the backwards Irwin band clamp, but after he tried it himself he was also convinced that it was manufactured wrong. We checked the entire stock and they were all messed up. The store was going to call the Irwin rep and […]
Posted in Steamer Trunk Project on Jun 11th, 2007
So I got time this weekend to complete my glueup of my steamer trunks. I performed a dry run and verified my joints along with the measurements for the bottoms of the trunks. The joints appeared as if they would come together quite well and was feeling good about them, even with the sight variation […]
Posted in Chip Carving on Jun 3rd, 2007
So call me crazy like I need to start learning another area of woodworking, but one of the guys at my gym saw some of my jewelry boxes and thought I should do chip carvings on them. Jim is a carver himself doing relief and figure carvings, but not chip carving he explained. I had […]
Posted in Steamer Trunk Project on Jun 3rd, 2007
Well I started the cutup of my quartersawn white oak plywood last weekend and completed it this weekend. The picture to the left shows me using my edge guide and circular saw to cut the large sheet down to a more manageable size. The trick is to place a large piece of styrofoam under the […]
Posted in Web Site Changes on Jun 3rd, 2007
Completed the second round of upgrades this weekend, in which I finally changed the logo picture and added the calendar icons. I bet the neighbors were wondering what I was doing with my tablesaw rolling it around the street and taking pictures.
Done making changes for awhile and back to adding content, till I come up […]
Posted in Web Site Changes on Jun 2nd, 2007
I performed some needed maintenance to the site. This includes upgrading to WordPress 2.2 and the Misty Look theme to 3.3.1. Have to say the upgrade went very slick, and thanks again to Sadish for keeping up great theme. The widgets included in WordPress 2.2 are awesome and will come in very handy. Look for […]