Day 28 –
Here’s a small chair I made for our boys. It was the first chair I had ever made. Took the design from our dinning room chairs, just shrunk it down to scale. All traditional joinery and super sound. The chair now serves as a laptop bay.
Tag: cool
365 Create: Day 27
Day 27 –
The fireplace makeover I did at our house. When we moved in it was a brick with wood mantle that was at a strange height. It had a real grandma feel to it.
I ended up pulling the mantle and top four levels of brick. Then covered it all in tile. I think it is much more our style. A little bit of a Tim Burton feel. Much better than a grandma feel.
365 Create: Day 25
Day 25 –
A wedding box I made for my wife and me. The idea of the project was simple – pull, slide, and open.
Each of the boxes does one of those functions. The whole set of small boxes measures 17″wide x 11″tall x 5 3/4″deep.
It was made from one large piece of walnut, all cut down/milled on my table saw and sanding wheel. The board was roughly 3 1/2″ thick. The pieces for the box case are 5/16″ thick after cutting and sanding.
I’d get about five pieces out of each piece of rough stock. Then simply cut, glue, clamp, drill, make dowel rods, install dowel rods, engrave, join boxes, stain, finish, and hang.
*Side note, all traditional joinery. No nails or screws.
365 Create: Day 23
Day – 23
This is a drawing on a desk top I did of a 9mm handgun. I also made the desk that this drawing is on.
But I’ll be using that for my day 24 post!
365 Create: Day 14
Day 14 post –
A table I made a while back. Its ok though, I never ended up posting it on my website. The table was pretty fun working on.
The legs for the table was by far the most challenging part as I don’t have a lathe any more. Ended up making the legs with a big Craftsmen drill and some sheet metal.
…side note – Had a lathe but it was super scary. Ended up getting rid of it!
going to pieces 