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It's been a drawer headscratcher for a while now. Not the most complicated thing in the world, but deadlines are tight and I'd like to not screw this up and start over from scratch.....although it would probably be faster than the glacial pace I'm currently tracking. A few moments that I...

Finally got a first coat of finish on. I’ve never used Osmo before, but so far (knocking on wood) I think it’s going to be my new go-to. I still need to finish rough fitting the doors to get them a bit closer and then after I get two coats of finish on everything, I can glue the cabinet...

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy it! The space certainly changed over time. It's still changing. The cabinet on stand is something I gave to my sister. I finished it on a Friday morning, had our class critique on all our pieces Friday night and then stuffed it in the back of my car and left for...

I think I’m current now. I’m working on my final piece. It started off a bit rough with a dive into a piece I had completely designed and was set to start and then I shifted gears completely and went with a curved wall cabinet. I start with a full size drawing and when I get that where I’m...

If restoring it brings you joy, then do it. If you're looking to resell and get paid for your time or even get your material costs back? I wouldn't bother.

Its actually a pretty comfortable chair. I’m happy with it. The process of making a repeatable, accurate, curved and tapered octagon for the legs was a battle like no other. The color/texture was the main goal of this chair. It was supposed to look like Birch Bark. I think it does. Chair...

This piece was a bit of a conundrum. Our assignment was literally ‘ a table with a drawer’. Given the definition of a table is ‘ one, two, three or more legs, supporting a surface, not necessarily horizontal’? I had too many options and just vapor locked in the design phase for like a month. By...

Coopered Door Cabinet Cherry, Spalted Maple, Brusso Hinges/Pins/Sleeves, Cast Pewter Pull, Shellac.

Hey, right back at you. I'm still on the lookout for a good deal at the right time on a metal lathe and given an opportunity of zero $$, a Super Bee. Curious what you're going to do with that. I'd paint the lower 25%, put on nice wheels and bumpers, then put a car cover on it and only pull up...

Cabinet on Stand Cherry, Spalted Maple, Basswood, Rice Paper, Brusso Hinges and Shelf Sleeves/Pins, Cast Pewter Pull, Shellac, Oil.

Thanks man! I've sort of been living in a vacuum for the last two years. I forgot about a couple of these pieces until I started digging for photos and looking at my notes. I've given a couple of them away and one or two are stacked in a room covered in moving blankets so our two new rescue...

Bench Walnut, Danish Cord, Milk Paint, Shellac, Oil

Tea Cabinet Spalted Maple, White Oak, Milk Paint, Rice Paper, Brusso Hinges, Shellac, Oil.

I’ve forgotten the order I made some of these. I think this is the next one. While we had a defined number of critiqued pieces, there were almost weekly design and/or process assignments. There have been so many (Pine dovetail box, cabriole leg, saber leg, leg carving/top dovetail, grid carving...

I started the Online Mastery Program (OMP) in October of 2020 I think. It’s all a blur. To be totally transparent, I have been designing (poorly) and building furniture since about 1992. I’ve worked in fabrication in metal, plastics, and wood, commercial and residential as well. I’ve been...

2/5 of a decade goes by fast......

Posting for me was a PITA for a long time. I had no internet in the shop and the older interface of this site did not play nice with my first gen IPad. I live 9 miles out of town. For those of you in higher populated areas that means nothing. For rural SW Wisconsin, it means no garbage...

Ummm......I got busy. Laughing uncontrollably. My plans are to sweep up and get back to tracking shop changes. There have been quite a few. Perhaps updates in less than 4 years. Hope this group of miscreants is well. Get your Epstein's order in pronto.

I've built rails. Pretty simple. The issue is that I don't think that Grizzly used the same dimension tube as Biesemeyer and the copies. Biesemeyer used basically 3x2 angle and 2x3 tube. I think yours came with 2x2 tube. (My Grizzly G1023 did) That fence actually looks like a pretty sweet...

A few years ago I grabbed a close out Bucket Boss apron at a local hardware store for $5. My current shop is drastically larger than in the past so having some basics with me all the time really saved time. This lasted about 6 months but started wearing holes in the bottom of the pockets. I...