I went to Rona (similar to Home Depot) and found some real nice Pine. I bought some 2" x 3" x 8' and 1" x 6" x 8' for this project. Here it is just being unloaded from my jeep.

I unwrapped the lumber and set up my saw to start making the Legs first. The finished size will be 2" x 2" x 14-1/2".

I cut two lengths of the 2 x 3s a little longer then 14-1/2" long and will trim to final size later. I cut 4 sets and then will laminating them.

I'm now ready for the next step.

Stayed tuned.....!

Cheers!

MrRick

I want to get more serious and indepth.

Can you recommend me a book that goes into the construction methods for the different types of furniture and cabinetry a joiner or cabinetmaker would use?

I want hand tool only methods. Dovetails, mortise and tenon, rabbets, dados, grooves, frame and panel, yada yada.

Basically, if I wanted to build all the different types of furniture and/or cabinetry in a home.

Any help is appreciated.

i'll make them a custom dining room table and matching benches as my gift.

went shopping today, got some red and some white oak.

she likes the "rustic" look, so we bought all their rustic white oak for the table top, everything else will be red oak. plan to fill in the knots/holes with 2 part epoxy and some turquoise dust. it's a thing out this way.

had to temporarily expand my workbench to accommodate this project with some scrap plywood pieces, now it is 12 feet long and 4 feet wide. more work another day. have to figure out how to straighten the edges of the top pieces. have to build a temp sled i think.

All I got done, besides the Rust Hunts...was clean up a Block Plane..

Stanley No. 25 is a Bevel up Block Plane..

It takes alot of personal time to oversee a forum like this and deal with s/w bugs and issues. And it's voluntary on his part.

What's more is that he does so with good attitude, kindness, joy, and friendliness.

Please take a moment to "THANK" John here with a nice comment!

Thank you so much John!

Material

·       QSWO

·       QS hard maple – shop made

·       Birch cabinet grade UV plywood

·       Birch beadboard

·       Quartz countertop

Finish

·       Transtint medium brown

·       Shellac

·       Sherwood Williams Sher-wood Kem Aqua, special blend, tinted Rebel Blue, dull rubbed

·       Sherwood Williams Sher-wood Kem Aqua Clear, dull rubbed

Cabinet build

The construction uses a hybrid or combination of techniques from cabinet and furniture builds.  The case and adjustable shelves use QSWO and UV plywood with pocket hole joinery and dominos.  The floating panels are quarter sawn from eight-quartered flat sawn maple; this method makes for a flat panel.  The crown molding is constructed with using QSWO and flat sawn hard maple.

The QS hard maple floating panels were made by resawing 8/4 boards on the band saw and gluing the individual pieces to make panels.

I wanted “color” in the laundry area beyond painted walls, and I did not want painted cabinets. The “blue” is Sherwood Williams Sher-wood Kem Aqua, a special blend for this project, procured from their Industrial products division (it is not a paint, a pigmented clear). I have heard it be referred to as water-base lacquer. 

The client is happy.  I have one more cabinet to make for this laundry area.

Thanks for looking.

Danl

Must have been nothing of importance.

Not sure what I'll be doing here.

So, What's on Your Weekend Agenda?

Flattened one face, jointed one edge on the rest of the 8/4 stuff and ripped strips 1-3/4 wide. Will rotate each strip 90 deg to bring the quarter sawn side to the face in the usual way and glue together to make the top. Hoping to have the top be about 1-1/2 thick by the time its done. We’ll see how close I get. Some of those strips warped pretty good when I ripped them out. It’s a fairly large top at 68x32.

Details?

Moldings are just glued on, feet look like something the Tudors would like..all veneer over plywood...and it has started to peel off,,,drawers have issues,,doors will NOT stay closed...piece is actually a bit too big for the Room that it is in...

Milled some planks down...jointed a few edges..

Had already cut them down a bit...to 5' long.

Looking for gaps...

or, any high spots...

Sometimes called a Hook, most times it is called a Crochet...a few whacks with a mallet on the other end of the board to lock this end in place..

Plane is a No. 7c Stanley..

How does one safely trim a LONG plank?

closest end only needed about an inch to get squared away..the other end? It is laying on the floor...has a crack right down the middle..

Worked my way through 4 planks today....

3/4" x 17-1/2" x 60"....

Stay tuned..

Sure am glad it's "No Mow May", costs enough to feed the car let alone adding feeding the mowers to the mix.

Other than that not a whole lot going on around here.

What's on Your Weekend Agenda?

I was hand planing this morning the edges of two 2x4s and with a combination square checking for squareness. But how does one check the board surface from one end to the other to make sure it's straight? One way is to use a 3' or 4' metal rule on edge. But what if your piece is longer. So I used this technique and it works very well.

Well, I went to the church's rummage sale Saturday and found a food chopper that I bought, since our old one broke. Oddly enough it's a Zyliss and doing some research, that company is now largely cooking items.

This is the official topic for images and friendly chatter regarding that all important surface, the personal statement of your shop, the steadfast friend we can always count on, the space of your shop that nobody knows better than you, we are talking about the almighty "Work Bench".

Submit your images now!

That's right, don't clean it up, don't be embarrassed, the messier the better, or if there is nothing on it at all, that is fine too. If you have not touched your bench in years, and you have taken a break from woodworking and have boxes piled on it, we want that image too! All images are welcome.

Spirit of Topic

This is a Hit-n-Run topic, as you walk past your bench, whip out your camera or smart phone, and snap a shot, load it up here. No need for text explanations if you don't want too. To kick this off, walk out in your shop and snap a picture of your bench surface now, and lets get this topic rolling.

This will be an ongoing topic, for you to share images of your bench top today, and every day.

Types of benches

Some of us have small benches, some of us have big benches, some of us use a space in our dining room, some may have a picnic table they use for a bench, and some of us may have a bench of all benches, the traditional joiners bench, or a beautiful full cabinet shakers bench.

No matter what you call your work surface, no matter what your work surface looks like, we want to see images of your bench!

Thank you in advance to the participants!

Here "Two Weeks From Anywhere" I spent most of the week chasing a lightening hit gremlin that went through Bruce's building next door.

Had to have Spectrum come out to replace both the internet modem, and router. So far the gremlin has left the phone modem alone.

Also blew the fuses for the well pump which required recharging the well systems air cushion.

Took out two of the security cameras, and the DVR has been acting strangely by going on, and off line on it's own and won't allow access to the menu to reprogram it. So will probably have to replace it also.

Took out a few LED light bulbs that were turned off when the hit occurred.

Still have to service the lawn maintenance equipment.

So as I go "Gremlin Chasing",

What's on Your weekend Agenda?

Anyone able to help me figure out what kind of tree it is.

Thanks guys

Recently DuckSoup contacted me. He indicated that he had a few spare tools that he wasn't using and that if I wanted them I could have them. I don't look gift horses in the mouth. If someone offers me something I generally just say yes. I did not even ask him what it was. But this is a woodworking forum and I know that he knows that I use hand tools so I figured that was a safe bet. Anyway the package arrived a couple of days ago. And I want to show you what it is that he sent me. All of it is fantastic and I will use it.

I just wanted to say how grateful I was for these and commend this forum because this is not the only generosity that's been extended to me in this place.