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A box of Koa - Not a Koa Box #1: Introductions
Last spring, we had the pleasure of spending some time in Hawaii. I am not usually interested in collecting souvenirs. However, there was a store there called the Koa Store which had lots of items made...
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A box of Koa - Not a Koa Box #2: The first project - Board #2
I decided that my first koa project would be a thank you gift for the couple who invited us to spend the week in Hawaii with them. She had bought a necklace and was looking at koa display boxes – it...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #9: Seat backs
Q: What goes slower than my progress on these stools? A: My blog on these stools! I have been making progress. Other projects and Christmas gifts provided distractions. And woodworking is still a hobby...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #10: Corner blocks
I have two kinds of projects. Some are the smaller ones that get wrapped up in a matter of days or weeks. I do several of these each year. Some are planned while others are done as the need pops up....
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Year Book - Sras #2: A second year on LJs
10/31/2011 It’s another Halloween evening and it is time for a yearbook entry. A good thing to do while waiting for trick-or-treaters. This year was a little harder to find LumberJocks time. Several...
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Out of the scrap pile and into a gift #7: The Ultimate Kitchen Gadget (Part 1)
I had the task of creating a light-hearted gift for my niece for Christmas. She is a chef and I wanted to use a theme of kitchen utensils. We use a $20 limit. At first I was going to try something like...
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Out of the scrap pile and into a gift #8: The Ultimate Kitchen Gadget (Part 2)
I would suggest reading Part 1 first before opening this one… The next part is some plywood dividers. I had to go buy a half sheet – used about $5 worth … I ended up needing to move the hole so I could...
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Out of the scrap pile and into a gift #9: The Ultimate Kitchen Gadget (Part 3)
Here is the final post for this build. Got a chance to use up a couple partial cans of primer. I originally had screw holes on the front cover. I later realized they were not necessary. Cut a couple...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #11: Shaping and sanding
Shaping and sanding is pretty easy to figure out, so I’ll just share a few of the techniques I used on this project. The back legs still needed to be cut to final shape on one remaining side. The...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #12: Oxidizing for color
Yes – oxidize. Not stain. Not dye. Alin Dobra posted a very informative blog on using potassium dichromate to cause wood to darken the same way it does when exposed to sunlight. I’ll let you read his...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #13: Mask & Prep for finish
I have decided to finish each piece before assembly. The benefit is it will be easier to get an even coat all the way to the end of each piece with no internal corners to catch finish. The challenge is...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #14: Finish is on - all 9 coats! Plus 2...
After getting everything set up, the next step was put the finish on! I really like this step, each coat increases the gloss, depth and color. I use a two finish process, both parts are from General...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #15: Jigs for glue up
This last weekend was spent setting up the process for assembly and glue up. I had not expected I would spend this much time coming up with a glue up solution. Still, this was a fun puzzle to solve....
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #16: Assembling 6 stools with pre-finished parts
After I got the parts all finished, I was really excited to do a dry fit and see how everything looked. I didn’t even bother to change into any shop clothes! As you can see, tongue position is...
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Mahogany Kitchen Stool Project #17: Seat Upholstery
Confession – I finished the upholstery several weeks ago but have not gotten the blog updated until now. Oh well, everything else about this project has been on its own pace so there is no sense in...
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Year Book - Sras #3: Three years and counting
Another Halloween and another year on LJs! It turns out it was a good idea to do my first post on Halloween. It makes it easy to remember to update my yearbook blog. My projects postings are a little...
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Shop Shifting #1: Evolving shop needs create projects
I’m going to use this blog to track the changes I make to my shop. It seems like this is going to be a better method rather than updating my shop page . Also, several of my projects are related to my...
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Shop Shifting #2: Sometimes small changes make a big difference.
This entry is about tweaking the floor plan. My shop is a nice size, but I kept feeling that the open spaces were out of whack. The issue centered on the table saw. It is a major element in a shop of...
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Shop Shifting #3: Move a cabinet - so more can take its place
The next challenge for the shop was my workbench (and the area around it) It seems like it is always piled with stuff. Not only that, the shelf underneath is just a heap. I have to dig to find...
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Shop Shifting #4: New Cabinets for the Recently Vacated Wall
The local BORG had a good deal on sheets of 3/4 inch plywood – that is what set off this latest round of shop upgrades. The first step in building these cabinets was build some boxes. I sized them to...
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