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My new kitchen cabinets
Out of work logger gets bored and makes his own kitchen cabinets. This is how they turned out. what do you think?
View ArticleAhhh the seven stitch cedar pencil box
The box is almost ready for glue up. My daughter wanted to make something and i had some small cedar blocks lying around. We got the it all ready to glue up, but i needed to chisel out where the hinges...
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Another New Yankee Router Table #1: Beginning, middle, and almost finished...
Maybe i should’ve started this blog sooner? Anyway I ordered Norm’s delux router table plans and got started. I had to disassemble the 2 center vertical dividers to put the drawer slides in, oops. They...
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Another New Yankee Router Table #2: Flip top pic ture and finished fence
here is the pic of the flip top mentioned in part 1.Gimick or innovation? , you decide and tell me about it!Here is a picture of the finished fence.finished the fence will probably have to record 100...
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Wood pile
While at work the other day i realized that i might be “sitting on a gold min.” Well not really the old gold mine is about a mile from where i’m working, anyway i was looking at the waste pile near the...
View ArticleTool foundbut, some parts are missing
I have found a bandsaw (walker turner bandsaw Ser#19639) the top pulley is missing. Will it be too much trouble to find a pulley, Does anyone not know where to look fo parts? is a bandsaw like this...
View ArticleBandsaw alignment
OK i bougt a rockwell 14” bandsaw used. Everything isinworkingorder but i can’t seem to get the fence ligned with the blade. The “drift” i think it’s called isout about 3/4” or the width of the miter...
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More kitchen cabonets #1: part 2 the Island
Well i got the island out of the shop and into the kitchen today. Now i need to order hardware( hinges) for 1 door. and re finish where i had to shave drawer fronts to make them fit. I’ve been learning...
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Maple stump/crotch #1: In the beginning
In the beginning! this is the MAple stump left i found at work one day. The guy i was cutting this timber for had his a bandsaw mil lso i asked him if he would saw it for me. It was much more...
View ArticleMom's kitchen Cabinets #1: Hmmm might be a bad start.
This will start with a question for the cabinet guys. I got 3/4” birch ply and 1/2” maple ply to make the cabinet boxes out of, why you ask? good question. I wasn’t paying attention when i place my...
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Mom's kitchen Cabinets #2: Step #2 base cabinet boxes
I had a rainy day and couldn’t work, so i got to spent about 4 hours making the boxes for the base cabinets. I decided to go with the baltic birch maple plywood mix after listening to comments. here is...
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Mom's kitchen Cabinets #3: The Mock up Face frame, doors and drawers.
Here is the mock up of the door and drawer fronts for the kitchen cabinets. These are paint grade cabinets and will be finished in white with a dark gray glaze to highlight the profile grooves. I am...
View ArticleOak Burls?
It seams in NC i can find oak burls in the woods. I log for a living. Is there any woodworking use for oak burls? I recently found one i would guess to be 36” round. The last one i brought home broke...
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Mom's kitchen Cabinets #4: Today is for drawer making!
Today i will be attepting to adjust the new dovetail jig and then cutting all the drawer sides, fronts, and backs. There are 8 drawers to make annd then fit to the cabinets using Blumotion drawer...
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Mom's kitchen Cabinets #5: Ahhh the drawer is made!
OK so the day wen well. I found the directions for the Blumotion drawer slides, despite the blue can fairy’s.I thought i would post the results. This is a video but it is the first time I have tried to...
View ArticlePlaning a cutting board
OK everybody get a good laugh out of the way right here at the start. I decided to make my first cutting board this holiday season, we had too much time off work. I started with some nice white oak...
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Mom's kitchen Cabinets #6: Base cabinets installed......
Finally got the base cabinets installed. This is the 2nd longest kitchen build in history!!!!!! The granite guys have been called and hopefully i can start on the upper cabinets as soon as the size is...
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More kitchen cabonets #2: Ahh it's finally starting to look like a kitchen again
Well i have finally gotten back on the kitchen remodel. It started with some demo And then realizing that the window wasn’t square I decided to fix that and Add some framing. Then insulation and vapor...
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