BARK FROM AN OAK TREE

THIS IS A PIECE OF BARK FROM AN OAK TREE.DOES NOT LOOK MUCH? SIZE IS 7 INCH X 10 INCH.THIS BARK IS PROBABLY 25 TO 30 YEARS OLD BEFORE THE TREE WAS CUT DOWN.ONLY GOT IT YESTERDAY SUNDAY AT [...]

Twin Kitchen Hutches #16

   I’m using a trim router to distress the edges of the cupboards.        Since I was unable to use biscuits to attach the face frame to the lower shelf, [...]

RADIATOR COVER

RADIATOR COVER MADE FROM 18 MM MDF AND HARDBOARD. HARDBOARD WAS PRE BOUGHT DUE TO PATTERN BEING STAMPED OUT ON A MACHINE BED.RADIATOR COVER WAS PRIMED UNDERCOATED AND RADIATOR GLOSS PAINT [...]

THE PALLET BOOKCASE

AS I HAVE DENAILED A FEW MORE PALLETS,HAVE MADE THIS BOOKCASE AS I HAVE ALOT OF BOOKS THAT NEED A HOME.THIS IS OILED WITH BOILED LINSEED,AS ITS EASY TO WIPE CLEAN IF DUST ACCUMALATES OVER THE [...]

Sharp Shootin’ Shiraz

You’d think running Grizzly Industrial, the wood- and metal-working machinery company, would be enough to keep its owner, Shiraz Balolia busy. After all, he’s a “hands-on” [...]

No More Tipping Trim Router

  Trim routers are great tools, but the base is so narrow that they have the tendancy to tip over when milling edges. While one hand holds the router itself and steers, there is not much [...]

Father/Daughter Lounge Act

“You pick the project that you like the best and we’ll build it.” “I like the Aalto lounge. Think we can do it?” To a woodworker who likes a challenge, anything is [...]

Glue Pot Warmer

TIP FOR HEATING GLUE ,USE OLD IRON,HANDY FOR HEATING GLUE ON.ALSO HEAT IS VARIABLE ON AN IRON.…

OLD 78s

HERE IS A TIP IF YOU WANT TO MAKE LOOKALIKE EBONY STAIN .FIND AN OLD 78 RECORD OLDER THE BETTER AS THEY ARE MORE BRITTLE?BREAK RECORD INTO HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS,THEN GET A LARGE JAR WITH [...]

Twin Kitchen Hutches #14

      To proceed with the glue up of face frames to the cupboards I rather use sawhorses to have more room under the cupboards. I must say that my cheap plastic sawhorses are holding [...]