Category: Wood Working
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Coffee Table
Spent the weekend working on a project for the living room, crafting a coffee table and crafting workstation for the wife. Definitely not heirloom quality furniture, but functional and very sturdy. It still needs a bit more work – the top needs to be sanded, painted and actually attached, but it is otherwise complete. Total…
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A return to woodworking
I have been tasked by the wife to build a coffee table/work station for the living room, to accommodate her various crafting efforts. Now that we no longer have a large Labrador, we have the space (and less loose hair), and she is ready to have a larger surface to work on projects. As a…
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Catapults ready for summer camp
As a project for the Cub Scouts, for this year’s summer camp, I am constructing a pair of sling-shot style catapults for the kids. This weekend was the final time I have to finish them, and I managed to complete all the pieces and do at least a test assembly. The real test of course…
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The weekend project
Between rebuilding my FreeNAS server, editing gaming videos, traveling for work, and various other activities, my schedule is rather full these days. The latest challenge is an ask from the Cub Scouts to build a functional set of “rubber band” style catapults for use during Day Camp this year. Since that is rapidly approaching, and…
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Its a…. box!
Successful woodworking project over the weekend, crafting version 2 of the art pencil box for the wife. This time, the construction was 100% Purpleheart, a far more exotic wood than the basic plywood and chipboard of the original. In particular, I was challenged by a lack of jointer and planer, which made the panel glue-ups…