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This week’s project comes from Jeff. He writes: Hey Marc. Just made this plane and wanted to send a picture. Driving to work 110 miles each day burning 1/4 tank of gas – - – $35 Having to spend my plane money on my sons Little League – - – $400 Having a weeks vacatio...
ers + doors as well. The cabinet is finished with shellac (3 coats) via my Apollo HVLP spray unit, and rubbed out to a satin sheen with Howard’s feed n wax. And yes, I did use casters – double locking ones – they put a strong brake on the wheel plus a lock on the swivel. They actua...
Chris decided to give his bride a beautiful hope chest as a wedding gift. He had some questions about finishing and I was all too happy to help. But this isn’t a chest for everyone. Chris was very generous in his use of purpleheart, since his wife loves the color purple. So while this may...
Its been said that US Military servicemen bring one of two things back from a tour of duty in Germany: a clock or a wife. When I returned from my tour 20 years ago, I brought something else, a couple of wooden hand planes. When they were given to me, I thought that they were only a bit better than ...
7;t think you can go wrong with any of the above finishes. Good luck! And here is Mathew’s finished project: I finished the project a couple of weeks ago for my cousin’s wedding gift. It is a chest made of maple and cherry. When it came down to the finish, I used a mix of 50/50 bullse...
n three coats of lacquer on the inside and I will be using the same sanding sealer and five coats for the outside. My goal is to finish up gluing this week, I can only glue after work and I only have enough small clamps to glue four clocks at a time. My goal is to finish all the gluing by Friday nig...
In an effort to relieve our backlog of viewer submissions, this is a grouping of several projects from multiple woodworkers. We will do a few of these over the next few weeks so there will be plenty of eye candy! Cypress Planter by Dennis This is a cypress planter I made for my mom. The panel a...
This week’s project comes from my good buddy Ron. Nice job Ron. The details on this piece are fantastic! He writes: “This was a project the really seemed as though it should have been easier but we know how that goes. I think one the biggest challenges was getting the leaf on the en...
This Viewer Project come from Ken in Ottawa. Let’s check it out: I am sending you some photos of one of my latest projects for the project of the week. It is inspired by your End Table project but with a twist. First a little background. The wood working club I belong to. The Ottawa Woodw...
Spring is here and before you know it, we’ll be fighting the heat of Summer. So now is the perfect time to get inspired and start thinking about projects you can make to enhance your enjoyment of the great outdoors! All week long we’ll be posting Viewer Projects with an outdoor theme, ...
This mind boggling project comes to us from Neil. Its an incredible lesson in “outside the box” thinking! Let’s hear from Neil: I’m a South African living in Britain watching your American show – interesting how the world works huh? I’d like to enter a Viewer ...
This Viewer Project comes to us from Russ. He writes: I wanted to submit something for your Viewer Project portion of the blog. It’s a trunk that I made for a former player of mine that is getting married on Friday. She’s a great kid and did absolutely everything I asked of her the t...