woodworking

Sunday was a busy day in the garage. Nice weather and motivation to do some work fueled the completion of one end of the table's bread boards. This is a whole new realm of woodworking for me. Routing the four table top boards to allow for expansion across the grain for seasonal changes...

A lot of things happened this year. From concerts, lighting chasing, DIY'ing to buying a house. One thing that we all need to know and accept is that you never stop learning. Some things you learn because you want to and others because you have to...

The other night I started on another project. I am not going to say what it is just yet, I need to finish it and present it before I can reveal what it is for. I will say that this is a very special project. The wood I have chosen to use is Purpleheart and Hard Maple...

Over the weekend I put in some overtime in the garage. I didn't punch a time card, but I believe that I was in there on Friday for 5 hours, Saturday for 4 hours and on Sunday for well over 8.  Building a table out of rough sawn lumber is quite the task, let me tell ya...

I have a hard decision to make and I need your help to figure out which way I should go. I am very close to nearing the final stages of the legs on my harvest table build, but I cannot make a decision on which design to use. So your help would be greatly appreciated...

Yesterday, there were tree trimmers here in Windsor taking down a tree not too far away from the station. I swung by and asked them if I could have a few small chunks of the wood. They obliged and gave me a few pieces. The species is Elm, a plentiful tree here in Northern Colorado...

Fall means hunting season is here and my buddy Anthony is big into hunting waterfowl... I am big in to woodoworking... So we decided to go halfsies on a wood lathe. We found an old lathe with some carving tools for $80 on Craigslist a few weeks ago and split the cost of the tool...

It has been a while since I have gotten to really work on the dining room table that I have been building. With some free time this past Saturday morning, I decided that it was time to hopefully finish up the base and prepare to move on to the top...

Over the weekend I was lucky enough to find an estate sale with some tools... Not just any tools either! Most of the tools that I happened to purchase will get great use and they also hold a lot of history as most of them were made before World War II...

Over the past few nights I have spent a few hours each night milling down some rough stock 2 x 6 boards. They were twisted, bowed and pretty difficult to work with. Thankfully after hours of work, they became usable boards for the table. Last night I finished milling down the final apron to put the table legs to size...

This past weekend was spent exclusively in the garage where I easily spent 12 or more hours a day working on getting the dining room table legs to their final assembly. Above is the first of the pair of the legs. The vertical legs have been mortise and tenoned for the joint to maintain a strong bond from top to bottom...

I have spent a large portion of my time over the past few weeks in my garage working on my dining room table. There have been some moments of down time as glue needs to dry or I am a little overworked on a certain part. I want to take my time and do it right, so there is a bit of waiting involved...