Building porch railing
Now that all the post newels for our porch are finished. Its time to build the railing. My son Matt took apart a deck or something from one of his … Continue reading
Turning my own Porch newel posts -post 5
I have started the next batch of porch posts. This time I am using my Skew chisel. This chisel makes it much easier to keep the diameter of the post … Continue reading
Turning my own porch newel posts – part 4
Had a chance to put a porch rail section together today. It’s been slow going but I am starting to see the end. I have bought enough pine for 30 … Continue reading
Turning my own porch newel posts – blog post 3
Well next week is the forth of July, middle of the year and our porch is still without railing. I am very close to having all the newel posts made. … Continue reading
Flat Panel TV stand clear coats
Starting the clear coating on my TV stand today. The humidity makes it a bit sticky but overall its looking pretty good. About three coats and a good waxing should … Continue reading
Flat panel TV stand, 1st coat of oil, finding flubs, scratches and things that need to be fixed
With all the things that life has thrown at me and mine in the past month, woodworking has been on the back burner. Its now time to get back into the … Continue reading
Flat panel TV stand Adding the top and making the drawer faces.
I am at the point of building the top and the two drawer faces for my TV stand. I have a small piece of walnut that is 6″ * 25″ … Continue reading
Flat panel TV stand (Added corner reeded plinth molding and keystones) Post 5
Have not worked on the TV stand as much as I would of liked. I have gotten all the decorative molding finished. I added Keystones , for better or for … Continue reading
Flat panel TV stand (Adding corner reeded plinth molding) Post 4
I designed the TV stand with 3/4″ square corner recesses so that I could add decorative reeded molding. NOTE: Left Click on the Pics to enlarge. When finished click back arrow to go … Continue reading
Flat panel TV stand (Walnut and purple heart) Post 2
After milling all the rough lumber to size, its time to cut mortise and tenons to join the base together. Cutting mortise and tenons with a tenon jig and a mortising … Continue reading
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