12-14-2015, 06:16 PM
I've posted very little here recently, but then I did almost no woodworking in August and September. Then, in mid-October, everything changed.
My wife and I adopted a daughter--not a little kid, but a college student--and I had to put my woodworking into high gear in order to get everything ready for her to move in.
Her room needed a door. There had been a half-door there before, so I just built the other half to match.
She needed a proper bed, but her room is tiny, so the only option was a lofted bed that could accommodate a dresser underneath.
It's all 2X6s from the home center, and as much hand-tool work as I could manage. Actually, with workpieces that long, hand tools were really about the only workable option for some operations. I'm getting better at my mortises and tenons, especially. I think about 5 out of every 6 joints is going together perfectly off the saw.
There have been a bunch of other little projects, too--new lighting in the room, trim work, painting, and the like. Fortunately my new daughter likes to paint!
So that's what I've been up to for the last two months. The whole story, plus a few build-along pictures, is here on my blog.
My wife and I adopted a daughter--not a little kid, but a college student--and I had to put my woodworking into high gear in order to get everything ready for her to move in.
Her room needed a door. There had been a half-door there before, so I just built the other half to match.
She needed a proper bed, but her room is tiny, so the only option was a lofted bed that could accommodate a dresser underneath.
It's all 2X6s from the home center, and as much hand-tool work as I could manage. Actually, with workpieces that long, hand tools were really about the only workable option for some operations. I'm getting better at my mortises and tenons, especially. I think about 5 out of every 6 joints is going together perfectly off the saw.
There have been a bunch of other little projects, too--new lighting in the room, trim work, painting, and the like. Fortunately my new daughter likes to paint!
So that's what I've been up to for the last two months. The whole story, plus a few build-along pictures, is here on my blog.
Steve S.
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Tradition cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labour.
- T. S. Eliot
Tutorials and Build-Alongs at The Literary Workshop
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Tradition cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labour.
- T. S. Eliot
Tutorials and Build-Alongs at The Literary Workshop
