More Projects

 This cabinet was built for Susan and Sam in Georgia and presented to them when they were here for Christmas.  It was modeled loosely on a cabinet in their home.  The wood is cherry air dried in my barn and harvested from trees that were removed for electric line clearance at Cedar Lake.  The door panels and back are cherry plywood.  I had never had an opportunity to make a cabinet with feet and aside from putting the first one on upside down it went well.

 My granddaughter Megan's birthday was approaching and she just had her ears pierced so naturally what should grandfather make for a gift?  That's right, a jewelry box for her new earrings.  This is a cantilevered design from a magazine article.  I made mine with  walnut and hard maple.  This is the box before I made the drawer.

 Here is the drawer.  It can slide out the front or the back.  I purchased a new toy which was helpful in sanding the curved front and rear of the drawer and the curved parts of the box-an 8 inch disk/belt sander.

Megan was home because of medicine she was taking for an infected thumb and wound up out in the shop on occasion.  The first time, she used the scroll saw to cut out a heart and the drill press to make a door knob hanger from the board used to cut out the heart.  We started another project that intrigued her-a magic coin box.  A coin is placed in the drawer and disappears when the drawer is closed.  The box is cherry with maple drawer and runners.

First Shop Product

 The first project made in the new but unfinished shop was this mallet.  The handle is hickory with a black walnut head.  It had been years since I last used my lathe and there was a bit of relearning to be done. 

Using the mallet has indicated the unwise use of black walnut as the facing of the head as it is relatively softer.  The hickory would probably be less prone to denting.

Home in the Winter Workshop

 Progress continued on the workshop slowly since 2010 as we spent time building additions and refinements on the camp in the summer and fall and went south for the winter.  2011 saw more activity on the shop with walls roughed in and insulated.

 This shot shows the doorways for the office space and the finishing room.

 The entry from the rest of the barn is large enough to get large pieces of equipment and materials through by removing the sliding glass door panels.  The door was originally in our house and has been stored for many years in the horse barn.

Here is the current pegboard storage.  I have a whole bunch of pegboard that was available at no cost or effort on my part.  Some is wood grained as this piece and all have quarter inch holes.