Changing the wood one shaving at a time ;0)
I had never even heard of Swedish Ladders until my sister approached me to build one for her daughter. This little girl needs to climb, like a fish needs water :0). This is a first draft of what I designed for her to climb on. I ended up changing my mind on the spacing so… Continue reading Climbing Wall with a Swedish Ladder
I actually didn’t have much of anything to do with this phase :0/ since it’s a six hour drive to mom’s house, I wasn’t able to actually unwrap the piles of cute fabric with her when everything was ready for the shelves that were built in Part II to be filled. I thought I had… Continue reading Mom’s Quilt Shop Part III
Last time in Part I of Mom’s Quilt shop I had built her some shelving to store her fabric on, but needed to come back home before I could finish it for her. Wes stayed to help out and they puttied, sanded, primed and painted everything they could and organized piles of stuff. We went… Continue reading Mom’s Quilt Shop Part II
My mom recently decided to buy the inventory of a little quilt shop and run it out of her basement. I’m really excited for her, after woodworking I like sewing next :0) She likes sewing first and I hope this little quilt shop held her share her love of quilting and sewing with others. Naming… Continue reading Mom’s Quilt Shop part I
Time to get this baby installed!! I feel like I built it all over again writing Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV, but here were are ready to load it in a trailer and install it!!
Here we are at the final assembly!!!! You can read Part I, Part II, and Part III here. Let the fun begin!!
In Part I I went over the archway, in Part II we ran the rough wood through the planer and molder. Now it is time to start getting this put together!!
Remember that drawing I did of a fireplace I was planning on building for my dad? It is finally installed. Let's take look at the process of getting from rough lumber and plywood to a finished fireplace. For the sake of not having to change the planing head on the Woodmaster more often than necessary, the… Continue reading Fireplace Remodel: Part I the Archway
The most common thickness of rough lumber is 4/4 (four quarters of an inch) and is meant to be planed down to 3/4" prior to use. What if you need lots of 1/2" boards for a project?
Of the four operations the Woodmaster is capable of, gang-ripping is my favorite. It's easy to set up, you only have to do one quick pass.
Girl with a Hand Plane 