| This blog is written by Bermuda_Les | 38 entries so far |
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Carport Shelving #5: Thank you for your support...
Got all the supports attached that were possible. Only four left to do, but they need to wait unt...
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Carport Shelving #4: I could use some support...
So my son painted one side of all the supports, so they could be mounted with the painted side up...
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Carport Shelving #3: Shelf Support time...
Yesterday it was time to make the shelf supports. There are 22 of them, measuring 23” long...
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Carport Shelving #2: Shelf Mounts Up
So put up the Shelf Mounts yesterday. The 2” by 4” shelf mounts are anchoured to the...
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Carport Shelving #1: All the pieces are gathered...
The wife wants a shelving unit erected in the carport to store all the crap that finds itself han...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #11: First Cabinet/Bookcase Completed!
Finally completed the first of two cabinet/bookcases. Hope it doesn’t take as long to compl...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #10: Here's the details...
A comment by RobNPHX @ lumberjocks.com asked about the details, so I thought I’d post a cou...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #9: Now, the bookshelves...
The bookshelves are relatively simple compared to the Cabinet Base, and they went together fairly...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #8: Cabinet Base Finally Finished
I got a little distracted towards the end of the year and didn’t get around to updating thi...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #7: Finishing... no, not really.
Well I stained the cabinet base, the top and the doors, and this weekend started to apply the she...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #6: The devil is in the details... for real!
So Sunday I had planned to put some moulding details on the doors, so they wouldn’t look so...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #5: The Doors... (no not the group!)
So this weekend saw me putting together the doors for the Cabinet Base. Made from 3/4” maho...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #4: Don't wanna come "un-hinged"...
So I’ve decided to tackle the doors for the cabinets next in this project. And while IR...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #3: Can it be? I'm actually back on this project?
Well it’s been almost two years since I stopped work on this project. A number of things co...
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Chicken Coop #3: Coop Complete.
So this weekend the weather cooperated and I got the coop completed. I installed the door to the...
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Chicken Coop #2: Coop Floor, Sides & Door
Well this weekend cooperated by not raining, so we were able to make some serious headway. ...
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Chicken Coop #1: New Year - New Project
I trust you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Well it’s the start of a ...
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New Workshop #10: All over but the shouting...
Well I’ve finally done all the little bits this weekend, and I am considering the New Works...
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New Workshop #9: Braces complete & backing up for French Cleat System
Got the cross braces done and put up the plywood backing for the french cleat system to hold my m...
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New Workshop #8: Flooring Complete & Support Braces started...
Well it’s been while since I did anything on the new workshop garage. I finally got the flo...
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New Workshop #7: Half the floor is tiled.
Got my grandson involved in tiling the floor today as my son Dave fell and seriously sprained his...
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New Workshop #6: Long weekend and got lots accomplished! Roof finally on! Floor finally down!
The nice long Labour Day weekend gave us three days to get some major work done. Firstly on Satu...
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New Workshop #5: Got all the roof struts done and the doors on...
I did half of the roof struts this morning, and David showed up in the afternoon and did the othe...
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New Workshop #4: Flooring down and Roof Struts up...
We got some major work done today. Three quarters of the flooring down, the remaining wall panel...
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New Workshop #3: Next come the walls...
Finally after much rain and generally bad weather we got to start the walls this weekend. The wa...
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New Workshop #2: Fixing the floor...
After looking at the foundation frame I realized that the frame should be stabilized with somethi...
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New Workshop #1: I so don't want to do this...
But unfortunatelty (or fortunately – depending on how you look at it) I have sold my house ...
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Pergola #9: Finished - At last!
Well this weekend saw the final two timbers go into position on the pergola. And at last the str...
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Pergola #8: A slight miscalculation...
Well this was the weekend that the pergola was to be completed. But the slight miscalculation wa...
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Pergola #7: Made major progress this weekend...
On Saturday, I erected one of the upright 4 X 4’s, and bolted it to a pillar. I put a coup...
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Pergola #6: The best laid plans...
I’d love to be able to say that all went well in this weekends pergola work, but sadly that...
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Pergola #5: After a long delay, back on the job...
After many weeks away from the pergola project, which included an unexpected trip trip to Johns H...
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Pergola #4: An Easy Day Cutting Angles
Today was the day for cutting all those really heavy boards to length, thus making them easier to...
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Pergola #3: Necessity is the mother of invention...
So this Sunday we needed to trim all the boards to 6” wide. Having picked up the table saw...
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Pergola #2: Call in the cheap labour...
I was blessed to have my youngest son Dave (doing his impression of the Lumberjocks Logo) do all ...
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Pergola #1: Replacing Damaged Pergola
Well we had a couple of hurricanes pass through here a few months back, and they damaged a couple...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #2: And so it begins...
Here is the first half case of the base for one of the cabinet/bookshelves… And a li...
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Cabinet/Bookshelves #1: In the beginning there was darkness...
So after many years of promising the good woman I would build her some cabinet/bookshelves, I hav...
