Don's Blog Archive

• Deck upgrade - 09-21-2014 03:27 AM | 5 comments

  Spent the summer resurfacing my deck. Next spring I plan to replace the rails and stairs.These pi...

• I'm Back! - 09-24-2011 07:18 AM | 2 comments

  I know I’ve been having a busy summer and hadn’t been on Lumberjocks in quite a while...

• The garage is all mine! - 03-13-2011 07:15 AM | 10 comments

  For the last 5 years since I bought a house and set up a shop in my garage I’ve been keepin...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #15: Lagavulin - 02-14-2011 06:14 AM | 8 comments

  I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the completion of a project like this than my favor...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #14: Ebony Pulls - 02-07-2011 04:03 AM | 6 comments

  Ebony pulls are done and mounted. I even got the first coat of finish on them. I almost had to ca...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #13: Hickory Pulls - 02-06-2011 06:15 AM | 2 comments

  Yea, I know these are supposed to be made out of Ebony but I don’t cut anything out of ebon...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #12: Working on the Finish - 01-31-2011 05:48 AM | 9 comments

  The more I looked at the tops the less I liked how much lighter they were than the rest of the ta...

• Wood Gloat (almost) - 01-29-2011 10:04 PM | 5 comments

  The power company had to cut down my Cedar tree because it had overgrown an access gate and they ...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #11: Almost there... - 01-24-2011 06:00 AM | 6 comments

  All that’s left is drawer pulls, the bottom shelfs, and a few more coats of finish. I decic...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #10: No more Plugs! - 01-17-2011 01:31 AM | 7 comments

  I’ve got all the holes and plugs cut and if I never have to cut another Greene and Greene s...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #9: Not going to make it... - 01-10-2011 05:33 AM | 15 comments

  I really hoped that I would finish these up by the time my holiday vacation ended but since that ...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #8: Plugs and Splines - 01-02-2011 06:16 AM | 9 comments

  Had I realized there are a total of 40 decorative plugs and splines required for each table I mig...

• 1st Anniversary - 12-27-2010 06:43 PM | 18 comments

  One year ago today I joined Lumber Jocks with the expectation that it was just another woodworkin...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #7: Working on the tops - 12-27-2010 06:52 AM | 2 comments

  I almost titled this “Screw Up #2” since I had a little mishap when cutting the splin...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #6: All cleaned up. - 12-22-2010 08:38 AM | 6 comments

  The gorilla glue squeeze out was much easier to clean up that I expected but I could still kick m...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #5: Rolling along - 12-19-2010 08:54 AM | 7 comments

  I didn’t make as much progress as I’d hoped a couple of weeks ago when I posted my la...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #4: First glue-up - 12-02-2010 05:56 AM | 2 comments

  Getting all the mortise and tenons to fit good is taking a bit longer than I thought it might. I ...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #3: Back on Track - 11-22-2010 04:55 AM | 2 comments

  Well I’m back on track after last weeks screw up with the tenons. I’ve got them all f...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #2: First Screw Up - 11-15-2010 05:35 AM | 6 comments

  This week I got all the mortises cut into the legs without any problems. My new Grizzly mortisor ...

• My 1st Attempt at Greene and Greene Style Furniture #1: The Beginning - With help from Darrell Peart - 11-07-2010 09:35 PM | 8 comments

  I’ve been an admirer of Greene and Greene style of furniture for a long time. I love the soft edg...

• Tool Gloat - 10-31-2010 05:39 AM | 10 comments

  I’m beginning a new project in the style of Greene and Greene and to do that I need to be a...

• SawStop #4: The Assembly, Phase 2 - 04-04-2010 08:24 AM | 6 comments

  It took less time to complete the rest of the assembly than I thought. The directions really are ...

• SawStop #3: The Assembly, Phase 1 - 04-03-2010 05:16 PM | 8 comments

  Last night I got the main part of the saw assembled including the extension wings, rails, and ext...

• SawStop #2: Unpacking - 04-01-2010 06:27 AM | 11 comments

  I got most of it unpacked last night after posting the first blog. The instructions said to get a...

• SawStop #1: The Arrival - 03-31-2010 04:28 AM | 15 comments

  I finally got fed up with my cheap General hybrid table saw. It’s been a good saw for the m...

• Double Dovetail Box #6: The End - 02-07-2010 09:05 AM | 5 comments

  The box is almost done. First thing I did today was cut the top to fit. I inititially cut it the ...

• Double Dovetail Box #5: Assembling the box and Starting the top - 02-01-2010 07:52 AM | 4 comments

  Everything about the double dovetail joint is complete. I hope it was cear enough for folks to ma...

• Double Dovetail Box #4: Cutting The Remaining Dovetails - 01-26-2010 03:23 PM | 4 comments

  I didn’t quite get the box assembled on Sunday but I was close. Next step after gluing t...

• Double Dovetail Box #3: Attaching the Corners - 01-24-2010 08:47 PM | 1 comment

  Well I’m back from California. I enjoyed the trip but it was raining more there than it doe...

• Double Dovetail Box #2: Cutting the first set of dovetails - 01-11-2010 07:26 AM | 2 comments

  I’m not planning on going into all the gory details about how to cut the dovetails, that wo...

• Double Dovetail Box #1: Milling the parts. - 01-10-2010 08:42 AM | 7 comments

  A1Jim suggested I post a blog to describe how I did the double dovetail Joint I used on my Spalte...

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