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• Jewelry Armoire / Lingerie Chest #5: Highlights (part 4) - 07-18-2014 03:04 AM | 3 comments

  Sorry for the delay. It’s been a busy week. For all the details, head on over to my woo...

• Jewelry Armoire / Lingerie Chest #4: Highlights (part 3) - 07-11-2014 05:12 PM | 4 comments

  And we’re back! Our specials today are: Carbide-tipped bandsaw blades with a side of Stick...

• Jewelry Armoire / Lingerie Chest #3: Highlights (part 2) - 07-10-2014 01:12 PM | 3 comments

  Welcome back to one woodworker’s flirtation with insanity by way of making a Jewelry Armoir...

• Jewelry Armoire / Lingerie Chest #2: Highlights (part 1) - 07-09-2014 07:13 PM | 0 comments

  I completed the project last night at 9:30pm but was too tired to take decent photos. In the mea...

• Jewelry Armoire / Lingerie Chest #1: Introduction - 07-08-2014 07:29 PM | 1 comment

  Hi everybody, I’ve been attempting to record as much of the process of designing and bui...

• Entryway Arts & Crafts Mirror & Storage Bench #6: Progress Notes & Grand Finale - 09-14-2013 06:15 PM | 1 comment

  Sorry for dropping this project blog. Life got busy and I wasn’t able to keep posting blog...

• Entryway Arts & Crafts Mirror & Storage Bench #5: Corbels, Arc, Mortises & First Dry Fit - 11-27-2012 02:37 AM | 3 comments

  Using my Sketchup model as a reference I drew the shape of the corbels onto the prepared stock, a...

• Entryway Arts & Crafts Mirror & Storage Bench #4: Rabbets, Grooves & Tongues - 11-19-2012 03:18 AM | 0 comments

  The top and bottom rail both get rabbets for the mirror and backer board to fit into. The top rai...

• Entryway Arts & Crafts Mirror & Storage Bench #3: Tenons - 11-19-2012 03:07 AM | 0 comments

  Marking the TenonsI chose to start with the top rail. I used my precision double square to set m...

• Entryway Arts & Crafts Mirror & Storage Bench #2: Starting with the Mirror - 11-12-2012 04:44 AM | 3 comments

  I decided it was too confusing trying to build the bench and the mirror at the same time, so I...

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