Whatcha Workin On?

Building a Mahogany Closet for a home in Corona Del Mar, CA
Sits on the ocean, stairs right down to the beach.
Can hardly wait to go install it. :)

I thought you were supposed to build closets out of Cedar. LOL

I’m not proud, I’ll build it out of particle board if they want… lol

I’m building another, another simple box…

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Work benches

Sections of a miter saw station.

The little one is rocking though :/

Got to fix it tomorrow.

The diagonals on each table are off though. All the measurements are spot on. But not the diagonal…

Oh well, it’s a work bench.

Measurements are spot on, it’s probably your garage floor. Have to level it after putting it in place. Oh and what the hell is that thing with the long tail? Rrandy, do you make anything besides boxes. LOL

Greene & Greene dining table based on the Thorsen house table. Blog here

-- The optimist says "the glass is half full". The pessimist says "the glass is half empty". The engineer says "the glass is twice as big as it needs to be"

Rrandy, do you make anything besides boxes. LOL

- papadan

My therapist asked me the same question but didn’t complain when I gave him one…

-- Y'all need to locate a sense of humor. Borrow one if you can't find yours...

Teaching myself to cut dovetails. Man this is hard.

I got the veritas dovetail saw and I must say it cuts beautifully. My chisel work needs work however.

-- The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. – George Bernard Shaw

I moved it around the shop and still had a rock to it.

All the legs are set 4”s from the bottom shelf. The torpedo level and the 3’ level show it level.

The back left leg is what I think is the problem. It ended up with a 1/16” off..

So each leg it 33” except for the back corner of the back leg. It’s 33” on the front edge and 32 15/16” on the back edge…

But it seems to rock way too much for that.

Gonna have to unscrew that leg and she what happened.

Love that drill and 3” screws :)

My inner framer wants a nail gun busting 16 penny’s!

Measurements are spot on, it s probably your garage floor. Have to level it after putting it in place. Oh and what the hell is that thing with the long tail? Rrandy, do you make anything besides boxes. LOL

- papadan

Boxes, swap item, nother box for ma, layout tools, clean and reassemble a 14” BS, all kinda jigs, etc

Pretty much what just about everyone else is doing

-- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior.

Teaching myself to cut dovetails. Man this is hard.

I got the veritas dovetail saw and I must say it cuts beautifully. My chisel work needs work however.

- BenDupre

Get you some hardwood scraps. Cabinet or millwork shops usually have more than they can handle and will give stuff away usually. Pine is forgiving when it come to fitting but it is a B without sharp tools. Chisel work in pine can suck. It tends to crush. If you can cut to a line you can do just about any kind of joinery.

-- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior.

Teaching myself to cut dovetails. Man this is hard.

I got the veritas dovetail saw and I must say it cuts beautifully. My chisel work needs work however.

- BenDupre

Get you some hardwood scraps. Cabinet or millwork shops usually have more than they can handle and will give stuff away usually. Pine is forgiving when it come to fitting but it is a B without sharp tools. Chisel work in pine can suck. It tends to crush. If you can cut to a line you can do just about any kind of joinery.

- TheFridge

Fridge—thanks! I will try on some cherry i have. You are absolutely right about crushing.

-- The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. – George Bernard Shaw

Sharp sharp sharp. If you can pare pine you should be able to pare just about anything. Cherry and maple are nice. No problem. I like practicing cutting to left and right of a line on scraps. That way you’ll get a lot more work in figuring out how to saw right on the line as opposed to spending a bunch of time marking up dovetails. Just my opinion. Worked great for me.

One day. The bench won’t have 5 projects on it. That will be the day.

-- Shooting down the walls of heartache. Bang bang. I am. The warrior.

Sharp sharp sharp. If you can pare pine you should be able to pare just about anything. Cherry and maple are nice. No problem. I like practicing cutting to left and right of a line on scraps. That way you ll get a lot more work in figuring out how to saw right on the line as opposed to spending a bunch of time marking up dovetails. Just my opinion. Worked great for me.

One day. The bench won t have 5 projects on it. That will be the day.

- TheFridge

My chisels are sharp but my technique is not. I am learning. Sharpening i think i have down.

-- The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. – George Bernard Shaw