For the longest time, my mom had this antique table at the front entrance of her home. It was the ugliest table, all scratched up, water stains all over it, and in much need of repair. Twenty years later, I decided to do something with it.
I stripped it down as much as I could, without causing any further damage. I need to find the hardware that will allow the table to open up.
My sister-in-law has an excellent eye for finding absolute gems. This one is no exception. While she and my wife were out shopping, she found this pedestal table for my daughter’s new place.
Surprisingly, the table was in decent shape, but was due for a makeover. So I bought it. If I told you how much I paid for it, you wouldn’t believe me.
I took it apart and completely stripped down the tabletop, while the base only required some sanding. I used a combination of olive oil and vinegar to remove all the scuffs and scratches.
The table has three coats of stain and two coats of satin topcoat. It turned out awesome! Thank you Janis!!
My good friends Linda and Pierre recently purchased a new sound system, including a turntable for their vinyl collection! They asked me to make some storage cubes for their albums. They chose Oak.
Pierre and I went to Lowe's and bought a 4x8x3/4" sheet of oak veneer. I stained it black to match their speakers. I also put a 3/4" Oak frame around the face of the cubes. After 3 coats of stain and 2 coats of top coat, the cubes turned out awesome!
One of my favourite online resources for woodworking instruction, videos, DVDs, ideas and information is Woodworkers Guild of America. As a member, I have access to a ton of awesome woodworking literature, classes, plans, etc. While browsing the website, I came across this Cordless Tool Station class, and needed to build one for my shop.
This project has it all: jigs, dadoes, rabbets, face frames, edge banding, pocket hole joinery, mechanical drawer slides, 1/2" overlay euro style face mount hinges (Blum Compact 38N355B.08), and drawer boxes made with lock rabbet joints on the table saw! Tons of learning opportunities!!
I started by bucking down the 3/4" plywood into manageable chunks and removed all the factory edges.
This project should be a lot of fun! I'll be posting pictures as I go along.
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I built a barn door for Elisabeth and Yannick from Bourget ON. Their barn used to have a small window, so they wanted to open it up more. The door measures 79 1/2" tall by 41 3/4" wide, and is 2 3/4" thick! It's made of 1"x8" and 1"x12" rough shiplap pine boards from Home Depot.
I started by building the frame using pocket hole joinery. I cut all the boards to size and sanded them to 80 grid. I then assembled the boards, dry-fit everything, made some adjustments, then glued, stapled and screwed all the pieces together. I also sealed every crack with silicone.
I added an 18” x 23” sliding window with a screen. The window is from Outdoor Hardware Supply out of Dover, Pennsylvania. The heavy duty hinges are from System Equine out of Rockwood Ontario.
The door weighs north of 200 lbs., very solid. Elisabeth and Yannick will stain the door in the spring, and Yannick will add a small concrete pad at the door's entry.
It turned out awesome!
