tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56409782011-04-21T11:30:27.323-07:00woodshopnotesDaily wood shop notes on antique restoration and reproduction work on antiques, Country furniture and other items. Etc.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-50822334268314734032007-08-27T19:56:00.000-07:002007-08-27T20:02:51.929-07:00p I am trying to get into posting on my blog again after a while off......????claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-40357451224536219182007-08-08T15:31:00.000-07:002007-08-08T15:32:56.093-07:00claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1120017109087360722005-06-28T20:50:00.000-07:002005-06-28T20:51:49.093-07:00Moving back into town. House did not sell. He did not feel that he could physically handle the move. The title co. says that they can not give us the earnest money unless he signs a paper agreeing to it. So we have to deal with it.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1118322659182222652005-06-09T06:10:00.000-07:002005-06-09T06:10:59.190-07:00 More on moving temporary into the barn. Finished up with 100 ft of shelving plus floor area under the shelving in one room and moving storage boxes into the area. Will start building more shelving in another room now. Most of the misc. small items have been packed and moved that we don't use every day. Hard to work around all the junk in the barn that has been collected for years. The people claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1117942540361927352005-06-04T19:54:00.000-07:002005-06-04T20:35:40.413-07:00Moving out to farm is in process Got 16 ft of 18" wide shelving up and loaded from home. This took two trips. I need to get some more scrape 2x4's to build more shelving. Once I rip a piece of plywood into two 18" pieces I have a 12" piece left over. So when I rip the next piece of plywood I will have 2 pieces of 18 " shelving and a 12 " piece. So I will put up the 16''of ( 12") shelving then claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1117416603909972342005-05-29T18:29:00.000-07:002005-05-29T18:30:03.910-07:00Chimney cupboard and Slant Back cupboard. The same couple who bought the Hutch dinning table and two benches also bought these. Garage sale. A lot of misc. household items mostly. However we did sell the house. We had not planed on trying to sell the house during the garage sale but before I got back from putting up our garage sale signs my wife had sold the house. So that sort of over shadowsclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1117161319258336562005-05-26T19:35:00.000-07:002005-05-29T18:29:35.356-07:00Chest of 3 drawers Nothing more done on this. Ammunition box coffee table. Sold and out the door. 2 benches that I made, pine tops and black bases one had a shelf underneath. Both where made some time ago and they have now sold. Hutch dinning table and two benches. Now sold and delivered. Garage sale this Sat. in two days.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1116353587756028822005-05-17T11:12:00.000-07:002005-05-17T11:13:07.763-07:00Getting started again ! Small vanity. Filled nail holes and sanded. Hope to get it stained yet today.Chest of 3 drawers A very old piece I sold to her 20 years ago or so. A coffee table should be coming in to refinish as soon as he drops it off.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1114020023148871802005-04-20T10:59:00.000-07:002005-04-20T11:00:23.150-07:00 Ammunition box coffee table. Done and moved into the house. Need to sell it next.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1113711007582511802005-04-16T21:08:00.001-07:002005-04-16T21:10:07.583-07:00Ammunition box coffee table. This Ammunition box is 41" long, 16" wide 12" high plus 6 " I legs. I made a sugar pine top for over the box top. Looks great. It has the lettering on the side which says. 120 MM -- 356 W/Fuze -- M 572 propelling charge M45 For Gun M58 . From what I understand it held on shell the full length and about 8 or 10 inches around. The shell or gun does not come with theclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1113710900901195302005-04-16T21:08:00.000-07:002005-04-16T21:08:20.903-07:00Ammunition box coffee table. This Ammunition box is 41" long, 16" wide 12" high plus 6 " I legs. I made a sugar pine top for over the box top. Looks great. It has the lettering on the side which says. 120 MM -- 356 W/Fuze -- M 572 propelling charge M45 For Gun M58 . From what I understand it held on shell the full length and about 8 or 10 inches around. The shell or gun does not come with theclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1113361741429760992005-04-12T20:08:00.000-07:002005-04-12T20:09:01.430-07:00 Lamp Table, Finished this project and he picked it up. The finish turn out great and matches the other piece id did for them. No pending project for now.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1113078325401262852005-04-09T13:24:00.000-07:002005-04-09T13:25:25.403-07:00 Lamp Table, Got the top glued up, sanded, distressed and stained. The legs are made. 2 1/2" square and the apron are all glued together and stained. I need to order some more stain. It is a water based stain that is used for treating fish illness or making explosives. It also is a good water based brown stain. It is purple in color when it goes on then turns to a brown pretty quick. Most claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1112729129710490152005-04-05T12:25:00.000-07:002005-04-05T12:25:29.710-07:00 3 legged telephone stand and dresser mirror holder. It is all re-glued and refinished and so is the mirror holder. I called him yesterday and told him that it was done. He has not picked it up yet.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1112416973248322832005-04-01T20:35:00.002-08:002005-04-01T20:42:53.250-08:00 Restoring 13 Mission oak chairs. I got them all done, out the door and paid for. She has 3 more for me to do that her daughter has. She will drop them off at some point. There where about 5 different Mission styles in the bunch. After all these years the glue was gone. In a lot of cases they put small nails in the joints to hold them together. In one case there was 4 nails in one corner joint. claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1112416925005498992005-04-01T20:35:00.001-08:002005-04-01T20:42:05.006-08:00 Restoring 13 Mission oak chairs. I got them all done, out the door and paid for. She has 3 more for me to do that her daughter has. She will drop them off at some point. There where about 5 different Mission styles in the bunch. After all these years the glue was gone. In a lot of cases they put small nails in the joints to hold them together. In one case there was 4 nails in one corner joint. claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1112416559044202042005-04-01T20:35:00.000-08:002005-04-01T20:35:59.046-08:00 Restoring 13 Mission oak chairs. Got them done, out the door and paid for. She has 3 more for me to do that her daughter has. She will drop them off at some point. There where about 5 different Mission style in the bunch. After all these years the glue was gone. In a lot of cases they put small nail in the joints to hold them together. In on case there was 4 nails in one corner joint. There claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1111549279286192032005-03-22T19:41:00.000-08:002005-03-22T19:41:19.286-08:00 Ice Box is done and gone. He may bring back some old photographs for me to restore some time. Planter box is still on hold. End table I have a small end table to do for a past customer. Black base and Pine top. Re-glue some old chairs. A lady brought 13 chair for me to re-glue and repair. They have been in the family for generations. Gardening. Spring gardening is holding me up. If I don't getclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1110422547436117742005-03-09T18:41:00.000-08:002005-03-09T19:15:47.790-08:00 Ice Box. I have it sanded, stainted and first coat of finsh on it. I had to use some Oxalic Acid to get some of the stains out of it. There are several shrinkage crack that are now filled and colored. The hardware came but the owner would prefer to use his old. Part of the third piece is missing and several pieces are broken. The older hardware that he had I was not able to find anywhere, So I claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1109813058776440092005-03-02T17:24:00.000-08:002005-03-02T17:24:18.776-08:00Planter boxes. I have not done any more with these. Ice box was delivered this morning at 10:05. I now have all the hardware off it and have it stripped and drying in the shop. I will need to find 2 or the 3 replacement brass latches for the front. It should dry tonight. Oak rocker. The person who picked up the bar stool and foot stool, brought in an oak rocker that needed to be repaired, claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1109211814093477442005-02-23T18:23:00.000-08:002005-02-23T18:24:00.340-08:00Bar stool & foot stool have been picked up. He droped of a rocking chair for me to strip, repair and refinish. I got it stripped tonight. Plastered picture frame turned out fine. It has a nice beveled mirror in it. Daughter and family got moved. I still have to fix their dinning tale base. Ice box lady has not shown up yet. Planter boxes I picked up some ceramic tile and have laminated them claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1108958951355490972005-02-20T20:09:00.000-08:002005-02-22T13:36:38.156-08:00Antique Wardrobe. This item is done and delivered. They like it very much and have it all put together, TV, Stereo etc. They next would like a church pew for the living room refinished. They are waiting for the antique dealer to get back from England with his next load. It is not easy to find anything nice out the now days. His things may not be American but he has some great primitives which areclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1108166230779260882005-02-11T15:56:00.000-08:002005-02-11T15:57:10.783-08:00Antique Wardrobe. They called again today and ordered another 18 1/2" long self. I have put the final coat of the other one they ordered the other day. So I cut the last piece that I had the right width and cut it down to 18 1/2 " also. Then sanded and put 2 coats of stain on the and a wood edge. Small bar stool, not small foot stool like I said before. I put the top on the bottom and belt claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1108006885002952542005-02-09T19:41:00.000-08:002005-02-09T19:41:25.003-08:00antique wardrobe.Finished, delivered and paid for. They are very happy. the additional shelving inside matched the walnut of the out side. It took two coats of stain to get it to match. The last coat was a coat of walnut jell stain. The shelving was 3/4" birth plywood with an iron on edge to cover the layers in the plywood. Anyway they want me to make one more 18" wide self which I now have done claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1107575761724236442005-02-04T19:55:00.000-08:002005-02-04T20:00:47.976-08:00 Update, One small childs rocker re-glued and painted green.
Ceder base, made and finished for two rooms in a small house remodeling, also a cedar ceiling back plate for a light fixture to cover several existing holes in ceiling cedar paneling.
Small chair, re-glue, strip, stain and varnish.
Antique wardrobe, adding inside 5 adjustable selfs and vertical dividers for TV and other sound claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1104981754668362212005-01-05T19:16:00.000-08:002005-01-05T19:22:34.666-08:00Two 4'-6" x 13 1/2" benches. I had the wood in the shop, but no orders for them, so I am getting them all done except the painted bases. 1/3rd of my time goes into building them and 2/3 rds goes into the finishing of them. I have one or two more coats of polyurethane to go on the tops and the the paint color and sealing of the bases.
Sort of got slowed up the last couple days because of gout inclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1104036059196806652004-12-25T20:40:00.000-08:002004-12-25T20:43:34.623-08:00The entry hall table turn out better than normal. Finally got a group of things to work out like I would like them to. He picked up the table and she called back in a few minutes saying that it was great. They want a small end table with a drawer next and will get ahold of me in a day or so about that.
Using the potassium permanganate for the beginning wood stain over the raw wood with the claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1103681784335346192004-12-21T18:16:00.000-08:002004-12-21T18:26:48.146-08:00 The corner cupboard is done except for the 4 small shaker knobs that have not come yet in the mail/UPS.
Entry hall table 36" long 12" wide, 30" tall with shelf below and 2 1/2" sq. legs. This is to be done in the black antique finish. I was sort of worried about the 2 1/2" sq. legs, I usually put a tapper on them and not that big at the tip. It give them sort of the Art Deco look. The top claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1103345387613415892004-12-17T20:36:00.000-08:002004-12-17T20:51:13.376-08:00I have been working on the 5 ft white corner cupboard I have the sanding of the edges down to clear pine, then stained and sealed the stained pine edges. Yesterday I painted the whole cupboard a couple coats in a latex mustard paint color. Today I used the 4 ot 0000 steel wool and alcohol to expos the stained pine wood. Then I distressed the edges and open areas with my hunting knife, tack hammerclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1103148508672843212004-12-15T14:08:00.000-08:002004-12-17T20:35:53.680-08:00The sugar pine table, I have the top made but have not gone any further as of yet on that project. The shop owner who I did the two 5 ft. black benches with natural tops.
She dropped me off a small 5 ft corner cupboard done in a white paint. She wants it redone in an antique distressed mustard color to match the quilt rack I did for one of her customers a couple weeks ago.
Rather than claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1102564398990749602004-12-08T19:42:00.000-08:002004-12-08T19:53:18.990-08:00 I am ready to start the other sugar pine table. 36" long, 12" wide, 30" tall with bottom shelf. 2 1/2" square legs, Natural pine distressed top and shelf down below in black to match the rest of the piece. I have all the materials, except some #6 finish nails.
I got the other 5 ft benches made and Puritan Pine stained. Tomorrow I should get the sealer and black paint on the bottoms. The tops claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1102481909140541052004-12-07T20:58:00.000-08:002004-12-07T20:58:29.140-08:00Peggy's office, mother is laws birthday and friends Christmas parties are over and I can get back into my wood shop again.
I have two 5 ft x 13" wide benches pretty well along. I should get the carpentry work done on them and maybe do another one for the shop up town who sold on for me a couple weeks ago. She wants a replacement to the one she sold. She likes distressed painted country benchesclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1101870626651675122004-11-30T19:02:00.000-08:002004-11-30T19:10:26.656-08:00The office desk is done except for rubbing it down with wax and steel wool. I need to stick with refinishing only the antique finishes and then only in the summer time when I can put them outside to dry. The cost of heating the space for things to dry is to much. The polyurethane I have to mix some gloss with the satin to get the right finish. claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1101359487123352322004-11-24T21:11:00.000-08:002004-11-24T21:11:27.123-08:00The office desk is striped, sanded and stained. I never have had such a hard time striping any thing before. The stripper would not cut it. It got soft enough to remove with a 1" puddy knife in a long piece at a time. Then wet it down again with stripper and went over it with a small brass bristle brush. Then clean it off and went over it with alcohol and steel wool and a paint scraper. claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1101078575358914452004-11-21T15:05:00.000-08:002004-11-21T15:26:13.236-08:00The walnut kitchen table is done and sold to my brother back in Illinois. My country shop lady whom I do things for her shop gave me the name of her trucker lady who takes things from the East coast to the West coast when she is on buying trips. The table is 5 ft long, 29 in. wide and 30 in. tall with one drawer. Boy!!!! is walnut wood expensive.
The trucker will be leaving the East coast theclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1100665420970216692004-11-16T20:23:00.000-08:002004-11-16T20:23:40.970-08:00 The walnut table is coming along.I got the top all distressed, stained, etc. with the first coat of finish on it. The wide 6" walnut boards on either side of the wide middle board which came from my great grandfathers furniture shop back in the late 1800's are some what lighter and the grain and is not as nice as the old board. In a way this helps accent the character of the old center piece claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1099884994168119912004-11-07T19:35:00.000-08:002004-11-07T19:36:34.166-08:00I have the table all made up, except I need to mount the top onto the base and install the hardware on the drawer. There is still misc. wood filling and some sanding. Then starts the staining and finishing. Things sure would go faster if I did these tables more often. The cost of walnut sure is expensive. I need to think of something to do with the small scrap pieces.
There is still the otherclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1099627665157744062004-11-04T20:07:00.000-08:002004-11-04T20:07:45.156-08:00I am making up the walnut table out of the 5 ft. long piece of walnut. It was 1 1/16" thick. I took it to a commercial wood shop to have it planed down to about 15/16 th to match the walnut that I picked up at Edensaw Lumber. They figured it would take them an 1 1/2 hrs to sand it down and would cost me $109.00. They did not have a planner 20" wide. I would have to leave it with them to do it inclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1099449766728287712004-11-02T18:42:00.000-08:002004-11-02T18:42:46.726-08:00I picked up one eight foot piece and one ten foot 5/4 walnut boards for $80.00, about twelve inches wide. One has rough edges and cracks on the ends. I had to sort through a bunch in order to get ones just this good. I use to bring back great walnut when I was trucking and buying antique furniture twenty five years ago from back east.
I plan one using them with the walnut that I brought claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1099279551178777222004-10-31T19:24:00.000-08:002004-10-31T19:25:51.176-08:00Not much going on in the shop. I striped, repaired, sanded, stained and put a coat of polyurethane on a small oak bench about 18" long and 12" wide.
I told the shop lady that I was not interested in doing the Pencil Post bed. To many things can go wrong. I need to do one first before I quote $1,000.00 or so and then not have it work out. The alternative now is to use a steel bed frame and claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1098412727957691002004-10-21T19:38:00.000-07:002004-10-21T19:45:25.186-07:00 Got the white table, the knob on the drawer, 6 chairs and bench done and they have been picked up. Got the dinning room chair leg re-glued and fixed and the finish on that. He has picked it up.I got the desk job all repaired and refinished and delivered it this morning.
I need to get my mind into doing the Pencil Post bed. I have the hardware for it now and should get moving on that job. I claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1097573166322298912004-10-12T02:25:00.000-07:002004-10-12T02:28:11.086-07:00 Finally got the wood knobs and bed hardware putting the heavy hardware in a paper envelope and mailing it was really dumb. I printed up a bunch of information on making bed and will take the printouts down to coffee this morning to go over it with the instructors from the boat building school. They are the experts on making things out of wood.
Got the wood knobs for the kitchen table and got claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1097019691804816302004-10-05T16:37:00.000-07:002004-10-05T16:44:18.676-07:00 Got the wood knobs and bed hardware in at the post office. The package was opened and all was gone except for the bill. So I called them (WSI Distributors) and they are resending out the items by UPS rather than by mail. What a bummer, she called the other day and wanted to know how things where going.
Oh well, I got two loads of cow shit worked into the garden anyway. It was good to get that claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1096600726472939792004-09-30T20:16:00.000-07:002004-09-30T20:18:46.473-07:00The 6 white ladder back chairs are done except for the final clear coat. The table and bench are done except also a final clear coat. I still need to finish the drawer for the table. I can not find a knob that I need for it. Will order one tomorrow. Hope they get it to me quick. I also need to order more polyurethane finish and stripper. The local stuff is to expensive and really bad.
A lady claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1095913272689675472004-09-22T21:20:00.000-07:002004-09-22T21:22:37.030-07:00Wood shop is still busy. 6 chairs to paint and distress, 54" in bench to build, another bench to put the last coat of finish on. And one dining room table to finish the construction of and then the distressed finish.
After that a pencil post bed to design and build and do in a red distressed finish to match a sugar table she bought a year ago or so.
Then a drop front desk to refinish.
claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1094916987975129682004-09-11T08:28:00.000-07:002004-09-11T08:36:27.976-07:00 UP date Working on finishing 36" x 7' bookcase. I need to make it 1" shorter. Got an order for kitchen table, bench and use a matching finish on 2 of the decorators ladder back chairs. I have the top all glued up from before I stopped making furniture on spec. The market has been bad of resale items. Now that school is back things seem to be picking up some. The election is not helping also -claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1062351358928741422003-08-31T10:22:00.000-07:002003-08-31T10:35:58.940-07:00I need to get the shelves done for Ellen today. A person gave me a old historic red door (six inch tongue and grooved.) that she wanted for an out side bench. She said that I could have the rest of the door for doing it. That sounded like a lousier from the start. So I started the project, not knowing what I was doing. Now I think that I can get four benches and two lamp tables w/drawers from it.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1062040307437016952003-08-27T20:11:00.000-07:002003-08-27T20:11:47.470-07:00woodshopnotesI did get the bench made that I tried to make a table top out of. It does make a great bench, or better yet a coffee table with a shelf below. There is a picture of it on my main Web Log. People seem to like the benches as coffee tables when made wider.
I spent most of the day cleaning out the shop, rolling everything out side, picking up, blowing out all the dust with my leaf claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1061609641132444302003-08-22T20:33:00.000-07:002003-08-22T20:40:38.540-07:00I took the top off the black table base. I will make a new pine distressed top for it latter. I decided to make a long bench with a shelf below from the warped table top. So I cut the warped top in half and made a bench bottom and attach abot half the top to it. It took just about all the warp out of the top by cutting it down. I did take off 1/4" on one leg so it set flat on the floor. I think claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1061495743145315812003-08-21T12:55:00.000-07:002003-08-21T13:01:13.900-07:00Well, attaching the table bottom to the old table top did not work. I was trying to reuse a table top that had a warp in it. It was a top for a hutch table I made last year and I had to make a new top for the hutch table. I thought I would be smart and use the old one for a kitchen table top. Well the warped table top lifts the legs off the ground. It takes some of the warp out of it but not claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1061346494731067662003-08-19T16:08:00.000-07:002003-08-19T20:22:28.606-07:00Well another day or part of a day in the wood shop. Maureen Jacobsen, my sister in law, bought an oak captains chair at one of the garage sales Sat. for $3.00. It had 2 coats of paint on it, otherwise it is in real good shape. Solid pine seat. It will be for sale once I get it done. The other day I used a paint scraper and scraped off all the paint that I could, mostly off the rungs and legs. claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1060803300878809662003-08-13T12:31:00.000-07:002003-08-13T12:39:45.456-07:00Well, this is the first day that this web log "Wood Shop Notes" has been up for public viewing. The following are just misc. notes made at random days ago. Happy viewing. This will be changing quite often. claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1059865698179925702003-08-02T16:08:00.000-07:002003-08-21T08:54:24.936-07:00This is about a walnut chest of drawers that I am repairing and refinishing for Kurt, a local Port Townsend resident. Previous to this I have done a large Old German walnut burl book matched wardrobe, an antique oak ice box, an antique pine kitchen bin cupboard with a drop leaf in back. That was the first drop leaf bin cupboard that I have ever done. Also a walnut dining room table with leaves. claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640978.post-1059865146479959942003-08-02T15:58:00.000-07:002003-08-02T15:59:06.310-07:00This is my first post to this bloggclaudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915031411702374720noreply@blogger.com