The Woodshop Shed

adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Raised Bed Garden Project

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Raised Bed Garden ProjectMy wife has used a few small “grow boxes” to raise vegetables for our table. This year with all the time we've spent at home, and her desire to expand her garden, she requested a raised bed structure with a fence to keep out unwelcome critters, specifically rabbits and deer. We found a design we both agreed on and I went to work.The structure is made out of pressure treated lumber held together with exterior construction screws. The neighbor was using a small backhoe at just the right moment and come over to level the spot. We have several inches of gravel to drain away water and minimize mud. I used plastic coated wire mesh for the fencing. I lined the insides of the boxes with sheet plastic to minimize soil contact with the PT chemicals.My wife is very happy with the structure. The grow mix we filled the boxes with has worked really well so far. We bought a soaker hose and a programmable water timer for when we went away for a few days recently. Even though our area has been unusually dry this summer, the garden is growing like crazy as the photos show.



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Dropleaf Couch Table

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Dropleaf Couch TableBig family means big holiday meals and lots of table space. We decided to make a table that would be useful behind the couch, but easy enough to use as a second/third dining table.I really don't like the way traditional drop leaves stand out away from the top surface when down, and have that funny rounded cove, so I came up with the geometry to make the drops tuck in below the table top. If you flip the hinge over and recess the hinge pin into the center top section, it will pivot so that the drop leaf tucks away. (see the drawing picture) I gave the joining edges a 10 degree angle just so the edge wouldn't look so square.The base is admittedly a bit odd. It might be too subtle to see in the pics, but the legs have a twist from 0 degrees under the table to the 11 degree angle of the the X-base. it was a lot of hand shaping to get not much of an effect.The ugly shiny galvanized bolt is not visible until you crawl under, and since then I have researched ways of blackening steel.The wood is all cherry, Watco danish oil finish. 30” inches tall, 6 ft. long, 14” wide leaves down, 28” wide leaves up.



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Leopardwood, Ash and Walnut "Inlaid" Dovetail Box

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Leopardwood, Ash and Walnut "Inlaid" Dovetail BoxBox number 31 in my recent box series.This box was also commissioned by my friend that commissioned the Fireman's Commemorative Box and the Inlaid Dovetail Box. It is made of leopardwood, walnut and ash. The inset ingot on the lid is leopardwood.
I used a table saw, jointer and planer to mill the wood and to cut the angles and dimensions.
The inlays on the ash lid are made from strips of walnut and leopardwood. There are similar leopardwood inlays in the ash base too. I used bamboo dowels to reinforce the joint for the shallow pocket the body of the box sits in and there are hidden spines in the lid and base.The body is leopardwood with handcut dovetails and include ash inlays around them in the style developed by Tage Frid. I may have to retire this style of box as it is becoming an exclusive design for this client. He has one for each member of his family now.In addition to the brass hinges I have installed a lid stop for the 105 degree cant for the open lid. I used inch dowel that accommodates similar sized cove cut into the rails and stiles of the lid.Dimensions are as follows…Outside dimensions of the Leopardwood, Ash and Maple Inlaid Dovetail Box are 7 inches wide and 9 inches long. The box is about 3 inches deep and with the lid and base it is about 4 1/5 inches tall. The interior tray is 6 inches by 8 inches and is 1 inches deep and rests on 1 inch posts that create a second compartment below the tray. It is constructed from poplar wood and both the tray and the box bottom are lined with black felt.The finish is three coats of Tung oil. Then a mixture of oil based polyurethane and mineral spirits. That was followed by buffing out the finish with crumpled brown paper. I used Trewax brand paste wax for the matte sheen that it can be buffed out to reveal.Comments and criticisms are welcome.
Jon



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