The Woodshop Shed

Water heater cabinet

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In my shop, I've got a little inline electric water heater. It's enough to make warm-ish water for when I need to wash my hands in the shop and that's about it. But the contractor just left it hanging in space, and I've bonked into it with things a few times, so I decided to build a cabinet to protect it a little.This is the result. Pine 1x lumber, with a dovetailed carcasse, with a 5/4 inch wide face inside the front, and a door made of mitered half-lap pine 1×4s with a piece of old Target particle board bookshelf to serve as the panel in the door. Mounted with a piano hinge, and with one of my first spindle turnings turned into a handle. The feet under it are turned ash (and shown in the third picture).

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Arts and crafts style shelf box

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Made this as a present for my daughter. It is white oak and QS white oak. I finished it with cherrywood gel stain and three coats of satin lacquer.

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Sling Hockey

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I saw one of these in a store last week and thought it would be a cool game for my grandson. I googled it and there were many sizes and different ways to make them so I just made my own version, and I'll make my own rules too. LOL.
I came up with 12'' x 24''. It's a 3/4'' x 1'' frame, much like a picture frame with a dado for the bottom. One bottom is 1/4'' and the other 3/8'', It's what I had on hand. I used a 2×2'' piece of white oak and turned the pucks to 1 5/8''. You can buy a 1 1/2'' dowel rod and cut them just the same. I made the center piece taller, kind of looks like a score board.
The pucks are 3/8'' thick so the opening was cut 1 7/8'' wide by 5/8'' high. The power cord is 1/8'' bungee cord I got from Amazon. 25ft for $6. When drilling the holes for the bungee I countersunk them so the cord won't stick out so much. Adjust the stretch any way you want. Caution too much and the pucks will fly. haha.
I painted one and left the other natural. Finished both with clear rustoleum enamel.It's a cool game and they have different ways to play. The object of this one is you start off with a chosen amount of pucks on each side. That's why I made plenty. Both play at the same time. First one to get their pucks on the other side wins.
Thanks for looking.
Any comments welcomed or questions feel free to ask. Great Christmas gift.

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