The Woodshop Shed

Window seat

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We have had these bay windows in our house just taunting me. My wife is very pleased with the outcome. She made the cushion and pillows.I used Kreg screws for the 2×4 frame, and wrapped it with 1/2” birch plywood. Made the moldings from pine doing some bad things on a table saw for the molding pieces between the angles. The doors are rimmed with pine window casings and backed with some pine shoe moldings so the doors are flush.With the mix of wood and knowing both don't stain well, I used pre-conditioner and then followed with a gel stain. For the pine pieces I had to use spray urethane otherwise the stain just came off. For the birch ply, I used Arm-R-Seal. I am pleased with the outcome.For me it was a short project, it only took 4 months :-)

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My New Construction Lumber Woodworking Bench

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So, my first bench consisted of a Base with 4 layers of MDF and a poplar skirt. I just finished my new Benchtop. It's made of construction lumber laminated for a top. My previous bench had a Face Vise and a Tail Vise, but I decided to try a Leg Vise, just because I felt like it. It's 28×72 inches. Doubles as an outfeed table, even though my fence impedes the process a little bit.

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New Banjo Neck

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I was never satisfied with the neck on first banjo I built about three years ago. It was too narrow, and the string spacing was too close. The new neck corrected those issues with a 3/8” string spacing across the neck. While everything was broken down I made a Myrtle wood arm rest to match the headstock overlay. The headstock inlay is a bit funky, but I salvaged what I could from the original neck. The fretboard is made of ebony which I found for $15 per pound. The neck is Jatoba, with a Myrtle center piece.Pic 1: I've had bad luck gluing down fretboards so dowls for alignment pins were located in the fretboard dots.
Pic 2: Thought the marble reference stone would make a good flat gluing surface and it did (the sand paper does not extend under the glueup).
Pic 3: All fretted up and attached to the pot.
Pic 4: Inlay from the original neck… basically an Inlay of an Inlay.
Pic 5: Someone suggested dressing up the neck joint so I added this swoop where the neck joins the headstock. I believe it also strengthens the weak spot where the neck joins the headstock.
Pic 6: Always a bit nervous when drilling and tapping an expensive brass tension hoop. The original banjo build and the segmented construction of the banjo pot can be seen in my project posted in August 2017.

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