Retracting Headboard
Furnished content. (from Lumberjocks.com)
Our house is super tiny, so we're constantly looking for places to use a little more space. We like a little room/cabinet at the headboard, and have armoires on either side of the bed, so we figured that a headboard that rose up out of that space would give use room for another shelf, and still allow the cats a hiding place.Here's a video of it rising and retracting. I used a Jarvis standing desk lift, trimmed the feet a little bit to make it fit.The top and door panels were from a piece of olive that someone who'd had a tree cut down gave me back in 2016: I surfaced it with a router sled: Hung the shelf from the desk lift assembly using some steel straps: And built the door panels up as one piece to make it easier to track grain continuity:
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Record Cabinet Take 3
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Just wrapped this up. This was the latest in a string of record cabinets that I've made, and this is the one that's turned out the best, it was also the most complex because of the dividers, and the challenges of working with walnut vs. Sapele.I got about 2k for the cab, and I have to be honest, for the work, it wasn't worth it. I milled down the lumber from rough cut, planed it to 5/8ths thickness, glued, flattened, cut dados, round over, put together. I gotta ask, for those of you who know, what type of time should be spent on something like this? I think my challenge is that I don't have a drum sander, so flattening the panels so everything is smooth is done with my Rotex and with old Stanley hand planes, since the panels are too wide for my planer.As to why I had to flatten the panels, I think I need to do a better job selecting my rough cut lumber, but some of it warped a little after milling, and even after resting for over a week, they never really fully flattened out.Either way, the client was really happy and sent me that picture of the cabinet all dressed up after delivery.Anyway, look forward to the feedback!
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Framed Madonna
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A 16-year-old student back painted the Madonna. Pretty impressive when you realize how that has to be done. The teacher wanted it framed and, through my daughter, found out that I was a woodworker. Long story short, I agreed to build the frame based on the design that they asked for: “We hope you can make it look like a stained-glass window. When I first saw it, the Plexiglas was rectangular, so I told them, “Of course, I can.” Then they added a couple of interesting complexities. They wanted me to follow the arch and build the frame to fit the new form. Then they asked that I an LED back-light, with a dimmable remote control that can change the LED shade from sunlight, to cool light or warm light. Well it took some planning, but I eventually got it done. Taught me about LED light strips, flexible molding and a few other things.
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Repairing a Slippery Vise Mechanism
Furnished content. (from Popularwoodworking.com)
Two years ago I wrote about the ordeal of finding spare parts for the popular (but now discontinued) US-made Jorgensen rapid action vises. Unfortunately, after many years of smooth operation, the vise's steel acme screw will eventually erode the threaded …Source
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Magnetic-mount LED Work Light from Lee Valley
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Tool: Magnetic-Mount LED Work Light Shop Now Manufacturer: Lee Valley MSRP: $36.50 I have a perfectly good light for my workbench, on an attachment that slips into the dog holes. And, it has a magnifier, which is becoming …Source
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